PROMPT: [visiting hours] — upon waking in a hospital bed, one of the muses turns their head and finds the other sleeping in an uncomfortable chair by their bedside.
both elexus and sam knew the work they did could potentially be dangerous. but as long as justice was served, and people were protected, it was fine. everything was fine. she thought that with being a full fledged ranger now along with all her past ‘jobs’ shes done, elexus would be able to sense when danger was around even easier. right now? she was second guessing things.
they’d been sent to find a missing person which ended up leading to an abandoned star-yard in the sol system. she’d had a bad feeling at first but initially ignored it, brushed it off as paranoia. it was eerily quiet — too quiet. there’d been no sign of a person being there recently. by the time they reach the main area, it was like time stood still. and there was no time to react before the spacers made themselves apparent from the shadows. the first bullet launched hit sam first, right in the shoulder. thats when everything went red for elexus.
everything was still relatively fuzzy but she was lucid enough to bring him to the Clinic. their care was impeccable and she had the credits to pay for it. her ‘oh shit’ money as she would call it. and there she was, half asleep in the chair next to his bedside as he snoozed — aching. elexus was still in fight or flight mode, the lightest sleep possible in case she needed to defend her wounded … partner. she’d gotten banged up herself and had a lovely shiner plus a split lip but she was more worried about him. he had an injury that could’ve taken him out had she not used a trauma pack on him and rushed him here.
“ hey . . . ”
he’s awake now and peering at her. she borderline jumps out of the chair at his sudden speech, but more or less breathes a sigh of relief at his consciousness. elexus cant help but crack a small smile.
“ hey there daddy-o . . . how ya feelin’? you took quite a beating out there. scared me. scared cora. ”
this entire ordeal hadn’t gone the way either of them had wanted . not at all . of course , as he did when he landed on any planet that did not seem completely barren and devoid of life , sam coe had expected a measure of danger . he’s always cautious when it comes to that sort of thing , always willing to look out for himself now that he has a daughter he needs to protect and look after . and now that he has elexus by his side … he has someone else to make sure is safe , too .
the fight goes too quickly . one second , he's got searing pain in his shoulder and , real quickly , the rest of his body . they're putting up a good fight , the two of them , but there are a lot of spacers around , and they're all armed and ready for them . he's been caught in firefights like this before , and outnumbered , but he'd had more than one other person with him , and maybe he was even better practiced . it doesn't take him long before he finds himself overwhelmed .
then he feels something searing in his side , like a laser wound tearing straight through his organs , and someone behind him slams something solid against his skull , and he can't remember anything else after that .
when he awakens and his senses register , he notices the chemically clean smell . he knows right then that he's in some sort of medbay somewhere . safe , at least , and fixed up as well as he can be . it's a pain to move , but he does eventually to glance around and realises elexus at his side . she's sat in a chair by the bedside , likely waiting for him to wake up . he's not sure how long it's been since he got here , or how long he was out after the fight , but one thing's certain : she cares enough to wait .
❝ cora . ❞ the soft , weak look in his eye hardens . ❝ feel horrible . where's cora ? is she all right ? ❞ he twists his body like he's about to sit up , but decides against it once he feels a twinge of pain . he's definitely on painkillers . ❝ are you all right ? your eye … ❞
