Aftermath (wor open)
(This is following the events of The Caged Bird)
Fuck the doctor’s oders, he wasn’t staying trapped in that room one second longer. He had to get away from his thoughts, from the images that plagued him day and night and the nightmares that had him waking up screaming until someone sedated him. He leaned heave broom he’d stolen -because someone had hidden his weapon- and took a drink from his flask. It had gotten lost in the battle and returned to him. A bribe to one of the janitors had ensured it would stay full while he was stuck in the hospital. Qrow had one real method of coping with things: drink until he stopped caring. He saw no reason to stop now.
He was impressed with how far he’d made it; all the way to the edge of the hospitals grounds, though there was no way in hell he was going to make it back.
He was also aware that he was being followed.
“If you’re here to lecture me or drag me back, you can fuck right off,” he snarled without turning to see who it was. He did kind of wish he had the damn pillow they’d given him to hold against his chest, though he had no idea how it helped it actually worked, relieving some of the pain when he started coughing. Apparently it had something to do with how his rib cage was held together by wire.












