nurse rogers let her hand rest on the small girls back for a moment, making sure she was okay seeing him for the first time. once she felt like she could leave her, and she would be okay, she let her hand fall, taking a few steps back, but staying close to the door, knowing she may be needed at any moment. she had been with the two for almost every second of their relationship, from friendship to now, so she knew first hand how hard zinnia must be taking everything. she was even taking it hard herself, but she knew she needed to keep her emotions to herself, it being apart of her job.
it had been nearly twenty minutes of liam laying there, not moving, his mouth still open slightly, and his hand laid into his girlfriends, before he started to stur. his fingers moved first, gripping slightly onto the younger girls, his eyes squeezing together, his head beginning to move from side to side. they had him hopped up on all different kinds of medication, so the pain wasn’t really all that much, but the loss was. he could feel the loss of his limb, his body could sense that something was missing, something he needed in order to live his everyday life.
he woke up more and more as the minutes passed, soon the movement of his fingers turned into the movement of his arms, and then the movement of his head. his eyes opened slowly, squinting at how bright the lights were. he was nearly awake, yes, but he wasn’t by any means aware of the situation at hand. liam was confused, his eyes soon finding zinnias, a very small smile spreading on his pale lips, “h -” he started, trying to say hello to her, but his throat felt dry and sore, his hand moving up to point to his neck, his smile turning into a frown. liam’s eyes soon began to travel, down her body, along the line of the bed, stopping directly at where his now stump of leg was propped up on the pillow. his eyes went wide, his hand slipping out of her own, trying to sit himself up on the bed. he slipped, being too weak to hold up the weight of his own body, making it so he nearly slammed back down on the bed, “no -” he whispered, his voice coarse and shaky, his eyes beginning to water. truthfully, he thought it was all some twisted dream, that he was just sleeping, and when he woke up, he’d be okay, his leg wouldn’t be gone.
the more he tried to move his leg, to try and wiggle the toes that were gone, the more upset and confused he got. as he tried to push himself up again, he let out a groan, which came out more of a sob, as the tears began to fall down his cheeks, “no,” he said again, his raspy voice growing louder, “it - it was meant to be a dream! it - it was supposed to be a dream!” liam sobbed, his body very nearly thrashing around in the bed now as he tried to pull himself up, falling every single time he tried. the commotion caused the nurse to walk into the room, her own eyes going wide at the sight, “it was supposed - supposed to be a dream!” he yelled through sobs, trying his hardest to scoot himself up on the bed, “put - put it back! put it back!” his tears were falling quite rapidly now, his voice breaking and cracking with every word he said, the sobs causing his chest to rise and fall rather rapidly. nurse rogers jumped into action as soon as everything registered, her hands going to press down on both liam’s biceps now, his weak body not being able to fight her back, “liam!” she yelled, looking him directly in the eye, “no! no! no! - you - you have to - give it back! put it back!” he screamed right back at her, his face and blanket soaking wet with tears at this point. “liam! we cannot do that, and you know very well that we can’t. this is what we needed to do to save your life, and you need to calm down right now or i’m going to have to sedate you, and i know you hate it when i do that!” her voice was raised, her face very close to his own. liam cowered, pushing his head back into the pillow, his lips seeming as if they were glued closed now, a massive change from just a few moments ago.
once the nurse felt as though he was calm enough, she let her grip on his arms up, rubbing gently in the spots she was pressing down on, “come on now,” she mumbled, moving a hand up to rub against his head, “you’re alright. you really want to freak out like that with a beautiful girl sitting next to you?” she asked, hoping to draw a smile out of him but liam wasn’t budging. he looked almost like a child in this moment, the terrified expression on his face, how immensely small he looked in the bed, the stuffed animal that had been stuffed into his side from all his movements, and his trembling body, nearly shaking the bed. his sad eyes peered over at zinnia, tears still falling rapidly from his cheeks, his face being enough to apologize for his actions, seeing as he couldn’t manage the voice to.
As much as she’d figured Liam would be upset, Zinnia had never imagined this. Never in her life had she seen him so frantic, so terrified. He’d been the calm one for everyone for so long and it seemed they’d finally found what it took to break him. She jumped backward when his arm flailed, narrowly avoiding a strike that she knew wasn’t aimed at her and before she knew it Nurse Rogers had come in like a superhero and helped subdue him.
The woman was amazing at her job, this was something Z already knew but this was next level. He had finally calmed down, but Zinnia felt like she was going to burst into tears at any second. A small part of her had thought Liam had made peace with the whole thing, the foolish part. But how could he? There had really been no choice for him in the matter and here the rest of them were, acting like this was something big for them. No, fuck this. She was determined to keep him safe and especially from the way his mother and father would act regarding it all. He was far too fragile to deal with their bullshit right now.
Nurse Rogers’ calming worlds about her made it a now or never moment. He’d been so strong for her, so many times, and now it was Zinnia’s turn to be the one he could lean on no matter how broken up she was about it all. “Goodmorning, handsome. I love you.” She kept her voice as soft as possible, but full of adoration as she sat back down next to the bed. “I know it’s scary right now, but I’ve got you.” Her hand went back over his and she brought it up to her lips for a gentle kiss. “I’m not going anywhere.”
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