[ this is not the first coma thea has been in, but she'd thought after she retired that the last one would be, you know, the last. now she guesses it won't be completely off the table until oliver retires. same with kidnapping, sigh.
she'd woken up in the middle of the night, choking and disoriented, and been carefully walked through what had happened while oliver held her hand so tightly she thought he was going to break it. she'd just been in a coma, again!, she let him think the tears were simply being overwhelmed, or maybe her sore throat. he'd promised to bring william by after school but before that she just wanted some time to herself without anyone crowding her, maybe even william could wait until after dinner.
it was time needed to let the nurses help her up so she could pee and shower and brush her teeth fifteen times, time spent hearing from the nurses that the mayor's chief of staff had been visiting, more than almost everyone -- oliver and quentin being the obvious exceptions.
here he is again, still calling her queen.
maybe it's selfish, but thea keeps her eyes closed, keeps her breathing the same, thanks malcolm. all to maybe hear a tiny snippet of what rene might have said to her while she was out all that time. if they've had a handful of conversations where she didn't get to contribute much, she does kind of want to know what she was missing. if her face softens a little, it's not her fault, but hopefully the nasal cannula that replaced her ventilator will disguise it still. ]
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she'd woken up in the middle of the night, choking and disoriented, and been carefully walked through what had happened while oliver held her hand so tightly she thought he was going to break it. she'd just been in a coma, again!, she let him think the tears were simply being overwhelmed, or maybe her sore throat. he'd promised to bring william by after school but before that she just wanted some time to herself without anyone crowding her, maybe even william could wait until after dinner.
it was time needed to let the nurses help her up so she could pee and shower and brush her teeth fifteen times, time spent hearing from the nurses that the mayor's chief of staff had been visiting, more than almost everyone -- oliver and quentin being the obvious exceptions.
here he is again, still calling her queen.
maybe it's selfish, but thea keeps her eyes closed, keeps her breathing the same, thanks malcolm. all to maybe hear a tiny snippet of what rene might have said to her while she was out all that time. if they've had a handful of conversations where she didn't get to contribute much, she does kind of want to know what she was missing. if her face softens a little, it's not her fault, but hopefully the nasal cannula that replaced her ventilator will disguise it still. ]