Sitting down in the chair beside the bed, Im barely noticed the nurse leave, resting her elbows on the railing of the bed and leaning forward, fingers laced in front of her lips. Leo looked almost fragile in the hospital bed, chest barely rising and falling. How had it been so long since she’d seen him? How had she let him slip away from her like this?
“Leo…” Im didn’t even know where to start, tears welling up. “Fuck, Leo, I’m sorry.” Rubbing her eyes with the heels of her palms, she sniffed, before shaking her head. “Jesus, I’m so sorry.”
♞— His world was a swirl of black lashed with silver, and he drowned while inky currents swept him through the turmoil. Hovering between life and the void.
At some point, his heart rate had returned to normal, and the breathing machine was taken out of his mouth. It was a few hours after when he began to stir, hacking out a cough that jarred his bruised ribs, a sharp pain that caused him to groan.
