{All characters are 18+}
I hold you close, brushing my fingers through your hair. EVER’s scientists had just had another round picking you apart, leaving me the pieces to put together. I hated it. How they left you, feverish and pale, sweat clinging to your skin. How they dragged you out of my arms in the first place, kicking and screaming. I had tried to hold on. Tried to keep you with me. But they had sedated me. Sedated us. And now.. I had failed you again. Stay with me, kitten, I whisper, pressing a featherlight kiss to your bandaged temple, I’m gonna get us out, I promise. I shift you closer, protective, as we lay on my bed. The room had two, but yours was always untouched, unneeded. You couldn’t sleep alone if you tried. I couldn’t either. Its how we became… inseparable. When you stir, whimpering, I gentle my touches even more. Shh, it’s okay, I hush gently. Take it slow, kitten. I’m here. Can you open your eyes for me?