#its fiiiinnnne lol

[hyah-lian]

The world wanted to fight me on the art side of it, so a little write-y write maybe works?

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"Hey, guys," Four spoke barely louder than the door clicking shut behind him.

"Oh, hey-" Twilight twisted around on Time's couch to greet him, "fancy seeing you here. You never make it to these!"

"Wait, Four is here?" Wars popped his head out from behind the kitchen doorframe. "What happened that you're here? Is everything okay?"

"You're like, always busy!" Wind shot up seemingly out of nowhere and Four nearly dropped the gift bag he was holding.

"Usually yeah, um-"

"Did the hospital finally burn down? The FBI caught the lab-tech gambling ring? Oh- did you finally snap and tell someone to stuff it where the sun don't shine? Ow!" Time elbowed Legend on his way past.

"Come in, sit. Malon is just finishing pulling the other weenie wraps out of the oven"

"They are 'pigs-in-a-blanket', calling them weenie wraps is weird!"

"Okay, shush, Four is being seen outside the ICU something big is- oh. Oh, Four-" Sky's voice almost broke as a realization hit him.

The whole group either tensed up or their shoulders sagged upon catching the brainwave Sky was riding.

"Oh, oh my Gosh," Wind covered his mouth, "I'm so sorry-"

"What? Oh no! No, no nothing like that!" Four frantically waved a freed hand, "No, actually Doe number 4 took the NG tube fine and is actually sustaining levels now, and um- this."

Four lifted the gift bag a little higher so everyone, including Malon now bringing out the dough-wrapped-hot-dogs-of-indeterminate-name.

"Remember, um," he cleared his throat and moved to the space made for him on the couch. "The guy from last year. Really bad wreck, and the MRSA that kicked off into sepsis and... yeah. T-that whole... that one."

Sky nodded. He remembered having to fly that patient to another hospital after Four spent two months nearly glued to his pager and spent more than a few nights sleeping in a chair in the corner of the room.

Time remembered the multiple surgeries, the short and longterm outlooks, and bit the inside of his cheek to keep his face stoic for Four. He had a feeling, after the transfer, they wouldn't likely hear much back if anything at all.

"His wife came by today. And brought these," Four slid out a photo album and small box of cookies.

Legend's heart dropped to his stomach and he thought Wild and Wind's fidgeting and intense staring at the floor were a good approximation for how he felt.

Then, Four flipped open the book.

The first page was a photo of her and the patient holding hands and giving thumbs up through tearful smiles and at least a mile worth of tubing and leads.

The second page was, as Four explained, the first day he had been able to sit up and had a conversation for more than 5 minutes. Sky, the soft soul he is, was already swiping at his eyes once he saw the photo of her holding his hand to her stomach.

"She was just about a month along when it all happened and had no idea, so when he woke up she had just started to really show it. And she told me that, two days later, he brought the conversation up himself. He remembered it, and that was, that was a big fear for her. And he could remember."

They kept flipping through the book, someone shoved a toasted sandwich half into Four's shaking hands and took over turning the pages.

"He said he wanted her to put in some of the letters he was writing with the therapists, when he was working through coming to terms with everything. What he remembered or the dreams he thought were when he was at ours. You can see how his motor skills kept improving- she said he writes neater now than ever and she can actually read the grocery list!"

Legend barked out a laugh at that. Upon flipping the next page and seeing the new grocery list and the old one they had included, he ended up spraying a mouthful of soda onto Time's back.

"Oh wow! She wasn't kidding!" Wind marveled.

The next page had him holding his new baby. A few pages later, there was one of him on a physio mat working on sitting unassisted with their baby working on the same skill.

"This was the photo right after his first attempt at a self-transfer to his chair at home. She said their kid was babbling like being the head cheer coach for dad was the most important thing on the planet.

"They're moving back to their old house in a few weeks, and he is going to transfer his physical therapy care back to our hospital. Thats actually why they were there today, setting up the new schedule and talking about the timeline.

"They were hoping to see you guys too, actually, he remembered Hyrule and Mo even, from the ambulance ride."

"Oh wow! Is that why there's the marmalade thumbprint cookies? He seriously remembered that?"

"Apparently. That was the first thing he asked for at the other hospital. He said he had to 'show the big guy and his buddy how to really bake'"

"HA! I'll make sure to tell Mo that," Hyrule snorted.

"He does hope to see you guys around. I have no idea how he knows about Wild and Wind, since any time you all were in he would have been sedated, so maybe his wife was mentioning you. But, they really want to say hi sometime."

Twilight pulled Four into a bone-crushing, one-armed hug. Then Sky let himself fall into Four's side. And someone jumped over the back of the couch, to Malon's scolding about treating her chesterfield with care.

"I hate to break the cuddle pile, but the game started about ten minutes ago, and we definitely missed the first kick-off unless you paid for the fancy package where you get the recording."

Speaking of prompts, lofty if u have any doodle or ficlet prompts for today that u can think of I'd love something distracting/to do. It has been A Weird Day lmao

Hmmmm

Healthcare doodle? Of whatever healthcare scene you like the most, or make one up?

Draw your favorite blorbo knitting?

Writing prompt: one of the boys gets a freaking break.

[getoutofmytardis]

Hi. I wish you a great day. ❤️

Oh thank you anon, you too C:💛