RP - Hospital

[bth_charliew]

Title: Hospital
Date: September 14th, 1998
Time of Day: 10 am
Place: St Nigel's Hospital/Spain
Status: Semi-public/DND
Summary: Charlie wakes up in hospital
Completion: Incomplete

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[bth_charliew]

Charlie did not want to open his eyes again; it had been too painful the first time. "You... are not Nadia," he said, slowly. The woman had a familiar voice, but everything was so confused that he couldn't remember her at the moment. He frowned, trying to focus, but quickly gave up - that would have to wait for later. What she had said about "centaurs" and "bats" sounded like something he should remember as well, but it made no real sense for now. There was only one thing he knew. "A wall fell on me," he whispered. "My chest hurts, but I'm fine."

The woman had said she had written to his brother. Was this the reason why he had heard Fred? "Is - is Fred here?" he asked.
Fred... Charlie's hands clenched the sheets of their own accord when he pronounced his brother's name, as a different kind of pain tightened his chest. And all at once, it sank in. He had not heard Fred, because Fred was gone.

The sound of Percy's voice shook Charlie out of these thoughts. He wasn't sure why Percy sounded so angry, but he couldn't bring himself to turn his head and look at him. He was not sure he was physically able to, anyway. The prospect of sleeping sounded very, very inviting all of a sudden. "I am fine, Perce. I'm just a little tired, but I -"

He could not finish his sentence, unable to resist any longer and finally giving in to sleep.