Patrick didn't like leaving the hospital, but he knew if he didn't do it sometime, he would end up spending the rest of his life there simply because the Templar couldn't touch it. And that was dangerous. His life had to start again and in order to do that, he had to begin somewhere. In order to kickstart things, Patrick forced himself to attend ( Read more... )

Johan was ferried to the doctor by his brother, Daniel. Daniel remained quite stoic the entire time, leading Johan to wonder what exactly Daniel was thinking about all this. Daniel wasn't exactly forthcoming on that subject, choosing to wallow by himself, if he was in fact wallowing.

( Oh Hai )

Though Johan as loathe to leave Alastair's side while he went through the pain of being here long after he should have returned to the Beyond, Johan's brother suddenly reappearing with very little explanation meant that he did have to see him eventually. Alastair understood.

( Reconnecting )

Johan awoke to a wonderful smell wafting towards him. He opened his eyes and immediately smiled to see Werner setting up a tray on the bedside table. "Mmmm, morning."

( Love again! )

Johan's verdict was about to be read out, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of terrible fear appearching as the jurors filed into the room to take their seats. They were about to decide on his future here. He had spent far too long in Hell already. And today, he would know if he was condemned to despair there for a crime he didn't believe in ( Read more... )

The trail was not going well. Anyone could see that. Johan wasn't terribly surprised, as he had done the thing they were all here to prove was not his fault. He could feel the eyes of the jurors, judging him. And probably not in the way he wanted to be judged.

( The Trial )

Sometimes, Peter found, complaining was a fantastic way to get what you wanted. He had learned this because he not only had seven children, but he also had...Deirdre. And complaining to the cops that he wanted to see his cousin had gotten them to relent in the end, when he had finally played the 'I own a hospital so I should be allowed in the ( Read more... )

The transfer to a holding cell while he awaited his trial had not been put back after the news of Werner's death. Apparently, in the minds of the justice system, Johan had had his time off, and now he was on their time, grieving or no. It didn't help that Werner's suicide made him look even more guilty. If his husband couldn't stand to be around ( Read more... )

The last person Johan expected to enter his room on his last day in the hospital before he was transferred back to prison, was his husband. But when Werner entered the room, looking so much more than guilty, Johan's first reaction was still to run to his husband to hug him. Without all the rest of the horror involved with the past weeks of his ( Read more... )

With everything that had happened to him lately, Peter couldn't even find it in himself to feel anything about Aly announcing to the room that she was divorcing him. He was already grieving for her. And for Anna. And for Thomas. And for every damn thing that kept slamming him in the heart and breaking it just that little bit more.

( OUCH. )