Fearless On My Breath [Closed, tag Chase & Nathan]

[imgrounded]

For a moment Peter wasn't aware of anything but the beeping of a heart monitor. He wasn't even quite aware that that was what he could here. Just the knowledge that there was a beeping breaking into the darkness that surrounded him, and it was a noise he had heard before

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[chasemd]

Chase only realised he had fallen asleep in the fucking awful plastic chair beside Peter's bed when he shot awake abruptly at the voice and subsequently sent himself falling flat on his arse on the lino floor when his foot stayed caught in the leg of the chair. He went crashing to the ground and the chair fell on top of him, banging him in the head. That was definitely an interesting wake up call.

He swore colourfully, and started to peeling himself up off the floor. "I'm here!" he insisted, holding his hand up against the bed so Peter could see it, hopefully. "I am! Coming... ow, shit... I'm coming..." He finally got back on his feet, fumbling for Peter's hand. "Here I am!"

[imgrounded]

Peter huffed out a breath. It might have been an attempt at a laugh if he'd actually managed to see Chase's fall. It was the doctor's voice that kept him grounded, and Peter managed to give Chase's hand a soft squeeze when he felt the other man's fingers close around his.

Chase was here.

Peter felt like he was about to cry, but his brain was still having trouble reconciling why he was in the hospital bed to start with. His eyes opened more, and Peter finally managed to focus on Chase's face. "Hey," he whispered. "No fair coming when I can't feel it."

[chasemd]

Even though Chase's head was now throbbing and he probably had a hell of a lump on it somewhere, he kept a firm grip on Peter's hand, his fingers slipping in between Peter's. "Jesus Christ, you know, I really want to be understanding of all this stuff but between Rogue, and a husband that wants to blow me up, and your charming little princess who zaps people for fun, this power thing? I'm not coming to it," he said, his voice rising helplessly with a panicked edge as he gave a shake of his head.

He immediately regretted it, scrunching his face up. "It's not even funny anymore. And I couldn't even fucking remember your brother's name, so I just left a message for the other Petrelli bloke, hoping you guys have the same name."

[imgrounded]

"Nathan," Peter choked out. His face twisted in pain, but it was more at the thought of once again being separated from his brother when he'd only just found him again. He frowned, his eyes back on Chase as he tried to piece things together. "Princess?"

"I'm sorry, I wish... But I don't have... Dad took it all away." Peter glanced down, like he would see his father take his powers away again. All he saw was the covers of his bed. "Can't even heal."