Late afternoon - The park
It was good to be outside and out of the clinic once Doogie had discharged him and Cameron took Ray into the park while Sam went to arrange their ride. It was mostly the same as he remembered and really, that shouldn't come as a surprise but somehow it was easy to forget exactly how long he'd been gone.
He didn't like these moments in between where it was just him and too many thoughts and he shivered, trying to push them all back. He wasn't alright, as much as he'd tried to pretend to people, they knew as much as he did that it wasn't.
He wandered for just a little while until he stumbled across a tree that he would have remembered if he'd seen it before. It was blossoming, in the middle of winter. Pink flowers that reminded him of a friend and he smiled a little, the chill from earlier gone as he stood there. And just for a moment, the sense of loss and desperation that had been clinging to his clothes washed away.
He made it. He was alive and he was in Fandom and maybe he would be alright.
He didn't like these moments in between where it was just him and too many thoughts and he shivered, trying to push them all back. He wasn't alright, as much as he'd tried to pretend to people, they knew as much as he did that it wasn't.
He wandered for just a little while until he stumbled across a tree that he would have remembered if he'd seen it before. It was blossoming, in the middle of winter. Pink flowers that reminded him of a friend and he smiled a little, the chill from earlier gone as he stood there. And just for a moment, the sense of loss and desperation that had been clinging to his clothes washed away.
He made it. He was alive and he was in Fandom and maybe he would be alright.