LINK: Only cure for a hangover is to stay drunk.

[Follows THIS]Strangely, it felt like longer than just a couple of weeks since Tim fell ill and landed in hospital. Everyone had been up in the air since it happened, waiting for any news, and time had just slipped away but rather than feeling like it passed quick, it seemed to drag. But after a lot of examinations and medical discussions, Tim was ( Read more... )

LINK: Wonder if there is a nurse I can hit on to get an IV of beer.

LINK: Weird when someone tells ya' that ya' really are fucked in the head.

[Follows THIS and THIS]When Tim woke up this time, it was to Billy and Mindy sitting beside his bed. Despite telling Jason he needed him to stay, he wasn't surprised to find his best friend making himself scarce when Billy was around. It was probably taking all of Jason's strength not to bitch Billy out loudly and angrily. Tim was just glad that ( Read more... )

Co-written with itwontstopme
[Follows THIS and THIS]Tim was pretty convinced he had never, in his whole life, been in this much pain. Even thinking seemed to hurt, yet he somehow had to fathom a range of information people seemed to be attempting to feed him at regular intervals. Doctors, nurses, Coach, Mrs T, Billy, Mindy, Mindy's mom, more doctors, more ( Read more... )

16. Pain

Co-written with comeswithcuffsThere were no cars in the drive when Taylor got home that evening. She knew Jason was in Dillon to visit his folks, and help Coach with some football something or other. At least he wasn't sitting around boozing again. He hadn't seemed to do that since she tore him a new one and dumped the pregnancy news on him. Since then ( Read more... )

LINK: It was the first time in awhile that Tim had found himself alone in the Austin house, and he could only think how relieved he was of the fact when he found himself with a raging headache that just wouldn't let up.