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Aftercare

Nov 27, 2009 19:13

Peter and the doctors were in perfect agreement in checking Aunt May into the hospital overnight. They were in less perfect agreement about Peter himself. He was burnt, huge blisters and long red sears up both arms, with lesser blisters on his face and neck. He hadn't even felt them. He only agreed to be admitted when they promised him he'd share a ( Read more... )

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i_own_this November 28 2009, 03:46:39 UTC

Bruce still bears the traces of last night. He's exhausted, feeling brittle. He has a hell of a bruise on his right forearm, various smaller aches and pains all over. And his face very carefully made up and clothing very carefully chosen, to downplay and conceal the heat-burn from one of the other bombs at the park.

Any other time, he wouldn't be up and about -- certainly not this early, maybe not for another few days. But the Joker is still out there, and there's business to be seen to.

It's not difficult to talk his way into Peter's room. He's very quiet and solemn at the visitor's desk, asking for discretion, please, he's a friend of the family...

ducttape_hero November 28 2009, 04:03:03 UTC

He and Peter can be a matched set, then. Peter should still be in that hospital bed, not the chair. Not that Peter's exhaustion shows in the way his head snaps up each time someone passes the door to their room, each new voice in the hall. After all, the Joker's paid this very institution a visit before, and we all know how that went. And May is asleep still.

But Mister Wayne, at least, gets a smile. Yes, it's a little wary. You'd better not be here to pay all the bills again, Bruce...

"Hey... I called HR." He thinks he did. He may have simply intended to. It was a rather overwhelming night.

i_own_this November 28 2009, 04:16:42 UTC

Even if he didn't call HR, it's been taken care of. (And so are those bills, Peter, don't you even think about arguing.)

"Hey," he answers back quietly, with a faint smile of his own. "How are you guys?" Not just Aunt May. Peter, too.

ducttape_hero November 28 2009, 04:21:04 UTC

Oh, he's too tired to argue. He'll just scowl, and see about building up his savings so he can beat Bruce to the check-writing next time.

"She's doing okay." He turns towards her, careful of the burn on his neck. "Just some smoke inhalation, mostly."

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agent_m0thman November 28 2009, 04:04:40 UTC

It's terrifyingly easy to find out which hospital May and Peter Parker were taken to.

Well, Dib finds it terrifying. But that doesn't stop him from visisting. Eventually. After about six train changes and two taxis going in opposite directions.

Eventually, he'll calm down.

He's not family (or Bruce Wayne), so he has to be 'announced' before he can get in to see either of them. He'll just fidget while he waits.

ducttape_hero November 28 2009, 04:07:04 UTC

Peter's 99% sure Dib doesn't work for the Joker. So Peter comes out to meet him, just outside the door to their hospital room.

"Hey. Sorry about the hall, Aunt May's asleep."

agent_m0thman November 28 2009, 04:22:11 UTC

"That... okay." Panicked Dib is panicked. "Have you talked to your cousin?"

ducttape_hero November 28 2009, 04:26:10 UTC

Peter glances at the nurse's station. Maybe this conversation should have happened in the privacy of the room. "No, not yet. I'm waiting." Batman said he'd get them in touch. "My phone burned up, but I got a new one." He waves the new phone, then picks the plastic numbering off its face.

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