"i'll open my eyes and a new day will come..."

[dr_macrae]

(ooc: the morning after THIS thread.)

Declan woke the next morning - or was it afternoon, now? - groggily. He stretched out, and encountered no resistance. At first, he didn't think anything of it, having woken up alone for the past several weeks now, but then he realized where he was. The infirmary.

He jolted upright, looking wildly around the room

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[sourceprogeny]

Ashley had woken up after a few hours of sleep. Helen had come in several times during the night to check on her daughter and Declan. One time, a few hours ago, Ashley had been woken by the intensity of her dreams. Helen had been passing by on another check when she saw Ashley hiding in the corner.

She wrapped her arms around her daughter after she got close enough and pulled her up. They both went to her office and curled up on the couch, huddled together and Helen just held her daughter.

Ashley held on tightly to her mother as she apologised countless times for everything.

[dr_macrae]

It didn't take him long to get to her office, and he burst in without knocking, Magnus' name issuing from him in a breath. Then he saw Ashley.

Declan paled and ground to a halt just inside the door.

"Oh, Ash, Magnus..." he fumbled for his words. "I didn't...I'm sorry...I'll go..."

He turned and started back out the door, ready to leave them alone.

[sourceprogeny]

"Declan," Helen called after him. She could feel Ashley pulling to follow him but she kept her still. "Declan. Come back."

[dr_macrae]

"I don't want to interrupt," he murmured, turning back to them. "I just didn't expect...I'm sorry."