The Aftermath | RP phone call with doctortara

[pullmysteth]

Riley held his cell phone between his shoulder and his ear to free up his hands to do his jeans up. He glanced at the clock; he had plenty of time under his belt. He waited for Mrs Brennan to get Tara on the other end of the line. Riley had simply called to speak to either Lachlan or Tara's parents about how Lachlan was holding up now that the

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[doctortara]

"Riley?" Tara said as she put the phone to her ear. "How are you, sweetie?"

[pullmysteth]

Riley grabbed his smokes and sat down on the end of his bed. "That was supposed to be my question," he told her. "I'm okay. How are you? How is he doing? Last I saw him he looked like he'd been eaten by a gorilla and spat back out again."

[doctortara]

Tara looked down at the lump of covers that was her sleeping husband. The only thing that gave it away was the glimpse of strawberry blond hair sticking out the top of the quilt. "Yeah, I've been better. I'm glad they discharged me so I can be here with him, but I'm getting restless being stuck in bed."

She adjusted crumpled quilt and smooth it over his back. "Lachie's been asleep for close to fifteen hours and I don't think he'll wake any time soon. He's pretty out of it. He's just emotionally exhausted. It does make it easier to be in bed when he's beside me."

[pullmysteth]

"The emotional shut down I understand. He did tell me a few times in the last couple of weeks he just wants to go to bed and sleep for a week. Fifteen hours in... have you got a good book?" he joked gently.