“‘M…. so grateful I… found you…” Jack whispered in his half sleep, half waking tone, his eyelids already shut, his body already easing into calm. It needed to sleep, after the fall, the rush, the pain, everything else that had happened today he needed to sleep.
But he felt her besides him. Pressing against him gently.
He normally hated hospitals. But this stay… he could get through this, as long as she was here.
“‘love you.” he whispered before drifting into unconsciousness.
“I love you too..” she whispered, knowing he couldn’t hear her but knowing he knew. She always tried to tell him when she could, and when she didn’t, she’d always show him somehow.
Leaning up, she gave him one last kiss before settling down again, her mind wandering without him conscious to keep her company. She thought about the future, about Jack and herself, what needed to be done. She knew they could face the future, because they had each other.
“Because you give me strength,” she whispered, her own mind shutting down for sleep, cuddling into his side.
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