He smiled.
“That sounds like a wonderful plan. I like that plan.” Jack smiled up at her before his eyes began to gently close. “A new… life with you… falling asleep next to you and… waking up next to you… the small… things in life…” he was falling asleep, slowly.
She heard the sleepiness in his voice and smiled gently, leaning down to place a gentle kiss to his lips. “Yes, love..Yes…Get some sleep now, okay? I’ll be here…I’ll always be here by your side…watching over you…”
Being careful, she settled down against his side, one arm wrapped gently around his middle, face pressed into his arm. She began to hum for him again, pulling another melody from memory, this one without words.
By his side, that’s all that mattered to her.
“’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.
Jack Maple 