[ It's been a long day and a long night, made much longer by terror and the botched sense of passing time that comes with fading in and out of consciousness. It's still dragging on now even now, but the worst is over.
Matthew can hear his brother out in the hall. Ronan sounds angry about something, which does not necessarily bother Matthew tonight; tonight everything about Ronan has been protecting him. His anger, his-- Matthew still isn't sure. His pale monster bird creature? Was that an hallucination?
He'd been furious when the nurse started asking Matthew questions.
What did you take? How much? Honey, we need to know so we can take care of you.
Matthew, still a little thick-tongued and heavy-limbed, just let Ronan deal with it. The worst is over. Ronan got him out of the car, Ronan got him away from Kavinsky. Ronan promised to explain everything.
He closes his eyes and leans back in the hospital bed, careful not to tug on the IV in his arm. They're giving him fluids, because apparently being drugged and then locked in the trunk of a Mistubishi for hours is a dehydrating kind of experience. It's about all the doctor can do, because still no one is sure what Kavinsky gave him. Matthew isn't sure either.
/gently breaks canon apart to make this happen
Matthew can hear his brother out in the hall. Ronan sounds angry about something, which does not necessarily bother Matthew tonight; tonight everything about Ronan has been protecting him. His anger, his-- Matthew still isn't sure. His pale monster bird creature? Was that an hallucination?
He'd been furious when the nurse started asking Matthew questions.
What did you take? How much? Honey, we need to know so we can take care of you.
Matthew, still a little thick-tongued and heavy-limbed, just let Ronan deal with it. The worst is over. Ronan got him out of the car, Ronan got him away from Kavinsky. Ronan promised to explain everything.
He closes his eyes and leans back in the hospital bed, careful not to tug on the IV in his arm. They're giving him fluids, because apparently being drugged and then locked in the trunk of a Mistubishi for hours is a dehydrating kind of experience. It's about all the doctor can do, because still no one is sure what Kavinsky gave him. Matthew isn't sure either.
But the worst is over. ]