Author's Note: The prologue happens a year before the rest of the
story. This fic was supposed to be part of Winter's Rose originally
but... well that was too happy to muck it up with this. XD
I put this up once on ff.net months ago but it got eaten somehow. o.O Ah well.
I got past the little thing I had blocking me on the rest of this, so it worked
out well. More to come as it's written!
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Devil's Claw
Prologue : Sweet Slumber
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The slow and steady beep of life support sounded in the small hospital room in Magic Bus, a few flower arrangements sitting on the windowsill to brighten the sterile white room. The body of a young man lay in the bed, his body still and eyes closed in a predicted eternal slumber.
"There's been no change?"
"None that we can see. A few months ago we thought we saw signs of stirring in mental activity but all signs of it have vanished since. I'm sorry... We are doing all we can but I believe it is the life support alone keeping your husband alive."
"I will not pull the plug. He will wake up from this. He has to... He has to..."
The doctor sighed and just nodded, leaving the room to let the woman take a seat by the hospital bed, her clothing the only color in the endless white room. Reaching over the woman whispered the dark haired man's name, looking at his peaceful face, wondering for the nth time that day if it would be better to just pull the plug on her husband. He had been in this persistent vegetative state for a full year now... It just wasn't fair. If she could just see those honey brown eyes of his again... Just once...
Leaning over, the patient's wife took his still hand in hers, rubbing her fingers over his, telling him of her day and how her boss was still annoying her, how their neighbors send their very best, how they all know he can pull through this. There had been mental activity, just a blip of it, eight months ago... She had to wish for the best... She had to hope for some other evidence that there was something promising with her beloved husband's state.
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To be continued
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