Sanctuary
SPOILERS POST 5X09. Deacon struggles with what his life means without the love of his life, raising three children, one who might not even remember how much she'd cherished him. Canon sequel for Colide.
A/N: So, here's my take on what happens next with little Robert James Claybourne thrown in the mix. Let me know your thoughts!
Chapter 1:
Previously on Nashville...
"Hey, we been waiting on you." He turned to watch Daphne and Robbie smiling,
"Baby, what happened?" He heard her sobbing softly. "Rayna, what is it, sweetie?" His heart sank. "Something terrible happened. But it's okay, I'm okay. I'm okay... I'm coming home."
"Come home, baby."
"We got a 47-year-old : post high-speed motor vehicle collision. Blood pressure 90 over 45. Heart rate of 118. Patient was found unconscious with a crush injury to her pelvis and proximal femur. Okay, let's send out for a trauma panel. And type and cross for four."
"Oh, my God."
"Is there a problem, Dickenson?"
"That's Rayna James."
"one, two, three, lift! There's no time for autographs, people. Let's move!"
Meanwhile...
"But daddy!" Robbie climbed up and down of his parent's bed for the fifth time in the night. Deacon loved those pouts more than anything but he was sure he'd have to see eye to eye with Rayna if Robbie was awake when she got home. "I'm not sleepy!"
"No, but daddy is," Deacon sighed, hell, maybe he was too old to be dealing with a hyperactive toddler. "Tell you what, you can stay here with me till mama comes home." Robbie's eyes lighted up. "Just..."
"Kay!" The little boy piped in. "Can you play a song daddy?"
"I guess there's no harm in it," Deacon sighed. He sat on the side of the bed, Robbie tucked in Rayna's side of the bed. Deacon began playing 'Believing' as his child looked on, charmed by it, much like Maddie had been when he played for her as a child. Now that he'd thought about it, Robbie was just like Maddie had been, he'd been stupid for not figuring out she was his sooner, maybe his relationship would be... different, better.
"Dad?" Maddie entered the room as he stop playing. "Can I..."
"No!" Robbie pouted. "Maddie play with daddy, you're the bestest too." he said with a toothy grin. Maddie smiled, she then said she'd be going out and had no time to play with Deacon. That hurt.
"Where you goin'?"
"Movies with Clay, I asked mom earlier, she said it was okay."
"Alright, don't be late though, it's a school night."
"Noted, good night munchkin'" Maddie ruffled her little brother's hair softly. "You keep Dad company," Deacon smiled softly as she said her goodbyes and goodnight to him too.
"Maddie?" Deacon asked.
"Yeah?"
"Stay safe, I love you."
"Love you too Dad,"
Robbie had almost drifted completely off when Deacon's phone buzzed, he cursed under his breath, they better not wake him up.
"Hello?"
He'd called Maddie with what little composure he had, Rayna had been in an accident and she had been rushed to the hospital, he scrambled to find Scarlett's number and dialed. Daphne had stayed late practicing for her concert and he needed her to get the young girl, as for Robbie, he had called Tammy, his sitter and begged her to come as soon as possible.
This couldn't be happening.
"How's she doing?" Deacon asked as soon as he got to the hospital and met with the doctor, Rayna was alive, alive but hangin' by a thread.
"She's pretty banged up. Her CT shows a shattered pelvis and hip. The good news is that she doesn't appear to have any blood in her brain. We've got our top ortho coming in. We're having to get her into surgery as soon as possible.
"Is she in pain?"
"No. We've got her on a morphine drip. So she's resting comfortably now."
"Thank you." He took a minute to look at his wife, the mother of his children. "Oh Ray..."
"Daddy?" Robbie opened his eyes to an empty room. "Mamma?"
"Shh, it's alright Robbie." A familiar voice told him quietly. Tammy.
"Where's Daddy?"
"He had to go out sweetie, asked me to stay over,"
"Is Maddie in trouble again?" He asked curiously. The last time Tammy had stayed over Maddie had come home.
"No, she's fine." Tammy had asked Deacon how much she could actually tell Robbie, not much, he'd told her. He didn't want to alarm the little boy, Robbie was extremely emotional. "Now you gotta get back into bed and back to sleep alright?"
"Then why she on TV?" Robbie asked suddenly.
Sorry for the short chapter guys! Obviously, I took some actual dialogue from the ep. What did you think?
