In Times of Grief
AN: This one shot is written from Blair's point of view.
I wanted to be mad at him...he had lied to me for months about killing his brother and he had framed my boyfriend but when he walked into the hospital all of my anger dissipated.
He still didn't know about Cole and Hope and I knew that their deaths would hit him hard.
"Blair, where's Starr? Is she okay?" Todd asked as he came up to me.
"Physically she's okay, but emotionally she's shattered."
"Why? What happened? How are Cole and Hope?" Todd asked with a desperation in his eyes that broke my heart.
"Cole and Hope didn't survive. They're dead Todd."
"Oh god...no...our little peanut is gone...and Marty, I promised her that I would keep her son safe. Oh god Starr...how is she going to survive this?" Todd asked as he sunk to the floor of the waiting room.
His pain became my pain and all the reasons that I had to be angry with him didn't matter in the wake of this tragedy. I wrapped my arms around him and held him while he cried.
"Starr needs both of us right now and we're going to see her through this grief," I stated as I grabbed his hand and walked into Starr's hospital room.
Starr was still sleeping as Todd and I sat by her side. We each took our daughter's hands in ours.
"Thanks for letting me see her," Todd whispered as he looked into my eyes.
"She needs you...I need you. The only way we're going to survive this tragedy is as a family."
"I love you Blair."
"I love you too," I stated after minutes of silence. Despite everything I still loved him and probably always would. I had never been able to walk away from Todd no matter how much he had hurt me and I couldn't walk away now when we both needed one another.