Title: A Father's Prayer
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Jimmy Novak
Prompt: 31 Day Place Challenge – Day 18: Hospital
Word Count: 275
Rating: K
Genre: Family
Summary: Tears stung at his eyes as he took in the pale skin and all the wires that were around the tiny, fragile body. He took a shuddering breath and did the only thing he knew: he prayed.
Author's Notes: WARNING: Implied previous loss of a child.
Disclaimer: I own nothing …
The walls were a stark white. Almost blinding.
He sat in the chair provided for visitors, elbows on his knees, face hidden in his hands. The beeps and whirs of the various machinery sounded around him. He had hoped, he had prayed, that they wouldn't end up here like this. Not again. Not after the last time.
But here he was. In the same position he was barely more than two years prior. The sterile scent of the hospital wing permeated the air. It got into everything. He practically felt it as though it was a physical force weighing him down. He couldn't do this again. They couldn't do this again. They'd already lost so much… too much.
He lifted his head to stare at the figure in front of him. Tears stung at his eyes as he took in the pale skin and all the wires that were around the tiny, fragile body. He took a shuddering breath and did the only thing he knew: he prayed.
She was finally big enough, and strong enough to remove from the incubator for short periods of time.
As he held the tiny body of his baby girl to his chest for the first time, Jimmy swore to himself he'd do anything to keep her safe from the darkness that is out there in the world. And as he cradled baby Claire close to his heart, he prayed. To the Saints whose patronage was that of children, to the Archangel Raphael whose domain covered healing of all kinds, even to God himself. He prayed to anyone who would listen.
"Please, keep my child healthy, happy, and whole."
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Completed: January 26, 2017
