Title: A Matter of Faith and Time
Author: Tearsofamiko
Rating: K
Disclaimer: Of course I own them! Right? Right!? Wait...what? It was a dream? Noooooo!!!!!!
Spoilers: No. This is completely not based off an episode.
Summary: Does he inspire the loyalty? Or do they?
The patient in room 110 was a curious one. A federal agent with a mysterious agency, his life was shrouded in mystery with no answers forthcoming; only speculation and clues gave the staff any idea of who he was. In appearance, he was a relatively unremarkable man, his still form giving no evidence of the actual man within. All in all, he was no different than most of the patients on that level of the hospital.
Except for his visitors.
Hardly a day went by without at least one appearance of each visitor to room 110. And each visit was a source of much quiet speculation among the nurses. Nothing particularly notable occurred but the rare glimpses into the nurses' most mysterious patient were carefully catalogued by the floor's medical staff. After all, a comatose person wasn't answering any questions.
The patient's visitors seemed to follow no real set pattern, but there was predictability to them. It didn't vary much, day to day, but there was definitely a casual purpose to each visit. No two visitors came at the same time, but each always came. The nurses wondered at it, but didn't question it. Whatever comforted the loved ones and all that.
So the nurses watched and listened, trying – unsuccessfully – to learn something about the man in the hospital room that inspired such loyalty in his visitors. And, gradually, as time passed, they found themselves allied with the visitors, touched by the same faith each unique face revealed, hoping for the patient's full recovery, and feeling the same loyalty.
All because of the man's visitors.
They didn't even know their names.
A/N: This is supposed to be short and ambiguous. Gradually you'll understand who's in the bed and who's visiting. There'll be a different chapter for each visitor but I won't come right out and say who that visitor is. I'm not even gonna tell who the main characters are. You've gotta figure it out. There'll be clues, though. :) So, maybe it's a scavenger hunt to find out who visits. The patient will become pretty clear soon enough. I hope you enjoy. It's my first foray into this kind of fic.