Thank you to Oranfly, Asha710 and Noz4a2
I don't own the show though that would be pretty awesome.
Walter watched worriedly as Peter worked through his hunger, thirst and tiredness in order to create a cure that would never be created. Walter had tried to get Peter to rest or eat but he refused to do anything but work on the cure for Olivia. Peter worked diligently and hard while trying to keep his emotions and frustration down though this normally tended to end up with him throwing the latest attempt at a cure at a wall or at the floor listening as the vials and test tubes gave satisfying cracks and shattered all over the place. Astrid tried to talk to him and calm him down during these periods of anger but it did nothing since he just ignored her. Olivia had also tried to talk to him but it had just led to a huge fight between the two resulting in Olivia storming out and going home. Peter didn't seem to notice when Olivia didn't show up at the lab the next day since he was too wrapped up in his work, but Walter who had taken his eyes off of his son did.
"Peter?" Walter tried to get his sons attention. "Peter?"
"Not now Walter, I'm busy." Peter snapped.
"Where is agent Dunham?" Walter asked making Peter spin around quickly and take in his surroundings.
"Isn't she in her office?" Peter asked.
"The door is locked and the lights are off. I haven't seen her all day." Walter stated and saw Astrid look up in concern as well.
"Her sister would probably be able to tell us." Astrid said and saw Peter pull out his phone and hit speed dial #5. His father, whom he had insisted get a cell phone, Olivia, Broyles and the take out place down the road took up the first four numbers.
"Hey Rach, its Peter, Olivia didn't show up to work this morning." Peter said trying to keep calm. "Is she okay?" He asked. "Yeah of course, I'll be there as soon as possible."
"What's going on?" Astrid asked after Peter hung up and put his jacket on.
"Olivia is at Boston general." Peter said grabbing the car keys. "She experienced a dizzy spell and collapsed."
"We'll come with you." Walter said going to get his own jacket.
"No Walter." Peter said stopping his father in his tracks. "Someone needs to stay here to work on the cure."
"Peter."
"Look, Walter, I know you have your doubts about being able to create a cure, but I need to keep trying, we need to keep trying. Please." Peter begged raw emotion spilling from his words and covering his face.
"Okay." Walter nodded. "Tell Olivia that I said hi."
"I will." Peter said and rushed out of the lab and to his car.
Peter walked into Olivia's hospital room and saw Rachel standing beside her bed. Without saying anything he walked over to the sleeping form of Olivia and sat down beside her taking her frail hand into both of his own, placing a kiss on it and watching her eyes flutter open.
"Peter?" She asked a tired smile gracing her face.
"Good morning sleeping beauty." Peter said leaning over and placing a sweet kiss on her lips pulling back to see a watery and surprised smile on Rachel's face. "You had us scared when you didn't show up at the lab."
"I'm sorry." Olivia said weakly.
"Don't be sweetheart." Peter shook his head and placed his hand on her fevered cheek. "How do you feel?"
"I'm tired." Olivia admitted and saw Peter's eyes soften even more letting her see how much he loved her.
"Then go to sleep." Peter smiled.
"No, I want to stay awake." Olivia protested.
"Okay." Peter said gently stroking her cheek and watching her eyes flutter.
"Stop." She said after some time had passed, amusement in her voice, looking up at him.
"Stop what?" Peter asked innocently. He had seen Olivia rub Ella's cheek to get her to sleep before and figured that if it worked on the little girl that it might work on her aunt, and it seemed to be.
"You're putting me to sleep." Olivia stated with her eyes closed.
"You need the sleep Liv." Rachel said startling both Peter and Olivia who had forgotten about her.
"I'll be alright Rach." Olivia said and saw her sister wipe at her eyes.
"Please Liv, if only to make you a little stronger for a while." Rachel nearly begged.
"Okay." Olivia said seeing how sad her sister was. "Will you stay here?"
"Yes." Rachel nodded and took a seat. Olivia turned to look at Peter.
"Will you stay too?"
"I'm not going anywhere." He promised and went back to rubbing her cheek until she fell asleep.
"I didn't know that the two of you are…"Rachel trailed off once her sister was sleeping.
"Dating?"
"Yes."
"We're not." Peter shook his head sadly. "We never really got the chance to. She was angry at me for something that I did and she still hasn't really forgiven me. I told her the other day that I love her but it was already…She was already sick."
"Yeah she was angry with me too. I don't know why though." Rachel said and looked out at the hall.
"Yeah she was having a hard time with some things." Peter nodded.
"I need to get Ella." Rachel said reluctant to leave.
"I can get her for you if you want." Peter offered knowing that the sister's should stay together.
"I-I can't stay here Peter." Rachel admitted. "I can't see her like this right now. All that I see when I look at her is our mother before she died."
"Okay." Peter said. "I'll stay here with her, she won't be alone."
"Thank you." Rachel said and left the room.
Peter continued to stroke Olivia's cheek until his own exhaustion caught up with him and his eyes drooped shut. The next thing he knew was that of fingers running soothingly through his hair, his eyes opening to see Olivia looking at him.
"Now who's waking who?" Olivia chuckled making Peter smile at her while wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"How long have you been awake?" He asked reaching up and pushing a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.
"I've been up for about an hour." She said looking at the weary sadness in his eyes. "Peter, we all die in the end."
"I don't think I can lose you." Peter said looking down at the sheet on her bed.
"We can't all be saved." Olivia said bravely and saw him flinch. "I know that you want to save me and you have no idea how much I want to live, but you're just wearing yourself down."
"I'll do anything to save your life."Peter said truthfully. "I already left you in another world to have so many things done to you. I'm not going to let you die, not if I can stop it."
"But you can't." Olivia said running her fingers through his hair again. "You can drive yourself into the ground, you can push yourself until you have nothing left to give, but you can't save me."
"I can sure as hell try." He stated.
"I suppose you can." Olivia nodded, getting tired again.
"Go to sleep." Peter said and saw her nod before falling into a deep sleep again.
You know the drill
