He woke when a nurse or someone opened the door, but knew immediately that Natalie was still asleep.
"Sorry" the nurse mouthed, and quickly checked her charts and then left once John shook his head that he was fine.
Natalie was still sound asleep, and he rested his head on hers, just enjoying her and feeling her. He felt complete again, like this was the solution to all the problems he'd had, and somehow, he knew it was. Just for this moment, he felt as if everything was right with the world. He knew when she woke up, he'd have to move and she'd have to get more treatment, but for now this was everything he wanted.
She stirred, turning her head into his chest, just like she used to, and he smiled, petting her hair. Eventually, she turned to look at him.
"Hey" he said, still petting her hair, "You look pretty"
"Good morning"
"It is a good morning" he said, "Did you sleep okay?"
"Better than I have in awhile"
"Me too"
She smiled at him.
"Do you want me to move?" he asked, though he didn't make any move to move at all.
She just shook her head and leaned up to kiss him. She went to deepen it, and he couldn't stop himself. He wrapped his arms around her to bring her closer, and somehow he pulled her on top of him, and she pressed into him fully, and she wasn't stopping, either.
They were interrupted by a voice, Michael's, going, "OH" and they broke apart, laughing a little.
"Maybe we should hold off on this for a little while" John said, petting her hair.
"At least we gave Michael a show" she said, and went to kiss him again.
"Natalie-we're in a hospital"
She moved off of him and he moved off of the bed.
"I'll go get Mike" he said, "You'll be okay? You want coffee or anything?"
"Yeah, coffee sounds good. Come back"
He nodded, and then headed out.
"Hey" Michael said as soon as John walked out the door.
"Hey" John said, coming towards him.
"I got the two of you coffee" he said, "Though I guess you don't need it-"
"Mike" he warned, taking a coffee.
"So I take it you two talked last night?"
"Not a lot. She was really tired"
"So-"
"So what, Mike?"
"So you're together, not together?"
"I don't know" he said, "I mean, I know what I want, I've always wanted her- She has every right to tell me I'm nuts for thinking that"
"Yeah, she does" he said, "But she's good with you here?"
"yeah, she is" he said.
"You stayed the night?"
"yeah, I stayed with her" he said, "She slept through the night"
"You okay?"
"All things considered, yeah"
"Have the doctors been in to see her yet?"
"No, not yet"
"Well, let's give her her coffee before they yell at her for drinking it"
"Hey Michael" she said, "did Liam sleep okay at Eve's?"
"I'm sure he did, she hasn't called me yet"
"Is that for me?" she asked about the coffee.
"Yeah" he said, handing it over, "I figured I'd stop in before my shift"
"thanks" she said, "Have you heard anything about me?"
"Doctors don't gossip about their patients Natalie"
"Yeah, right" she said.
"I'm sure someone will be in to see you soon, get examined, talk about what's next"
She nodded, "Who'd have thought the three of us would ever be in the same room again?"
"This is quite the blast from the past" Michael said, "And you're a lot less pushy now"
"I'm undercaffeinated" she said.
"Right"
"Can I get you anything?" John asked.
She shook her head, "I got the brothers McBain, what more could a girl want?"
They were interrupted when the doctor came in and shoved the brothers out to examine her.