A/N: I've enjoyed writing this fic so much, hope you guys are enjoying too. Let me know what you think :)
Erin rushed up to Hank, wrapped her arms around him and choked out, "What happened?" Hank led Erin over to some chairs so she could sit as he told her everything he knew. It wasn't long before Will had returned to the waiting room to update the intelligence team and said, "He's made it through surgery, which is good. He's not out of the woods yet but if he makes it through the night he should be in the clear. As you all know he was in surgery for a long time and he lost quite a lot of blood, so it might take him awhile to wake up. He's just come out of recovery so he should be in his room and we can all go see him now but its best that the whole team doesn't stay too long." Everyone stood up from their seats and followed Will through the hospital corridors until they got to Jay's room. The whole team filed in the small doorway until they were all crowded around the bed. After everyone had seen Jay, and had seen that he was ok, Hank told most of the team to leave and that he or Erin would keep them up to date. He knew that this was a waiting game, and there just wasn't space in Jay's tiny hospital room to accommodate the whole of intelligence. Erin was curled up on the upright chair next to Jay's bed, while Hank was pacing the floor. Hours passed by and nothing changed with Jays condition. Eventually Erin turned to her father figure and said, "Hank, it's ok if you go." Hank went to interrupt her, but she held up her hand and continued, "It's going to be hours. We both know it. If anything changes, I will let you know, and you can always come back. I mean it's what? A thirty-minute drive from home." Hank thought for a minute about what she had said, he questioned her slip up about calling his house home when she hadn't lived there for almost a decade but accepted her statement anyway. He walked around the bed to where she was sitting and leaned down to kiss her temple, then he said, "ok, I'll go home. But you know if you need anything, I'm just a call away. I'll see you tomorrow kid." With that Hank turned around and left the room. Leaving Erin alone with Jay and the slightly unnerving beeping of his monitors.
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Throughout the night, Jay had been periodically waking up, sometimes he was in intense pain, other times he just wanted a sip of water. But with each waking he grasped Erin's hand to confirm for both of them that they were ok. Every time he held her hand, she woke up from her restless sleep, but she always welcomed it because it meant that he was ok and that he would be still be coming home to her.
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After a few days in the hospital, Jay was allowed home with nothing but a sling and a couple of bottles of pills. He was told that he had to rest for a minimum of two weeks and that under no circumstance could he do anything strenuous in that time. He took what his doctors said seriously as he was just happy to be released back home and into the care of Erin. During the car ride home, Erin noticed that Jay was touching his head a lot and was frowning and scrunching his eyes closed. When she asked him about it, he only said that he wasn't feeling great. So once they had parked and Erin had helped Jay get himself and his bag back into her apartment, she made sure he had everything within reach – the tv controller, a bottle of water, a plate of snacks and all of his medication. She looked at him, eyes shut, wedged next to the arm of the sofa with pillows along his other side to prop up his injured arm. She walked to the sofa and kissed his cheek. "If everything is ok here, I'm going to have a quick shower and then get started on dinner. I was thinking… spaghetti," she said, looking at his slightly pained facial expression. She then followed up quickly with, "Is everything ok here?" Jay opened his eye nearest to her and gave her a small smile. "Just a headache, nothing these painkillers can't fix. You shower, I'm going to stay here and listen to the tv. And yes, if I need anything I'll yell," as he finished speaking, he smirked, knowing he had already answered her next question. Erin then got up and headed to the bathroom, she was excited to wash off the layers of yuck she felt on her skin from being in the hospital so much in the last few days. As she didn't hear Jay call out for her, Erin took her time washing her hair and getting herself to feel truly clean. By the time she came out into the living room, Jay wasn't where she had left him on the sofa. But she could hear him, so she moved towards the noise into the kitchen. That's where she found jay struggling to chop vegetables. "Jay," Erin said, "I said I'd make dinner, you are meant to be resting." Jay didn't turn to look at her. He kept trying to chop the vegetables but did respond by saying, "I don't need to rest Erin, I'm feel fine and I wanted to get a head start on cooking dinner for my mum." That left Erin confused, she didn't even know how to respond to what he had just said. Not only had Jays mum passed away before the couple had met, but Jay always found himself too emotional to talk about her so Erin barely knew anything about her. Erin pushed what he had said aside and told Jay she would make dinner now she was out the shower and that he could go back to the sofa. Once Jay was settled, Erin chopped the vegetables and called Will. Once he picked up Erin immediately started speaking rapid fire, "Will, I'm really worried about Jay! He had a headache earlier and was touching his head a lot and now he's says weird stuff and acting really confused, like thinking your mum is still alive confused. I don't have a clue how this is related to his arm. It literally makes no sense. But I'm really worried about him and I need your help." On the other end of the phone, Will processed the information and calmly tried to reassure Erin. He said, "I've just started a shift at the hospital, why don't you bring him in so we can check him out." That was most effective in keeping Erin calm, the moment she knew she could bring Jay to the hospital she felt like the whole situation was back in control.
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The car ride back to the hospital was stressful. Jay was getting tired and Erin was insistent that he was not allowed to close his eyes. When they walked into the emergency department, Dr Connor Rhodes was waiting for them. He helped them into a bay and nurses started taking Jay's vitals while the doctor spoke to Erin. "Hi Erin, what seems to be the trouble?" Connor said. By this point, Jay could hardly keep his eyes open. Erin looked at Connor, then over to Jay and then back again at the doctor. "So, it started in the car journey home," she said, "He was touching his head, frowning, complaining of a headache. I didn't really think anything of it but by the time I came out the shower he was acting odd and saying things that didn't make sense. And now he's acting all lethargic and listless and not at all like himself and it just all really worried me." As Erin finished her sentence, a nurse interrupted to tell Connor that Jay had lost consciousness. Connor left Erin's side, did a couple of checks on Jay and mumbled to the nurses. The nurses then began to wheel Jay out of the room which caused Erin's eyes to go wide. Before she even got words out, Connor started to speak, "Ok Erin, the confusion and the loss of consciousness is a little worrying. You did the right thing to bring him back in. From looking at him I can't see if anything is wrong, so we're going to send him up for a CT to see what's happening." With that Dr Rhodes was called elsewhere and told Erin to go to the waiting room and that someone would update her soon before he rushed off. When she sat down, she texted Will to let him know what was going on. Then she phoned Hank to tell him that they were back at the hospital. After Hank had told her he would come sit with her in the hospital and she had hung up the phone, Erin finally let the tears fall. It was the second time in just over a week that she wasn't sure if the man she loved would make it out of the hospital alive.