Knock knock!
Sam walked over to open the door but Kirby quickly held him back "Don't open it!" She whisper shouted at him.
"Why not?" He whispered too, looking confused.
"It might be Steven?"
"Why would he knock on his own bedroom?"
"Boys, it's Anders, are you decent?" He asked respectfully, not wanting to walk in on anything that couldn't be unseen.
"Hide." He directed her.
Kirby quickly dived underneath the gigantic king sized bed, it wasn't as roomy underneath as it appeared but it would do for a hiding spot.
"Sorry," Sam lied quickly, opening the door "I was just in the shower."
"You're not wet." He observed, looking the young adult up and down.
"Yeah, I like to be 100% dry before I leave the bathroom, wouldn't want wet footprints on the floor, right?"
"Right." Joe nodded slowly and suspiciously "Well, sorry to bother you, I was just looking for Steven, have you seen him?"
"Not since earlier." He shrugged nonchalantly, pretending to be oblivious to the situation "Why?"
"Fallon's in the hospital, I need to talk to him about it..."
"Oh my god!" Sammy Jo acted surprised "is she okay?"
"Well, truthfully, no, no, she's not, that's what I need to talk to Steven about."
"Oh. Well, did you want me to talk to Steven?"
"No, it's okay, that's my burden."
"Okay." He nodded.
Anders was about to leave before he added "By the way, if you see Kirby can you send her my way, tell her I'm not cross with her, I just want to talk."
"What about?"
"That's our business." He said sternly before walking away.
Sam quickly shut the door again and moved to help Kirby out from the small gap under the bed.
"See, he's not mad, probably doesn't even believe what Alexis said to the press."
"Oh, you really don't know my father do you." She patted his arm, shaking her head.
"Why?"
"Because the precise reason he wants to talk to me is because he DOES believe Alexis, he wants a reason why I hit Fallon." She explained as Sammy Jo nodded in understanding.
"Oh," he thought "well, what are we gonna do?"
"I don't know." She shrugged, jumping backwards into the bed as she crashed out, practically falling asleep as soon as she hit the pillow.
"Night, Kirby." He smiled.
Dynasty
It was around midnight now, and all the Carringtons were home from either seeing Fallon, or work, that went for Steven too.
"Sam, will you..." he looked between his husband and the girl who was now apparently his sister laying on top of his bed "what is SHE doing here?"
"Hey, be quiet, you'll wake her up."
"I'll wake her?!" He raised his voice, shocked that all of a sudden Sam cared about Kirby's well being.
"Just leave it, okay, Steven, she's had a long day."
"She's had a long day?!"
"Relax, I'm going." She put her hands up, yawning as she attempted to walk past him.
"Not so fast," he cupped her forearm "is what Anders said true?"
"See?" Kirby looked past Steven to Sam as he nodded discreetly, a sad face now gracing his tanned skin.
"No, it isn't, okay, I didn't hurt Fallon." She sighed, pulling her arm out of his grasp.
"What, and I'm just supposed to believe you?"
Kirby shrugged.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't call the cops right now."
"Go ahead." Kirby got her phone out of her pocket, handing it to Steven "call 'em, see if I care."
"Kirby!" Sammy Jo exclaimed as she walked away, leaving Steven holding her phone.
"I'm going out!" She yelled, putting her hand up behind her back.
"You didn't even give her a chance, Steven."
"Don't tell me you're on her side."
"You don't know the full facts, what happened to innocent until proven guilty, I thought you were the kinda guy who doesn't judge quickly, the kinda guy who's the opposite to Blake."
"Don't even try that, Sam." Steven argued back "are you forgetting the time you stole from me and almost gave my dad a heart attack with your stupid mates, I gave YOU a chance, I didn't call the cops."
"Then why aren't you doing the same for Kirby?"
"Because she's Kirby!" Steven yelled, losing his patience.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Just forget it," he sighed, sitting on the lounge bench at the end of the bed as he threw his hands over his face "Fallon's hurt bad." He looked at his husband seriously.
"I know," Sam sat next to him, wrapping his arm around his shoulder as he pulled him in close "But pointing the blame isn't gonna make her better, since when did you pay attention to anything the press said anyway."
"I know." Steven sighed, resting his head into Sam's as they spoke to each other softly "I haven't even got to see her yet, I just saw the news and raced back here as soon as I could. I wanted to see you but I didn't expect Kirby to be there too. I'm sorry, no matter what my feelings are towards Kirby, you're right, I shouldn't have treated her like that." He explained sincerely.
"Wait, so you didn't even find out from Anders, you found out on Channel 4?" Sam said, surprised and feeling guilty for not being as sensitive with Steven as he could have been, he had been so set on protecting Kirby, this misfit that he was so desperate to help, that he didn't even stop to think he needed to be there for his husband.
"Come on," Sam wrapped his hand around Steven's as he stood up.
"Where are we going?" He looked confused.
"To See Fallon." He smiled warmly, kissing him on the side of his mouth "I'll drive."
Dynasty
"Wait." Steven stopped Sam as they were about to go in to Fallon's room.
"What?"
"I'm scared."
"It's fine." He quizzed Steven's hands tighter, bringing it up to his lips as he kissed the back of it, a small smile appearing on Steven's mouth as he did so.
"I don't wanna see her hurt."
"Hasn't she been in the hospital before?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, twice." He said, thinking about when him and Fallon were children.
"What happened?"
"The first time was when we were horse riding and she fell off and broke her wrist in two places." He said sadly, remembering the loud crying from 5 year old Fallon "And the second time, she had appendicitis when she was like 13, as far as I know she hasn't been to the hospital since."
"Well surely you saw her unconscious when she had appendicitis."
"Yeah, for a little, but nothing like this."
"It's okay." Sam looked into Steven's eyes "I'll be with you the whole time."
"But what if..."
"You NEED to be there for her, Steven."
"I know." He sighed, psyching himself up before opening the door and seeing his baby sister laying in the bed with a breathing tube under her nose and several monitors around her bed.
"See?" Sammy Jo reassured him "it doesn't look as bad as you thought, right? It just looks like she's sleeping."
"Yeah." Steven nodded slowly, letting go of Sam's hand and walking over to kneel by his sister and take her hand instead. It was warm and he could still feel the slight indent on her fingers from where she constantly wore large rings.
Author Note: Hey guys, sorry it's literally been a whole month, but happy December lol.
Got inspired to write some more for this story after last night (Friday night for you Americans) episode. I feel like at some point Fallon's gonna get hurt, and I don't actually think it's gonna be by that gang lady, I think it's gonna be Culhane, similar to with the fake fire and poor Monica's ankle (spoilers lol)
Anyway, sorry if it's not coherent, again, I'm writing and editing this at like 4am so it's probably a load of drabble but still integral to the story nonetheless.
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See you later...
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