Jason stared down at Audrey. Her vitals had dropped – she was inches away from needing life support – and she had to wear an oxygen mask to breathe. The sympathetic nurse who had called Nathan 'sweetheart' was assigned to watch Audrey at all times for any slight change, but when Nathan came in she left, saying she would "leave them alone for awhile" and pointing out the alarm button on the little side table, just in case.
"I did this?" whispered Jason in horror.
"But you can also reverse it," 30 minutes left, 30 minutes left, 30 minutes left "you can do this, Jason." Nathan walked over to Audrey and gripped her hand tightly, feeling her subtle warmth. But the surface of her skin seemed to be colder, more wax-like than human.
"How do you know?" Jason cried, his face creasing into lines of stress; he stayed by the door.
"Because you caused this – you can just as easily take it back. And anyway, you're a healer – it's what you do. Hell, you couldn't even kill someone properly," Nathan, fully aware that Jason needed support right then, but also fully aware of the ticking of the clock above the door, decided humour was the best way to bring a panicked teenager round. It worked; Jason let out a short bark of laughter. It was enough. He walked over to the other side of the bed and held Audrey's other hand in both of his.
"I'm sorry for what I did, by the way," he said, looking Nathan cautiously in the eye "I deserve to be locked away."
"No, you don't," Nathan replied firmly "you deserve forgiveness, and, I'm guessing after what Laura did to you, you deserve therapy. Now save the day, Jason – earn your forgiveness."
Without a word, Jason closed his eyes. Nathan's eyes widened as a golden glow started coming from his hands and took his hands from Audrey's, stepping back as the glow became brighter. Suddenly, Nathan could see the light spreading around Audrey's body, lighting up her organs through her skin as it healed. He saw her heart beat faster and stronger as the light cleansed it. But, best of all, he could see the tiny organs of the baby – it's heart, it's lungs, it's brain. All of the light combined made what looked similar to an ultrasound scan, only with golden light shining through Audrey's skin instead of a picture on a fuzzy monitor. The light got brighter and brighter. Nathan was just about to look away when it suddenly stopped and Jason sagged, falling to his knees in exhaustion.
"Jason!" Nathan yelled, running over to help him up "Are you ok?" he put him on the visitor's seat next to the bed. His face was grey and he had circles under his eyes.
"Yeah," he panted "just tired." He smiled weakly "Apparently it's harder to heal then to cause illnesses. Anyway, I don't think it's me you should be fussing over." He gestured with his chin to Audrey. Nathan turned at the sound of a feeble groan to see Audrey, eyebrows screwed together, pulling the oxygen mask off her face.
"Audrey?" Nathan was at her side in a second, stroking her face and hair, drinking the look of her in "Audrey, are you ok? Oh, god, I thought I'd lost you!" Audrey laughed when Nathan pulled her to him in a tight hug.
"Careful!" she chastised, pulling back with a grin "Not too tight, you'll crush us!" she looked down pointedly and caressed her huge stomach through the think hospital gown. Nathan smiled; he could look at her all day for the rest of his life, as long as she was smiling and happy and they were together.
"Hey Nathan," she grinned even wider "did you miss me?"