Title: A Familiar Scene
Summary: Stella wakes up in the hospital, again. For Lisa.
Stella stirs to the sounds of beeps (much more familiar than she cares to admit), and to Mac and the doctor's soft whispers in her doorway.
The lights are bright and her body aches; she groans, trying to sit up. Before she can achieve any progress (because really, it's just another bullet wound to add to her collection of scars), Mac's at her side.
"Now you know better than that," he says softly and resumes (she's assuming here, because this is Mac, after all) his station in the chair beside her.
She sighs, knowing she won't win (and kind of realizing she's not gonna make it anywhere anyhow). "What'd the doctor say?"
"It was a through and through; you'll be back in no time. The aching is mostly from the fall down the stairs."
Stella nods then grimaces, her head pounding. "How long was I out for?"
Mac covers her hand with his. "Just long enough to worry us. About half a day."
"Well that explains why you look like hell."
He grins. (He thinks he's so cute.) "Yeah well, you nearly dying seems to have that affect on me."
She smiles. (The problem of course being that he is.)