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55 Dannys POV
Running the hospital corridors, I was relieved to see Tom sleeping, unrestrained, curled up on his side under his blanket. He looked exactly like the guy I had fallen in love with, looking adorable, and beautiful, like my whole world. I crept over, so he didn't wake up, kneeling next to his bed. "aw, your adorable Tom, I love you." I whispered, brushing some strands of blonde hair out of his face. "aw, he still sleeping?" Harry smiled behind me, sitting with me and Dougie. "yeah, hell, I think I've fallen for him more." I sighed dreamily, unable to look away from my Tom. This was the first time in a long time that I had seen Tom look so peaceful while he slept, and not look dead.
At last, he had some colour back, he wasn't paper white, and his breathing had calmed down a little, so it wasn't so ragged and out of time. Finally, he was getting a little better, and I felt a little bit of hope, for Tom coming home with us soon. "how well do you think he'll have to be before he can come home?" I asked, using all my strength to not pick Tom up and squeeze him, cradle him in my arms. "I'm guess almost 100% back and alive I'm guessing. They won't let him go unless he starts eating, no way." Harry sighed, rubbing my shoulder. "I know, I hope he starts eating soon. He'll never leave otherwise." I agreed, leaning on his shoulder, waiting for Tom to wake up.
It took hours for him to wake up, but I didn't mind, watching Tom sleep was like therapy after not seeing him for a year. To be honest, I still couldn't believe he was here, right in front of me, safe and (not so) sound, and not dead in some alleyway. My Tom, was actually here, on the bed, wrapped up in his blanket, and I now noticed he was hugging Mickey Mouse too.
Waking up was a slow process, but the cutest thing I had witnessed in years. At first, Tom made a small groaning noise, trying to nuzzle into the pillow more, curling into a ball more. His eyes scrunched up at the light, and he made a whimper/yawn type noise, turning over and stretching. I was grinning widely when he rubbed his eyes and finally opened them, having to almost sit on my hands so I didn't do something stupid like jump on top of him and refuse to let go.
56 Dougies POV
I held my breath a little bit as Tom woke up, worried over how he was going to react to see us all sitting here, watching him. "hey Tom, did you have a nice sleep?" Danny asked softly, still dreamily staring at the blonde, like he was his whole world, and really, Tom was. Tom jumped with a squeak, scrambling to hide under the blanket. "aw, don't be scared honey, its only us, we're not gunna do anything to you! Come out of there, we wanna watch a DVD!" Danny giggled, ignoring that Tom was probably scared, just tried to duck under the blanket as well.
"come on Tom, get out from under there! We're gunna watch a film with you!" I joined in, keeping my voice light and jokey, trying to show that it was okay to come out of the blanket. "you two move, I'm trying something." I gave up, shoving Danny out of the way. Both him and Harry gave me a worried look, but I just smiled, "I have this, don't worry! Make room, I'm getting in!" I gave Tom a little warning, watching the Tom shaped lump wriggled towards the wall.
Carefully, I crawled in under the covers, taking up a similar position as Tom was. Though I didn't cover my face with my hands, shaking like a leaf. "hey, look at me Tom, look at me a minute." I pulled his arms away gently, holding in a shudder at the bandages, not delicate, soft, muscled arms. Tom still didn't look at me, but at least he didn't fight to get his arms back, instead chewed on his lip until he almost drew blood. "okay, so we need to talk about this. You can't just hide under a duvet all the time, it hurts us to watch you hide. I know its hard, you've been away for a year, and aren't used to normal life, but you have to at least try to be with us. We're not giving up on you, ever, so please don't give up, you'll never be out of here otherwise. Now come on, get out from under here and we'll all watch Star Wars, okay?" I held onto Toms arms, keeping the point of contact, the next best thing to eye contact.
Just then, the Star Wars theme tune came out of the DVD player, and think that did it, because once that music started, Tom never ever resisted. Slowly, he took his head out of the blanket, moving to sit up properly, nervously fiddling with his fingers. "there we go, not so bad is it?" Danny encouraged, getting on the bed as well. Somehow, we all barely managed to fit, as long as I sat on Harrys lap, not that there was any complaining there from me!