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He leaned against the wall outside her room, it had been two days and they had avoided each other to the best of their abilities. Which meant they had barely seen each other during the meals.
He wanted to knock on her door, wanted it desperately… With every damn fiber of his body.
He stood there for half an hour, his 6'1" frame was weighing heavily on his crutches. Every now and then he glanced at her door, it was hard being so close to her but still so far away…
He gathered his crutches in one hand, and slid down along the wall. He lifted his right leg on top of his left, in an attempt to keep it elevated. His leg would probably swell up after all the standing around he had been doing today anyway…
He crossed his wrists and just waited. For what he wasn't exactly sure…
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About an hour later, the door opened and Sara stepped out into the hall. She stopped when she saw Len sitting on the floor.
"What are you doing here?" she asked confused.
He looked up at her, looking like a kicked puppy himself.
"Are you okay?" she asked, "Are you hurt? Did you fall?"
She knelt down beside him, her left hand hovering above his shoulder.
He shook his head.
"I missed you…" he admitted and dropped his head. "I missed you…"
Her hand touched his shoulder, and he looked up at her. He had tears in his eyes, ready to spill.
"Oh, Len… Are you sure you're all right?"
"I missed you… I already told you so…"
"Missed me?"
"Yeah… We haven't talked in two days, have barely seen each other the last two days… I missed you."
Sara dumped down beside him, her hand still on his shoulder.
"I was scared…"
"Huh…?"
"I was scared… When it happened..." she explained, "You're already hurt, you could have gotten yourself killed… What were you thinking?"
"I just saw you and about a dozen guys about to jump you… I guess I didn't think about myself…"
Sara nodded. "Please don't do that again… Like, ever!"
The corners of his lips tugged upwards, and he looked directly at her. "I promise that I'll never forget to think about myself… Unless I can think about you! Because you're a lot more fun to think of!"
"And you're about as smooth worn down asphalt…"
"I thought that was a pretty good line…"
"I'll give you a point for the attempt…"
"Can we go back to being together? Because I've been through torture easier than this?" Leonard looked up at her again, tears still welling up in his eyes.
She leaned forward and kissed him, she let that be her answer.
"We could go into my room and cuddle up together…" Sara offered, and Len nodded.
Sara pushed herself to her feet, and was about to walk into her room when she saw Len struggling on the floor.
"Might need some help here, darling… I can't get up…"
Sara reached out an arm for him to grab. He grabbed it, but she wasn't able to just pull him up like that.
Len groaned as Sara managed to pull him up by the second attempt. He reached down to steady his leg for a second, and Sara's worried eyes fell on him.
"Are you sure you're not in pain?"
"Okay… Maybe…" Len winced again, "Maybe my leg suffered a slight set-back from the fall…"
"Leonard…"
"It's no big deal…"
"Len."
"Gideon have cleared it…" Len said as he stood back straight, "I haven't re-injured anything, it's just a bit banged up right now…"
"You sure?"
"Just ask Gideon…"
"Gideon!" Sara called out, "Is Snart telling the truth?"
"Hello, Ms. Lance…" the AI came on, "Yes, Mr. Snart is telling the truth."
"Good…"
"Now, can we please go sit down?" Len begged.
"Of course…"
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"Just lay down on the bed…" Sara directed.
"No need to ask me twice…"
As soon as Len had placed himself on the bed, Sara strode over to her closet and pulled out five extra pillows. She walked over to Len and motioned to his leg.
"Can I lift your leg up?"
Len smiled and nodded. "Sure…"
She placed the pillows on the bed, and placed her hand under Len's calf. "Is this okay?"
He nodded again, "As long as you don't make any sudden moves…"
Sara nodded and carefully lifted his leg. She didn't catch his grimace as she held his leg up and placed the pillows under his knee and leg.
"Thank you…" he smiled after she lowered his leg back onto the pillows.
He patted the space beside him, urging her to take the place. She crawled into bed beside him, and melted into his embrace.
"Let's just stay right here for the next decade or so…" he offered as he began rubbing his thumb over her hip.
Sara snuggled a little closer and nodded into his neck.
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Sara felt how tense Len was beside her. His muscles felt like they were made out of stone.
"You're hurting a lot right now, right?"
"Nah…" he lied.
"Come on… Have you taken anything for the pain?"
"Not since the injury was fresh…"
Sara nodded.
"You should… You look like you're in a lot of pain. You're tense and you have this ever present frown on your face…" she said as she placed her hand on his stomach.
"I don't think I should…" Len countered.
"Why?"
"My dad…"
Sara looked up at him, finding his weary eyes.
"You want to…?" she planned on asking if he wanted to talk about it…
"He turned into an user…"
"Oh…" Sara breathed understandingly.
She felt him nod next to her, and she wished she could take the heavy load of Len's shoulders.
"It's all a long time ago, but I don't want to turn into him…"
"I get it, but you are obviously in a lot of pain."
"I'll take the damn pill, if my leg gets any worse…"
Sara nodded, secretly hoping that Leonard would let himself easing his pains.
"I just wish that you didn't have to be in pain…"
Len chuckled.
"As long as I have my girl, I'm all good!" Len smiled and pulled Sara even closer…
Phew... That was long...
Another 1000+ words chapter... Hmmm...
Hope I did something right inside that one...