Addiction (Reed900)

Hospital Visit

Date: July 2, 2039

Time: 6:30 AM

POV: Gavin

I watch the deviant pull the gun on Spencer. I yell and I scream for him to stop but he doesn't. I look over at my brother on the ground unable to do anything while he is unconscious even though he created the thing that knocked him out. I start to get up when I hear the gunshot. I look over at the android and see the dead body of my fiancé. I run over to him and try to somehow save him but fail.

I wake up startled and shaking but I feel something on my arm and I look down to see Conan sleeping. He looks so calm and peaceful so I just leave him there looking out the window that is in front of me when I feel him start to stir. He opens his eyes and I see that he has dried tears on his cheeks from at least a couple of hours ago. I put my hand on his cheek and wiped them off. He gives me a confused look.

"Why were you crying?" he asks. I hadn't even realized that I had tears on my face.

I wiped my face a little "I didn't even realize I had." I stated. He pulled my hands away from my face and grabbed a tissue from the little table next to him and started wiping them off.

We made eye contact neither one of us pulling away from the other. We started moving closer to one another and our lips connected for a moment.

That moment was ruined by Hank, Connor and my brother all taking pictures while walking into the room. I glared at Hank and Connor before flipping my brother off. "What the fuck are you doing here?!" I asked, still glaring at my brother.

He shrugged "Thought I should be the good twin brother and come and check on you since I am still your emergency contact." he stated.

Conan looked at me confused. " Was that a joke?" he asked. I shook my head no and he looked back and forth between Elijah and me a couple more times before asking "Why don't you two have the same last name then?"

"I changed mine many years back before entering the police force." I said. Looking at Hank realizing this wasn't the first time he had heard this story. I looked over at Elijah " You told them already didn't you?"

"I told these two, Conan was already asleep when I came to check on him," he said.

I looked up at Hank and Connor and I saw it, pity written all over their faces. "How much did you tell them?" I asked worried about how much of the story they know.

"All of it." He stated.

I looked at the other two " I don't need your pity." I started trying to get up. Feeling pain In my wrists reminding me where I was and why I was here. I winced slightly and lifted my wrists to look at the bandages.

"I thought you had stopped doing that, what made you start again?" Elijah said, looking at me with empathy in his eyes.

I looked away. "You know what." I stated coldly

"Gavin it has been years, you have to move on from his death. He wouldn't want you beating yourself up over something you couldn't control." Elijah said

Conan grabbed my hand making me look at him "Please stop, you scared me. I thought I was going to lose you." he said in a quiet voice filled with sadness. I interlaced our fingers to try to keep him from crying letting him know that I wouldn't leave him.

I closed my eyes and a single tear went down my cheek. I felt Conan wipe it off as a nurse came into the room to change my bandages.

POV: Elijah

After the nurse removed the bandages I noticed older scars that were nowhere near recent and she put a fresh clean bandage on where the old ones were and she left.