You wake up in the hospital chair beside Ricochet's bed. His hand still holding yours from after you fell asleep. The official diagnosis is that his leg is severely injured; One more chair shot and it'd have been broken. He'll be released from the hospital in a few days' time but he'll be unable to put any weight on the leg until it's healed. With no one to care for him during that time he's facing managing the task alone.
You scan the room and realize no one else has come to visit. "London?" Ricochet breathes tiredly. You stand and move closer, "Yes?" You answer. He weakly smiles, "You stayed with me all night?" He asks.
"I fell asleep. I guess I just didn't want to leave you alone." You answer with a soft smile. "Ricochet, I'm so sorry I caused this. Had I known---" You begin.
"Don't ever apologize for someone else's actions. London, you've done nothing wrong." He assures.
"I just feel like I have." You say. He strokes your hand with his thumb, "You saved me from having my leg broken. You could have done nothing." He reminds.
You think back to that moment. You've never seen Damian so enraged, it was like he'd become an entirely different man. He wanted to put Ricochet out of commission and was going to.
You offer a faint smile to his reminder.
His doctor comes in and you leave to get a sip of water to give him privacy. As you make your way down the hall you're greeted by Pete has come to pick you up. "Let me ask you a question. Why'd you do something so stupid as to risk your own safety for Ricochet? Ricochet of all the hideous men you could fawn over? Have you gone mad?" He inquires.
"He was getting beaten because of me." You remind.
"He was getting beaten because of his own actions. Where I come from if you try to steal someone's woman you get your ass handed to you then you squash the matter over a pint of beer with the scars to remind you not to do it again." He says.
"Where you're from people throw each other through tables for fun." You remind.
"What's not fun about it?" He inquires.
You sigh, "You'll never understand love." You say placing your hand on his shoulder. He tries to bite the hand and you quickly move it away.
"Quit trying to eat me!" You groan. "I know I'm a snack but still........." You announce boldly.
"Oh? Have you got me confused for Ricochet?" He asks.
You instantly blush and violently elbow him. It evolves into a tussle with him noogying you.
"Stahp! We're in a hospital remember?!" You remind.
"Perfect, you won't have to go far!" He says.
You escape him, "I hate you." You say readjusting your jacket and proceeding onward.
He deviously grins.
You return to Ricochet's room finding him all packed up. "Hey, what's going on are you being discharged?" You inquire.
"Yup. They need the bed for another patient and I've gotten as much care as I'm going to get." Ricochet says. Now settled into a wheelchair.
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Priest's Princess (Damian Priest X Reader)
Fanfiction"You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece And now i'm tearing through the pages and the ink Everything is blue His pills, his hands, his jeans And now i'm covered in the colors pull apart at the seams And it's blue." Romance, Fantasy, Dr...
