The Spies Who Loved - Elams (with E_musician)

Chapter 17

TW: guns

I drive back to the hospital and go back to Alex’s room. He’d sound asleep when I walk in but Eliza notices. “What’d you do”, she whispers.

"I didn't do anything," I lie but she sees through me. "I know you did something. If you went to the gift shop, you would have candy wrappers in your pockets because theres no garbage can between here and the shop. Plus, you would have a gift for Alex, which you do not." 

  “Ok you caught me I went to lecture Stephen for all the damage he’s done to you”, I say. Eliza gives me a stern look before saying, “he’s locked up for a reason I don’t want you in the hospital too”

"We didn't do much talking; but as you said, he's locked up for a reason. He can't do anything to me," I smirk and sit next to the bed again. I pull out a snickers bar from my pocket and leave it on the table near Alex's temporary bed. 

 Eliza lets out a small sigh. “This is an interesting break from work”, she says. I nod in agreement “probably the only time we’ll see Alex sleep according to Washington”, I say. “That’s- that’s not good for someone not to sleep”, she says.

"I know. That's why we don't tell him about the decaf coffee, got it? He's been sleeping soundly ever since he started drinking it." I explain to her. She nods and cuddles closer into Alex's side. She might be missing how much we usually cuddle. 

 Alex wakes up again because of another coughing fit. The doctor said something about him having a weak respiratory system due to being sick a lot as a child?
Eliza hands him a cup of water which he gratefully accepts before asking, “are you guys going home tonight-?”

"Well- only 1 person is allowed to stay with you… so we could either beg or you can choose which one of us you want to stay?" Eliza says quietly. Alex shakes his head. "You two go home and get sleep. I'll ask mom to stay with me." 

 I nod and help Eliza up. “We’ll come visit you first thing in the morning”, Eliza says. “Bye- I love you two-“, Alex says. “We love you as well”, I say before Eliza and I head home.

"Now what?" Eliza asks once we're in the car. "McDonalds and straight to bed cause I'm exhausted." I mumble and drive to the drive-through. She laughs and holds my hand as I drive. 

 “It sure has been a long day”, she agrees. “Yep now what do you want from McDonald’s?”, I ask. “The usual”, she says. “At least their burgers are more reliable than the ice cream”, I say and laugh a bit.

"Speaking of icecream- can i also have a fudge sundae? I need more chocolate in my system." Eliza says and gives me puppy dog eyes. She knows I can't say no to that. I order our meals, plus the ice cream and pull up to the next window.

 Once we get our food I drive us home. We both head into the apartment and go to the table. “Anything else i can get you to help, lizzy?”, I ask.

She shakes her head. "Ill be fine. You can go to bed. I know you're tired." She says and eats her burger happily. I smile at how adorable she is, especially when she eats. She does this almost dance thing when she likes the food. It's so cute. 

 “Night Liz”, I say and kiss her head before heading to bed. She’ll probably join me after she finishes eating. Not gonna lie after a long day nothing is better then just lying down and relaxing.

Unfortunately, relaxation is not what I'm getting tonight. I hear some glass shatter and a muffled scream from Eliza. I grab my gun from under my bed and run out to the livingroom. No one is there and the window is shattered. Eliza is gone-