Fields of Gold; Daniel Ricciardo

Awake

"Daniel? Oh my god you're awake!" Tears run freely over my face, you'd think I'd be dehydrated by now from all the crying I did today.
In 2 large steps I'm next to him and this time when I grab his hand he squeezes mine.
"I don't know what drugs they have me on, but am I seeing Lewis and Michael in here?" He says with a weak voice. His throat must be so raw from that tube that was in there.
"They are really here, so is Blake, but he's outside calling... oh shit Lewis could you please let him know Daniel is awake so he can tell his parents?" I realize Blake is on the phone, but when he went out Daniel wasn't awake yet.

"I'm so sorry I scared you baby, please come up here so I can properly hold you." He holds out his left arm, so I move to that side. His right lung was collapsed so he must be really sore there.
I carefully climb on the bed with him and he puts his arm around me. I couldn't be happier, even though we were in each others arms this morning, I was terrified I would never feel this again after his fall.
"It's good to have you back mate. I'll leave you two alone. See you tomorrow." Michael holds Daniels hand for a second and then leaves the room.

"I love you so much babe, I thought I had lost you. You stopped breathing and I just didn't know what I would ever do without you." I kiss his cheek while stroking his hair.
"I'm not leaving you, we're going to be gray and old together remember?" He coughs and his face shows it's hurting him. "Shit I've crashed before, but I have never felt like this after crashing an F1 car." I feel so bad for him, but on the other hand, he feels pain which means he's alive and kicking and he will get better.
"Do you want some water?" I ask and he nods.
There's a jug of water with a glass next to it, so I fill that and put the straw in Daniels mouth.

After a few sips he leans back again, I can tell he's exhausted.
"Do you want me to go so you can sleep?" I ask, but his eyes open wide when I ask that.
"Absolutely not, there's plenty of space in this bed. You're not going anywhere." He pats on the mattress next to him.
I'm glad Daisy brought some clean clothes when they came over so I strip out of my jeans and top and put on some clean underwear.
"I'll brush my teeth real quick." Making my way to the small en suite. I'm glad he has a private room, the hospital knows who he is and we don't need pictures of him going around the internet.

Daisy and the guys left after Matthew picked up Lewis from the airport, they have their ranch to look after. I quickly send a text to Casey, letting him know Daniel is awake. They must have been stressed out all day as well.
After brushing my teeth I slip into a shirt Daisy brought with her. She even packed Daniels toothbrush.
"Do you want me to brush your teeth babe?" I ask when I get back in the room.
"I think I can manage, it would be nice getting rid of this nasty taste in my mouth."
I hand him his things and then slowly put the top part of his bed a bit more up, so he's sitting instead of lying down.

His arms move slowly and I can tell every movement hurts him.
"Come here handsome, let me do it for you. You just relax." I take his toothbrush out of his hand and brush his teeth for him. I have an extra cup where he can spit in and then give him some more water.
"You're an angel, thank you." He sighs as he leans back against his pillow.
"There's nothing I wouldn't do for you, I love you so much. I'll be your nurse as long as you need me to."
I clean up everything and I see him grin. "Does that go with one of those hot nurses outfits?"

I laugh, "oh honey, you can barely move, don't even think about doing anything sexy for a while. We'll make up for lost times when you're all better."
He pouts, "I think I've got a tube going down my dick. I might even be peeing right now, but I don't know for sure."
I look at him for a second, but then I burst into laughter. He sure is back and there's absolutely nothing wrong with his brain.
He lifts up the blanket to see.
"Yeah just as I thought. Oh fuck that's gonna suck when they pull that out."