When Orm entered the room with Win, Fluke was already sitting beside Lingling.
"Hey" Lingling said, her eyes fixed on Orm. And Orm saw it the moment Lingling's face changed, the moment Lingling realized Orm had been crying.
"Orm..." Lingling said
"Hey...do you need anything? Are you hungry?" Orm asked
"No, I'm alright..." Lingling said. Orm came to the other side of her bed, and Lingling reached out to hold her hand, rubbing her thumb soothingly on Orm's skin.
When Fluke and Win got busy having their own conversation, Lingling looked at Orm and said with worry etched on her face "You've been crying"
Orm smiled softly, and smoothed her thumb over Lingling's worried brows "Your stitches will hurt.. Please relax..."
"Baby..." Lingling said, wanting to know why Orm had been crying.
"I'm fine, you're the one in the hospital bed..." Orm said, embarrassed at herself and wiping at the new tears in her eyes
Lingling looked at Win, and in some unspoken way, Win led Fluke out to give the couple a moment
"Come here" Lingling said, eyeing the space on her bed, beside her thighs, so Orm sat down, angling herself to face Lingling.
"I love you" Lingling said
"I love you too"
"I didn't kiss you before leaving... but I'd like to kiss you now..." Lingling said, smiling softly
Orm leaned in and gave Lingling a reassuring kiss, sweet, passionate, long, lips thirsty for one another. Orm cradled Lingling's face ever so gently.
"I won't break, baby," Lingling said with a smile.
"You're literally wearing a cast" Orm teased
"Eh, this will be off in a week or so"
Orm wanted to tell her that may not be the case, and that fractures take time to heal. But she decided to leave that for a doctor to explain.
"Why aren't you giving me the 'I told you so' spiel?" Lingling asked Orm
"I'm sure you're beating yourself up about it, in here, already, that's why." Orm said, tapping her finger at Lingling's temple.
Lingling looked down at their joined hand, she was pensive
"I want what you want," Lingling said, out of the blue.
"Hmmm?" Orm asked
"I want to want a baby..." Lingling said
"Lingling... we don't need to..." Orm rushed to say
"No, I have been thinking about it ever since I left the house this morning. Actually, ever since I denied it after the whole Toey interaction. So let me get it off my chest..." Lingling said, her gaze now fixed on Orm's beautiful brown eyes,
"I'm scared... of what parenthood is like. I mean, the idea of raising an infant to a full grown adult, and influencing everything they become... that scares me." Lingling said
Orm rubbed her thumb soothingly on Lingling''s hand
"But somehow, the idea of doing it alongside you... makes it more digestible...." Lingling said, searching her own head for the right words,
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Angustifolium
FanficThere it was. That sound. Orm recognize that sound because it was a weekly event. Every Saturday, the same time, the same sound, the same person. Orm hated the predictability. It was honestly getting to be a bit of a bore. The sound of the motorcycl...
