Essence of Quinn Parts 3 & 4 (MxM)

The Big Announcement

After five days in the infirmary, Doc Michaels, Secondo and Air finally deemed Quinn annoying (and well) enough to be sent home to the lair. 

He’d agreed, whilst lucid, to allow the Doc to try some human medication if he had another seizure. She was concerned about the damage that had been caused to his brain, and both Secondo and Air agreed that if they could bring Quinn out of it quicker with medication, then it was definitely something worth trying. 

Doc Michaels had mentioned this to him and Secondo a few times already before, in passing, but it had been a little while since they'd admitted Quinn to the infirmary, so they hadn’t been able to try it. Quinn reluctantly agreed with her reasoning; he was under her care anyway, so if anything negative happened, he’d be in the right place.  

Doctor Michaels and Secondo had also hypothesised about using human epilepsy medication long-term to stave off the visions for a while now. She had suggested that they were almost like absent seizures, so it stood to reason it could work.  

Quinn hadn’t agreed with that, though, knowing it wouldn’t make any difference to the visions. They weren’t physical. The seizures were just an occasional physical reaction he had to them, and the zoning out was part and parcel of having them, too.  Long term medication wouldn't help.

When Quinn had yet another seizure on the second day, they’d tried using Diazepam to stop it. After the initial three that had landed him in the infirmary, they’d all agreed it was worth a shot to prevent any further potential damage to his eyes or his brain. Although it had worked, and brought him around relatively quickly, the aftereffects were worse than letting the seizure run its course, as far as Quinn was concerned.  

The high ghoul dose had knocked him out for close to twelve hours and unleashed all kinds of fucked up memories and nightmares, followed by a full day of shaking and dry retching so badly that the muscles of his stomach felt like he’d done one of Fire’s brutal CrossFit sessions at the gym. 

Once the drug was out of his system and he came properly aware again, Quinn could tell the Doc felt frustrated. From a physical health perspective, they’d done their job, but the mental cost and the side effects were not worth it. Plus, at least now they knew not to give him that again. The reaction was as unexpected as it was severe. 

Quinn’s sight was almost back to what was usual, but his eyes were still very bloodshot and achy. 

So, on the fifth evening, after everyone was convinced the fits had stopped, Quinn had felt an immense sense of relief when the Doc had given him the all clear to go home and rest up there. Seren and Omega had been to visit, casting another healing spell and giving him a dose of healing quintessence.  

He’d plodded home on his own two feet, albeit slowly, and ended up on the furs in the den, surrounded by Air, Water and Fire. Even Itzal had stayed to chat for a little while, because Earth had gone to fetch Zoe for their big announcement. 

“Zoe is going to have to move in here, you realise,” Fire said as they waited. 

The others made noises of agreement. 

“Earth’s been a nightmare for these past couple of days. So tetchy, like a bear with a sore arse. Constantly calling her at work. I feel sorry for the poor thing,” Water said. 

Air shrugged. 

“She can handle him. She knows what she’s getting into.” 

Quinn smirked. 

“I think we’d all feel better if she was under our roof. Not only because it’ll appease Earth, but because we can look out for them, too.” 

Air’s arm tightened around his shoulder and he glowed with happiness.