Fear Will Lose // twenty one pilots // Joshler

Chapter 12

"So as you know, your section runs out in an about 5 minutes Tyler, so after that point we can't legally keep you here. Well, except if we detain you under another section, but that would last either 28 or 90 days, and the whole team is in agreement that we won't be doing that." Dr Casey told Tyler from across the meeting table.
"Does that mean I can go home?" Tyler asked,
"Yes, but you don't have to. If you would like to then you can stay here for a few more days as a voluntary patient," she explained.

"Thanks but no thanks," he quickly answered, shaking his head with a smile.
"Missing your own bed?"
"A little, but more importantly my parents are visiting this evening," Tyler told her with a grin.

"So I take it yesterday went well?"
"Really really well, I had a heart to heart with Dad and we all agreed that we need to start spending more time together, and we thought, why wait? So yeah, they're coming round for dinner."
"Then don't wait, you've coped perfectly Tyler, therefore you're allowed to go."
"Thank you so much Lauren,"
"You've earned it, and hey, I'm still Dr Casey until you've been officially discharged." She told him with a smirk.

"Now you've still got stitches in your arm, so don't forget to keep changing the dressing and please keep the bandage on until everything is fully healed Ty. Also you'll need to go back to the general on Monday to get them removed. And if you start to feel yourself getting unwell Tyler then tell Josh, Josh you can take him to the Emergency Department again, or bring him straight back here to Campbell."
"Okay I'll watch out for anything," Josh said.

"Are we continuing with the previous outpatient routine starting tomorrow?"
"Yes, back to usual. We'll hold a meeting to see what needs to be changed to prevent this sort of thing happening again, but you two won't attend that. If we decide on anything then either Dr Wakefield or I will email you to arrange a meeting."
"Okay thank you," Josh said, smiling at Tyler.

"Alright, has anybody got anything they want to say?" Dr Casey asked the room. The two nurses also in the meeting shook their heads, and Tyler and Josh both uttered no. "Okay good, right well you're free to go then Ty. Don't forget to say bye to Ryan before you sign out, and I've got some work to do at the outpatient centre tomorrow so I'll most likely see you."
"Okay thank you so much," Tyler said as they stood up.

"Babe, what can I get you for lunch?" Josh asked his husband who was sat on the bar stool at the breakfast bar as Josh stood at the chopping board opposite.
"I'm fine," he answered slowly,
"Ty come on, what can I get you?"
"I think I'm going to go for a shower," Tyler said softly, looking into the distance a little dazed.

"No sweetheart, don't do that. You already showered when we got home from the hospital, and now it's time for lunch." Josh told him calmly.

"I think I, I think I missed a bit," he stuttered quietly, still staring at nothing.
"You didn't Tyler, you showered twice to make sure. I'm having a sandwich now, would you like a sandwich or something different?"
"I think I'm going to, I think I'm going to go next door,"
"We can go next door in a minute if you'd like to, but I want you to at least try and have some lunch first. You don't have to eat it all, but you have to try, that's the agreement." Josh told him, but he didn't reply.

"Tyler."
"Yes?" He asked faintly.
"Lunch sweetheart."
"Oh, oh okay,"
"Babe do you want to talk about anything? Is something up?"
"Up?"
"Yeah, is there something I can do to help you concentrate a bit?"
"Oh," Tyler said innocently, still staring into the distance.

Josh walked around the breakfast bar and sat on the stool next to Tyler, then took his hand and held it tight.
"Tyler look at me babe," Josh told him, and Tyler slowly turned his head towards Josh but didn't move his eyes until the last moment.
"Sorry," he said, still seeming confused. He used his bandaged hand to rub his face and eyes before running it through his hair, then shook his head for a second.