The Girl in the gilded cage (A Tom Hiddleston story)

A very lucky man

*Tom*
"What ? How did a piece of.. oh wait". I grab my pants, pulling them to me and fishing my wallet from my pocket. "He hit my wallet. It went through my wallet and into my leg".
"Well that explains the dollar bill and it also explains that the wound isn't deeper. You have been very lucky here Mr Hiddleston. Hadn't it hit your wallet first it would probably have severet your main artery. Had you pulled out the knife then you would have bleed out in minutes". I feel myself go pale at the doctors words.
The doctor takes some things from his bag. "You don't need to go to the hospital. I can give you a couple of stitches here and it will be fine".
"Well get on with it then". I don't particularly like the idea of a needle in that area, but the idea of what could have happened makes me just want this over with.

*Malina*
"Is he okay Leon ?" I ask as I meet him outside the trailer. I have been pacing nervously outside, hering Tom cry out with pain several times. I had been scared what happened to him.
Leon smile at me. "Don't worry Malina he'll be okay. I have stitched him up. He is sleeping now. But he was extremely lucky, hadn't he had his wallet in his pocket he would properly have severed his main artery and well... and had Ioan hit an inch or two to the right, well the he would have.. uhm castrated him. So he is a lucky guy".
I clamp my hands over my mouth. "Shit ! But he is going to be okay rigth ?" Leon nods and I feel a weight lifted from my shoulders. "Can I go see him ?"
"Yeah of course. He is sleeping as I said, but go sit with him. He will be happy to see you when he wakes up". He tells me. I thank him before going into Tom's trailer.
I find him sleeping on his bed, a blanket covering him up to the middle of the chest. I am grateful for that, as I suspect that he is naked. He is laying on his back. His eyes closed and the dark lashes resting against his skin. His soft mouth slightly parted. His hair is a tangled mess of curls, from sweeting and moving around.
I sit down. Taking his much larger hand in mine. I like his big hands. My eyes run down to the visible part of his chest. I have seen quite a lot of men bare chested in the circus. I like the way he looks, he is naturally slim, and his muscles looks like they are carved from marble. Part of me wish I could snuggle into him with my head on his chest.

*Tom POV*
"What are you doing here ?" I ask softly, as I wake to find Malina sitting by the side of my bed holding my hand in her much smaller hands.
She smiles and reach over to tug a stray curl away from my forhead. "I wanted to make sure you were okay. Everyone is asleep by now anyway".
I gently pull her down to me on the bed. On top of the blanket of course, as I am naked and well I don't think she is ready for that just yet. I kiss her softly and she snuggles into me, laying her head on my chest.
We lay like that for a while. Her fingers are drawing lazy circles on my chest and I run my hand through her hair. "I wish we could just run away".
"Were would you go ?" She asks, looking up at my face.
I hesitate for a moment. "Honestly I don't know, just somewhere away from here". I pull her a bit closer and look into her golden eyes. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. "Were would you go, if you ran away ?"
"To you". Is all she says. It is all she needs to say. I hug her tightly to me, closing my eyes and wishing the world was different. That we didn't have all these obstacles to face.
"I better get back to my own trailer. If anyone should come looking for me". She says. For a moment I wish I could ask her to just stay with me, but I know it isn't possible.
She kisses me softly and then she disappears soundlessly. She has a way of leaving like at vision or a dream. Sometime it feels like she almost isn't real.