Oops (General Hospital)

Something Different, Something Better

A Few Hours Later

"Julian? Julian?" Kim asks, opening the door to his office. She rushes to his side, dropping next to him and helping him sit up. "What happended?"
He shakes his head, hiding his face in his hands. She holds his wrists, pulling his hands away. "What happended, Julian?" She asks softly, cupping his cheeks. "Oh, you poor thing. Come on, let's you get you bed." She says, putting his arm over her shoulder and trying to stand, falling back into his lap. "Come on, Charlie, help me out."
"I have nothing. I have no one. Why am I still here?" He asks, swallowing a mouthful of spit, staring at Kim. He whimpers and closes his eyes, tears falling down his cheeks. "Sometimes, sometimes I just wish I was dead."
"Don't say that, don't ever say that. What happended today to make you do this?" She asks. "Alexis, she said goodbye forever. I think it's really over this time. I've driven everyone away. I don't have a reason to live, so why am I? At least if I was dead my kids would get my money. I'm not gonna kill myself or anything, but maybe I'll get hit by a car. Again."
"Julian, stop talking like that. You're not gonna die, not on my watch. You're here for a reason. I don't know what it is, but you shouldn't throw away your life because you messed up. Everyone deserves a second chance, including you." She says. "That was my second chance. I've failed at life more times than I can count."
"I'm done with you talking like this. It's time for you to go to sleep." She says, giving him another pull, getting him onto his feet, supporting him against her. "Where's your bed?" She asks. "Pull out."
"Christ. Fuck it, you're sleeping on the couch." She says, laying him down, lifting his legs and putting a pillow under his head. She goes over and closes the blinds, grabbing a blanket and covering his legs and up to his mid-chest. "Do you want some water or something?"
He shakes his head. "Okay. Goodnight, Julian." She says, kissing his forehead. He closes his eyes, the spinning room disappearing.

The Next Morning

Julian opens his eyes, light spilling in the room from the half opened curtains. He sits up, grabbing his sore knee, rubbing it and looking around. Kim sits at his desk, fully involved in her breakfast and whatever video's playing on her phone. She glances over, smiling at him. "Good morning, sleepy head. How do you feel?"
"Like shit." He groans, trying to stand, pausing halfway up. "Headache?" She asks. "My knee, it's killing me. I think I slept on it weird. But my head hurts too." He tells her. "You're hungover. Come here."
He limps over, happy to take the chair when she gets up. She pulls something out of the paper bag on the table and plops it in front of him. "Breakfast."
He unwraps it, glancing between her and the burger. "It's a hangover burger. It's got cheese, bacon, an egg, and even shredded potato." She explains. He lifts the bun off, giving it an almost dirty look. "Listen to me, I was here all night listening to you snore or debating whether or not to have you admitted to the hospital because you said you wanted to die. You're gonna eat the damn burger, or I'm gonna be pissed."
He takes a bite, yolk starting to run down his chin. He groans and keeps going, finishing the rest quickly and messily. "That was good."
"It better have been, it was ten bucks. Now drink some water, you're probably still dehydrated." She says, placing a glass of water in front of him. He takes a drink, wiping the egg off his face. "Whatever I said last night, it wasn't accurate. I was just drunk, I say stupid shit when I'm drunk."
"So you don't want to die?" She asks. "No, no I don't. I'm ready to move past Alexis, all of it really. I'm smart enough to know when I'm beaten. I'm never getting Sam or Lucas back but maybe I can get supervised visitation with Leo. I'm done holding out hope for a dream that's impossible."
"So you're really ready to move on from Alexis?" Kim asks. "Fuck her. She's moving on, why can't I?" He asks. She grabs his cheeks and kisses him, breathless and shaky. When she pulls away, she's got a sour look on her face. "You haven't brushed your teeth since yesterday morning, have you?"
He shakes his head. "I'll go brush them now, you can pull out the bed." He says, kissing her cheek. She goes over to the couch and starts to pull out the bed, Julian joining her a few minutes later. It's only a matter of moments until they're both mostly naked, knotted in a human pretzel, and under the covers.
She pins him to the bed, pressing her chest to his and kissing him. He accepts some submission, letting her set the pace before flipping her, taking his spot on top. She pulls away from his kiss just long enough to make eye contact, going back in for more.

Kim rests her head on Julian's chest, her hair sticking to his sweaty skin. "That was so amazing, I can hardly feel my legs." She says, rubbing his leg with her foot. He smiles, his eyes closed and his whole body relaxed. "I'm glad, I did my job. You deserve to feel good after taking care of me."
"You're wonderful, Julian and if I'm behind honest here, I really see this going somewhere. I can see us going somewhere. I wanna be exclusive, just you and me. If you don't think you're ready for that with me, I understand and I'll be waiting until you are." She says, not daring to lift her head and look into his eyes, fearing disappointment or rejection.
He keeps running his fingers up and down her bare arm, the warmth from her body making the room even hotter. "If you want just you and me, you got it."
She finally lifts her head, turning to him. "Really, you wanna be exclusive too? You want a real relationship with me?"
"Yeah, you and only you. I can see us going somewhere, Kim." He laughs, using her own words against her and playfully kissing her nose. She burries her face in the crook of his neck, letting a deep breath out. "Hey, Kim, what we're going to have together is going to be something different than we've had before, and it's gonna be something better too. I promise."

Stage one is officially compete. Stage two starts next. Jules is about to find out that he's done an oops, he's done many oops. I wonder who's first, and how it's gonna go down...