Raising My Lover

Author: Lea Maxa (Lothiriel)

Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing.

BETA: My Angel eowyn_maiden_of_the_rohirrim1985


Ch.2 What Happened to Orli.


"Orlando is my lover. Please tell me what's happened." As Viggo spoke
he walked over to the side of Orli's bed taking the doctor's previous
spot gently taking hold of Orlando's uninjured hand.

~*~*~*~*~

"Orlando was in a car accident; from what we know he hit black ice
and lost control of the car, his car rolled several times landing
upside down in a ditch. His head was struck numerous times during the
accident and may have caused some damage, though what and to what
extent we will not be sure of until more tests are done.

Viggo quietly wept as he listened to what had happened to his lover
and what they had done so far. "Will he be okay? What happens now?"

"As of right now because he's in a coma he is listed as critical
condition though we have stabilized him, once he awakens we will be
able to run tests and scans to see what kind of damage we are going
to be dealing with. Once he is awake I want to have both a CAT scan
and a MRI done. That will allow us to see what damage has been done
and what we can do to help."

"What can I do?" Viggo asked the doctor.

"Sadly right now there is little you can do; we have to wait until
he's awake before anything can really be done."

Viggo felt as though someone had ripped his heart out. The doctor had
left the little hospital room what seemed like hours ago. Viggo sat
in a chair still holding Orlando's hand, still crying, though now he
had his head resting by Orlando's side on the bed, it was a very
uncomfortable position, but he didn't care, he was closer to Orlando
this way. Eventually Viggo fell into a dreamless fitful sleep.

~*~*~*~*~

Hour's later Viggo was woken by someone shaking his shoulder and
talking to him. Sitting up quickly Viggo realised where he was. He
had dearly hope that last night had just been an awful nightmare and
that he would wake up with Orlando curled up in his arms like always.
It wasn't a dream it was all very real, and Orlando lay before him
still unconscious.

"Sir you've been here all night why don't you go home get some decent
rest, eat something and come back in a few hours."

"No it's okay, I'm alright. I'd rather not leave in case he wakes up
and when he does I want to be here."

The doctor sighed but let the man be, checked the young mans vitals
since that's what he had come to do and quietly left the room.

~*~*~*~*~

Viggo never left Orlando's room that day hoping that he would wake
up, praying to every god he had ever heard of just to let him wake up
and just be okay.

Viggo had once again fallen asleep when he felt the doctor shaking
him gently.

"I'm sorry Sir but visiting hours are over. You can't stay here it's
against the rules."

It's wasn't the doctor talking as Viggo turned around but a nurse his
tag on his shirt read Elijah.

"I'm sorry Sir but you have to leave." He spoke again when he saw the
man make no move to go. He felt awful for him that he couldn't stay
with his loved one but he wasn't about to get himself or the man in
trouble for breaking the rules that he could not just forget about or
change.

Elijah gently as he could took the man's arms and gave a slight tug
to get him to stand up.

Viggo watched the nurse quietly as he took his arm and tried to pull
him up or at least get him to move. He knew he would have to if he
didn't they were likely to call security. Slowly Viggo stood from his
chair though not before leaning over and pressing a gentle good bye
kiss to Orlando's lips he didn't respond of course he was still
unconscious.

Eventually Viggo did make it home.

~*~*~*~*~

As Viggo entered the house his eyes scanned the living room, his and
Orlando's possessions everywhere, pictures, memories, the perfect
picture of a loving though very domestic couple. It was too much,
Viggo's body crumbled there where he stood his body curled up into a
ball allowing the first true sobs to run through his body shaking him
to the very core, he didn't know how long he laid there, or when he
actually fell asleep but when he awoke the next morning his body was
sore, his heart was in shatters and his beloved Orlando still lay in
the hospital still unconscious.

Pulling himself slowly off of the floor Viggo stood on wobbly legs
that were stiff from being curled up all night. He wanted to rush off
to the hospital again that moment but he quickly realized a few
things one he hadn't showered or eaten in more than 48 hours. A
shower was definitely in order so Viggo thought.

Showered, shaved, and in clean clothes Viggo was halfway out the door
when something else he needed to do hit him, he needed to call
Orlando's mother. Now he had sorely neglected to call either Sonja or
Sam.

"Shit." Viggo swore to himself backtracking into the house again.
Sitting himself down on the couch Viggo picked up the phone from its
cradle dialling Orlando's mom's phone number to make the call he did
not want to make.

~*~*~*~*~

"Hello."

"Sonja, its Viggo."

"Viggo what's wrong, what's happened you don't sound yourself."

"Orli was in a car accident, he's in the hospital."

"Viggo what happened tell me." Sonja's heart was in her throat as
Viggo told her about the accident and what he knew so far, and what
was being done to help her son.

"Can you tell Sam?"

"Yes, yes sure."

"Sonja I'm going to have to cut it short and I'm sorry but I need to
call the airline so I can get you and Sam tickets to come here. I'll
call you back in a while with details."

"All right Viggo, thank you for getting Sam and I tickets, we'll talk
later okay, Bye Viggo."

"Bye." Viggo sighed as he hung up the phone and then picked it up to
call the airline to make the flight arrangements.

~*~*~*~*~

Shortly after arranging the flights and calling Sonja back he left
again for the hospital opting to just get something on the way as he
couldn't be bothered to cook for himself it would only take him
longer to get back to Orlando if he did that. Right now all he wanted
was to be by Orlando's side, everything else came secondary to being
there for his lover.


TBC