Anything For The One You Love
First Steps
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Disclaimer
– I don’t own any of the characters (although I wish I had).
Chapter 4 –
First Steps Always Has Problems
Viggo
smiled as he looked down at Orlando, whom had fallen asleep on the couch, his
head resting on Viggo’s lap as he snored softly.
“He’s
exhausted” Craig said as he got up and covered
from the couch sometime during the movie. “How late do you need to be on the
set tomorrow?”
“About ten.
Peter said he’s going to do the Edoras scenes first and then a few scenes with
me and Liv. He’s postponing the scenes with
sure that his ankle can handle the stress. They don’t want him getting hurt
again, although it’s a bit hard with
Craig
chuckled. “He needs to rest” he said as he got settled in the chair again “And
we need to sort out Mr. Urban as well. He could’ve killed
“I know”
Viggo said as he gently stroked
taunt or humiliate
know that Karl’s words hurt him deeply.”
“Well, we
need to sort and change that” Craig said as he settled back in the chair and
continued to watch the movie with Viggo. After an hour he yawned and looked at
Viggo. “Let’s get him to bed.”
Viggo
nodded and gently lifted
gently picked
Both actors
smiled as
shoulder.
Careful not
to bump his ankle against anything, Viggo carried his sleeping charge up the
stairs. He laid
up the ankle on a pillow, before covering him with the blanket. “Sleep tight
Orli” he said before he switched off the light and left the room with Craig.
“See you tomorrow”
Craig said as he disappeared into this room and closed the door.
Viggo
nodded and went into his room. Taking off his clothes, except his boxer he fell
on the bed and was asleep in seconds. He woke up and looked at the alarm clock
next to his bed.
It read
getting up to get some water. He walked quietly down the hall, stopping when he
saw that
into the room and sat down on the bed next to his fellow actor. “Is your ankle
giving you problems again?”
“It burns”
“And my head hurts like hell as if someone’s pounding a drum on my brain.”
“Let’s get
you some painkillers” Viggo said “Do you want some ice cream. We never got to
it since you passed out on use so early in the movie.”
Both men
turned as another person appeared in the door.
“You two
talk so loud I could have shot you in the dark” Craig said, faking Haldir’s
line in the movie.
some ice cream?”
Craig
nodded and walked over to the bed as well. Between himself and Viggo, they
managed to help
sit on one of the counter stools, Craig switched on the light and opened the
freezer. “Oooo” he said “Choc chip.”
Viggo
smiled as he took out some bowls and spoons for them. “Let’s finish watching
the DVDs” he suggested.
“Okay”
Craig said “You help Orli and I’ll get the ice cream.”
Viggo
nodded and then moved
propped his foot up and moved to sit next to him. “Here” he said as he handed
him his painkillers and some water.
“Thank you”
settled back onto his pillows.
“There we
go” Craig said as he came into the TV room and handed each of them a bowl.
“Choc chip ice cream with toffee sauce.”
then settled down to watch the movie. After a while he felt himself growing
sleepy. He carefully moved and rested his head on Viggo’s shoulder.
“You
tired?” Viggo whispered and
couch. He then motioned for
snuggled closer to Viggo as the older man wrapped his arms around him.
“Get some
sleep” Viggo said as he placed a kiss on
them. He smiled as
Craig
couldn’t help but smile when he opened his eyes.
was resting his head against Viggo’s arm and Viggo had his one arm wrapped
protectively around
“Morning”
Viggo mumbled as he looked at Craig.
“Looks like
you made some progress” Craig said “Did he sleep through?”
Viggo
nodded. “The medication knocked him out cold. I’m glad he got some sleep since
that ankle and the concussion is giving him hell at night.”
“Let me
help you up” Craig said. He picked up a pillow while Viggo gently lifted
the pillow. “I’ll start with breakfast” he said as he pulled the blanket over
face. Craig pulled his hand back as
he felt
Viggo knelt
next to
felt the heat radiating from the young man’s skin “He’s burning up. He wasn’t
like this earlier this morning.”
“I’ll get a
thermometer and some ice” Craig said “You try and get him to wake up.”
Viggo
nodded and gently shook
eyes. I need you to wake up.”
“Viggo”
“How are
you feeling?” Viggo asked as he pulled
position.
“Like hell”
being ripped apart and my head hurts. Please make it stop.”
“Breathe
deeply” Viggo said as he helped him.
“I need to
go to the bathroom”
“Okay”
Viggo slipped an arm around
They carefully made their way up the stairs,
ankle. “Just call if you need anything” Viggo said as he sat
room spinning. “Viggo” he managed to call before he collapsed and fell to the
ground in an unmoving heap.
Viggo heard
his name and burst into the bathroom. “Craig” he yelled as he fell to his knees
next to
“What
happened?” Craig asked as he came running into the bathroom. He gasped when he
saw Viggo trying t rouse an unmoving
“Call an
ambulance” Viggo said “he fainted and I can’t wake him up. His pulse is way too
fast. Something is very, very wrong.” He desperately tried to rouse
the operator.
Craig moved
to
instructions on how to make
arrived.
Ten minutes
later the paramedics arrived and took over. They immediately inserted an IV
line into
“Go with
him” Craig said as they started to move
meet you at the hospital. Look after him.”
Viggo
nodded and got into the ambulance. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he
looked at
was wrong with his angel and he hoped that his love would get out of this okay.