forum Cinderella AU // OxO // Closed

Started April 17, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"Hopefully…" Ellis said slowly.

"You'll try and convince him not to do anything stupid, right?"

"I'll try. I don't know if he'll listen." He replied softly.

"Yeah…" Nathaniel sighed and lay down beside Lloyd. "I just hate to see him hurt…"

Ellis nodded. "Me too."

"The fact that he's complaining at all about it worries me… usually he tries to pretend everything is fine and dandy."

He nodded again. "I know."

"Like, he was walking around on a broken leg. You remember that. And he never said one thing about how painful it must've been."

"Yeah." he confirmed. "He's got a large pain tolerance, I think."

"I'm not sure that's necessarily the case… he just doesn't wanna bother anybody. You can see it in his eyes. He's in a lot of pain."

He nodded. "Alright. Yeah."

Nathaniel sighed and fidgeted a bit. "I worry that he's not being honest with the doctors about how much it hurts… I wanna make sure he's getting enough of the pain medication."

"Yeah. But there is the flip side, where too much medication will get him addicted."

"Yeah… I don't think he'd do that, I just… he's still in pain, you know? I don't want him to be hurting."

Ellis nodded. "Yeah, I get that."

"I'm gonna go talk to the doctors… I'll be back." Nathaniel sighed and slipped off the bed to leave the room. Lloyd stirred and whined softly in his sleep.

Ellis nodded again. "Alright."

"Mmmm…" Lloyd winced in his sleep and shifted uncomfortably, whining again.

Ellis frowned, standing up.

Lloyd gripped the sheets and whimpered softly, still clearly uncomfortable.

(Gtg soon probably)

Ellis looked at Lloyd, unsure what to do.

(Okay)
Lloyd reached out one hand, whimpering again. Nathaniel had left, so he didn't have anyone to hold onto anymore.

Ellis reached out and took Lloyd's hand.

Lloyd seemed to settle down a bit at that, though he was still clearly in pain. He just quit his whining.

Ellis rubbed his thumb over Lloyd's knuckles, touch soft and gentle.