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[alwaysroomforhope]

Those heading to the Infirmary in search of Steph may be surprised and pleased to find her bed empty.

Of course, if they look around they'll realise she hasn't actually been released; she's just decided her own bed wasn't what she wanted.

Now she's stretched out atop the covers on the one just to its left, cuddled against a tired and pale fire prince, in a way that makes it miraculous they haven't got the wires or IV tubes tangled up yet. Not asleep, but halfway there, maybe; if her feet weren't cold, she might be closer.

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[princeinexile]

Zuko is sleeping remarkably well for all that he's acquired a limpet.

Mind you, waking up to blond hair tickling his nose has never been good. But at least this time he doesn't sneeze smoke. He just sneezes once, and then turns his head, blinking.

"Nngh?"

[alwaysroomforhope]

"Hey," Steph says, and brushes her hair off his face guiltily. "Oops."

[princeinexile]

There is another sound, but Zuko cannot properly do what he does in bed; roll over, tug her against him, and spoon against her back possessively. Instead, he hides his face in at her collar, and goes quiet.

He'll be like that for a bit.

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

Indy is not confounded by the empty bed. He's pretty sure Hank wouldn't have let her leave, and, barring some healing magic miracle, he certainly wouldn't have discharged her yet.

"What a surprise. Brown's alseep again," he says flatly once he's spied her and dragged a chair over. Apart from that one moment of bleary incoherence last week, she's slept through every one of his visitations. Not that he minds talking to her while she sleeps—recounting past adventures isn't too much of a burden.

"Hmmm... where were we? Oh yes... Verdun 1916. So, there I was crossing No-man's Land towards the German trenches. Under cover of darkness, with nothing but the the stench of death and decay to keep me company..."

[alwaysroomforhope]

"You know," Steph says, without opening her eyes, "you tell the worst bedtime stories."

Then she grins, and looks up at him.

"Hi."

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

He clears his throat awkwardly. "Oh. Hi."

"Yeah. I was just trying to gross you into acknowledgin' me. Knew you were awake."

[flyingsister.livejournal.com]

There had been searching for Steph, asking around of where her room was and whatnot, as Katara, in her heart of hearts, really wanted a female friend that she could have sleepovers with where they could gossip about things and paint their toe-nails.

Toph was not that friend, even if there was a possibility she'd be a different kind of friend.

Eventually, with her asking of various people, she'd found out that Steph was in the infirmary, but okay, she quickly made her way there to make sure of the latter.

"Steph?" she said quietly, coming into the infirmary, her eyebrows furrowed into a worried expression.

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph lifts her head from Zuko's shoulder, and when she sees Katara, grins widely. "Hi! I haven't seen you for ages."

[flyingsister.livejournal.com]

...The person who said she was hurt hadn't mentioned Zuko was there. That got a quick moment of surprise but then Katara said, "Are you okay? I was looking for you because I thought of something to give you for the turtleducks, but then I ran into someone that said you were hurt and in the infirmary. Are you still hurting anywhere? I can heal with my Waterbending."

[slayer_fray]

Well, there's pillow from her own bed on her feet.

'M just sayin'.

[alwaysroomforhope]

Why's there a pillow there? Weird place for it.

Steph peers at it. Iiiiiinteresting.

[slayer_fray]

To stop them getting cold, of course. It's a very pillowy pillow. Fluffed and insulating and everything. Yep.

[inquisitivehero]

Hank is quiet. His genes gives him certain strengths and moving quietty is one of them. Thus, there is a Hank nearby, not so suddenly, watching the Monitor on both of their systems and nodding,before glancing at them. A sad smile crosses his lips.

[alwaysroomforhope]

She's a little more of the way towards asleep than awake right now; she's warm, and she can feel Zuko's heartbeat, and it's much easier to relax now that she really knows he's going to be okay. There's just something about having him within arm's reach.

Still, she's a Bat; she's good at knowing when someone's approaching. So her eyes are open a wee crack and she's watching Hank, sleepily.

[inquisitivehero]

Hank taps another button, then turns to them again and smiles. He steps closers and looks over them, nodding as he makes sure their lines are okay and the medicine is currnt.

"Slowly, but you'll heal."

His voice is less than a whisper, almost a subvocalization.

[gotham-knocking.livejournal.com]

There is a knock at the door, and in steps a 35ish man in a plain t-shirt and khakis, carrying a pad and pen.

"Anyone here?"

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph looks up, blinking herself awake. "Hey?"

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

And there, there is a Jedi Master. "Good morning, Stephanie."

[alwaysroomforhope]

She opens sleepy eyes to peek out, and then smiles at him. "Morning. How're you?"

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly hasn't gotten to visit as much as the rest of the suite family. Two businesses, joining Team Die Blodwen Die, and a friend having a baby take up rather a lot of your spare time, as it turns out. She's been limited to dropping by while Steph's been asleep.

This time, though, there's no rush and Steph... still looks asleep. Well, whatever. Lilly has time, she'll wait.




Lilly has no patience, though.

"Steph?"

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph blinks, sleepily, and peeks up. "...mmmmhello?"

Mel's hair has changed colour! What's going on there?

[sansa-stark.livejournal.com]

Sansa comes in, humming softly. She's rested and refreshed and ready for--

Well, she was ready. When she sees Steph on Zuko's bed, she freezes. The smile drops off her face.

[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph's more sleeping than not, tucked in against Zuko, his head on her shoulder and her head resting on that. But she blinks blearily when she hears someone come in and looks up.

"...mmmph?"

[maydaybrat.livejournal.com]

Why is Mordred here? No idea. Maybe it's because he's checking on Steph.

Or something.

Who knows the ways of Mordred?

[alwaysroomforhope]

Mordred's mysterious.

Steph's awaker than she looks, though. She peers at him through half-closed eyes.

"Hi."