BowtiedPavarotti
Sept. 9, 2013, 8:20 a.m.
The Crash: Hope
K - Words: 328 - Last Updated: Sep 09, 2013 Story: Complete - Chapters: 25/25 - Created: Sep 03, 2013 - Updated: Apr 13, 2022 196 0 0 0 1
"Doc?"
"Mr Anderson. How can I help you?"
"Are there still things you can do for my brother? Or have you just given up?"
"... Mr Anderson, there is a finite number of things we can try-"
"But you haven't tried them all?"
"Not yet. Mr Anderson, your mother has given up hope."
"So I should too? Is that what you're saying?"
"Not at all. I'm saying you should prepare yourself. And take care of her."
"That goes without saying, doc."
"Then you should be fine. Mr Anderson..."
"Oh, please. Just call me Cooper."
"In my professional medical life, I've never had a patient wake up after being in a coma for over a year."
"But that's not to say it doesn't happen."
"It does happen. You like latte?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"I've just got one and I've had a call. Here."
"...thanks."
"You're welcome."
"Uh. Oh, that tastes amazing. Thank you."
"Long day?"
"The longest. Can you believe that I had a guy in today who had pretty much a scrapheap car. And he wanted it fixing."
"Sweetie, you're working too hard."
"Oh, it helps get my mind of other things. ... Finn around?"
"Mike's."
"So we have the house to ourselves tonight?"
"We have the house to ourselves."
"..... He never asks about Blaine any more, you know."
"Maybe he knows you'll tell him if there's any change. Doesn't want to dredge pain up unnecessarily."
"That's just the thing. He asked me not to mention him."
"...it'll be a coping mechanism. Burt, you know full well that if he wakes up-"
"But that's just it. Do you truly think that Blaine'll wake up?"
"...anything's possible."
"And you think that even with your medical knowledge?"
"... Okay, it's highly unlikely. And maybe Kurt's actually being the sensible one here. Pre-empting what he now believes to be inevitable. Anyway, you were the one who told him to leave Lima."
"I did, but... Even the kid's mom has given up."
"Weren't you the first to believe that he would stay asleep? Not wake up?"
"...I was."
"Burt. Kurt is a bright lad."
"Because he's forgetting all about Blaine?"
"He could never forget a single thing about Blaine."
"You sure?"
"I promise."