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Post by Seek on May 29, 2011 7:03:33 GMT 10
Title: Visit Rating: PG Word count: 206 Pairing: Clary/Mattes Round/Fight: 4/A Summary: Clary visits Mattes in the hospital. Set in the DeadAlive universe, where Clary and Mattes are FBI agents. Based on an X-Files quote.
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Mattes is looking a lot better, this time. The clean white bandage wrapped around his thigh shows no sign of staining, and the blood-transfusion bag is almost empty. He’s mostly regained colour; not as frighteningly pale as he was, earlier. The doctor says Mattes was very lucky.
I don’t say that I feel that way too, when I’m in this same room as Mattes. We both know how lucky Mattes was to survive the bullet to the thigh. It nicked a major artery, but mostly missed anything significant, or Mattes would have been dead.
“Hi,” he says, his dark eyes bright and shining with…something I can’t quite read.
I smile. “I brought you a present,” I say, holding out the brown paper bag. It’s still warm; I got it fresh before stopping by the hospital. “Popped by Ritz to buy your favourite apple strudel.”
“I knew there was a reason to live,” Mattes grins happily.
I almost startle. He’s touched the main part of it – he’d come too damned close to dying. But as Mattes fumbles with the paper bag until he works it open and stares appreciatively at the apple strudel – I know this.
Mattes didn’t die. He’s alive, right now. And that’s what matters.
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Post by greenie on Jun 17, 2011 14:06:31 GMT 10
Apple strudel is such a fantastic real-world equivalent for apple patties!
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