basically inactive

dean winchester: don’t worry, it’s gonna be okay

*3 hours later*

doctor: your surgery was a success

buck: wait, where’s dean?

New Buddie fic / Chapter 1/6 / Teen & Up

Read Chapter One on A03

Summary: After being injured during a warehouse fire, Eddie expects a quiet night as he sits vigil in the hospital at Buck’s bedside waiting for him to wake up. Neither are prepared for what the night has in store for them...

Snippet: Waking up from being unconscious isn’t the same as waking up from sleep. Buck has experienced the former enough to know that. 

The process takes time and sometimes it feels as though the more you fight it, the harder it is to actually open your eyes. 

He hates that foggy feeling when you first start to become aware of things. It’s like you’re underwater. There’s no sound, nothing but darkness and no matter how much you try swimming to the surface, it’s just out of reach. Your body feels sluggish, almost paralysed and all you can do is wait and wait until your body begins to cooperate. 

Slowly, he claws his way back to the surface and suddenly, there’s a moment when he’s more awake than not. His eyes are still too heavy and refuse to open but he starts recognising the sounds of machines beeping and the sharp chemical stench of disinfectant. 

He doesn’t need to open his eyes to know where he is, he just doesn’t exactly remember why he’s in the hospital.