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That morning Dino had gone for a quick run. He’d left a note for Angelica and then headed out to run a nearby trail in a local park.

Nearly done with his exercise for the morning, he had slowed down to a walk, breathing in the summer air and enjoying the subtle heat. Deciding to take a quick water break, he made it to the nearest bench and was surprised to find a semi-familiar figure already there. “Lord Capulet--” He offered a pleasant and polite smile. “Do you mind if I join you for a moment?”

Angel finally felt like he could get back into the rhythm of things.

While he was still staying with Diana and Vaughan, he was feeling more confident as each day passed him. It was how Angel ended up in the shop fairly early that day, opening it up and letting his mind be relaxed by the familiarity of working on a car. It helped him relax and feel far less pent up than he had been feeling. Eli was back in town, but Angel couldn’t let it ruin his routine forever. Standing up, Angel rubbed some grease off on his pants and turned to find himself faced with someone he hadn’t expected. Immediately, Angel blushed, “Lord Capulet...” He cleared his throat, “Good morning.”

Staring up into warm, deep brown eyes through a black mask, Sophia had no idea how she got into this position.. actually, yes she did. Her girl-date and opposite for the night had grabbed her just before she could get another glass of champagne, and dragged her onto the dance floor to dance with some tall man who she had never met before. Deciding she would definitely have to have firm words with Cate later on, Sophia was a little lost and definitely super embarrassed, which was pretty obvious by the pink hue that filled her cheeks and was clearly visible despite having her own mask on.  With her arms slung gently over his shoulders, and a small space between their bodies, Sophia kept her eyes on his as they swayed from side to side, too shy to look anywhere else despite desperately feeling the need to.  “So uh.. do you like cheese?” she asked softly. Inwardly cringing at herself and wishing she had let them just listen to the beautiful slow song playing, she let out an awkward laugh. “I mean.. there’s some pretty great cheese platters going around... if you like cheese..” she babbled in an attempt to try cover her initial random babble. @tyxcoburn

Now fully moved into his room, Dino was going a bit stir crazy. Angelica had said something about needing to tend to some work and had left him to rest his eyes. Only, Dino hadn’t been able to get any sleep no matter how hard he tried. Maybe it was the countless machines or the nurse who occasionally peeked into check on him. He didn’t know.

Dino reached for the television remote and flipped on the tv when a familiar man walked into the room. Dino immediately shifted on the bed, surprised to see him. “My lord... Are you... Are you looking for Miss Angelica?” He asked him, “She went to her office--”

-- @ty-capulet​

@ty-capulet

Angel didn’t always go for coffee in the morning as a lot of the time the coffee can make him a little jittery. But that morning he was feeling like he needed an extra push to get going. He didn’t know why he was so groggy, but he was sure it showed in his face. He ordered a black coffee and when it was up, he was moving over to grab it. He found himself bumping shoulders with another man who seemed to be picking up his own order. He looked over, “I’m sorry...”

Sophia pretty much lived at the hospital, making sure both Ty and Cate weren’t left alone once, and the only time she managed to get back home was for a quick shower and clothes change, which made her literally exhausted, and lack of sleep and the minor pain she still got from her shoulder made her look even more pale than usual, but she was too stubborn and too busy to get any decent rest. Walking into her bedroom, she sat down on her bed and took a deep breath.. but before she could lay down to grab a half an hour nap, her phone rang. Glancing over at it, her stomach flipped as she saw Shona’s ID, and she reached for it quickly, stretching her bad shoulder out and causing her to wince as she did. Trying to ignore it, she put the phone to her ear.  “Shona? What’s up? Is he okay?” she asked quickly. They had only been waiting a week for Tyree to wake up, but that week still felt like a long time, especially when she was staring at a man who looked like death and hadn’t moved or changed condition in that time.  Hearing that he was awake was honestly the biggest relief, and Sophia literally felt like she could cry with happy tears, but as soon as she got off the phone to Shona, and unsettled feeling appeared again. She still didn’t understand why it meant so much to her that he woke up.. he was virtually a stranger.  She decided to wait a little bit before going to the hospital. As much as she wanted to see him awake and talk to him if it was possible, she was also scared of how much he could make her feel in such little time, and she needed to distance herself only a little to make sure it wasn't anything she got attached to.

About an hour later, Sophia walked through the now familiar halls of the hospital, making her way to Tyree’s room. Pushing the door open slowly and quietly, her eyes fell on him instantly. He seemed to be sleeping, which made it look like nothing had changed, but he had been seriously hurt so she wasn’t surprised if he needed a lot of rest.  Walking up to Shona, she gave her a tight hug before telling her to go get something to eat.  Once it was just Sophia and Ty in the room, she sat down in the chair near his bed, pulling her legs up underneath her in an attempt to get comfortable. With her eyes locked on his face, her mind was running a million miles per hour as it had done all week.. but the most important thing was that he had woken and that with a lot of time he was going to heal. “You woke up..” she whispered, her voice soft with no intention of waking him. “You’re going to be okay..” 

@tyxcoburn

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He had been patient. More than patient.