#ot reader

Who spends weeks sitting next to your husband, adamantly refusing to pull the plug, even when doctors say there's no hope.

Who is the first thing Soap sees when he opens his eyes.

Who feels immense relief when your Johnny's eyes lock onto yours with recognition in his gaze. He may not be able to walk or eat or talk, but he knows you.

Who quits your job, or at least takes an undetermined amount of leave so you can utilize your skills in his recovery. Nothing quite as good a motivator as kisses and love.

Who stays through the highs and lows of recovery, stays through Soaps self-loathing, his depression, his heartache that he'll never do the job he loves again, never be the man he was again.

Who reassures Soap that through sickness and in health goes both ways, and that you aren't leaving him just cause he gets migraines and shakes and has a slight slur. that helping him bathe and go to the bathroom is much preferable to the older folks you helped at the nursing home you work at on the weekends. "At least you've never grabbed your own shit, luv."

Who traces the scar on his head at night when he sleeps, thanking every and any power that be that he made it back to you. No amount of emotional or physical problems could ever change that.