LA Devotee

“Hey, come on, no crying.” He said as he sat up straighter, holding his hand out in front of him. He hated seeing her cry, when right before the accident she had been back to the happy Zoe he knew and loved. “Listen, I know it’s going to suck. I understand that. But…I could be dead. This isn’t…ideal, this isn’t what I wanted, but I have a second chance. Not everyone gets that, not everyone gets a new lease on life, as cliche as that is.” He could only think of his sister, and the fact that she hadn’t gotten the opportunity for a second chance, to live a different life. “Don’t worry, okay?”

When he said not to cry, it was like her body instantly decided to do the opposite, and tears started flowing down her cheeks despite shaking her head. She knew he was right, she knew it was better than him being dead, but that didn’t make it any easier for her. Sniffling slightly she walked towards him, sitting down on the edge of the bed next to him. “I’ll always worry about you Matty.. you know that..” she whispered, her head hanging as she looked down at her hands. 

“Hi.” He could read her well, he always had been able to, and it didn’t surprise him to see the guilt written on her features. He had known from the beginning that anything that did, or potentially could happen to him in town would be something that she carried on her shoulders, even if it was his own stupidity that had gotten him into the situation in the first place. “I’m fine, really. It could be worse, I could be a vampire.”

Zoe stayed where she stood as her eyes scanned the man in front of her. She remembered what it was like when she had first found out what she was.. how much it had changed her. His words made her shake her head and a single tear slipped down her cheek before she wiped it away quickly, her lips rolling inwards as she tried (and failed) to keep her emotions in check. “That doesn’t make it okay.. and you won’t be fine.. when that first full moon hits you...” she cut herself off, shaking her head again as she looked back over him. 

“Listen, it’s shocking for me to say this but I can hear you typing on your phone outside my room and it’s driving me batshit crazy. Spider-Man is not amused.”

Zoe stood outside her best friends room, typing a text to Ethan. She hadn’t seen Matty since he had woken up, but she knew what happened, and honestly it broke her heart. She knew this would happen.. she knew being in a supernatural town he would have gotten hurt, and like always there was nothing she could do to stop it. She had almost finished the text when she heard him speak, her own enhanced senses picking up on his voice easily. Freezing on the spot, she took a deep breath before pressing send. Putting the phone in her back pocket she slowly walked into the room, stopping just against the doorway. “Hey..” she said lamely. 

Josiah worked to get a table clean for incoming customers. His hands shakily dropped dirty dishes into a bin before wiping away sauce and rings of water from the tabletops. He almost didn’t see the person standing next to him before jumping with fright, immediately moving quicker to finish his task at hand, hoping that with this he could be done for the day. “S-Sorry. Give me just a moment and I will have this area sparkling for you.”

Zoe watched to man trying to frantically clean a table for her, her expression softening as she noticed his hands shaking. She had been very much the same when she started waitressing, so as he spoke she smiled softly. “It’s okay, honestly. I’m not in any rush.” 

“One of my many talents, don’t look so surprised. Now, what did you need?”

“... that’s an.. interesting talent?” she said slowly. “Nothing, I was just watching the apples.. am I supposed to need something?” 

He was enjoying the photo-op, even if it was only because he was listening to the blonde laughing at his side. He froze slightly at the photographer’s words, and he was just about to laugh and play it off when she kissed him, and he stayed frozen for a minute before he kissed her back, moving his hand to her neck. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest as they pulled apart, and he took a few seconds to look at her before he smiled, doing his best to play it off like he hadn’t just kissed the girl he’d wanted to kiss for years. Clearing his throat he turned back to the photographer, grinning at him. “Send us those pictures, yeah?” He gave the guy his number before he put his arm around Zoe again, looking down at her. “Ready to go to the Harbor?” He was trying his best to stay calm, to ignore the fact that his hands were trembling slightly as they walked. 

Zoe wasn’t thinking much about the fact that she was kissing him until he started kissing her back, and as soon as he did, her heart started racing. Pulling back slightly, she opened her eyes slowly and looked up at him, her cheeks flushing a light shade of pink. She ducked her head as he gave his number to the photographer, smiling shyly and leaning against him as he put an arm around her again. “Yeah, absolutely,” she smiled, trying as best she could to stay calm as she wondered why on Earth everything about that kiss felt right. 

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“There’s nothing new unfortunately. They’ll be doing another scan to recheck brain activity here shortly, and then maybe we will have more answers. I’m sorry.” Auri hated having to deliver any form of bad news. She hoped Matt would be alright in the end, but sometimes it was all up to the person to wake up. For now it was all take it day by day and hour by hour really. “We’re taking great care of him, I promise.”

Nodding at the answer she already knew, Zoe smiled a half, yet grateful smile. “I know you are.. thank you. You should probably go get that coffee before you get swamped with work,” she added, the slight smile remaining on her lips. 

From the moment her sister introduced the young werewolf into their pack, Dara had taken a liking to Camden’s former girlfriend. And thus, when she heard the young woman was still at the hospital, she figured to go down to pay her respects once more to her co worker as her eyes trailed to unsurprisingly see both of them there. Having entered the room, she trails over to the recovery agent’s bedside before touching his hand slightly, “Hey Matty boy – hang in there. That’s an order.” A slight joke. Her voice was firm but her eyes were cold before they softened as they looked to the other blonde, “So I just talked to his nurse, he’s stable for the time being. Meaning we can go home and he’ll be okay. I told them to call if anything happened. You ready to go? I can drive.” 

Zoe watched as Dara walked over to Matty, her eyes welling with tears again at the Original’s words, however as she spoke to her, the young blonde shook her head slightly. “I can’t leave him..” she murmured stubbornly. 

Spider man was in a coma. Correction – Matty Stevens was in a coma. The young man he had met who nicknamed him Cap was lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life and it twisted his heart as if it hadn’t already been twisted. But as he entered the room, he found he was not alone. The sight of his pseudo sister sitting faithfully there caused his lips to tug downward. Softly, he spoke. “Zoe?” He said, trying to catch her attention so that he didn’t scare her. “Zoe, hi. How long have you been sitting here?” 

Zoe heard Vince’s voice, but it took a little while for it to actually register and for her to look up, and when she did it was very slowly. “A little while..” she whispered, her voice cracking. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying and they seemed dull, but seeing him there, she desperately just needed her pseudo brother to hug her, and within seconds she had stumbled to her feet, rushing over to him quickly and wrapping her arms around him as she buried her face in his chest. 

“Apology accepted.” He felt more at ease than he had in a while, and it almost made him laugh that people could spend their whole lives waiting for the other shoe to drop. Everyone in town was on edge, and stressed, but he was just doing his best to enjoy the time that he had. He was barely paying attention, nodding along to Zoe’s words when someone called out to them. “Hey! Could I get pictures of you guys? Those costumes are sick.” Matty laughed slightly, glancing down at the blonde by his side. “What do you think?”

Zoe turned around as she heard someone call out to them, her brows raised as she looked back at Matthew. “I don’t see why not?” she replied with a smile, putting an arm around his waist, she smiled at the camera as the man took the picture, watching as he checked it before looking up at them. “Okay now do a few different poses.” 

Doing as she was told, Zoe couldn’t help but laugh as she goofed around with her Spider-Man, but it was only when the photographer requested something else that she froze for a moment.. “Give him a kiss.”  Her cheeks reddened slightly as she looked up at him, hesitating for a few short seconds before softly pressing her lips against his.

“Fine, fine. I’ll believe you.” He grabbed the cupcake from her, laughing at her expression before he slung an arm around her shoulder. He was happy to see her doing better, to see her smiling and happy for the first time in a long time. “Now you know why I wear it all the time.” He teased, leading them in the direction of the harbor. “They’ve got a ton of stuff down this way, it’ll be amazing.”

“Good,” Zoe beamed, leaning against him and wrapping an arm around his waist as his arm slung around her shoulder. “I do see.. and I’m sorry for teasing you about it,” she laughed. “Sounds perfect.. we should totally bob for apples!” 

Auri checked charts on her way down the hall, finding today a little sadder than most. She sighed, tucked the chart under her arm as she approached Zoe; gently placing her hand on the woman’s shoulder. “Hey, you need anything? I’m not saying no to a coffee or food run either. I got time.”

Zoe glanced up as she felt an hand on her shoulder, her mind taking a few long moments to realise she had to come up with an answer. “I’m okay thank you..” she paused for a second, looking back over at Matthew. “Do they know anything else about his state?” she asked quietly. While it had been a while since she had done Nursing, she still knew that it wasn’t looking good, but part of her couldn’t stop hoping he would miraculously wake up.