[Mature themes. Trigger warning.]
Morphine was taking some time to kick in because he still felt awake and the presence of Killian going around in the room.
Why had he not settled down?
He needed peace. Peace was essential in recovery.
Recovery from something he had been through again. How many times in this life was he supposed to encounter something so gruesome? How was he, as a man, a male, supposed to be a target of this not once, but twice?
Gender stereotypes were being broken in ways that he did not think of.
"Here." He flinched whe. something touched his lips, and as he looked down, Killian held a glass of water in his hands that had had a straw in it.
Realising that he was thirsty, and how scratchy his throat felt, he drank the water. The attempt was taken as much as possible, but Killian pulled it away after two gulps.