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a house upon the hill - nolan price
love you better now (sequel, original work)- leave a light on (prequel part 1) - this work is prequel part 2 but can be read individually!
fandom: law & order, law & order special victims unit
wc: 8,838
warnings: conversations about ptsd and ptsd episodes, aftermath of a traumatic event. canon presence of injuries, blood, violence, weapons, and hospitals. female reader
summary: after being shot and waking up in the hospital, the relief of your survival is short-lived.
author's note below!
The relief of your survival is short-lived.
You’re tired and in pain, the doctors slowly wear you off the meds and your answers to how are doing? gets shorter and shorter to anyone who asks. Your grip around Nolan’s hand tightens further every time someone comes and goes, and by the time you’re leaving the hospital the bags under your eyes are prominent, your cheeks sharper than they were when you first got there.
Nolan, the trooper, writes down and listens carefully to all the instructions given to him about your care. He packs your bags with all the things he brought from your appartment and the get-well-soon gifts given by family and friends. He doen’t notice you shifting restlessly as he struggles to manhandle the wheelchair, regarding it with distrust.
“Okay,” he says faux brightly, hands at his hips and looking between you and the wheelchair. “You ready to get out of here?”
Your smile is brittle as you nod. That should be Nolan’s first clue, how you don’t rise to the banter at the first chance of it. “Alright, come here. The nurse will kill me if I let you pop your stitches.”
