Muse

AN(thank you all for your reviews they helped me get this one out sooner than expected lol. Though being sick hasn’t helped one bit. warnings,Severus is ooc in this one but wouldn't you be if your boyfriend was attacked.)


Beta: vampchic

Muse

Chapter 8 -Hospitals and waking up-

"Oh gods, Remus!" Draco said, dropping his phone where he stood, eyes wide.


"Draco, what is it?"


"It's Harry; he's on his way to the hospital. That little shit beat the shit out of him and almost raped him, oh gods. This is entirely my fault, I didn't want to leave him, but he said to go," Draco said, biting back tears.


"It'll be okay Draco, let's get to the hospital. We'll call Severus on the way. It'll be fine - he's fine until I've been shown otherwise," Remus said as angry tears collected in his eyes.


They caught a ride with the headmaster of the school who was on his way to the hospital himself. The ride over was silent other than threats that Draco was trying to control over killing the would-be-rapist.


Once at the hospital they met up with the nurse who had managed to get Harry to the hospital.


"How is he, Poppy?" the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, asked.


"They won't tell me anything other than to sign papers so they could treat him. I know he'll be getting a cast on his arm, but they won't say anything more to me since I'm not family," Poppy said sadly.


"Draco, how soon until Severus is here?" Remus asked softly, trying to restrain himself as much as possible.


"He's at least seven hours out, love. He's so freaked out right now, I could hear it in his voice. He doesn't even know what's all wrong with him yet," Draco said, tears forming in his eyes.


"Hush, my dragon, I'll go find out something. Just remember this is Harry, he'll make it through anything - if cancer doesn't stop him then neither will this," Remus said firmly.


"Having tumors on his bladder and getting the shit kicked out of you on top of an almost rape is different, Remmy," Draco said angrily.


"I know," Remus agreed, kissing Draco's forehead lightly before striding over to the nurses desk to find out some information.


+Twenty minutes later+


"You can go in and see him now - though it will only be one at a time for now," a nurse said upon standing in front of them.


Remus looking between the assembled, nodded his head and followed the nurse down a hall to one of the numbered rooms. Number 117 was the door she led him to. Softly pushing the door open, he walked over to the curtained off bed.


"He's asleep," she said, nodding at the small teen on the bed.


Remus looked at his son and bit on his lip to hold in the gasp. The nurse never told him what to expect. There, lying in the white hospital bed, was Harry. One eye was covered in a bandage while the other was puffy and discolored. His left arm lay in a cast and his chest rose and fell at timed intervals. Something didn't seem right though. Harry never looked like that when he slept.


"What's wrong with him?" Remus asked, turning to the nurse.


"He hasn't woken up, sir. There is brain activity and his breathing is coming jus fine - it just seems that he doesn't want to wake up. It's not a coma - Doctor Wells thinks that he'll wake once he feels safe again."


"Thank you, nurse…"


"You can call me Sam," the nurse said, patting his arm softly before leaving him alone with Harry.


"Come on, Harry - son, you need to wake now. You've got Draco and I worried here. You know how we hate to worry," Remus said, grasping Harry's uninjured hand lightly. "I'll stay here until you're all better, love, you know that. He won't hurt you again, I promise," he whispered.


Time seemed to pass as Remus sat there waiting for Harry to wake up. He had left for a moment to use the rest room and talk with the others that were still in the waiting room.


"He hasn't woken up yet," he said softly and evenly as he sat down next to Draco on the couch.


"What do you mean, he hasn't woken up yet?" Draco startled as he looked at Remus.


"They think he's waiting until he feels safe again. If that were true, then why hasn't he woken? I've been in there this whole time and he's not made a move," he said, collapsing in on himself.


"Shh, luv, he'll wake. Harry's too stubborn to sleep forever," Draco said, wrapping his arms around Remus as he softly carded his hands through the now graying hair.


"Any word from Severus?" Remus asked, sitting up a little straighter.


"He's twenty minutes out now," Draco said, anxious to have his godfather there with him. Maybe that's what Harry wanted and needed. He was waiting for Sev. Draco hopped he was right about that.

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"Where is he?" Severus said upon seeing the small group in the waiting room.


"Thank gods," Draco let out. "He's room 117."


Nodding his head, Severus left, stocking down the hall to find his hurt love. Finding the door, he slowly opened the door. Looking in he saw Remus hunched over one side of the bed.


"How's he doing?" he asked softly.


"Severus, he hasn't woken. We don't know when he will either," Remus answered sadly.


"You need a brake, go see how Draco's doing and get some coffee or something. Feed Draco some terrible hospital food," Severus said.


Nodding, Remus got up, kissed Harry's cheek and silently left.


"Love, you need to wake up, everyone is so worried for you," Severus said before softly brushing his lips against Harry's unmoving ones. "You're being a brat, just wanting attention, laying there asleep. If you really wanted some attention, I would have come. I love you," he said, pressing his lips again to Harry's.


Resting his head on Harry's hand he gently bestowed a kiss it as well. Closing his eye's, he waited for any sign from Harry.


It seemed ages before there was another sound in the room other than the drip machine and other beeping machines.


"How's he doing, Sev?" he heard Draco's voice ask softly from the doorway.


"No change. But it hasn't been that long since I've been in here," Severus said, laying his head back down on the bed.


Speaking again to Harry this time, Severus spoke softly, nothing but love and worry in his voice.


"Love, you need to wake now, Draco's beside himself with worry. You're making me have to comfort someone other than you, love. You know I'm not the comforting type. Wake up and tell him you're okay, my muse. You need to wake up, I need your help - how will I finish the story without you there?" Severus was rambling now, he knew this, but he couldn't stop. He needed his Harry to wake up, he needed to know that he wouldn't be broken by what had happened to him.


Slowly, Harry fluttered one eye open, looking down the best he could with his limited vision.


"Luv…you're blurry," Harry said softly and slightly scratchy.


"Harry?" Severus breathed, his face braking out in happiness as he sat up. "Oh love, thank the gods!" Severus said before peppering what little of Harry's face was left undamaged with kisses.


Harry giggled some at this; Severus had never been this lovie before.


"How you feeling, Har.?" Draco asked, coming into view.


"Draco," Harry greeted softly, a smile tugging at his lips. "Did two weeks go by without my knowing? I didn't think I was going to see you so soon," Harry murmured when he looked back at Severus.


"Did you think I'd not come when I heard you'd been attacked? Oh love, I was so scared," Severus said, bending down to press his lips to Harry's quickly before sitting back down in his seat. "Get Remus," he ordered over his shoulder to Draco.


The blond nodded, his foot steps echoing down the hall as he ran to find his love.


Harry sighed as he tried to hold his tears in. Harry turned his head slight to the left finally noticing his left arm.


"Oh, bugger. I thought my arm was feeling heavy," Harry grumbled.


"Harry!"


"Hey, Remus," Harry smiled.


"How are you doing, love? Don't you ever do anything like that to me again! I was so worried," Remus chided, tears threatening to fall.


"Sorry," Harry whispered, staring at his arm again. "Didn't mean to worry you."


"Oh, Harry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that, I was just so worried - we all were," Remus said, giving Harry's hand a squeeze before letting Severus snatch it back.


"Harry, the detectives would like to know if they could talk to you," Remus informed gently, not wanting to upset his son much more. "They showed up a little bit ago."


"It's fine. I don't know how much I can tell them, though. Can I get some water or something?" Harry asked in a raspy voice.


Draco quickly got some water for Harry and Remus went back out to talk to the detectives.


"Hello, Mr. Potter. My name is Shacklebolt and I'm the detective on your case."


"Hello, sir," Harry said, ducking his head slightly.


"Now, can you tell us what happened on the day you were attacked?"


"I had told Draco to go have fun with his boyfriend - that I would be okay alone. I told him some friends were going to stop by at some point and keep me company. He finally accepted that and left. I guess I had drift off to sleep at some point with my headphones on. I never heard the door open or close. I, I woke to someone sitting on...on my legs. He pulled my head phones off and started talking," Harry relayed softly.


“Mm, yeah, taking off your clothes will help a lot," a gruff voice said into his ear. Harry shuddered, his breathing a little more difficult than before, missing the questioning looks.


"Sorry, um, what?" Harry said with a soft shake of his head.


"What did Mr. Weasley say to you?"


"Oh, I asked if I could help him with something, I didn't know at the time who it was. He told me to take off my clothes, that it would help him a lot," Harry said, not meeting anyone's eyes.


"Then what, Mr. Potter?" he encouraged.


"I said that wouldn't be happening. He got angry and said that he'd have to do it for me. I told him to stop, that if he stopped I wouldn't press charges against him. He seemed to just keep getting angrier. He hit me, telling me to shut up. He kept hitting me, telling me I was a slut. I, I tried to knee him in the crotch and punch him, and, well, you see how far that got me - a broken arm.


"I don't really remember anything after that, he had wrapped his hands around my neck and then I was waking up here just a little bit ago. I thought he was going to kill me," Harry said, his uncovered eye filling with tears.


"Thank you, son. I think that will do. Get some rest now, ya hear," he said, patting Harry's hand lightly before nodding to the others and leaving.


"Good to see you awake, Mr. Potter. I'm afraid that visiting hours are over now, though," Nurse Sam said, smiling sadly.


"When will I get to go home?" Harry asked softly.


"Well, as soon as the doctors say you're healthy enough to leave. So I'd say a day or two probably. Your father and friends will be able to visit you all day during visiting hours," she said, checking over all the machines. "The doctor shall be in shortly to see how you're doing and after that we'll know which machines we can turn off for you okay?"


"Thank you, ma'am," Harry said softly. Feeling his stomach rumble a bit, he looked back up at the nurse before she left. "Could I possibly get something to eat?"


"Sure thing, sweetie," Sam said, smiling at him before leaving the room with one last warning of it being past visiting hours now.


"I'll get a room nearby for the night and be back for breakfast, love. I hate to have to leave you, I only just got here," Severus said as he stood and kissed Harry gently. "Love you, my muse."


"Love you, Sev," Harry whispered against Severus lips.


"We'll see you tomorrow, Harry," Remus said, pressing a kiss to his forehead. Biting his lip, Remus turned and headed for the door.


"Get better, Har," Draco said. Nodding his head at Severus, he walked out of the room to meet up with Remus who wrapped him in his arms.


"Love, get better, huh. I'll talk with the Headmaster; see if you can move to a different room maybe, if you want. I don't plan on going back to London except to pack a larger bag - I'm staying here until you graduate." Severus said, not waiting for a response before pressing his lips to Harry's shocked ones. "See you in the morning," he said before leaving Harry in the hospital bed.

(tbc)

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