Riley's POV

I had been curled up with Marc for a while now just willing him to wake up. I miss him. Soon the nurse is coming back in.

"Good morning, sweety. I need you to go back to your bed. I need to check on the both of you."

"Could we maybe move the beds closer together? I just need to be close to him."

"I think we could do that. Your friends are waiting outside. Maybe I can get them to help. Let me check your vitals and his. I need to check his bandages too."

She goes to check mine paying close attention to my blood pressure. Then she goes to check on Marc, and then she goes out of the room for a moment. Soon she is heading back in with Alex, Damian and Cas.

"Alright guys, can you help me move her closer?"

"Sure can." Alex offers.

"We got you." Damian adds.

They move me closer and adjust everything so it's not pulling. I reach over and grab his hand, holding on to it like my life depended on it. The nurse leaves and my doctor comes in.

"How are you feeling this morning, Riley?"

"I am feeling okay. I have a bad headache."

"That could be due to your blood pressure being elevated. I am going to keep you here until we can get this under control. I am a little worried about this. I am going to get you something to help you relax. I'm sure that being here with your husband helps some."

"I don't think you could get her to leave without him anyway." Alex shrugs.

"Well, I will be back in a bit." She leaves and Marc's doctor comes in to check on him.

"How is our patient doing?"

Still sleeping. When will he wake up?" I ask.

"We have him in a medically induced coma. His injuries are severe. We are worried about that head injury. It looks like he was hit with a blunt object."

"Yes, we saw him being hit with a bat, before they threw him in the van, right before they took Riley." Damian adds.

"They did some real damage to his leg. It took us a bit to fix that one. It looked like hamburger meat before we got in there. Everything was repaired. We are just monitoring that head injury. So far there is no hematoma or swelling. We are going to keep him under for a few days and then start waking him up."

"Thank you doctor. How long before he wakes up after that." I ask.

"Once he is totally off the medication, it could take a few hours to a couple days. It is all up to him." He checks everything and then leaves the room. I stroke the back of Marc's hand with my thumb as everyone sits down around us.

"Hey, bestie. Are you hungry? We can go get you something." Cas asks.

"I'm really hungry, but thanks."

"How about we go get you something light and you try to eat. At least for the baby." Damian asks worriedly.

"Alright, I will try."

Damian and Cas go to the cafeteria to try and get me something since I refused breakfast this morning.

"You know he is going to pull through, right?" Alex asks.

"It scares me so much. I don't know what I would do without him."

"He always said he would come back to you" He says as he comes to sit down next to me and pats my shoulder.

"I know, but it just hurts my heart to see him like this. He is my big tough guy and can't do anything now. Alex, I am so scared."

I break down and start sobbing. He instantly stands up and wraps me in his arms. I sob into his chest as he kisses the top of my head.

"Don't worry sis. They are the best team here and will do everything they can for him. He will come back to you."

He stood and held me until the tears stopped flowing and I pulled away from him.

"Thank you, Alex."

"I would do anything for you and Cas. You are my little sisters, my family just like Dam and Marc."

We sit and talk for a bit until Damian and Cas come back. They brought me some toast, scrambled eggs and some orange juice. I started to eat for them and before I knew it I had finished the plate. I guess I was hungrier than I thought.

"I guess bean was hungry."

"You too. I'm glad you ate something." Damian says with relief.

"Thanks guys. I am so glad you are here. You all keep me sane."

They spend the day with me and later the doctor brings some medication to help calm me down, hoping it will help my blood pressure. I feel myself getting tired and drift off to sleep for a while. After several hours I wake up and they are sitting there talking with each other and watching tv. They had stuck around and said they would stay until they were told to leave. Eventually visiting hours were over and they had to go. Damian said they would be back in the morning. I turned to look at Marc after they left and grabbed his hand.

"My love, I am here waiting for you. Little bean misses your voice You have to wake up. I need you. I will always be here for you. Please, I can't do this without you." I lay there rubbing his hand as I slowly fell asleep.

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It had been a couple days, and Damian and Cas had been there everyday. Alex had to take over some things for Marc and was off doing work for Damian. He would come visit for a couple hours and would then leave after he checked in with Damian. Today was the day they would start weaning Marc off the medication and start waking him up.

"Alright guys. It's time to start waking this big guy up."

He starts to turn down the medication and checks everything before he heads out, and says he will be back. This is how it goes throughout the day, and by the end of the day he is totally off and now it is up to him to wake up. Everyone has left for the day and I crawl over to his bed and snuggle up with him. The nurse comes in to check us and she lets me stay with him since he is off the medication. I fall asleep wrapped around him. It's early morning and I wake up.

"Good morning my love. I hope you wake up soon. I miss you. I miss your voice, and your lips." I reach up and kiss his lips, and I hear a small moan come from his lips.

"That's it my love. Come back to me."

I start kissing his lips, his nose, anywhere I can touch skin on his face, being careful of his tube and sutures. He moans a little louder and I feel his arm move to touch my back. Then I see his eyes start to flutter.

"Hold on my love. Let me call the doctor."

I grab the call button and push it. I hear the nurse call back and I tel her to get the doctor, because Marc has woken up. Soon the doctor comes in and I look to see Marc's eyes open and looking at me.

"Look who decided to wake up. Let me get that tube out. Now you need to blow out as I take it out. Ready?"

He slowly pulls the tube and Marc starts coughing once it's out. I take him some water and help him drink some.

"My love, I am so glad you are awake."

"How long have I been out?"

"Almost a week?"

"How are you feeling?" Dr. Smith asks.

"Like I got run over by a Mack truck."

"Well, everything is looking good so I am going to order you some pain meds. If everything keeps looking good, we will send you home in a couple days.

"Thanks Doctor." We both say.

He leaves and my doctor comes in to check on me.

"Good to see you awake Marc. How are you feeling today Riley?"

"Much better."

"Let's check your blood pressure."

She places the cuff and reads it.

"Well, it's back to normal. I think Marc here being awake has been good for you."

I laugh a little. "You just don't know how much."

"Well, it looks like I can send you home tomorrow if you are still doing well."

"I will still be here with him anyway."

"Well, I guess we will send you both home together."

She leaves and the nurse comes in with medication for Marc. He takes it and soon has fallen asleep again. The crew walks in soon after and I have to tell them to be quiet, he is sleeping.

"Has he woken up?" Damian asks.

"Yes, he woke up this morning and they gave him some pain medicine and he fell back asleep.

"What has the doctor said?" Alex asks.

"That he looks great and if things keep going the way they are, he should be able to go home in a few days."

"That's great! How about you?" Damian says happily.

"My blood pressure is back to normal and she said I could probably go home tomorrow, but I don't want to leave without him."

"I don't think they will make you leave if they release you." Cas adds.

"They can release me, but I'm not leaving until he does."

My doctor came later in the day to see how I was doing and check my pressure again. She said that everything was great and she could release me tomorrow. She said she knew I was not going to go anywhere and that it was fine. After she left Marc woke up again.

"Hey man. How ya feeling?" Damian asks.

"I am doing okay right now. The meds they gave me really help."

"That's good. You know your girl is a badass!" Alex says excitedly.

"Really? How so?" He asks as he looks at me and smiles.

"After we came in to save you guys. She grabbed a gun from one of the guys and walked over to William and Scott and said you will see Taylor in hell and shot them both between the eyes. It was awesome."

"Wow, to bad I missed that."

"Well, I am hungry. Would you two like something? Come on guys, let's go eat. Besides, Armani here is getting a little fussy." Cas says and they all leave to go eat and it is just us two. I look over at him as a tear falls from my eye.

"What's wrong, princess?"

"I'm just so glad to see you awake. I was so worried."

"I told you, I would always come back to you."

"Just seeing you there, looking so vulnerable, it just, I don't know."

"Come here." I crawled out of my bed and climbed into his. He wrapped his arms around me and I looked up to him and he placed a soft kiss on my lips.

"I have missed this."

"I love you."

"I love you too, so much!"