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"Meet me on the road to recovery."
Feb. 18th, 2020 02:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
signofthetimesWho: Brandon Blake and Merlin Blake
What: Regaining the little things
Where: Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai
When: A little after this
Trying to help Brandon sit up on the side of the bed felt to Merlin like he was trying to handle priceless artwork that could never be replaced or fixed if it broke. He was scared to touch him or move him and it was only when Brandon was smirking at him and telling him he couldn’t use the Force to get him out of bed that Merlin realised what he was doing. They both wanted this. Brandon could have a team of nurses on hand for him 24/7, and he did, but now he had turned a tiny corner with his condition, both he and Merlin wanted Merlin to be the one to help him with more of the private intimate stuff, with doctor approval, of course. No matter how sick a person was, losing your dignity could still be one of the hardest parts of all. Even more so when you were a newlywed.
Zander came and spent some time with Merlin demonstrating the safest ways to help Brandon with the bathroom, reminding him nurses were just a call button away to help if it felt too difficult for him to manage. The reality was that Brandon was skin and bone now. He wasn’t difficult to maneuver but Merlin didn’t want to hurt him. He was still in the stage where you could merely look at him and he would bruise. Zander assured him he could manage these few small things and knew it would make a hell of a difference to Brandon - and to their relationship - if they could recover a little more agency over Brandon’s care now he was out of the immediate woods with the ultimate goal being to get him home with home-nursing. And the first thing Brandon wanted was a real shower because he was a billion percent over bed baths.
( As soon as Merlin had Brandon sitting up on the side of the bed, he pulled the wheelchair up beside the bed, hitting the brakes, and sat on it himself in front of Brandon... )
LOG, COMPLETE
What: Regaining the little things
Where: Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai
When: A little after this
Trying to help Brandon sit up on the side of the bed felt to Merlin like he was trying to handle priceless artwork that could never be replaced or fixed if it broke. He was scared to touch him or move him and it was only when Brandon was smirking at him and telling him he couldn’t use the Force to get him out of bed that Merlin realised what he was doing. They both wanted this. Brandon could have a team of nurses on hand for him 24/7, and he did, but now he had turned a tiny corner with his condition, both he and Merlin wanted Merlin to be the one to help him with more of the private intimate stuff, with doctor approval, of course. No matter how sick a person was, losing your dignity could still be one of the hardest parts of all. Even more so when you were a newlywed.
Zander came and spent some time with Merlin demonstrating the safest ways to help Brandon with the bathroom, reminding him nurses were just a call button away to help if it felt too difficult for him to manage. The reality was that Brandon was skin and bone now. He wasn’t difficult to maneuver but Merlin didn’t want to hurt him. He was still in the stage where you could merely look at him and he would bruise. Zander assured him he could manage these few small things and knew it would make a hell of a difference to Brandon - and to their relationship - if they could recover a little more agency over Brandon’s care now he was out of the immediate woods with the ultimate goal being to get him home with home-nursing. And the first thing Brandon wanted was a real shower because he was a billion percent over bed baths.
( As soon as Merlin had Brandon sitting up on the side of the bed, he pulled the wheelchair up beside the bed, hitting the brakes, and sat on it himself in front of Brandon... )
LOG, COMPLETE