If I can't have you

The screaming seemed to block out everything else. The machines beeping, the people talking faintly in other rooms even the sound of shoes squeaking on the floor as nurses raced towards the source of the screaming. All Link seemed to be able to do was swivel his eyes between the screaming mother of his fellow and best friend and the door from which she had emerged. He knew Aida and knew that she was not the type of woman that screamed for no reason. Which meant that something was wrong with Nico. He started to frantically scrambled out of his chair, needing to know what was going on. Needing to know that he could do something to help Nico, even if it was just holding his hand. There were suddenly hands pulling at him, arms surrounding him and pulling him back. Link tried to lash out, tried to reach that door that was preventing him from getting to his best friend. Those around him seemed like splotches of colour on a canvas. But one splotch made him stop in his tracks. This splotch had glasses held on his head by red string and was in the process of dropping his coffee on the floor.

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Levi almost didn't understand what was going on. His brain was processing that there was a steady stream of people running into Nico's room, orderlies rapping out instructions that they could probably do in their sleep. What Levi's brain didn't seem to process was the why. What had happened in the several days that he had been away from Nico's bed?

Despite not being one that believed in God and miracles, tending to be one that put his faith into science, medicine and cold hard facts, Levi couldn't help but think that this was God giving him some kinda of Karma for being such a terrible boyfriend and letting his boyfriend be alone all this time.

He snapped out of his little montage to see Link take a staggering step towards him. Both he and Amelia left forward to catch him as he tumbled forward. Levi took this as an opportunity to start chiding himself. He must be such a bad boyfriend if his boyfriends best friend was falling apart more than he was. Link looked Levi dead in the eyes and Levi could almost feel the hatred burn through him. "Care to explain what you'r doing here Schmitt? Last time I checked, you left him to fend for himself and left the rest of us pick up the pieces.'

Levi looked like a kicked puppy at those words. Lost for words, he stood there opening and closing his mouth like a fish while tears filled his eyes. Amelia gave Link a hard stare before brushing past him and gathering the small man in her arms. As she did so, a small tear slipped from Levi's eye and the next thing that Link knew, he was gasping for air and seemingly about to go into a full on panic.

'I can't lose him, I can't,' he wailed. 'I'm sorry, Link, for making you think that I abandoned him but I was confused. I promised him that I wouldn't leave him but I did because of a lie. A lie that I was stupid enough to believe and I am so, so, so sorry.'

Link felt a wave of sadness hit him and he quickly closed the small gap between him and the hug that was occurring and wrapped his arms around them both. He could feel Levi shaking beneath him and he hugged him tighter. Clearly whatever had happened in the past few days had been something that was enough of a bombshell for a loyal, loving person like Levi to doubt himself and what existed between Nico and himself. But Link knew that he had to be there for both of them now.

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Miranda Bailey looked on in sadness at the man lying on her table. Here was yet another of her surgeons, another person that she was supposed to protect and didn't. She had barely even known the man and she was guilty for it. Guilty about not getting to know this man better, a man that seemed to be deteriorating with every passing hour.

"Someone care to tell me where Shepard is?" She snapped at an intern nearby. She thought it was Helm but barely got a chance to looks before the intern was turning in their heal and moving off towards the doors that separated the O.R from the rest of the hospital. As the intern reached the door, they swung open and Amelia Shepard strode in. She nodded to Bailey and as she reached the head of the man that Bailey wished she knew better before she attempted to kill him, they shared a single glance that said: Save this man. Whatever the cost.

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Min-jee could not stop pacing. His trainers squeaked on the floor as he turned for what seemed to be the millionth time but he couldn't sit down. He was too stressed. Stressed about Nico. Stressed about his family. Stressed about so many other things that he needed this one thing to go right. He needed his little brother to be okay. He needed to see those eyes open and see that smile that had tormented him throughout his childhood appear. After what seemed like an age, the glass doors slid open and one of the doctors that had talked to him and his family before this whole debacle came out. They flew towards her, throwing a million and one questions towards her. She raised her gloved hand and that's when Min-Jee saw the look on her face. A look that he would not forget for the rest of his life.

I feel like I may have missed some things out. So please ask questions if your not sure what the heck is going on as some things will be explained lately.