still_grrr | 140 Ficlet: Hospital Horrors

Title Hospital Horrors

Author LadySophieKity

Rating T

Word Count 268

Prompt 140, Horror Hospital

Characters/Pairing (if any) Wesley, Angel
Notes: The italicized words within the quotation marks were taken directly from the show. This is from episode 3x17, Forgiving

Numb. All he felt was numbness. The pain medication was doing its job and mostly making him feel nothing. Sometimes he wished that the wound would hurt, for it was his reminder of the action that, in one move, had turned all of his friends against him. At first, Fred and Gunn had visited him. Fred had been timid around him, wanting to believe that he couldn’t have done the things he had done. Gunn had said nothing, but Wesley knew that Gunn wasn’t sure whether to hate him or forgive him. If Cordy had visited him, he knew that she would have wanted to know why he hadn’t called her, why he hadn’t told her anything.

Every one of them was predictable, except for Angel.

“I want you to know that I understand why you did it.”

Wesley had felt confusion. Angel loved Connor more than anything. Understanding should have been the last thing that he felt.

“This isn’t Angelus talking. It’s me. Angel. You know that, right?”

If he could have nodded, he would have. Instead he blinked his eyes to show his understanding. He wasn’t surprised when Angel’s eyes flashed dangerously. Wesley understood better than the others that even with a soul, Angel was still a vampire and dangerous.

When Angel covered his face with a pillow, he reached up instinctively to try to stop him. But his efforts weren’t strong, for a part of Wesley had welcomed death.

But Angel was dragged away before he could finish the job.

“You’re a dead man, Pryce!”

If only. Maybe then he could finally have peace.