"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."

[nickthewarbler.livejournal.com]

Who: nickthewarbler and warble_on_jeff
What: Faces from the past
Where: Main Hospital Foyer
When: Approximately two weeks after Blaine fell ill
Rating: PG

Nick had finished one of his epic twelve hour shifts and ended up staying at the hospital to check in on Blaine and Artie. Most of the visit with Blaine had revolved around Blaine getting pissed at himself for screwing his chances with Kurt, but then trying to convince Nick (because that was easier than convincing himself) that they couldn't date because it was unprofessional and they had to think of the patients first. Nick listened, but he wasn't buying it. It didn't take a genius to see that Blaine had fallen head-over for the nurse that saved his life, and this was going to keep eating him up. Personally, Nick could see the point Blaine had, but if you had feelings for someone and were discreet, why couldn't it work?

Personally, Nick was feeling a little less stressed lately than he had been. Lauren had been discharged and they hadn't kept in touch. He was relieved. No matter ow much he had looked at it, he just had too much baggage and he didn't think it was possible to reunite a love that had been lost a long, long time ago. He also couldn't date someone who was terminally ill. He had Rory to think about and his son would always be his priority.

He was just heading to the door to leave, already dreaming of a long hot shower and sitting on his ass in front of the TV for awhile when he bumped right into someone entering the automatic glass doors. "God, I'm sorry," Nick said, flustered, automatically grabbing for the person's arm to make sure he didn't knock them over. But an enquiry as to whether they were okay totally died on his lips and he paled dramatically when his eyes flicked up and he saw what used to be the most prominent face in his life...

Jeff.