GLEE'S ANATOMY // When Glee goes M.D.

Who: rockstarwarbler and justbeingaqueen
What: Patience is a virtue
Where: High Dependency Unit
When: Nearly a week after Blaine fell ill
Rating: Innocent

The latest CT scan of Blaine's brain showed that over the past couple of days, the swellinghad reduced signficantly and the neurologist became confident that he should show signs of waking soon. All sedatives were ceased and they put a step up on his antimalaria drug regime now they were more confident he could cope with them. As the days seemed to drag on with Blaine not waking up, Kurt had been forced to go home to his apartment to try and get a bit of sleep, but he was back at the hospital early each morning to sit and wait for any changes.

And now something was finally looking up. Over the last hour or two, Blaine had been stirring and showing signs of waking. Any medical professional will tell you that in real life, it wasn't like the movies. Someone in Blaine's condition could actually take sometime to regain proper consciousness rather than just bouncing awake and ready to conversations. It was a process, and Kurt was willing to wait it out. As soon as it looked like it might happen, he had dimmed the lights right down so they wouldn't be a strain on Blaine's eyes and he made sure the doctors and nurses were aware in case - god forbid - he took a turn for the worse. But his obs were all stable had dropped out of the dangerous zone. All Kurt could do was just be patient.

He took the time to really study Blaine closely for the first time, despite having been there on and off for days. He was actually stunningly beautiful, as far as Kurt was concerned. His dark features, his curly hair... and he had the longest eyelashes Kurt was sure he had ever seen. Sure, he had a sickly pallor and dark smudges under his eyes. He had tubes up his nose for oxygen and wires feeding out of the top of his gown to monitor any changes in his heart. But he was still beautiful. Kurt had no idea what was going to happen from then on with this situation, and he didn't have time to analyse it, because Blaine started to wake up then. Kurt just rested his hand over Blaine's forehead to comfort him and once his eyes were open, he just smiled. "Hello, Sleeping Beauty. And right before I was about to plant one on you, too. Totally stealing my moment there. Psht, princesses..." he scoffed softly in jest, but he watched in concern to make sure Blaine was okay.

Who: justbeingaqueen and morbidbubbles
What: Professional versus Personal
Where: High Dependency Unit
When: Morning after THIS
Rating: Innocent

It seemed that although Kurt had been cleared of just about everything, hospital infection control policy stated that he had to be off duty with clear pathology results for a period of seven days before he could go back to work. This meant that he didn't have the luxury of using work as an excuse to keep his distance from Blaine, and because he didn't have the excuse, his guilt conscience meant he just couldn't stay away. He wanted to be there when Blaine woke up just to see that he was okay, and to personally confess the stupid move he had made with Blaine's father.

As a result, it turned out he ended up staying the night in the uncomfortable chair that was supposed to serve as a place visitor's could sleep as they waited, but really absolutely sucked on the comfort factor. He hadn't meant to fall asleep. Hell, he hadn't meant to stay the night, but as he woke, rubbing at his stiff neck from sleeping weird in the chair, he saw that Blaine remained the same. Unconscious, unmoving. Kurt puffed out his cheeks with a breath and then let it out in a rough sigh, letting his shoulders slump. He needed to go home and shower and change, but he just couldn't bring himself to yet. It wouldn't hurt to wait just a little longer, would it...? He just needed coffee.

He shook some coins out of his wallet into his hand and then stiffly pulled himself up out of the chair to shuffle out into the hall to the coffee machine. He hated machine coffee, but it would have to do. He rested his forehead against the side of the machine as he slotted the coins in and hit the latte button, waiting as it buzzed and with painful slowness, started to trickle his coffee into the cardboard cup. So fucking ironic that just a week ago, life had been peachy and without issue. Now this. The turn of events really was making his head spin.

Who: justbeingaqueen and bad2theboner
What: Developments
Where: High Dependency Unit
When: Evening following THIS
Rating: Innocent

It was around six or so hours, give or take, after Andrew's text message that Kurt arrived back at the hospital. He sent through a text when he managed to find a place to park in the lot and then just sat in his car with his head resting on the steering wheel for a good long few minutes. He was tired, and the events of the past few days were catching up with him. His hands were wrapped around the steering wheel with his forehead resting against his wrist as he worked up the energy to get out of the car and go back into the hospital to check how Blaine was progressing.

He just made a really stupid error, the second in as many days. He honestly thought it was the right thing to do, but apparently not. With a shake of his head, he forced his feet to take him out of the car and back into the large, looming hospital building. Riding up in the elevator, he slumped against the wall, dropping his head back against it as he watched the lights illuminate in the floor numbers as he ascended. What the hell was he doing? Why was this all making him so crazy and reckless? He had his reckless days when he was younger, and had grown out of them long ago. Why the hell did this doctor have to make his mind malfunction? It was stupid. It couldn't happen, right?

He was dressed down in a pair of designer jeans and a long leather jacket with silver trimmings and a black fedora adorning his head. It was dressed down for him, anyway. It was getting late and beyond visiting hours for the HDU, so he made his way into the unit quietly and found Andrew waiting at the nurses station for him with the promised coffee. "How is he?" he asked, as he gratefully took the cup and put it to his lips for a long sip. He really need the caffeine buzz to hit, and sooner rather than later.