Heal Me (Flynn, Quinn, Autumn, Timothy, and then open?)

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Flynn hurt.

That was putting it mildly, though blessed painkillers were taking the edge off of what could have been a worse situation. His neck was by far Flynn's worst wound, though he had been treated for it and any decayed flesh had been removed. The hole had been stitched up and hopefully it wouldn't get infected. There were slashes on his belly, and an electrical burn on his side where Amaris had tried on her shocking experiments again. He would live. He would heal soon, and he would live on.

Flynn's thin frame looked even thinner than normal, thanks to nearly six days next o nothing to eat. But he didn't look half as bad as poor Thomas had looked after his own captivity. At that thought, Flynn felt a rush of pain wash through him, worse than anything Amaris had managed to do to him. Thomas.

"Mal!" Quinn burst into the room, and he practically collapsed in a chair beside Flynn's bed. "Oh thank fucking Christ!"

"Thank Peter and Abby and...don't thank Jesus, he wasn't there." Flynn sounded bitter, but it drained away when he said the retrospective fear in Quinn's eyes. "I'm here, Bub."

Quinn choked out a sob and then he lifted a bag up on to Flynn's bed. It was full of food and he upended it without preamble, letting the goodies spread out in a waterfall of calories all over Flynn's legs. "I brought you food."

That Flynn just had to smile at. Then he even chuckled. "You're trying to give me a cholesterol heart attack, aren't you?" He asked softly, his voice laced with fondness. Then he took Quinn's hand in his own. "Thank you."

"I love you!" Quinn squeaked and then he buried his face in Flynn's diminished stomach, curling his fingers around Flynn's hand, though he was careful not to hurt him. "I love you so much!"

"I love you too, Baby." Flynn moved his other hand to rest on Quinn's head, fingers twisting lightly in Quinn's hair. "Autumn, he brought us food." Flynn looked over at the terrified blond in the bed next to him. "Do you want some?"

Autumn ignored him. She just stared at the door, waiting.

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Timothy wasn't far behind Quinn at all. The news of what had happened to Thomas was devastating, but nothing could overrule the fact that Autumn had been rescued. She was safe, physically at least. Emotionally, Timothy didn't know what to expect, other than the fact that it would be bad. After everything Jake had done to her, Autumn had suffered more than enough. She'd come so far, and now... Timothy hated Amaris more than he had ever hated anyone. And now, she'd killed his friend. Spectre's husband.

The nurses kept admonishing him not to run, but he finally made it to Autumn's room. He slid to a stop at her bed, barely avoiding winding himself against it, and was almost completely overcome by the sight of her. Relief at seeing her in front of him, and horror at what had been done to her, warred within him. "Oh thank fuck," he breathed. "Autumn, my Autumn..."

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"Timothy!" Autumn reached her arms out to Timothy as if the sight of him brought her to life. She was so glad to see him. She was better off physically than Flynn was, and her cuts and bruises had been attended to. She was hungry and it showed, but more than anything, she needed Timothy to hold her. "Oh, I love you."

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"I love you." Timothy clung as tightly as he dared to Autumn, burying his face in her hair. He wanted to make it all better for her right now, but he knew there were some things that nothing could make better. But he would do everything he could. Timothy was determined to always do that for her. "I love you so much. I was going out of my mind. Seeing you is just... I've got no words. I love you."

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Autumn nuzzled against his cheek and she let out a deep breath. "I'm alright." She whispered. She had been much worse off when Jake had had her. She had been afraid, but now she didn't have to be anymore, and the physical cuts and bruises would heal. "I'll be alright."

Quinn remembered something and he turned to Flynn in horror. "Mal...did you...did Amaris make you...she said she made you sleep with someone. Was it...Autumn?"

Flynn looked traumatised and his answer was much louder than he had anticipated, considering his throat was still raw from being dry for so long. "No! I never would have!"

Autumn leaned her head sideways so she could smile at him. "He saved me."

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"Holy shit." Timothy shook his head, paling again at the thought of what might have happened. Thankfully it didn't, though Flynn had clearly been forced into something awful. He turned his attention to the other man, one of his best friends, while still holding onto Autumn's hand. "Dude... what happened? Unless you don't wanna talk about it... Either way, thank you. Thank you for whatever you did to save Autumn."

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Flynn shrugged. He was the last person to be traumatised by something of a sexual nature, considering he had slept with a lot of people he hadn't wanted to for money. And what Crystal had done hadn't been rape. Flynn had let her. "Crystal said she wouldn't fuck Autumn, but she would fuck me. I'm sure she knew I'd handle it...better.. And I let her. It wasn't bad. Least it wasn't Amaris."

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"Jesus," Timothy murmured. He could scarcely begin to comprehend the evil of making someone do that. He had a lot of gratitude to give to Crystal, though. "I'm gonna have to give her a hell of a thank you, as well. Man, you both are... just the best. Seriously. I am so, so sorry Amaris did that to you both."

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"I just hope Crystal's okay." Flynn said quietly. "And I hope...well there wasn't any protection. I hope she doesn't end up...I hope I didn't make her situation worse that it already was." Flynn took a deep breath. "Autumn, do you want some of this food?" Flynn could hardly keep himself from digging in ravenously, but he wanted to make sure she was taken care of first.

"Oh, please." Abby said, breathless. "I'm starving. Anything."

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"Thank you," Timothy said again, and he transferred some of the things he knew Autumn would like over to her bed. "God, poor Crystal. I guess they'll know by now... this is the place to be, and all."

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"Well I think...pregnancy takes a while.." Flynn cleared his throat and he concentrated on unwrapping a muffin.

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"Yeah..." Timothy didn't know much about pregnancy and babies, really. He'd never had cause to learn, and never been involved in a scare himself. "Maybe they can still use a pill to make sure she's not or something. I don't know... I just hope it's not something that'll turn out to be a thing."

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"Me too." Said Flynn with his mouth full. "Have you guys been okay?" He had to make sure, even though Quinn seemed alright from his spot on the bed, clinging to Flynn with all his might.

Not that Flynn would ever protest that.

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"Worried about you, but safe and healthy," Timothy assured him. "You haven't missed anything else dire. Everyone was doing their part, though. Everyone from Jeremy to Fable, and everyone in between."

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Flynn smiled at that. "Fable, hmm? Good on her."

"I want to go home, Timothy. I'm fine I don't need to stay here. I'll be better at home..." Autumn reached for his hand as she finished off her cookie.

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"Yeah... you actually do look just about ready to climb up the walls, then out the door if they try and keep you." Timothy smiled, because even though the effects of being kept without food could be seen on Autumn, she looked surprisingly well. "I'll have a word to Katia and see what can be done."

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"Thank you." Autumn said, and she reached out to brush Timothy's hair out of his eyes. "You're all scruffy. And you never told me about demons and angels."

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Timothy sighed. "I was trying to protect you from that part of the world. Seems like a lot of bad comes out of it, a lot of the time. There's good things too, but... well, fat lot of good it did not telling you, anyway. No secrets now, though. Anything I know, you know." He sealed his promise with a kiss to her hand.

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Autumn smiled weakly at him. "I know anything you go comes from love. I'm not angry." She pulled his hand forward and returned the kiss. "I love you. And now you can fill me in properly."

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"I love you. And I will, as soon as I get you home." And with that, he went to find Katia to discuss discharging Autumn.