[Moving, they told him, would come back slowly. He might be able to to manage it later, but actual walking around on his own? Probably not going to happen until tomorrow at the earliest. He was, he was pretty sure, taking this a lot better than he would be if they hadn't given him what he was pretty sure was enough sedatives to calm down a rampaging werewolf.
But he'd needed it. Apparently. And honestly, he was still on the edge of panic, even with all the drugs. The only thing that would move right were his fingers. Even talking was not quite his friend. And that was basically all he did.]
[Lydia has finally been let in. She is frantic to see him and actually bursts into tears when she sees that he's awake. Instinctively she knows just by looking at his eyes that this is Stiles, and she's so relieved those tears just can't be held back.]
[He's tapping his fingers where they rest, maybe he's trying to count there or maybe it's something else. He looks relieved to see her, but also worried.]
Oh...hey, come on. Don't...don't do that. I can't do anything about that now.
[Her hand is removed from his cheek, and move instead to rest over his fingers. Loosely, so he can keep tapping.]
He said you were asleep. Could you feel anything or see anything...? He's got almost everyone fooled and feeling sorry for him. [Her mouth presses against itself.] I thought you were gone.
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