Silence hung heavily over the hospital room eerily. Steady beeping from the heart monitor jolted Sherry into the reality that Enzo remained tenuously connected to life by a faint thread of existence. His hand lay limply inside hers, with fingers icy yet somehow still imbued with a faint vital spark. Sleep had eluded her entirely that night. Not entirely, actually. Her cheek bore a faint imprint from a plastic armrest on some hospital chair, pretty recently, it seemed. Her eyes looked raw, but her grip remained tight, somehow still. Then... A stir. A whisper of breath. And the slow, unsteady blink of lashes opened against the pale blue light. Sherry bolted upright. "Enzo?" His mouth parted. Dry, cracked. His eyes moved sluggishly, groggily, but found her. She leaned close, almost scared to breathe. "I'm here." He tried to speak. It came out as a rasp. She grabbed the water cup and gently tilted it to his lips. He drank, coughed, and then exhaled a long, trembling sigh.
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