"I thought- lost- you." Christian weakly spoke and barely managed to raise his hand up to brush a tear from her cheek. He smiled at her with heavily lidded eyes, and she cried harder. "Don't... cry... Come."
"But I- I barely know you." Madeleine tried to protest, and her cheeks caught fire along with her heart.
Christian weakly chuckled. "Oiseau... You've been- in- my- dreams... for years. Not- just- few- weeks. I want- to- hold you."
She climbed in beside him and hugged him, trying to not disturb all of the wires and tubes. "I almost lost you. If you wouldn't have woken up- they-" She burst into fresh tears.
"What'd I- say?" He softly took a deep breath with the help of oxygen, and she tried to stop her body from shaking.
He weakly wrapped an arm around her, and she clutched hers
