Oh stop your crying

[givesyouaboner]

WHO: Dolores Maryam and Dirk Strider
TONE: Hurt/Comfort
RATING: G
WHEN: 21 September, evening
WHERE: Hospital Wing
WHAT: Dirk is visiting the hospital wing for reasons.
STATUS: Complete




Dirk was used to being unable to sleep. He was used to having nightmares. He was used to having anxiety attacks. What he was not used to were the constant changes that have occurred over the past few months. He was used to stability. Any sort of abrupt change truly upset him. That was only one of the many things that had made this transition difficult. It didn't help that he tried to bottle this up. Sometimes he'd allowed himself to talk about things, but that was usually after he'd already had a meltdown. Or very close to having one.

The confrontation with Snow didn't help this. That had made him angry. Dave defending him and then learning just how grave the entire situation was didn't help at all. Combine that with already being emotionally imbalanced and you had a child whose anxiety and intense negative feelings had easily taken a toll physically.

This was why by evening, Dirk found himself in the hospital wing. The whole day had sucked and he'd felt miserable. By dinner it got to the point where he didn't think he could hold anything down if he tried eating. In the end, he had left the Great Hall early and finally convinced himself it wasn't a bad idea at all to see if there was a medicine he could take.

Comments

[wavesofjade]

With the presence of Inquisitor Snow, Dolores had many concerns of her own but her first and foremost was for the safety of the students, now more than ever. She'd been doing her work diligently, wondering when the man might walk through the doors to conduct an inspection, but as of yet, he hadn't come. Dolores hadn't given him her name, he didn't know what she looked like and she didn't even know if he'd be able to pinpoint her as the vampire known to be working here but if he could... that would no doubt be an awkward conversation.

A few of the students and even a couple of staff members had been to see her today for something to calm their nerves, so when the door opened and Dirk walked in, she wasn't surprised. What did surprise her was how peaky the poor boy looked. The nurse stood up and moved around her desk, walking up the ward to meet him.

"Hello, there," she said kindly, smiling at him. "What can I help you with?"