[pre-story]I'm REALLY glad I managed to build up a buffer over the last couple months. Writer's block is a bitch. Daddy's Home: New Life continues! The meeting gets put on hold, and William meets some more of the local ladies! Sorry, still no sex just yet. As always, I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: All characters are 18+
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Daddy's Home: New Life; Chapter 1, Part 3
William jolted awake as his brain screamed 'FALLING!', his limbs suddenly flailing instinctively to try and stabilize him only to end up slamming his elbow painfully into the floor. "Guh- Fuck!" he cursed, wincing and sharply pulling his arm up to his chest to cradle his bashed elbow. He groaned inwardly, and slowly opened his eyes, only to see three faces looking down at him from above, Ms. Yoshida, plus two he didn't recognize. She was joined by a pair of tawny-skinned girls, freckle-dusted faces framed by thick manes of springy curls, one with dark brown hair, the other dyed a bright aqua blue.
The blue-haired one smirked, wryly, and looked back at the others. "See? He's already waking up." She commented, gesturing slightly with something William suddenly realized was an open pocket knife. He stiffened with apprehension, his confusion deepening.
"Oh, thank god." Kanae breathed, visibly relieved, sinking down to sit on her ankles.
The brown-haired girl shot the blue-haired one a look, then looked back down to William, her expression worried. "I- I apologize, Sir, I should have stopped her, please don't be..." she began, starting to babble, then stopped herself. She closed her eyes, took a breath, and when she opened them again, her expression was calm, soft and reassuring. "Please relax, Sir, you're okay, but you shouldn't move just yet. You passed out, briefly, due to restricted blood flow. It appears your collar was too tight around your neck, not enough to fully stop blood flow, but enough to slow it down so that, in your heightened emotional state, you couldn't get enough oxygen to your brain." She explained. "We were working to release the tension, but..."
The blue-haired one interjected. "BUT, they were taking too long, and since time was of the essence..." She explained, holding up the pocket knife in one hand, and in the other, the remains of his necktie, cleanly cut through, right next to the knot. "I figured it was worth sacrificing a cheap tie to make sure you could still have the ability to, you know, talk." She clarified, pointedly, shooting a look back at her sister.
William blinked, processing all this new information for a moment. Then another. It was a lot to take in, after all. His hand went up to nis neck, feeling his now-opened collar and the raw edge where the girl's knife sliced it open. "So... I'm okay, then? Nothing too serious?" He finally asked.
The brown haired girl nodded. "You should be alright now, however, since you did lose consciousness, I have to recommend getting a full examination, just to be completely safe and make sure there was no lasting damage."
William groaned inwardly, again, and pushed himself up to a sitting position. "I'm- I'm alright, I think, besides, I was in the middle of a meeting with Ms. Yoshida here..." He began to put together an excuse, only to be abruptly cut off as Kanae spoke up..
"Mr. Thomas, I believe the primary matter of our meeting is concluded for the moment, and as it seems you have a pressing matter to attend to, we can safely delay discussing the details." Kanae spoke in a calm, practiced manner as she pushed herself to her feet, straightened her skirt, and offered a curt bow. "I believe the sisters will be able to escort you to the front door. Please, feel free to call and schedule a follow-up appointment after your business at the hospital." She added, simply.
William gave a small sigh of resignation, pushing himself to his feet, the other girls doing the same. "...Alright, then, I suppose I probably should get checked out..." He muttered, then turned, allowing himself to be escorted out the door by the two girls.
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The doctor clicked his flashlight off and lowered it from William's eyes, nodding as he tucked it into a pocket. "Well. No signs of a concussion from your fall, no obvious symptoms of brain damage from lack of blood flow... Seems like there's no complications." He announced, standing up and holding his tablet up in front of him, re-reading his chart. "It is a little odd that a healthy individual like you would pass out from just a tight collar, though. I'm going to have to check your blood pressure and run a circulatory assessment. Unfortunately, I have other patients that I need to check in on, but a nurse will be in shortly to examine you." He explained, curtly, already turning for the door before William could even grunt affirmatively.
William was suddenly alone in the silent exam room, sighing slightly and reclining back on the exam table, the crinkle of the paper sheet beneath him breaking the silence. He pulled out his phone, idly flicking this way and that, searching for something to keep himself occupied as he waited. He'd shed the remains of his too-small dress shirt, leaving him in just his khakis and a white undershirt, the thin material stretched over his muscular torso like a second skin, clinging to every contour of sculpted granite muscle.
He heard the click of the door latch and looked up, eyes widening slightly in surprise as he recognized the pair of nurses walking into the room. The sisters who'd been there when he'd woken up had apparently changed between then and now, dressed in matching light blue scrubs. "Well, well, look who it is." The blue haired one commented with a smirk as she closed the door behind them.
"I could say the same. You're nurses?" William replied.
"Don't sound SO surprised." The blue-haired one shot back.
William raised his hands in a defensive gesture. "No offense meant, you just seemed a little young to be nurses."
The brown haired one bit her lip before speaking up. "Well, um, technically, we're trainees... We're still in school, but we work here part time for course credit..." She explained, then paused, suddenly looking horrified. "Oh, but don't worry, we know what we're doing!" She hastily assured.
The blue haired one grinned. "Yup! One quadruple amputation, as ordered! Lemme go get the bone saw."