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Waking up, for once, was a peaceful experience which immediately threw you off. Your bed was not that comfortable, and your apartment had never smelled so good or made you feel so loved and safe in your entire time of living there.
You reached blindly for your phone on the nightstand, but your hand hit a lamp and then a physical alarm clock. You frowned to yourself and finally cracked open your eyes as the time of 2:45 am stared back at you in big red numbers.
‘You’re late’ your brain screamed.
You never slept more than 5 maybe 6 hours at a time and even on your best days you’d get close to possibly 7 maybe 8 hours at the absolute most but never 12. Now you were late and you obviously smelled like Jack so there was no way around that and….
Your mind screeched to a stop. The events of the morning appeared front and center in your brain.
You were at Jack Abbot’s house.
You were in Jack Abbot’s bed.
You were invited into Jack Abbot’s nest.
You were in love with Jack Abbot, and more importantly he was in love with you!
You let out a loud happy chirp as you sagged back into the mattress. Even though Jack had obviously left for work, he left you in his nest. He wanted you there but more importantly he trusted you there. You almost wanted to cry from happiness.
You laid there for a while just basking in the omega’s beautiful nest taking extra care not to disturb anything while still letting your smell permeate the space. You couldn’t remember the last time you actually woke up to a room that smelled so good, let alone a nest that carried a scent so profoundly.
The events of the previous day or more specifically the words said under the cover of black out curtains replayed brightly in your head as a large smile consumed your face.
Jack Abbot had confessed he was in love with you, and you had done the same to him. Never in a million years did you think something like that would ever happen, and you actually felt giddy.
The way he had talked about wanting you for so long made you feel like you could fly. You just felt so light and free.
You were in YOUR omega’s home. In YOUR omega’s nest. YOU had an omega to love and cherish and who wanted to love and cherish you back.
You felt your chest rumble with happiness. It wasn’t a purr, but it was as close as you ever usually got. Well, except for yesterday morning in Jack’s arms, but that was different.
‘And how you almost did it again with Jack, Robby, and Langdon in the hub’ your brain reminded you like a traitor.
Frank and Robby.
Just thinking about the other men made your heart clench a little. Of course, it made sense as you had wanted them as long as you had wanted Jack and that love wasn’t just going to magically go away in one day but to be thinking of other omegas in Jack’s nest made you feel a little… dirty.
You wondered how they would react to the news about Jack and yourself.
Jack did keep bringing them up yesterday, a couple times, and he did mention something about a plan. So, it would make sense that they probably already knew about it.
Would the four of yours dynamic change? Probably, but how much?
You frowned as you followed your train of thought as it ran through the worst scenarios possible. How would they react? Would they even care? To you they were precious but to them you were just a coworker or a friend at most.
You shook your head as you tried to stop that particular spiral as in the end it didn’t matter. You are with Jack now, and that's what’s most important.
Just from that small rabbit hole, you felt exhaustion creeping up on you again. You weren't tired per se, but you were just so dead, a definite side effect of Abbot’s correct diagnosis.
You thought about trying to sleep again, but you were a little too awake now to do that. So, you decided to get up and grab some kind of snack from the kitchen. Maybe even a glass of milk and honey like earlier. Just a little something to occupy yourself as you waited for Jack to come back.
You lazily headed out into the rest of the living space, taking it in with fresh eyes. This morning you had been tired beyond belief and nervous to be in the omega’s home now you could truly take up space without judgement. Not that Jack would ever judge you.
You headed for the kitchen to raid Abbot’s fridge when you heard a sound and froze. You smelt the air and a distinctly not Jack smell filled your lungs. The scent was muted by a patch, but you recognized its distinctly dry earthy scent on at least a subconscious level as it didn’t put you on edge.
You crept around the corner and your eyes widened again in shock at the sight. Robby was standing in Jack’s kitchen emptying takeout from a plastic bag.
You stared at the man as he pulled out a small plastic container and balled up the plastic bag that had surrounded it. His shoulders were tense and his face held all the exhaustion of a man that was tired to his bones.
Seeing him in Jack’s space brought back all the irrational emotions you had just worked so hard to tamp down.
Oh course even worn out he was as gorgeous as ever. He was still wearing his typical cargo pants and boots, but he had changed out his scrub top for a long sleeve muted dark green henley. The way the sleeves were pulled up into a loose slouched position on his arms yet the bottom was still slightly tight around his tummy was driving you absolutely feral.
You felt like you were going to throw up.
You must have let out a shocked sound, or maybe he just picked up your scent, but he looked up and smiled a huge, full body, smile that made your knees go weak, “Good evening. Nice of you to join me. I didn’t think you’d be up”.
“…. Morning?” you questioned back timidly as you took in his presence. He had obviously been here for a minute as his bag and hoodie were already hanging off the back of Jack's bar stools, and he had a decent amount of food laying out on the counter.
“I usually shower then order food, but I am starving. Plus, knowing you I didn’t want to get on your bad side first thing,” he smirked, motioning to the mixture of paper and aluminum foil wrapped items on the island. “I stopped by Maria’s and got your favorite”.
You crossed your arms in front of your chest and cocked your head in confusion. Maybe you were still asleep, and this was all a beautiful dream or maybe it was real, and you had just missed something, but you were so confused.
“What a… why are you… what are you doing here Robby?” you finally got out making the older man warmly chuckle.
“I’m sorry. I was so focused on getting over here I forgot Jack didn’t really say much did he” he answered as he shook his head with a shift warn smile on his face.
The obvious confusion and unsureness on your face made his gentle smile falter.
“He at least mentioned that I come over sometimes, right?”.
You shrugged “vaguely”. You bit at your cheek as you tried to remember what the night shifter had said. “We were both pretty worn out but he said his place was closest to the hospital so sometimes you and Langdon crashed here after…” you trailed off and your eyes widened “... a tough shift”.
Your heart sank at the words. They had had a tough shift as well, and you weren’t there to relieve them and comfort everyone. You instantly went into alpha mode as you sprinted over to Robby and started looking him over. “Fuck I told Jack I didn’t need the extra day. I should have taken Mel’s ask to cover her flex as well. I could have…”.
Robby softly grabbed your chin and made you stop your worried movements. Your panic ceased as you looked into his deep sad Bambi eyes. He sent you a warm smile that filled your heart and soothed your soul.
“Hey hey take a breath. That’s it, that's it angel. I’m fine, shift was fine, Langdon is fine, handoff was fine, Jack is fine, the hospital is fine, everything is okay”.
You deflated into his grasp at his words.
“You’re right that I usually crash here after a rough shift but today wasn’t one of those shifts. It was hectic for sure, but when isn’t it?”.
He sent you a reassuring smile and lightly shrugged “Jack told me, told us, what happened and how he got you to come and stay at his place. So as soon as my shift was over, I came to check on you. I couldn't stand the thought of you being alone, and I’ve had a key for years. That’s why I asked what did Jack tell you”.
You cocked your head at the chief attending as your thoughts began to spiral again. “I… I don’t need a babysitter” you finally got out as you took a step back out of his grasp and stared up at the older man. Did Jack and them really think so little of you that they now had to watch over you 24/7?
“Good, I don't plan on sitting on any babies,” the taller man joked easily. Normally a terrible joke like that would have made you laugh, but you were just too confused and, in your head, to even let out a courtesy chuckle.
“So, Jack actually sent you over?” you finally decided on that being your first real question.
“Yeah, he told us what happened and we didn’t want you to be alone so of course I came”.
It was like your wildest fantasy and darkest nightmare combined. Robby was here to look after you after Jack had confessed his love for you. This was everything you didn’t want. Why did he have to care now?!
“What exactly did Jack tell you?” you decided was the best thing to ask next. Better to not jump the gun and say something Robby didn’t know.
The older man moved his head from side to side as he continued to fiddle about the kitchen. “Well, he said he went over to your place, he hates that you live in a scentless apartment which Langdon and I both agree with by the way and brought you back here for a couple reasons but mainly because he thinks your scent deprived which again we all agree with”.
“Glad I got a second and third opinion on that” you tried to deadpan but your mind was too panicked to make it come out completely flat.
Jack had immediately gone to Robby and Frank about you. They were his and your friends so of course it made sense and they had been part of his ‘plan’ but now the 3 main reasons you never pursued anything with any of them were all talking to each other about one of them actually being with you. You felt sick but also happy at the same time and it made you even more anxious.
“Are you okay?” Robby asked and damn your scent deprived self because even you could smell your anxiety hanging in the air.
“Yes!” you answered far too quickly which made Robby settle you with an unconvinced look and head tilt.
“I just…” you trailed off not knowing the correct way to say what you wanted to say next. “I just didn’t realize he would come talk to you guys about me… so quickly… anyway”.
“Of course he came to us,” he answered casually. “We love you and are worried sick about you”.
Your ears were ringing in your head like you were sitting too close to a fireworks show.
“(Y/N)… hey are you okay?”.
When you didn’t respond Robby went into Doctor Robinavitch mode and came closer as he had done not moments ago and gently cupped your cheeks as he looked over your face. “Let’s move you to the couch and get some food in you, okay?”.
He reached down to grab your shoulder to help guide you towards Jack’s L-shaped couch.
The moment he touched your arm, you snapped. Your alpha was confused, sad, scared, and happy, which just made you even more confused. The most important thing in this moment to them was that there was another omega in THEIR omega’s house.
You flinched out of Robby’s grasp and let out a quiet warning growl which made his eyes widen.
“Whoa, hey, (Y/N) what’s going on?” he asked, taking a small step back. “You’re kinda freaking me out”.
“Why are you here Robby?” you asked again as your brain ran a mile a minute.
The older man frowned “to check on and take care of you?” he questioned slowly, "I just told you that”.
“No, why are you really here?” you asked again with a slight tenseness in your tone. “Jack tells you about us and what you decide it’s time to come over and and play house with his alpha? I don’t… I don’t understand what’s going on”.
“What? Wait, now I’m confused,” the omega said, eyes wide with distress.
“Most people know, and a doctor would definitely know that you shouldn’t enter a new match's den. Especially when the new alpha is home alone and you yourself are an omega! I don’t know what Jack said but there is no way he invited you here even as his and my friend to check on me”.
“Okay hold on” Robby started, hands up in front of him in a placating way “I think I over estimated what Jack said to you. I know he didn’t say much but he made it seem like more was said or at least more was understood”.
You crossed your arms as you tried to calm yourself but also hold yourself back. What was this man thinking?!
“What did Jack say about myself and Langdon yesterday?” the omega asked. “He told us we were mentioned but not how we kinda planned”.
“What fucking plan?” you whined confusion again rising above the anger. “He said some stuff about how things were not going to plan and he kept saying yours and Frank’s name, but nothing was really said about what the fucking plan even was!”. You let out a tiny growl of frustration “is this some kind of sick joke?”.
“No no no absolutely not. There is no joking of any kind happening” Robby rushed to assure you “let me do my best to explain what I think happened, okay, please?”.
He motioned towards the couch, and you tentatively followed his lead and sat a cushion length away from him.
“Okay so I was under the assumption that Jack told you more than he did” Robby’s hand went to his neck holding himself in his self-soothing way that just broke your heart.
“But to be fair, we only all got to talk a little bit at the beginning of the shift. I tried to catch him a couple times before I headed out but he or I was always with a trauma. So, I am sorry I freaked you out by invading your space unannounced".
You nodded as you accepted his apology but stayed quiet as you needed him to continue.
“As you know, Jack went over to check on you, realized you were going into scent withdrawal and asked you to come back to his place, right?”
You nodded in agreement.
“Okay and once, he got you over here he confessed he had feelings for you, and you reciprocated”.
You again nodded.
“And, as you just told me, he mentioned myself and Frank a couple times and a plan but never explained what he was talking about. Is that correct so far?”.
You shook your head in confirmation.
“Hmm” he made a quiet questioning nose as he bit his lip in thought.
“Okay” he clapped his hands in affirmation “I think the best way to explain this is just to start at the beginning, so here we go. Abbot and I have been friends for many years and besides being both attendings we are both also omegas”.
You chewed on your lip as you listened.
“Well for a long time we’ve more or less had this unsaid rule that if we happened to like someone in the ED, we would just leave it alone. Mention it to each other but then kinda leave it alone”.
You squinted at the older man “Robby I’ve heard the stories about you and…”.
“Yes, okay, in the past I’ve been very bad at following said rule” he interrupted with a humorous tilt to his voice at you calling out his past behavior “but we also had a second rule that if we happened to get a crush on the same person that was definitely a no go no matter what. With Jack being married, that was never a big issue until” he paused and took a calming breath "until about 2 to 3 years ago”.
He watched as your eyes went wide in recognition.
“Robby I… you’re one of my favorite people in the world but I... I won’t betray Jack” you quickly began to stammer as your mind started racing. How was this happening? You had to be dreaming!
“I promised I wouldn’t leave him and you know he has abandonment issues and I know you have your own abandonment issues but still I can’t believe you would go behind his back and…”
“Wait!” Robby jumped in with horror in his eyes. “No, no, no I would never EVER do something like that”.
“But you just…” you began to argue.
“Please let me finish what I was saying before you jump to the worst conclusions about any of us”.
You slowly nodded and took a few deep, calming breaths as you let him continue.
“A few years ago, Langdon started working in the pitt and overtime we all became friends. Well one night at one of those stupid hospital galas we got to talking and somehow, we told him about our little ‘rules’. He was married at the time, so it wasn’t a big deal, but he got divorced and it kinda became an unwritten rule for all three of us”.
You could not believe what you were hearing.
“About 3 years ago you started as a resident and from the moment we met… I don’t know a better way to describe it than to say it, but I caught feelings for you. Apparently, we all had unbeknownst to one another”.
Your mouth dropped open in shock.
“A couple months after you started, we were all out at the park after shift and a beer or two in it just kinda came out. We didn’t really say anything about it, just acknowledged each other's wants and moved on knowing it was a crush and nothing would come from it. Time passed but our little crushes didn’t disappear like normal, they just all kept growing and growing until we were all in love with you but never wanted to say anything”.
“Robby I…” he put up a finger then his whole hand as a questionable plea to let him continue his impromptu speech.
“We had also all become friends with you and knew that no matter what happened if anything came out all of us would be affected in some way and none of us wanted to hurt the others… That was until yesterday morning”.
The older man looked up at the ceiling as he shook his head. “Jack told us about the roof and how scared he was, and it broke our hearts. We all agreed that something had to change. Langdon had always joked about how maybe we could all share you but of course it was always laughed off, but not yesterday.
“I know how this must seem crazy and I know it definitely is, but we can’t lose you. Our whole ‘plan’, if you could even call it that, was that Jack was supposed to go over to your place and check on you and then start floating the idea to see how you would react to maybe wanting to be with any of us/all of us. Obviously, that's not what happened as when he got over there, he got so worried it just… it came out wrong… well not wrong, never wrong, but just not how we planned”.
It was easy to see how anxious the older man was becoming by just how often he was running his hands up and down his neck and beard. It was taking considerate will power to not reach over and pull his moving hands into your own.
“We love you (Y/N). I love you (Y/N), more than you could possibly understand, and I know this whole thing is insane and maybe it will blow up in our faces but you're worth the risk… If you want to be worth the risk of course… I don’t want to pressure you or make you think cause I’m the chief attending or anything and if you want me to leave right now I will and… and maybe you just only want to be with Jack and that's okay too. Frank and I will totally back off and…”.
You couldn’t hold yourself back and listen to his self-deprecating rantings anymore as you had long made your decision, even though in this moment you felt like you were going insane.
You pounced on the older man.
One second, he was sitting the next he was on his back with you leaning over him. He stared up at you, eyes wide with surprise.
“God you’re precious" you whispered as you ran a hand along his face; letting your fingers dip and appreciate every line and crease added by his long and beautiful life.
He bristled a little at the compliment as you felt more than saw his shoulders raise in embarrassment. “You don’t have to lie to me” he whispered as he ducted his head, embarrassment easily detected on his voice.
You frowned at him as you bent to meet his eyes “you know me Robby” you said gently as you cupped his face to bring his eyes back to yours “you know I don’t lie”.
He bloomed under you, going even redder as his eyes widened, and his mouth dropped into an O.
“Robby, I have been in love with all three of you basically since we met. I never wanted to pursue anything because, well the idea’s kind of insane, but also by choosing one I felt like I was abandoning the others even though I assumed the other two wouldn’t know or care. When Jack confessed to me, I just felt like this was the universe deciding, especially when he said he had talked to the both of you about it”.
“Oh my god we’ve been such idiots” he whispered in slight awe.
“Yeah, we have” you laughed which made him start to chuckle as well. You laid your head against his neck as you both laughed at your ridiculous selves.
As you pulled back, he gently reached up and cupped one of your cheeks. “I’m a terrible omega” he whispered as he stared up at you with all the awe of Galileo looking at his beloved stars. “We all are, and you deserve someone much better than me, than us”. There was so much despair in his eyes but behind it was enough warmth that just the light taste shining through was enough to never leave you cold again.
You nuzzled into his hand and shook your head “you’re worth the risk Michael Robinavitch. You all are”.
You leaned down just as Robby leaned up, and you met in the middle with a soft, yearning kiss.
Your heart ached as the kiss filled itself with the years of wanting and the relief of finally having.
You knew this was real, but everything felt like a dream. Your omegas wanted you. Last night you felt like you could fly but now there was no way you were possibly ever touching the ground again. You didn’t have to choose or feel some regret for being in love. You got to love the men you loved and have them love you in return.
“God, I love you” Robby gasped against your lips as you briefly pulled back to breathe.
“I love you too” you sighed contently as you dipped down to continue kissing him.
You let yourself fall more onto him as you both started reaching for more and more of each other.
Your hands were around his neck and in his hair scratching and pulling as your lips danced and nipped against each other. God, he felt so good under you.
“You really do deserve better” he lightly whined into your mouth. “I want you, I want this, but you deserve one amazing person who can be there for you and protect you and make you feel all the love you deserve. Not three broken omegas to split your love between”.
You began to kiss down his jaw to his neck as he rambled nonsense.
“Langdon’s in recovery, Jack’s Jack, and I…” he paused to suck in a breath as you scratched and scented yourself against his beard. “I have a whole Pandora's box of issues you should never have to deal with. As much as I love you, I don’t want you to be stuck with two old ‘active suicide watches’ as you call us and an addict. You deserve one whole person, not three broken pieces slapped together”.
You growled lightly before you bit into his neck, not a mating bite but definitely much harder than a normal love bite. Leaving the slight indent of your canines against his skin.
He let out a slight grunt of a cry in pain as you sucked harshly against his skin for a moment.
You finally pulled back and eyed your work and grinned. It was already turning bright red, and you just knew he would have a large bruise there for days to come.
“Mine” you growled as you made direct eye contact. You leaned down and pecked his lips before leaning back and smiling a wolfy grin. “You are mine, Michael Robinavitch. All your baggage, all your trauma, and all your Pandora boxes are mine too. Just as all of my bullshit is yours as well”.
You leaned in closer, so your noses lightly grazed each other.
“I don’t want some ‘perfect omega’ I want you, I want Jack, and I want Frank just the way you are. I want to hand Jack his crutches when his leg’s feeling sore or hold him through a PTSD attack. I want to drive Frank to his NA meetings and support him on rough days. And I want to lay down and hold you in my arms on good days and sit and talk and take care of you on days when you can't do it yourself”.
You pulled back slightly so you could make eye contact easier.
“I love you just the way you are and if I have to spend the rest of my life proving it to you I will because I protect what's mine and you Robby are my omega, mine!”.
A low keening whimper floated out of his throat before a deep vibrating purr began to flow out of him like a song.
“Oh baby” you cooed as you attacked his gorgeous face with kisses.
“Alpha, alpha, mine, my alpha” he moaned as he kissed you back.
With every kiss your hands roamed to find more and more of each other. With every breath you each tried to pull each other tighter and tighter until you were one.
As your hands flew down his neck, you caught his patch, and it took all your strength to not just rip it off. His scent was leaking through, but it wasn’t enough. You needed more of him, all of him.
You pulled away to get a look at his beautifully flushed face. The way he grinned up at you helped to exaggerate his gorgeously deep crows feet, and they just made you want to dive into his rich dark eyes that looked up with so much love.
You again flicked then lightly tugged the patch covering the pad on his neck and cocked your head in question.
He smiled a toothy grin and nodded.
You didn’t even wait for him to stop nodding as you ripped the patch off and threw it in the direction of the coffee table.
The moment his earthy scent hit your nose you felt your head go a bit dizzy and your bones seemed to turn to mush as you melted against him.
“God is that what you’ve smelled like this whole time?!” you moaned into his neck as you let his scent overwhelm you. He smelled like plants and moss and grass and just the fresh scent of being out in the sun. You had never smelled him without the barrier of a patch and god did he smell deliciously perfect.
“Oh shit, (Y/N) you, okay?” he asked as he pulled back to get in your eyeline.
You leaned back and frowned slightly angrily at him for moving away “yeah baby I’m good. I am so good”.
“Fuck I almost forgot” the older man sighed as he cupped your check. You instantly nuzzled against it.
“Forgot what?” you asked head feeling even more light as he and his glorious rich and earthy scent just seemed to echo around the room.
“Your scent deprived and I just doused you in mine”.
“Technically, I think I doused myself” you slurred as you playfully bit at his palm. “Worth it!”.
He chuckled at how adorable you were being. “Do you know how upset Jack and Frank would get if they knew I stupidly let you pass out from my scent?” he asked playfully as he gently began to push you off of him and back into a sitting position against the couch.
You frowned even more and threw a glare at him.
“I’m doing this for your own good” he pleaded “please don’t glare at me like that”.
You scrunched your face in an overly dramatic frown that made the omega chuckle.
“I have to let myself air out, so I don’t overwhelm you” he pleaded though you continued to glare grumpily at him.
“I know what will make you not so upset,” he grinned. “I’m hungry and you must be starving so how about I go grab the food I brought, and we watch some tv and just relax for a bit as you get normalized to my scent?”.
On the one hand you just wanted to lay on top of Robby and stick your nose to his gland to be overwhelmed by his scent. On the other hand, having your omega take care of you and get you food was way too tempting to pass up, so you nodded making him light up.
He grabbed the food and brought it back to the couch for you both.
True to his word he had picked up your go to order, and you melted even more for him.
He put on some show you vaguely paid attention to as you just kept coming back to him as he talked about anything and everything.
If you kept slowly scooting closer to him to the point that you were practically on top of him again by the time both your food was gone, who could blame you?
Once he had given up keeping you away, the two of you watched the end of the show with you curled up against his side.
He had to keep pushing you away from his neck as you kept kissing and nosing towards his scent gland. After a while he finally decided it had been enough time and gave up trying to keep you away as he let you collapse against his neck. Your inner alpha rumbled pleasantly as you inhaled his glorious scent straight from the source.
Every couple of minutes you would move against him or make a pleased noise which would make him look down and just smile a goofy little lovesick smile. Then of course he would lean down and capture your lips in a quick peck.
God, you loved this man.
Just like with Jack, you felt so safe and loved in his presence. Your mind slowly caught up with your inner alpha, and you let the love and safety radiating off of him settle you.
“Hey” you heard him gently whisper against your brow as he laid another light kiss against it “don’t fall asleep on me. I want to fall asleep with you in my arms. You promised that was something I could do”.
You cracked one eye open and looked up at his gorgeous but tired face. You nodded and slowly started to sit up, letting yourself stretch back into a more awake state.
He stood and grabbed his bag before he helped you up.
You both leaned against each other as you ascended the stairs to the guest room.
“What’s this pillow doing here?” he asked as he reached down and picked up the green pillows from Jack’s office that was on the floor next to the bed.
You smiled a little sheepishly as you sagged into the mattress. “It smelled like you” you mumbled into your pillow as you cuddled into the bed. You closed your eyes as your need for rest hit you like a train now that you were back in your sudo nest with your omega.
Robby looked you over with such a large and loving smile on his face that it seemed to brighten the whole room. How had he gotten so lucky?
He shook his head and let out a little joyous laugh that had bubbled up from his chest.
It took him a second to decide between just jumping into bed with you or going to change and take a shower but the need to wash the ED off of himself won out and he quietly slipped from the room to Abbot’s guest bath.
He was only gone for about 10 minutes to shower and change and in that time, you had barely moved. You did have a slight frown on your face when he returned that made him smile.
As quietly as he could, the omega slipped into the bed. To his surprise, you were still awake and instantly against his side, pulling him into your arms as he did that same to you.
“I missed you” you quietly chuffed into his neck as you cuddled against him, trying to find the most comfortable spot.
“I was only gone for like 10 minutes” he chuckled back as you maneuvered him until you were basically half on top of him with your face firmly smushed against his neck.
“Hmmm” you hummed happily against his neck in answer as you started to fall back asleep, lulled by his calming scent.
He laughed again as he pulled you just a little bit closer and closed his eyes “rest easy sweetheart I’m right here”.