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Frances Welty wandered the halls of the Tranquillum house as she was unable to sleep right now not out of anxiety this time but rather just ecstasy after the kiss she shared with Tony earlier that afternoon. She still couldn’t get it out of her head. Frances wanted more then anything to be back in Tony’s arms kissing his soft lips feeling the roughness of his beard against her face. She couldn’t wait to get her time with him alone again the next day.
Suddenly Some cries interrupted her nightly daydreams. She immediately recognized it to be Tony’s voice and he clearly was having a vivid nightmare or hallucination. Before Masha could intrude hearing Tony she decided to race into his room to calm him down knowing out of everyone here would be more likely to calm him down.
“No! No!…” Tony managed to say his cries being able to now form words within his moans of pain.
“Tony! Tony! Shhh Shh hey hey wake up you’re dreaming..” Frances said gently kneeling by his bedside gently reaching over to shake his shoulder. Tony sat up very quickly gasping in some pain.
“F-Frances? Please tell me I’m not hallucinating” Tony said
“No you’re not see..hey..” Frances said touching his face to show him it was truly her
Tony in relief just leaned forward and clung to her like a scared and sad child just continuing to cry shaken up from the dream but also because of the sharp pains in his body caused by his spinal injury. He just buried his face into her neck and shoulder as Frances sat on the edge of the bed and just hugged him back and gently rocking him back and forth.
“Shhh it’s okay it’s okay Tony..I’m right here it is me..I promise you am real I know it’s hard to pick out what’s real and what’s not right now” Frances whispered to him as he just cried.
“It hurts..oh god..” Tony moaned feeling the pain taking over a portion of his body now
“What does honey..?” Frances said
“Everywhere! My knee and just everything from my spinal injury and surgeries..” Tony said his teeth clenching
“Awww baby okay..okay um what do you want me to do?..” Frances asked unsure of how to help him exactly
“Can you uh give me some massages or something I feel like maybe that’s the next best thing so I can just get some damn sleep” Tony replied
“Of course I can do that but if I do hurt you accidentally or cause more pain tell me okay?” Frances said
“Yeah oh I will” Tony said trying to breathe through it
“Alright move over” Frances said as she got in the bed on the other side of him sitting with her knees propped up and then got him to lay across her lap and leaned Into her so one of her legs supported his head so it was leaning closer to hers.
She then used one hand to soothe his pain by rubbing his back gently and Tony grabbed her other free hand so he had something to hold onto.
“That’s it honey when it gets unbearable you just squeeze my hand as tight as you’d like it won’t bother me” Frances said her fingers looping in the spaces between his own fingers.
Tony did so when needed but having Frances rubbing the area where the source of where the main pain in his body came from. He cried a little more not just from the pain but also feeling overwhelmed with the help and support he had from Frances acknowledging how much pain he really was in that was making his pain more tolerable then it used to be and it faded faster. Frances also to soothe him placed very soft small kisses on his head and face to also distract him.
“Oh man Frances you’re actually making this tolerable for me and normally it never is tolerable without the oxy” Tony admitted sighing
“Oh good I’m glad I was able to help find an alternative that works” Frances said stroking his hair and beard
“You’ll stay here with me? If you want to?” Tony asked
“Tony I’ll stay here all night and every night if that’s what helps you manage this I don’t mind” Frances said
“Thank you! Thank you so Much!” Tony said kissing her hand that was still holding his
“You feeling a lot more comfortable now?” Frances asked
“Yeah cuddling and talking to you helps actually..maybe you’re my cure” Tony teased laughing
“And I don’t mind being that for you! I’ll take care of you just like you did for when I crashed asleep in my oatmeal” Frances said laughing
“Anything for my ‘buddy’” Tony said as he felt comfortable enough to now lay down entirely keeping his arms around Frances still not wanting her to leave his bedside. Frances smiled and curled into his side and just continued to run her fingers through his beard and kiss his face as Tony pulled the covers over both of them.
“Comfy?” Frances asked
“Ya much comfier now how about you are you comfortable?” Tony said letting his arms naturally just lay around her and his hands move around feeling every inch of her beautiful curves.
“Mhmm Tony?” Frances whispered to him
“What’s up beautiful?” Tony said caressing her hair
“I love you!” She said whole heartedly with tears in her eyes. It was the first time she could ever say it again to another man ever since Paul Drabble.
“Oh Frances I love you too! Forever and ever!” Tony said as he kissed her lips as she sat up looking at him and then laid back down with her head against his chest.
“You really mean it?” Frances said her eyes drooping with her cheek pressed against his chest as she was using him as a pillow.
“Of course I do I never knew what love truly was honestly until I met you. Hell you even know that I killed a guy and you still care about me” Tony said caressing her hair
“Tony it was an accident you know that and I know that you’re a sweet guy who would never want to kill someone as your first option” Frances said “that is unless someone was trying to kill or hurt you or me” Frances said sweetly
“Oh trust me if anyone comes after you they will have to deal with me youre everything to me you’re all I have I don’t know if my daughters will ever want anything to do with me again..” Tony sighed
“I think once they see like I do that you’re actually working to do better on yourself I have no doubt you will reconcile I can even be with you if you’d like me to be there for support when we get out of here?” Frances offered kissing his shoulder
“I would appreciate it Frances no matter what it’s good to know I’ll always have you! And know that you’ll always have me too. Thank you for being here for me and helping me push through my chronic pain episode. I don’t know how you did it but ya did it Frances no other remedies have helped me I think you simply just have the touch” Tony said
“Maybe..” Frances said dropping a bit
“Okay you look like you’re gonna crash..I’m okay now knowing you’ll be here with me all night! You get some sleep beautiful!” Tony said rubbing her back
“Mmmkay..if you need anything you can wake me” Frances said her head adjusting more comfortably on his chest
“I will I should be okay though..love you!” He said giving a passionate kiss Goodnight.
“I love you too…my sweet sweet Frances..” Tony cooed petting her hair smiling down at her until they both feel asleep as he started to get tired himself. Frances cracked a smirk melting at the sound of ‘Sweet sweet Frances’ she could definitely get used to this Tony.