Another Chance, Another Day

Monte stood next to Adam as he and the boys stood outside Cybele's hospital room. She'd been in a severe car accident, and after six months in a coma, had finally woken up while the others were away, at school and work respectively. "There appear to be some gaps in her memory." the doctor told Adam. "Please, try your best not to confuse her."

Adam nodded, the look on his face somewhere between scared and relieved. He was worried things would just go straight back to how they'd been before the accident, with Cybele often getting angry and hurting him; but despite all that he was relieved that she was actually awake, having always still loved her.
He took Monte and Lennon's hands and slowly walked with them into the room.

Cybele, who'd been pretending to still be asleep, slowly opened her eyes, smiling softly at Adam. "Hey...."

"Hey..." Adam said quietly after a minute, letting go of the boys as he slowly moved closer to the bed.

Cybele held her arms out to him "Hug?"

Adam hesitated, a confused look on his face as he wondered if this was one of her usual tricks or if it was actually part of the memory issue the doctor had mentioned. After a minute or so, Adam shuffled over and hugged her.

Cybele hugged Adam tight, firmly, butt still gentle. "Adam...baby what is it?" she asked him softly. She hadn't called him baby since before the wedding. "Why are you so hesitant toward me, did I do something?"

Adam stared at Cybele when he realised she'd called him 'baby', quickly, smiling when he remembered he wasn't supposed to say anything that might confuse her. "N-No..." He said quietly, not even realising he was crying.

Cybele reached up to wipe his tears. "Sweetheart, what is it?"

"What...?" Adam asked, taking a few seconds before realsing what she was doing. "Oh...nothing." He said, pulling a chair over to sit and hugged Cybele closer.

"Adam, you're crying, you don't cry over just anything," said Cybele

"I...I'm just glad you're okay..." Adam said quietly, telling the truth, but missing out on the rest of the details.

Cybele nodded slowly, still unaware of why she was even there. "I love you Adam," she said softly.

"I-I love you..." Adam responded quietly.

Lennon looked over at Monte, raising an eyebrow as if asking if he knew what was going on.

"Adam....if I've done something I don't remember, I'm sorry," said Cybele. Monte looked at Lennon, confused.

Adam didn't respond, leaning his head against Cybele's, hugging her tighter.

Lennon frowned slightly, turning to watch Adam, looking confused as well.

"I was out of it for a long time wasn't I?" asked Cybele

Adam nodded and sniffed, still in tears. "Y-Yes..."

"H-How long?" Cybele asked, a frightened tone in her voice.

"Um... a-about 6 months..." Adam said quietly, unsure if he was even supposed to be telling her.

Cybele raised a hand to her mouth before clinging to Adam and crying.

"I-it's okay..." Adam said quietly, holding her close, hesitantly moving a hand to rub her back.

"No," Cybele sniffled. "It's not."

Adam sighed, hugging Cybele tighter, still rubbing her back.

Cybele sniffled again, letting out a sob as she cried.