FTEC, Sunday, Evening Shift [Oct 7]

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan was sitting in the clinic, mostly just staring off into space; foremost in his thoughts were the events of homecoming, most especially a certain conversation with a certain flame-empowered boy, and a certain series of events that took place in a hotel room after the dance.

Which had him wondering if Johnny had heard -- surely the radio had reported it, it seemed to get everything else -- and how Johnny felt about it if he had.

Regardless, Ronan was there, ready in case anyone needed medical attention.

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[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris entered the clinic, practically dragging Lana with him.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

After two near sleepless nights punctuated with terrible nightmares, Lana had made the mistake of telling Chris about using sleeping pills for a while after Shep left. And here she was despite her protests.

[not_in_the_book]

"Hello?" Ronan said, smiling a bit as they came in. "Is there something I can help you with?"

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"Yes, please," Chris said, giving a brief return smile. "My friend here hasn't been sleeping well and she's been having nightmares. I was hoping we could get her some sleeping pills."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana swallowed hard, but nodded. She'd tried protesting back at the dorms, but once Chris got an idea in his head...

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan bit his lip a bit. "I can't give out sleeping pills, unfortunately; I'm not a doctor. But I could..." He considered for a moment. "Can I ask why you're looking for them?"

Better to find that out first than just, y'know, magic her asleep or something.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"She took them before," Chris explained. "And they helped."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's that then," Lana said to Chris, looking relieved. "We came and he can't give them out, so let's go back."

"Thank you very much for your time, sorry we bothered you," she said politely to Ronan.

[not_in_the_book]

"I said I can't give you pills," Ronan said. "I didn't say I can't help." He spared a look for Chris, but then said, "If you'd like to tell me a little what's going on, I might be able to do something else for you," he said. "We could go back to one of the exam rooms if you'd prefer."

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

Because Sunday clinic shifts were always too quiet ...

Wilson was just there to get a new ace bandage for his hand. It seems that going mouse and then coming back any bandages you were wearing didn't come with you.

"Good evening, Ronan." He greeted the young man on duty.

[not_in_the_book]

"Dr. Wilson, hi," Ronan said, smiling. "Is there something I can help you with?"

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

Holding up his left hand, which was by now a spectacular rainbow of those very nice yellowish green and blueish purple, he grinned good naturedly.

"Ace bandage? I sort of lost the one I had Wednesday when I turned into a mouse. Well, actually it was there when I turned into the mouse but not so much when I turned back."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan's eyes widened slightly. "I'm almost afraid to ask what happened," he said. "I could get you a bandage, yeah, or if you prefer I could heal it for you."

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

"I punched a punching bag," Wilson admitted a bit sheepishly. "Something that should be left to those who ... can actually punch a punching bag properly."

[not_in_the_book]

"... Ouch. I can see why." Ronan frowned a little. "So do you want me to heal it for you? We could go back to one of the exam rooms, it won't take long. Or would you rather just have the bandage?"

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

"Tempting as it is to let you heal it up, I'm trying to imprint upon my brain that being what one is not can lead to pain. So in the name of my self inflicted object lesson, the ace will do fine for tonight, thank you, Ronan."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan nodded, laughing just a little. "Not a problem at all; I do understand the mentality." He rummaged a bit in the desk -- raising an eyebrow a little at the drawer of condoms that he'd somehow managed to miss in the past -- until he came out with the requested ace bandage. "Here you go," he said, as he opened it up. "Need some help with it, or can you manage it one-handed?"

Exam One

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Where there is the treating of patients!

Ronan lead the way into the room, closing the door firmly behind him. "So," he said, "you were saying you'd had sleeping pills before? What was the problem?"

Re: Exam One

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris stayed out of the way and hoped that this guy would be able to help Lana.

Re: Exam One

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana glanced over at Chris before answering. "My boyfriend left. I've always had problems with severe nightmares and when he left they got much worse. And I either couldn't sleep or was afraid to sleep, so one of the doctors here prescribed some to help me."

Re: Exam One

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan nodded, considering. "... Well, I can't give you any sleeping pills, like I said," he replied. "But I could help you sleep tonight with a spell -- sound sleep, no nightmares -- giving you a chance to come in tomorrow when there's a doctor here." He smiled, a bit dryly. "Wish I could just magic away the nightmares for you, but it doesn't work that way."

Re: Exam One

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris was a bit surprised by that. "Really? You can do that with magic?"

Re: Exam One

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana was shaking her head. "No, no magic on my mind," she said firmly, looking scared. "The last time something like that happened I lost all my memories of someone I loved. I'm sorry, but no."

Re: Exam One

[not_in_the_book]

"The psychotropic wizardries are more difficult," Ronan told Chris, "but yeah, it's not too hard."

To Lana, he replied, "I can understand, then, why you'd be hesitant in a case like that to submit to more wizardry. I assure you, the kind I do wouldn't affect your memories in any way, but if you'd still rather not go with that route..." He considered a moment. "I'm not comfortable letting this go untreated another night, not if it's causing as much trouble as you say. If you'd like, I could page one of the doctors to come in and give you a prescription?"

Re: Exam One

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I'm not comfortable with it," she said, shaking a little despite herself. "I'm sorry, it's nothing personal, I just... the thought of losing what I have left of him terrifies me after what happened before."

She glanced over at Chris and nodded. "If you want to call someone else in, that's fine. I should... probably get some sleep."