serving multiple gunshot wound realness [closed]

[killthepast]

who: Kylo Ren and Various
what: Catch-all for February/March things while Kylo recovers from getting shot up in a street by some COMMON CRIMINALS (it was Poe and John). Mostly for threads that have already been planned, but feel free to poke me somewhere if you'd like me to put up a starter for you.
when: February & March
where: Mostly a skeevy motel
warnings: References to violence and torture

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POUR SOME SUGAR ON MEEEE [Closed: Leonard Snart]

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[ Kylo Ren's been shot before. He's been stabbed. He's suffered broken bones and lacerations and burns and so on. As a Knight of Ren, somebody on the path of Darkness, his training was brutal. It had to be, to harden him, body and soul, and prepare him for missions that would end lesser men.

AND YET.

His recovery from the wounds in his shoulder and hip is like nothing he's ever had to deal with before. There's no medical droid, with its sharp precision, or bacta to accelerate his healing, or any of the medtech he's used to. Just pills, bedrest, and boredom. His savior (which... doesn't feel like an appropriate descriptor for Leonard) isn't even here much of the time. The man often has his own business to attend to, leaving Kylo with nothing to occupy him besides meditation, magazines, and whatever passes for entertainment on the video monitor. And even Ren has his limits with meditation.

As soon as he can move without exacerbating his injuries too much, he begins to try to force his body to recuperate faster, urging it along with what exercise he can manage in this room. But it's not enough. The restlessness grows, an itch that he's desperate to claw at.

Time passes. He grows stronger, slowly and steadily, and more irritable (and irritating, with his endless pacing). And, finally, one night, Leonard has enough of his "bitching" and tells him to get dressed. Finally, he's well enough, strong enough, to... limp along with crutches, beyond the motel room that's become his temporary home, and down to the businesses on the ground floor.

Before they even enter, he winces a little, nose wrinkled. It's loud, he can tell from outside, and no doubt, it's some sort of seedy cantina, the type of place his father likely would have felt right at home in. ]

What are we doing here?

[ There may be the slightest twinge of disappointment in his voice. Here he was, hoping to stretch his legs a bit farther than the ground floor. ]

HIIIIGHWAAAAY TO THE DANGER ZONE [Closed: Poe Dameron]

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[ Now that he's up and about again-- somewhat-- Ren's taken to venturing further and further from the seedy motel that's become his temporary home.

As ever, he finds comfort in the quieter places in the city, where he can sit in nature and clear his head. Normally, he'd prefer going out beyond the fence, where he's less likely to have others impose their company on him. But his body's still recuperating, still weaker and slower than it should be. He's in no condition to fight off the creatures beyond the fence, should any come upon him.

So, he's in the park, off in some mostly-secluded spot, eyes closed, communing with the Force. The ache of his injuries feed into his connection with the Dark Side, an ever-present reminder of the hatred and anger coursing within him. There is strength in this, he knows. There's always strength in pain.

Through it all, he's aware-- dimly-- of Leonard's nearby presence, though the older man's giving him the space to meditate while he does his own thing.

...

Probably because it's really boring to watch. ]

hello, hello, baby, you called, i can't hear a thing [Closed: Rey]

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[ By now, Ren is well enough that he can resume some semblance of physical training. The wound in his hip caused far less damage than the one to his shoulder, thankfully missing bone or organs. His shoulder, however... The fractured collarbone, the nerve pain extending down his arm, that's a complication that continues to hinder him.

So though he's begun to train with his lightsaber again, it's slow going. His dominant hand is unhindered by his injury, but his left arm is something of a handicap. He goes through the motions as best he can, finding some quiet and secluded place to train. But it's slow, and frustrating, and he has to take too many breaks.

He doesn't even notice it, at first, when it happens. That connection, coming back to life. ]

MEET THE SURROGATE PARENT [Closed: Alexander Pierce and Leonard Snart]

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[ So, it turned out to be really easy to get his LAYABOUT SCOUNDREL LOVER to visit him at work. All he had to do was text Leonard with something that basically amounted to "I'm bored, come over." It's not even a lie, because he is bored, without anything to do while he waits for the doctors to clear him for field work again.

From there, it's just a simple matter of Ren mentioning that oh, yeah, also his boss (who he definitely doesn't regard as something of a father figure) wants to meet Leonard, no reason, let's go to his office. Considering Ren's nearly nonexistent poker face, plus Len's general level of savviness, it's probably way too obvious that this is some strange 'meet the parents' scenario.

This is what happens when you pick up strays and take their v-card, Leonard. ]