Fuck him, he was really lucky. | awtto |

Fuck him, he was really lucky.

To say that Awsten was NERVOUS in his first clinical placement was an understatement.

It was a combination of many things: potential homophobia, not knowing how to console patients when they're in hysterics, needle stick injures- Awsten could continue the list on forever, but as he stood awkwardly along side other first year nursing students as they waited for their facilitators to arrive, only a single worry consumed him.

He wanted a friend to get through this with him.

It wasn't like Awsten didn't have a good amount of friends in his life, but having one that just gets it not because they understand, but because they would go through the same anxiety-ridden journey together and potentially have each other's back at all times...

Awsten stared back at the group of nursing students who coincidentally were all female-presenting, and deemed that he had to get really lucky for that to happen.

As if god (or whoever the fuck controls fate) had heard his prayers, a boy wearing the same nursing uniform appeared beside Awsten, seemingly as nervous as he was.

"Uh hi, are you waiting for the first year facilitators as well?" the guy asked. Awsten nodded lightly.

"Oh, nice," he said hesitantly towards Awsten, as if he wanted to say more but he just wasn't sure.

Awsten took a quick glance at the time and realised the gift that was placed upon him, it was now or never.

"I'm Awsten by the way," he rushed out and held up the name tag pinned at his chest, "Awsten with a W."

"Wow, cool. I'm Otto," he smiled, "with normal spelling."

Awsten let out a soft laugh. Not that Otto had said something remarkably funny. Perhaps he laughed due to the sheer relief he felt, or because Otto's presence just made him want to be happy.

"Do you know what ward you're in?" Awsten asked, hoping that he would get lucky please be in the same ward please you're the only person I know here. "Mine's G3."

By the looks of Otto's beaming smile, the way his eyes lit up when Awsten mentioned the ward- Awsten knew that he was lucky.

Fuck him, he was really lucky.