little love

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when calum wakes up the next morning, he isn't in his little space. he's fully aware of where he is, and why he's there. then, he registers the hand moving back and forth in his hair. it feels good - good enough to fall into headspace and have little him just push his head into that hand a moan for more.

yet, he didn't. 

calum wanted to be big, and to take care of ashton since ashton needed him. calum couldnt keep letting himself fall so easily.

"morning ashy," calum says, slowly lifting his head up. ashton stops running his hand through calums hair, and looks at him confused.

"love?"

"yeah, 'm here ashy. do you need anything?" calum asks softly, sitting up straighter that way he could lean over the bed more and start to play with ashtons hair.

"im alright, baby. just tired. how do you feel?"

"im....okay," calum says, "wish we could go home and i could take care of you."

"soon enough, love. we'll get to go home soon enough," ashton mumbles.

it had only been a couple days in the hospital, and ashton still have four days to go before they even thought about letting him go. since heart attacks were serious, and his could progress into a deadly one (which, ashton felt fine. maybe it was the medicine working, but he didnt feel like it was going to progress into anything more) they needed to watch him and his levels.

of course, ashton doesn't like being woken up every couple hours when the nurse would check his vitals, but he just sucked it up. soon, he would be back at home in his own bed and would get to sleep next to the love of his life.

after they got home too, ashton was going to make sure neither of them ended up at a hospital since they just weren't fun.

"i love you," calum says louder - almost like he was afraid ashton wasnt going to hear him. which makes ashton smile - even when he won't be able to hear, he will be able to know that calum loves him, and he knows calum will feel the same.

"i love you too," ashton whispers, making calum smile softly.

calum continues to run his hand through ashtons hair for a bit, and hum softly, just like ashton does to him. after a bit, ashtons eye lids fall heavy and calum thinks its the cutest thing ever. calum decides, after listening to ashtons soft snores, to get up and go get some food because he was pretty hungry.

he made sure to find ashtons wallet, take his debit card out, and then leave the room in search for the food court. since they had spent a little time in the hospital, calum really only cared about ashton.

and honestly calum still wanted ashton to be proud of him. so going to the food court on his own to get some food - its worth it. plus, he was really hungry.

"excuse me, miss," calum says softly to the nurse, "where is the food court?"

"down to the end of the hall, to your left. get on the elevator and its the next floor down."

"thank you so much," calum says softly, nodding before stepping away. he keeps his head held high as he makes his way down to the lower floor, and to the food court.

there was only a handful of people - and a lot of different choices. that didn't help since calum couldn't really choose for himself. so after a bit of looking around, he ended up buying a salad and a bottle of water.

after he pays, he takes it back up to ashtons room.

the whole time he was gone, he didn't really feel any panic as he walked amoung the people, which he thought was really good too. when calum walked back into ashtons room, michael and luke were there as well - better looking food in front of them.

"there you are!" michael says, standing up, "we were worried about you. where'd you go?"

"food court," calum murmurs, holding up his small hospital salad to show them. luke lets out a snicker, and so does michael.

"you do realize we said we were coming back around lunch today, right?"

"fuck off," calum says, setting his salad on ashtons bedside table, "give me my food."

"wow, demanding," michael says with a giggle, handing over calums bag of food, "now shut up and eat."

"yes mom."

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haven't really seen a hospitals food court and im not even sure if its called food court?? but we're gonna say it is
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