Luke and Ashton are in the process of working through the trauma Michael caused. When problems arise with Luke's family, will he and Ashton be able to mend the broken pieces left over from the chaos? Or will other issues break them apart?
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"Little Blue, I know it's hard, but you've gotta take your mind off it, okay?"
Luke kept bouncing his leg, picking at the sparkly purple nail polish on his fingers, standing up and looking out the window, then sitting back down and repeating the fidgeting process again. It was starting to make Ashton a little anxious, but he knew Luke was upset, understandably so.
"Hemmings?" A nurse popped her head out the door. Luke shot up and rushed over to her. "Your dad is stable for the moment, he wants you back in."
Luke and Ashton had gotten to the hospital around 6 that morning when the nurse called and informed them that his dad wasn't doing well that day and they didn't know what was going to happen. It had been an hour since the nurse asked them to leave the room and they sat outside until they could see him again. Liz was allowed to stay, but there were too many people with her, both boys and the nurses and doctors.
Luke rushed in the moment she finished speaking and only relaxing marginally once he saw his dad sitting up in bed.
He looked significantly worse than yesterday. The pink hue that had been on his cheeks the last two days was gone, instead replaced with a pale grey, sickly-looking skin. He looked exhausted, and there were even more tubes and wires attached to him now.
"Dad," Luke started tearing up as he looked at the shell of the man he'd grown up with.
"Hey, it's okay, bud," He lifted his arm to have Luke go sit with him but started coughing. Liz fussed around, adjusting his pillows and making sure he was comfortable when he was able to stop. "I'm all right, thank you, hon." he looked and smiled adoringly at his wife. Ashton stood behind Luke with a comforting arm on his shoulder.
