Black Waves

When Andy Has To Accept His Consequences

They both head back to the tour bus and get into their bunk. Remington buries his head into Andy's chest and sobs quietly. Andy doesn't know what to do so he holds him tight. Remington eventually falls asleep and Andy relaxes. He pulls out Remington's ring and stares at it, wishing his husband would put it back on. 

They both blissfully fall asleep and wake up late the next morning. Andy wakes Remington up with a kiss and he groans, feeling stomach pain again. 

"What's wrong Remi?" Andy asks, pulling Remington into his arms 

"I think I have another ulcer babe." He cringes in pain, whimpering when he tries to stand up. Andy helps him up and Remington has to lean on the bunk, gripping on his stomach. 

"Oh fuck Andy it hurts!" He whimpers out, falling into his husband's arms. 

"What do I do baby? Tell me what to do." Andy says, gently laying Remington back down.

"I can't miss the show tonight," he groans. "Can you give me some pain meds babe?" Andy nods and gives him 4 pills each of ibuprofen and Aleve. Remington takes it and slowly gets up, making himself a cup of coffee.

Andy watches him carefully and stays behind him. "Have you thrown up anything? Remember last time they said if you are throwing up blood to go to the emergency room immediately Rem. Show or no show you need to put your health first."

Remington sighs, feeling weak as hell. He has major dark circles under his eyes and he sits back down. Andy stays next to him and rubs his thigh. 

"Cancel the show darling. It's just one show. It'll be okay." 

Remington shakes his head and rests his head on Andy's shoulder. "It starts in three hours. I can get through it." He groans and Andy feels his head. "I want my ring back Ands."

Andy smiles and nods, pulling it out from his pocket and sliding it in his finger. 

"Soundcheck guys come on," Sebastian yells. The men get up and walk slowly off the bus. Andy adjusts his microphone and goes back to Remington backstage for the last hour. 

"Are you going to be okay while I'm on stage?" Andy asks, feeling his head again. "You have a fever babe."

"Just this one show Ands. Then take me to a doctor," he mumbles out. Andy gets dressed and kisses his forehead. "Gotta go babe. I'll be back soon." Andy jumps up and down and finds the rest of his band. They do a peptalk and then all run onto stage. 

Remington ends up throwing up into a trashcan, feeling the pain wash over him again. The familiar coffee grounds are coming up and he wipes his mouth.

"Are you sick? What's going on?" Emerson asks his brother who looks like he is going to pass out. 

"Stomach bug," Remington whimpers. They all stand up and stretch. Andy comes running back and hugs Remington. The brothers stare awkwardly because they don't know what's going on in their relationship anymore. 

"Take it easy Remi, okay?" Remington nods and the brothers run on stage. Remington isn't running around like he usually does but sings with a slight limp. Andy watches from the side and makes sure his husband is doing okay.

 It finally gets to their last song, Hospital Beds, and Remington is limping very noticeably. He is gripping onto his stomach and his face is so pale. Andy rubs out onstage, making all the fans scream in excitement. He pulls Remington's weight on him and they both sing it together. Towards the end, Remington faints, but Andy already has him in his arms so he picks him up and walks off the stage, acting like nothing is wrong and they are just being love birds. 

Andy lays him down on the couch and is able to wake him up. Remington grabs onto his stomach and reaches for the bin again, throwing up a lot of blood. Andy notices the coffee ground material and picks his lover back up and flags down a taxi. They reach a local hospital and Remington is in and out of consciousness. They get him into a room right away and take his blood work, noticing his fever is 104.3 and Andy notices he lost a good 23 pounds. 

They come in and sedate Remington so they can perform an endoscopy. Once they are done they flip the lights back on and Andy stands there helplessly.

"Go ahead and get an OR ready." The doctor says to a nurse. The nurse hurries out of the room and they get Remington ready for transport. "He has an active bleeding stomach ulcer. His lab work is also showing his iron is extremely low. He needs surgery and blood transfusions now or else he could risk bleeding out or developing an arrhythmia. Has he had any medications or alcohol in the last 24 hours?"

"Yesterday he drank one large glass of alcohol. Today he had ibuprofen and Aleve." 

"Shit," the doctor says, while other doctors start wheeling his lover out of the room. "NSAIDS can create more bleeding and that's definitely what it did."

Andy gulps and follows them until he isn't allowed to anymore. "Please take care of him," he whimpers out. A nurse shows him to a waiting room for families of patients in surgery and he sits down, feeling empty. I caused his stress. I caused all of this to happen. He was so happy. Why am I so stupid?

Sebastian- Is he okay? What the fuck is going on

Andy- He's in surgery. He's bleeding out in his stomach and needs blood transfusions

Sebastian and Emerson arrive at the waiting room and sit across from Andy, leaving the awkward silence in the air. Eventually, Andy speaks up and whispers, "It's all my fault. I'm the reason he is so stressed."

Emerson sits forward and rests his head on his hands. "Listen, I don't understand your guys' relationship. I don't know if you are together or not. But you can't keep stressing him out like this. Either cut the shit and help him or get the fuck out of his life."

Sebastian nods and says, "He should still come live with me after the tour. You need to figure out what you want Andy. You know I love you, but I can't stand to watch you hurt my little brother. And now it's affecting him in more ways than just emotional."

Andy tears up and nods. "I don't want to give him up. We had a good talk yesterday. He even accepted his wedding ring back. But fuck I don't want him to suffer."