Directed by Destiny (A SethFon AU)

Everything will be OK... right?

As they arrived to the hospital, the three of them rushed to the receptionist at the intensive care unit.

After introducing John to the receptionist, the three of them were given directions to which room Stefon was being observed in at the intensive care unit. When they went inside Stefon's room a few minutes later, Seth started breaking down again.

Andy and John assisted Seth to a vacant couch in the room.

When Seth calmed down, he gave John a hug and said, "If Stefon dies, fire me instead, man. I'm the one that put him in this situation." John hugged Seth back and replied, "Trust me, Seth. He'll make it out of this alive. Remember what Stefon said in that video earlier? He'll do anything to see you happy."

Seth pulled away from the hug a couple of minutes later and approached Stefon.

He squatted down beside his face and whispered, "I love you, Stefon. I'm sorry you did this to yourself." After that, Seth held Stefon's hand, kissed it, and said, "Please fight through this, love. I can't imagine living a life without you by my side everyday."

Andy drove John back to the studio, while he and Seth tried their hardest to enjoy the rest of their afternoon.

One day, three weeks since Stefon was rushed to the intensive care unit, Seth visited him. As Seth walked in the room, he approached Stefon and placed it beside his hospital bed. Then, Seth started talking to Stefon about what happened during his day.

Seth felt himself tearing up once he stared at Stefon's heart monitor.

He said to himself, "Please wake up soon, Stefon. I'll appreciate anything you'll be giving me for my gift in Secret Santa. But, seeing you alive will be the best gift I'll ever receive for Christmas."

All of a sudden, Stefon's heart monitor started flatlining.

He quickly pressed the call button inside Stefon's room to ask for help from emergency medical technicians. Seth then caressed Stefon's face and said, "I won't let you die in front of me, Stefon. Not on my watch." Seth proceeded to give CPR to Stefon after that.

Once a group of medical technicians came in, Seth was asked to leave the room.

Half an hour passes, and a medical technician came out of Stefon's room and called his name. Seth, who was crying, asked, "How is he?" The medical technician breathed heavily and replied, "Well, Mr. Meyers... We did all that we could do to help."

Seth had a gut feeling that the medical technician was going to tell him that Stefon died, so he started breathing rapidly.

The medical technician noticed this, so Seth was asked to sit down on the waiting area to calm himself down first. After Seth wiped his tears, the medical technician blurted out, "I'm happy to tell you that Mr. Zolesky was successfully resuscitated, Mr. Meyers. And it seems like he's on his way to becoming stable. We may be able to transfer him to the recovery room once he regains consciousness." Seth cried softly in joy and relief.

He immediately texted every cast member of the show, which caused everyone to feel happy. Afterwards, all of them agreed to take turns in visiting Stefon for the next couple of days.

On the day that Stefon awakened, he started looking at his surroundings. As he realized that he was in some room at a hospital, he felt sad. He thought to himself, "I remember Seth Meyers kicking me out because some hacker thought it was a really good idea to leak the video that I took of me and Seth Meyers fucking in his house that night. I got depressed after that, which eventually pushed me to shoot myself."

Stefon proceeded to touch his forehead and felt a scar, which made him feel sadder.

John and Seth were the ones to visit Stefon that day, and were the ones walking towards the room's door. All of a sudden, Seth stopped walking when he overheard Stefon blurting out, "How did I survive? I could've made Seth Meyers so much happier if I died."

Seth started crying.

John hugged him and said, "That was... unexpected, but hey. Look on the bright side, Seth. At least he's finally awake." Seth hugged back and replied, "I know, but... I never realized that I hurt Stefon that badly. I wish I could turn back time to stop myself from causing him pain that I failed to realize all this time, ever since that video came out."

Seth cried on John's shoulder for a minute before he pulled away.

John then asked, "Would you want me to come inside by myself?" Seth breathed out heavily and said, "Yeah, go ahead. I need some time for myself for a while, please. Thank you."

So, John entered Stefon's room.

As Stefon looked over to the door opening, he shed a tear. John smiled at him, approached Stefon's hospital bed, stood near his feet, and said, "Hi, Stefon. I'm so glad to see that you're doing OK now." Stefon looked down on John's knees and waved slowly.

John went closer to Stefon and caressed his face.

Then, he said, "Don't be scared, Stefon. It's just me." All of a sudden, Stefon hugged John and said, "J- John... I'm sorry. I gave the show a bad reputation. I'm the reason why our ratings got lower and lower in the past few days..." John hugged back and said, "Don't worry about ratings. What's important to me, and to us, is that you're OK."

Stefon sighed.

John noticed it, so he asked, "What's on your mind, Stefon?" Stefon replied, "John, I've to be honest with you... I never told you the entire truth about the job that I had before my audition." John asked further, "What are you on about?" Stefon suddenly started crying.

John pat Stefon's back to calm him down.

After that, Stefon breathed heavily and said, "You remember me telling you back then that I've been performing as an artist all over the East Coast, no?" John nodded. Stefon gulped and said further, "Before I landed the job, I... I used to... strip at some gay club there."

John was taken aback.

When Stefon heard no response from John, he cried on his shirt. He then said, "I understand if you're going to fire me for it. I... I just needed money, and---" John cut him off to shush him and replied, "Don't worry, Stefon. I'm not that kind of boss. It doesn't matter to me what your past was. What I do care about is the laughs you bring to America."

John kissed Stefon's forehead to calm him down.

Then, he said, "I've got something special for you and Seth once you're discharged. And don't you ever worry for even a second about your hospital bill, because I'll take care of all that."

Stefon pulled away from the hug and looked up at John in shock.

John smiled at him and continued, telling Stefon, "You're one of the best cast members I've ever worked with, Stefon. You definitely deserve being cared for sometime in your life."

Stefon smiled back and thanked John for his offer.

To be continued in Part 23...