Fix This

Keeping the Peace

Prompt: I would like to see [Sebastian] interacting with the Warblers. Like Sebastian gets sick (or hurt) and doesn't want to admit it. Warblers noticed and help him, even when they are still mad at him, they helped. - StyxxandBethany

            "Where is he?" Thad asked.

            "He can't even be bothered to show up to practice."

            "Guess he really doesn't care about anyone but himself."

            These were murmurs that would be heard all over the Warbler practice room. Why? Sebastian wasn't at practice.

            After a lot of discussion they had finally agreed to allow Sebastian back on the Warblers on the condition that he apologize for what he'd done. Which, surprisingly, he had agreed to do. Now it was supposed to be his first rehearsal back with them after weeks and weeks and he was nowhere to be found.

            "Maybe we should go look for him?" Jeff suggested to Nick.

            "No way!" Nick said incredulously, "Jeff, he's probably not coming because he doesn't care. That whole apology was just some joke to him."

            "But Nicky, what if he's not coming because he thinks we don't want him here?" Jeff said.

            "Do we?"

            "Yes!" Jeff exclaimed. Despite the apology none of the Warblers trusted Sebastian or were really willing to give a chance. Except, surprisingly, Jeff.

            "If we shut him out then we're no better than he was," Jeff said, "Please Nicky, can we just go see him?"

            Nick huffed, but really, there weren't a whole lot of things he could deny his boyfriend.

            "We'll go see what's keeping him," Nick said loudly and all eyes turned on the two boys.

            "You guys sure?" David asked.

            "Yeah, you don't have to," Trent piped up.

            "Something might be wrong," Jeff said, "We'll be right back."

            They left the room and made their way down the halls towards the dorms. They reached Sebastian's room and Jeff knocked.

            "Jeff, are you sure about-?" Nick started, but the door opened before he could finish. Sebastian stood there, his hair a mess, his eyes glassy, and he was unusually pale.

            "What do you want?" Sebastian croaked.

            "Are you sick?" Nick asked.

            "No, I just look and sound like this because it's fun," Sebastian snarked, "Now, what do you want?"

            "You weren't at Warbler practice and we were worried something had happened," Jeff told him.

            "You were worried about me?' Sebastian said incredulously.

            "Yeah," Jeff nodded, "You've never missed practice."

            "Except when you all kicked me out," Sebastian said.

            "Which we had a reason to do," Nick said, but Jeff laid a hand on his arm.

            "Look, Sebastian, we were worried about you and we came to see if you were okay because we thought you wanted to move on," Jeff said, feeling braver than he had in ages. "So do you want to move on or not?"

            Sebastian looked down for a moment before he nodded.

            "Alright," Jeff breathed, "Good." He could feel his hands shaking slightly. Something that usually happened any time he had a confrontation with another person.

            "I'll text David and let him know you're sick," Nick said.

            "Thanks," Sebastian murmured.

            "Do you want us to get you anything?" Jeff questioned, but Sebastian shook his head.

            "I'm just going to sleep," he said.

            "Okay," Jeff nodded, "Let us know if you do need anything."

            "We'll check on you later," Nick added and Jeff beamed at his boyfriend.

            "Thanks," Sebastian said again and the two boys left and headed back to practice.

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            It was later that night and the boys were all in their pajamas. David knocked on the door and they waited.

            Sebastian opened the door and stared at them in shock.

            "What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice rough.

            "Nick and Jeff told us you were sick," David said as if that explained why several of the Warblers were standing outside the door.

            "We brought ginger ale, ice cream, Buckley's, and movies," Trent said.

            "It's The WIK," Thad said.

            "The what?" Sebastian asked.

            "WIK," Nick said, rolling his eyes. "Warbler Illness Kit."

            "That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard," Sebastian deadpanned.

            "It needs some work, I'll give you that," David said, "But hey, it works. Now let us in."

            The boys walked into the room and set their stuff down.

            "What are you doing?" Sebastian looked around at them.

            "This is what we always do when one of us is sick," Jeff explained, "It's better than sitting alone feeling miserable."

            "You all hate me."

            "We don't hate you," David said.

            "We don't like you that much," Trent said at the same time.

            "But we could," Jeff piped up.

            "If you'll let us," Nick said, "What d'you say."

            Sebastian looked around at them all before finally rolling his eyes and nodding.

            "Good, now get back into bed," David said, "You don't have to do anything but chill out. We'll take care of the rest."

            Sebastian did so and the boys made themselves comfortable and settled down to watch a movie. Maybe things with Sebastian could be sorted out after all.

Alright, so I wasn't crazy about this one. I kind of had a hard time coming up with a scenario for this so I may actually use this prompt again and write something similar, but that I hopefully like more.

Thanks so much for the prompt and thank so much for reading! Let me know what you think