sturniolo triplets; brother one shots

fear of blood - nick

tw : blood!!

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The Sturniolo triplets were preparing for a new Wednesday video. This week, they were preparing to film another baking blindfolded; this time it was Chris' turn. He would be baking a cake as he hasn't done that yet.

Once they started filming, Matt tied a couple bandanas over Chris' eyes to prevent him from seeing anything. "Ready?"

"I was born ready baby." Chris replied, earning a chuckle from both Nick and Matt.

Nick read out the instructions for Chris who, terribly slowly, followed along, knocking everything over every few minutes thus getting slapped on the head by either Nick or Matt; or both.

When the cake was ready to be put in the oven, Nick did it for Chris; not wanting him to hurt himself. Chris took his blindfold off and the triplets hung out in the living room as they waited for the cake to bake.

"How do you think you did?" Matt asked Chris, creating small banter.

"Great." Chris answered shortly. "Obviously."

Nick rolled his eyes playfully at his brother's words. Poor old smug Chris. If only he knew how terrible his cake looked.

The sound of the oven beeping caught all of the brothers' attention and they headed back into the kitchen. Nick started up the camera as Matt put the blindfold back on Chris before taking the cake out of the oven.

"Okay so Chris' cake is ready, and he's going to decorate it now." Nick said as he dragged Chris to stand in front of the table where the cake was placed. "Let's start with icing."

Matt took out two tubs of icing; vanilla and strawberry, and some sprinkles. "Chris, there are two tubs of icing and sprinkles in front of you, okay?"

"Okay." Chris replied, reaching over to the icing before Nick slapped his hand away.

"Dumbass you don't even have anything to spread the icing." Nick said as Matt giggled and went to grab a knife.

"Okay, Chris, I'm gonna hand the knife to you. Be careful." Matt said but Nick cut over him.

"Wait, wait, maybe we should use something else? Like a spoon or something?" Nick blurted out.

Nick was beginning to feel his nerves bubble. The thought of Chris using a pointy and sharp knife while being blindfolded scared him.

Chris laughed. "I'm not gonna use a fucking spoon, Nick, just give me the knife."

"Okay here." Matt carefully placed the knife into Chris' hands.

Nick watched Chris scoop up a chunk of strawberry icing and place it on the cake as he spread the icing. He could feel his breathing quicken as he watched Chris, the fear of him cutting himself was skyrocketing.

"See, Nick, I can do it." Chris said with a smile.

Nick didn't reply. He continued watching as Chris scooped some more icing onto the cake. Just when Nick thought that everything was going to be okay, Chris began to spread the icing with both his fingers and the knife. Nick wanted to yell at Chris to stop but his voice felt clogged in his throat, struggling to swallow. He could feel the panic rising in his chest.

As if on queue, Chris jerked the knife in his hand which instantaneously cut his finger. Blood gushed out of his finger as he screamed, throwing the blindfold off his eyes; "Fuck! Fuck! Ow, Fuck!"

Matt reacted immediately and grabbed Chris' fingers to quickly examine it before pulling him to the sink.

Nick was frozen in place, shaking. Shaking so violently he couldn't even walk or talk. He couldn't even process any instructions being said to him by Matt; only Chris' screams.

Then the image of the blood spewing out of Chris' fingers replayed. And kept replaying, until Nick felt extremely lightheaded. He gripped onto the table, his knuckles turning white, as his vision swam. Nick lifted his head up and was met with the sight of blood on the knife and before he knew it, he collapsed onto the ground, blacking out to Matt's voice yelling his name.

When Nick's eyes fluttered open, he was laying down on the sofa in the living room, a damp rag on his forehead. As his eyes adjusted to the new atmosphere, he saw Matt and Chris sit up from across the room and rush over to him.

"Hey, how are you feeling, buddy?" Matt asked Nick, with a quiet Chris standing beside him.

"A little dizzy, but I'm okay." Nick replied, as the memories before he passed out flooded his mind. "Oh my gosh, Chris, are you okay?!"

Chris nodded, then showed his bandaged up finger. "Don't worry about me, I'm okay. The cut wasn't that deep."

Nick sighed in relief. At least his brother was going to be okay.

"Nick," Chris started, gaining Nick's attention. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. I should've known that it was a stupid idea. I didn't mean for this to happen."

"Hey, no, it's okay. I'm okay. Yes, it was fucking stupid, but it's not your fault I passed out." Nick said, as Matt sat beside him on the sofa.

Chris still felt bad. "It is, I know about your fear, but I still ignored it-"

"Chris, I'm okay, it's not the first time this has happened." Nick cut over the younger of the two. "Let's not dwell on our past actions, okay?"

Chris' replied by going in for a hug, wrapping his arms around Nick's neck. "Sorry."

Nick smiled at himself and returned the hug. He knew Chris didn't mean to trigger his phobia.

"Hey, I'm feeling left out." Matt mumbled with a cheeky smile before joining the hug.

When they broke apart, Nick remembered that they still had a video to post. "What about our video?"

"Fuck that video." Chris replied as they all laughed. "We'll post an insta story, the fans will understand."

Matt nodded in agreement. "Yup, for now, you just need to rest."

Nick was more than happy to rest and not do his usual routine of editing. He shut his eyes and allowed himself to fall asleep in the presence of his brothers.

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i hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter!! rest well & enjoy your summer loves