sturniolo one shots (Nick)

Nicks Pulmonary Embolism

"God, my leg is really sore." Nick said to no one in particular. "Do you ever stop complaining?" Chris said. "Exactly, that's literally all you do." Matt agreed. He knows that he complains a lot, but his leg really hurts, and he thinks there's actually something wrong with his leg. 

They pulled up to the house, and they all got out of the car. As soon as he put his foot on the floor, he dropped and had to grab the car for stability, "Why are you being so dramatic?" Chris said, and Matt just shook his head and kept walking. "I'm not being dramatic, asshole." he responded, hurt by his brother's words. Chris walked into the house, leaving him in the garage.

Nick started limping his way into the house and fell a couple of times before he finally made it inside. He sat down on the couch, and his leg felt like it was on fire. He didn't think he could get back up, so he lay down on the couch, hoping he could go to sleep. After a while, he finally fell asleep. 

"Why is Nick asleep on the couch?" Matt asked Chris. "I don't know, maybe he was tired." Chris said. "Hey, what's up with you two? Are you guys fighting or something?" Matt asked when Chris seemed to get angry just by the mention of Nick. 

"No, we aren't really fighting, I'm just pissed off over some stuff he's been doing. The constant complaining, yelling, drinking my drinks, eating my food, hitting me, and just being plain annoying." Chris said, ranting. Chris loves Nick, of course, but sometimes, when you spend every day with someone, they get super annoying. Matt was starting to annoy him, too, but Nick, more so. 

When he woke up, he was surprised that he felt completely better. He didn't have any pain whatsoever, and he was hesitant to stand up because he thought it would just come back. 

He stood up and felt fine. He heard his brothers talking, and he walked over to see what they were talking about when he heard his name. "He's just annoying the shit out of me, Matt." Chris said, angry. "Yeah, he's kinda annoying me too. Maybe we should just go somewhere for a couple of hours and leave him here." Matt said in agreement. 

He felt hurt that his brothers were talking about him behind his back. He walked around the corner and said, "So, what are you guys talking about?” 

"We are gonna go to the store in a few minutes." Matt said. "How's your leg?" Chris asked sarcastically while laughing a little. He ignored the question, "So you weren't just talking about how annoying I am?" He said. 

"We were, you're being annoying, and we need some time away from you and your constant complaining. I bet you were just making up the thing with your leg." Chris said. He got up and walked out of the room. 

They all walked to the kitchen, and the argument continued. "I was not making it up, but that's not the point. You've been being an ass to me for two weeks." He yelled while clearing his throat. "Well, maybe I don't wanna live with you anymore." Chris said, also yelling. "Okay, let's not go there, guys. Can we just have a civil conversation?" Matt asked. "Shut the fuck up Matt. I think you need to move out." Chris said to Nick. 

He was starting to feel like he could breathe, like there was water in his lungs. He started coughing, "See? there he goes again. Being dramatic as fuck." Chris said angrily. He was upset that his brother was saying these things but it was actually getting hard to breathe. He leaned on the counter and began coughing really hard. 

"Wait, Chris, he doesn't look good. Are you okay Nick?" Matt said, putting his hand on his brother's back. "Oh my God Matt, why are you falling for this?" Chris said and walked over to Nick. He stood back up and let out another cough and when he looked up, there was blood all over Chris. 

Nick dropped to his knees and began coughing up blood, all over the floor. "Fuck. Chris help me get him off the floor!" Matt yelled at Chris. He felt like he was about to pass out, he kept coughing up so much blood and Chris was just standing there, staring. 

"Chris come on man!" Matt yelled again. Chris seemed to snap out of it and started helping Matt lift him. There was blood all over Nick, Chris, Matt and the floor. They got him up with his arms over their shoulders and they started stumbling to the car. 

They got to the car and they laid Nick in the back. Matt got in the driver's seat and Chris stayed in the back with Nick. Chris put Nick's head on his lap and started talking, "It's gonna be okay Nick." He said with tears in his eyes. He was fine for a minute but he started coughing again. 

He sat up and spat blood all over his lap. "Matt, drive faster!" Chris said, panicking. It was around 2 am so no one was on the road. "I think I'm gonna die." Nick said, in between coughing. "No, you're gonna be just fine man." Chris said. Just after he said that, Nick went limp and fell in to Chris lap. 

"Nick? Nick! Wake up man!" Chris started shouting. There was still blood dripping out of his mouth all over Chris' lap. They pulled up to the hospital and Matt ran inside screaming, "Help! My brother needs help!" A group of people ran back outside with Matt and saw Chris desperately trying to get Nick to wake up. 

Someone ran out with a stretcher and got Nick out of the car, they put him on the stretcher and people started yelling things and someone was doing chest compressions. They followed the crowd into the hospital before they were stopped and a nurse started asking questions. "What happened? is he allergic to anything? Does he have any past medical problems?" She asked. "He's not allergic to anything, no past medical problems and I'm not really sure, one minute we were talking and then he started coughing, then he started coughing up blood." 

Matt said while Chris stood there staring at nothing, shocked. "Is there anything that you can think of that led up to this?" She asked. "Not really, I mean, he said his leg was hurting earlier but that's about it." Matt said.

The nurse looked upset and then just said, "Okay, someone will be out with news about him soon." And she walked away. Matt and Chris sat down and just waited in silence for someone to come out of the doors. They had blood all over them. Nick's blood. 

"Family of Nicolas Sturniolo?" Someone said, the brothers got up and walked over to him. "Nick is gonna be okay but let's go up to his room so I can explain." The doctor said, They made it to Nick's room and to their surprise, Nick was awake and he looked fine. Extremely exhausted but fine. 

"Hello Nick, I'm your doctor, how are you feeling?" the doctor asked. Nick just nodded. "So we think what happened is that the pain you were having in your leg earlier was a blood clot and it traveled to your lungs and caused something called a pulmonary embolism." The doctor explained, very matter of fact. 

Upon hearing this, Chris instantly started feeling like the worst brother ever. The doctor walked out, and Matt walked over to Nick, "Hey kid, how are you feeling?" Matt asked while sitting down on Nick's bed. "I'm really tired. The doctor said that I would have to be on blood thinners for a couple of months." Nick said hoarsely. "I'm really glad you're okay. You scared me." Matt said. 

Nick looked over to Chris, who was just standing by the door. "Come over here, Chris." Nick said. Chris started walking over and sat in the chair next to Nick's bed before blurting out, "I'm so sorry, man. Everything I said I didn't mean it. I've just been super stressed, and I shouldn't have taken it out of you, but I didn't mean it, and I had no idea that your leg pain was something this serious. I'm sorry." 

Chris had tears forming in his eyes, and Nick waved him closer. "Thank you for the apology, I understand that you are stressed, but that doesn't give you an excuse to be an ass. Next time, just talk to me, okay?" Nick said, but before he said anything else, Chris hugged him.

Nick let out a grunt of pain from how hard Chris was hugging him. "Don't hurt him, Chris." Matt said with a smile on his face. "Oh, sorry." Chris said and backed up. 

"I'm so glad you're okay, Nick. I don't know what I would have done if something happened to you." Chris said." Nick got a sleepy smile on his face and said, "Let's not think like that. Im here, and I'm not going anywhere." Nick fell asleep. 

"Hey, you gonna be okay?" Matt asked Chris. "Yeah, I'm just glad he's okay, man." Chris said. "Yeah, me too, come here." Matt said and hugged Chris tight. They both sat down next to Nick and waited for the doctor to say they could leave.