Take my hand, take my whole life too

I'll break the sound barrier for you

[3rd March, 2024]

Henry's birthday is 9 days away now, but all he is thinking of is his Alex. His symptoms keep getting worse every single day, though he was already shorter than Henry, he looks even smaller now than him, he's skinny and has lost all his hair, his fingers have shrivelled up so much that the wedding band keeps slipping out of his finger. 

Alex started wearing 2 rings with the key around his necklace as he still wanted to keep it as close to him as possible. His frame was just slightly leaner than before. Henry kept trying to feed him constantly, he tried making new things for him to try everyday as he had completely lost his appetite.

[12 March, 2024]

Henry is woken up to the sound of glass breaking. He looks around and doesn't find Alex anywhere around. 

He runs down thinking he might be hurt possibly by the glass and as expected, there are shards of glass all around the floor and an egg in a pan which seems to be burning.

Henry turns off the pan and helps Alex, who's sitting on the floor trying to gather the glass, get up. 

“What's wrong, sweetheart? Why didn't you wake me up?” He asked panickedly while he was wiping his tears and getting water for him.

“I wanted to do something special for you on your birthday, but I fucking messed it up again, I can't do anything for you” he said while he was a sobbing mess.

Henry kissed him everywhere on his face and made a call. He cleaned up the shards and put in coffee to brew as a short asian lady came into their apartment with a huge handbag. Henry spoke to her in French as she closed the door and left.

“I'm so confused, I need you to make a list and elaborate” Alex asked Henry as he settled beside him.

“I know what you're confused about, love. She speaks French because her husband is a Frenchman. And I ordered us the same breakfast as the one we had in Paris” he punctuates each sentence with a small kiss to his lips. 

He feeds him the croissant which ends up mostly on the couch as Henry can't stop himself from cuddling and loving his husband.

After he's done, he took him to their bedroom and pulled him into the bath with him and after he cleaned him up, he wrapped him in a blanket and cuddled him till his hand went numb from staying still for too long.