Sam x Aron
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Aron loved her job.
Growing up, she always knew she wanted to go into the medical field. She'd struggled with her health and chronic pain for as long as she could remember, and many of her family members did as well. She watched her own father battle cancer for years, a battle he lost. When he passed away, she knew she wanted to do something to make a difference in the medical field.
However, she never thought she'd be capable of medical school, since she barely was able to make it through high school. So that was a dream she gave up on pretty early on in her teen years.
However, when she turned eighteen and learned about magic from her late grandfather, he offered to find her a job at a hospital in the demon districts. Aron wasn't sure how the legal aspect of it worked, but after about four years of training there, she had a medical degree. Finally she was a doctor, working with demons and humans alike, while also improving her magic skills.
Unfortunately, not long after she was finally officially able to call herself a doctor, her own health took a turn for the worst. Her seizures became a daily occurrence, her paralysis episodes becoming more intense, and the pain was unbearable. So, she had to quit the job she loved so much.
Then, after receiving a proper diagnosis of chiari malformation and then the surgery to treat it, she was finally able to go back to work. Her boyfriend Sam- who happened to be an incubus, had stood by her side every step of the way as she returned to work.
The first few months were incredibly difficult, but no one could deny her increased mood as time went on.
That all being said, her complicated history made it even harder for her to take breaks when she needed it. It had been about a year since she returned to her job, so she had gotten used to the long hours. Human illness wasn't contagious to demons, so she continued working when catching sickness she could work through, and asked other doctors to cover human patients until she was better.
She made extra sure to take precautions around sick demons, not only for her own sake, but also for the sake of the incubi. She didn't want to get sick from demon illness, and she sure as hell didn't want to get the others sick as well.
But that didn't make her immune. Even the most effective ways of preventing herself from catching something didn't stop her from coming down with something.
Over the last three years, a new illness began spreading around the districts. It was believed to be brought over between planes, but no one could pinpoint the exact cause yet. It caused symptoms that heavily resembled a human illness known as asthma, a chronic lung condition that causes inflammation in the airways.
This new condition wasn't exactly like asthma. It only lasted anywhere from a few weeks to a year, instead of being lifelong. It also caused fevers, not high enough to cause a problem but high enough to cause discomfort.
Aron and her colleagues had been looking for better treatments for a while to lessen the symptoms, and had begun prescribing steroid inhalers to the humans who contracted the condition. Unfortunately, the demon's immune systems were killing any possible effect the medication may have, so they were stuck on how to treat them.
Aron was currently drawing blood from a young witch patient. Her recently dyed hair- dark brown with baby blue streaks- was in a claw clip. She had on simple black pants and a blue t-shirt underneath her white coat, a name tag hanging around her neck.
The room felt extra cold, but she could feel herself beginning to sweat a little bit underneath the layers of clothing. She tried to brush it off as her own issues with temperature regulation. She smiled at the patient and gave her instructions to check out at the front desk before stepping out.
She walked through the hallway, planning to do some paperwork until the next case, when she started to feel a heaviness in her chest. She cleared her throat, feeling her breathing become a bit labored.
As she kept walking, it was quickly becoming harder to breathe. It felt like she was under water, gasping for air as she began coughing violently. She desperately tried to fight for air, the strain of her coughing sending waves of pain through her head and neck.
Tears began streaming down Arons face as her lungs burned from lack of oxygen. She leaned against the wall, her throat feeling like she'd swallowed sandpaper. Her head felt like it was going to explode.
"Doctor Anderson?" she heard a voice call; it sounded like her coworker but she couldn't make out the sound over the volume of her coughing and the ringing in her ears. "Aron? Aron!"
She heard the sound of a door opening, and some commotion before feeling something being placed against her mouth. An inhaler.
"Deep breath, take a deep breath," she heard them say.
Aron parted her lips and took the inhaler in her mouth, inhaling the medication, then repeating. After twice, they pulled it away, placing a hand on Arons shoulder. "You okay?"
Her coughing calmed down, an ache still in her chest. She opened her eyes and looked at her coworker and friend, who had short blonde hair and big, silver eyes. "I'm...I'm okay..."
Aron was instructed to go home after an evaluation which revealed she'd contracted the illness. She argued otherwise, but was left with no choice. They sent her home with an inhaler and some pills.
She had a tight frown on her face as she stepped inside of the mansion.
"Doofus? What are you doing home so early?" Sam asked her as he started to walk over.
Aron put her hands up and stepped back. "Don't come near me, I'm contagious."
He huffed and crossed his arms. "Human sickness can't hurt me, remember?"
"'S not human sickness," she countered. "It's fucking demon asthma."
"Oh," he said, the attitude leaving his tone. "Shit. What can we do?"
She held up the inhaler and pills wordlessly, not speaking.
Sam sighed and stepped closer, making her frown at him and step back. He gave her a pointed look. "I can handle some asthma, doofus. What, are you going to just stay away from me until you're better?"
"That's literally the only thing I can do to keep you and the others from being sick," she said, beginning to walk up the stairs. "I hate my fucking job," she added in a grumble.
"No you don't," he sighed. "You can't just stay locked in our room. I'm gonna need to get in there eventually."
She paused and leaned against the wall, being hit with another coughing fit. She held the railing of the stairs as she tried to keep herself upright. Immediately, Sam was beside her, stopping her from falling and gently rubbing her back. "Sheesh. You're gonna cough up a lung."
"So will you if you don't get away," she told him as her coughing finally stopped. She didn't truly want him gone, but feeling sick made her grouchy.
"Whatever. Come on, let's get you to bed," he said, carefully picking her up and taking her to their room.

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