Philadelphia Gold - A BradGa AU

Tell Me Something Boy

Stefanis POV - Continued

"Fuck....Hardest ten miles of my life" Bradley groaned as he collapsed on the couch, "I am so, so hungover"

"Bradley, Are you gonna tell me whats happening" I asked him, "Because you were different last night, and not in a good way"

"Tell you what" Bradley was pretty out of breath as he grabbed himself a Gatorade, chugging about half the bottle before sitting back down.

"The big thing that happened yesterday morning" I said, "Its okay if you want to go slow, I just want to help"

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Bradleys POV

"Its just....." I could feel my eyes start to well up again, just at the thought of it, but I couldnt show that I was weak in front of my wife, I'm not supposed to be upset at all, so I just had to get it out, "My mom....She's basically only got one month left to live"

"Oh my god" Stefani gasped, but not in a good way, "I am so, so sorry" She reached in to hug me, I could feel a wave of tears about to come but managed to hold them back, 

"Its okay" 

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Stefanis POV

I wasnt expecting news as big as that, I knew something was going on but not on that scale, I felt so bad that I almost lost my shit at him when he was drunk last night, If only I knew.

"Its just, I feel like I've fucked up so much during the time I've had with her" Bradley muttered, "I really lost my way for a while there"

"You havent fucked up.....well I didnt know you back then but I bet you didnt" I placed my arm around him, "You have been a great son from what I've seen"

"I really havent"

"You have" I pulled him in closer, "Your the most amazing guy I've ever met"

"Well, Once upon a time, I was basically the worst, Far from amazing" Bradley muttered, "I'm not gonna go into detail, but lets just say the frosted tips and nose ring were far from my worst mistake back then"

I suddenly thought "He had frosted tips" but told myself to snap out of it, although I could dig up some serious dirt for his 30th birthday montage now.

"Yeah" I muttered, "I think you were better than you thought"

"I wasnt"

"I'm gonna be here to help, Every step of the way through this" I hugged him again, feeling a tear start to run down my face.

I knew Bradley liked to use humor to deflect from his problems, like just then, He's about to lose his mom but hes basically calling out every bad 2000s trend, I sometimes did that too, but never on his scale, He was probably just taught that way because he does it all the time.

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Nine Days Later

Tomorrow was Bradleys birthday, He had been doing okay, given the news, He mustve just come to terms with it now, I guess.

Gloria, his mom, gave me access to his childhood home, where I stole every digital camera, his laptop and his old flip phone from when he was in high school, ready to dig up all this dirt, Give him a good laugh tomorrow.

I got a bunch of photos from his NFL career, to mix in so it seemed like a nice thing as well, but I also had to put the funny photos in now, ever since it came to my attention.

Gloria told me that Bradleys password to his old phone was his birthday, and the laptop password was just "GoBirds" so it was pretty easy to get into, and when I got into it, boy was I surprised