before yall start reading, i just wanna say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1K READS OMGOGMF
ive written a few fanfics on an old acc when i first joined the fandom, but they flopped miserably lmao
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anyway, i just wanted to drop in and say thank you. you are the realest ily
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"Ethan, the doctor is ready to see you," the nurse announced.
Ethan flashed me his signature smirk before going into his last check-up before our trip.
After Ethan left, I stayed in the hospital room alone with Grayson. We would occasionally glance at each other awkwardly, but silence was upon us.
The beeping of the monitors still sounded, and the normal lunchtime hour rush was able to be heard from the city below us; the honking of car horns, revving of engines, and hollers came from the streets.
"So," Grayson coughed, breaking the silence.
"Oh my God, thank you," I said relieved, "Those were the quietest 10 minutes I've ever experience in my life. I thought I was going to go insane."
"Well," Grayson shrugged, "not all superheroes wear capes."
I laughed lightly.
"Speaking of which," Grayson began, "how about some lunch? I'm hungry."
"I'm down," I replied.
We took the elevator down to the first floor where lunch was being served. The cafeteria was a sea of blues and whites from the uniforms all the nurses and doctors were wearing.
Grayson and I purchased our food and sat down at an empty table.
He chomped down on his sandwich, chewing noisily.
I watched him eat his food, trying not to laugh at his horrible table manners.
I took a bite out of my burger, surprised at how great it tasted.
"Wow," I said in shock, "I didn't think the food down here would taste good considering what Ethan eats every morning."
"Ethan just has bad luck," Grayson said, "He always ends up ordering food that doesn't taste as good. His sickness too, I don't think he wanted that to happen."
I hummed and finished the remains of my burger without saying a word. I brought my tray of food to the garbage and threw out all of my trash. I sat back down at the table and held my phone in front of my eyes. I didn't even want to bother looking through all the mentions I had coming from my twitter and Instagram.
"You know," Grayson said wiping the corners of his mouth with a napkin, "Ethan actually really seems to like you."
"Hm?" I hummed.
"I just don't get how you don't see it. He talks about you all the time."
I blushed, "Well he's told me that he's liked me multiple times, so I obviously know."
"Why don't you make a move?"
"I-I really don't know why-"
"Make him feel happy! Man he's been in such a happy mood ever since he's met you."
"Really?"
"Yeah! He's been drawing, moving around, actually having conversations with me..."
"Drawing? I thought he's always been drawing."
"He has been. But after he became sick, there was a period of time where he would just sit in bed and not do anything all day. I never saw him smile, never saw him do what he loves to do, he didn't do all the weird stuff he used to do--I thought I lost him already."
"T-that's so sad, I don't kno-"
"But after those first 2 days that you were introduced to him, he's been so much happier. He's been drawing, he's been moving around more, he genuinely seems happy. I haven't seen that in a while and I'm so glad that he's back."
"The thing is, I don't know how to feel about him. I care about him, I want him to be happy and see that smile that makes me melt, but at the same time, I don't know if I can handle a relationship."
"You guys are going on a trip to the City of Love. I'd be surprised if you didn't come home married."
"Grayson, I don't even know what love is. I don't know what it feels like, I don't know how I can trust it--I'm scared of it. Love is so strong. It could make or break your heart, and I don't know what to do if I start to fall in love."
"Love is...weird. You fall in love unexpectedly at any time, and when the other person loves you back, it's an amazing feeling. But once that love is gone, it can be the worst feeling in the world."
I pursed my lips and furrowed my eyebrows.
"There aren't any special steps in how to fall in love, or how to love, its your heart. If you start to fall in love you have to go with it, you can't just fall back out of it."
"What do you do when it's gone?"
"As hard as it sounds, you move on."
"What if you can't move on?"
"Eventually you will. It's tough at first, nobody likes to experience the feeling of loss, especially when it comes to love."
"I-I'm just scared. I'm worried that I won't be able to treat him well enough."
"Don't be scared of love, don't try to run away from it."
I took a deep huff, processing all the words that Grayson said to me.
"And you're a nurse aren't you? You already treat him extremely well," he smirked.
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sorry for the shitty ending haha
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