The Nightmare Angel

Surprise Ending I'm Depending On

Michael stood in the kitchen of his new home, leaning up against the counter, trying to catch his breath. He felt as if his muscles were frozen in place. He couldn't move. He couldn't make a sound. His chest felt as if were on fire.

"Mikey? Babe I'm home. Where are you?" Luke called. Suddenly, he knew something was wrong. "Michael?" He ran into the kitchen and saw his husband, breathing heavily. "Baby? What's wrong? What's happening?" Michael tried to turn to see him, but he fell to the ground. Luke quickly sat with him, holding him in his arms. "W-what's happening? Michael?" His hand clutched his chest. The pain was so unbearable that he couldn't breathe. Luked grabbed his phone and dialed the emergency services. By the time they arrived, Liz and Karen were pulling up to the house. When they saw the ambulance, they instantly knew. They ran up the front steps and saw Michael being rolled out on a gurney.

"Baby?" Karen asked, gasping. Luke walked out after them, standing on the porch as tears leaked from his eyes. "Luke, what happened?"

"Th-they said he's having a heart attack," he said, sniffing. "I-I can't lose him already. Not this soon..."

"Come on, sweetie. I'll drive you to the hospital," Karen said.

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They walked into the emergency room and saw Ashton sitting in the waiting area, with silent tears slipping down his cheeks. He was staring silently at the wall and looked as if he had just broken down.

"Ash, what's wrong?" Luke asked, shaking. He looked up at him with watery eyes and started shaking.

"Calum... h-he's gone," he whispered.

"W-what are you talking about? He's?"

"He's dead, Luke! He fucking died!" Ashton burried his hands in his face and began sobbing again. Luke felt his heart shatter. His best friend was gone? Without another word, he wrapped his arms around Ashton who was breaking down again. "W-what are you even doing here? You just left..."

"It's Mikey. He had a heart attack... his heart is starting to fail..." Ashton sighed.

"We can't lose both of them... w-we just can't."

"I know... but with how far down he is on the donor list we m-might not even have a choice..." one of the EMTs that picked Michael up walked out of the back room. He looked over and saw Luke sitting with his crying friend and walked over.

"The doctors have your husband awake... they're prepping him for surgery if you want to see him..."

"Surgery? He's having surgery?"

"There's been a donation..." Luke looked over at Ashton and they both stood up, heading to the back room. They found Michael laying on the bed, heavily drugged as a nurse put a blanket over him.

"They'll be in within the next few hours to bring you into surgery. Just call me if you need anything," she said, putting a breathing tube up to his nose. He looked over at his husband and best friend and gave a weak smile. Luke walked over to him quickly and grabbed his hand.

"Babe, what's going on?" He asked quietly.

"I don't really know... the doctor just came in and told me that there's a heart available and it's been donated to me... he wouldn't tell me who's it was though..." he looked over at Ashton and noticed his tear stained cheeks. "What happened?" Luke looked over at him and instantly knew.

"Nothing... it's completely fine," he said softly.

"Babe. I'm going to go talk to the doctors and see if I can find some things out we'll be right back." Michael just nodded and rested his head on the pillow. Luke and Ashton walked into the hall and shut the door. "You don't think-"

"Calum was awake before you left and he was talking about how he wasn't going to make it... he knew that Michael was going to need a new heart and seriously the day that he dies?" Luke sighed and nodded.

"He and Michael have been best friends since before we even met either of them..." Ashton smiled sadly.

"This is what he wanted... He wanted to save our best friend."

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Luke sat next to Michael as he slept in his bed. He just got out of a very successful surgery. Luke stared at the note in his hands, the one Calum wrote and asked the nurses to give them when he died.. A tear slipped down his cheek and landed on the page. Michael shifted and winced in pain as Luke looked up at him.

"Hey hey, stay still. You just had your heart replaced," he whispered. Michael smiled and stared at Luke. "What?"

"I'm just happy... I still love you more than anything at all..." Luke smiled sadly and looked down at his lap. "What is it?"

"I need to tell you something baby... we didn't tell you before the surgery because we knew you'd be upset.."

"What is it? J-just tell me..." Luke sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Calum died earlier today. Right before you had the heart attack... I'm so sorry baby..." Michael sighed and looked down, putting his hand to his chest.

"Did he..."

"Yeah. He knew somehow that he wouldn't make it... and he left you his heart..."

"W-what's that?" Michael asked, noticing the note. Luke looked at it and sighed, reading it outloud.

"Dear Michael and Luke,
I know that in a few hours, I'll be dead. I don't want you to be sad, well I mean. Not like devistated, but a little sad I'll be dead... anyways I want you to move on eventually. You're both the best friends I could ever ask for, and I want you to both live happily together. Stay strong.

Love, Cal.

P.s. give Ashton the other letter. Please." Michael had a tear fall down his cheek.

"What are we supposed to do now?" He whispered. Luke cleared his throat and put the papers down, sitting on the edge of his husband's bed.

"We do what he said... we live..."

The End

Yes I know. Kind of a weird ending... BUT... there's always room for sequels. 😉