Cigarettes and Spray Paint

Lungs

(1 year 3 months)
Pete let out yet another raspy cough, making Sonny jump.
"Babe... I really think you should go to the doctor." Sonny spoke with pure concern.
"'M fine, my lungs are just shit so I get sick easy. It'll pass, angel." Pete tried to reassure his boyfriend, even though he himself knew that this felt like much more severe than a common cold.
"Will you please just go to the doctor? I'm scared." Sonny begged.
"If you'll stop worryin' 'bout me then I'll do anything. Because 'm fine." Pete barely got a chance to finish his sentence before he went into another coughing fit.
"I'll get Benny to drive us, I don't want you walkin' nowhere like this." Sonny said, kissing the top of Pete's head. "I'll be right back, lay down." Pete did as Sonny said and laid his head back onto his pillow, pulling Sonny's blanket around him.
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When Sonny and Pete entered the walk-in clinic, Pete sat down while Sonny went to check them in.
It was less than ten minutes before the two were called into the doctor's office.
"Is this your brother?" The doctor asked Pete hesitantly. He shook his head.
"Husband?" Pete nodded, knowing that if he said that Sonny was just his boyfriend, he'd be made to go back to the waiting room. The doctor nodded, going through Pete's symptoms.
"We're going to need to do a PET scan on your lungs. Because of your history with smoking, something cancerous cannot be ruled out."
At that thought, Sonny's heart felt like it exploded.
No.
Not cancer.
He doesn't have cancer.
He can't have cancer.
Pete nodded, terrified.
"We're going to be right back. You can stay here or go to the waiting room, sir." The doctor said to Sonny, who stayed put where he was.
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"...and it looks as though you have a very small tumor in your left lung, but it is more than likely benign. Just, please stop smoking. For his and your sake." The doctor asked, seeing the heartbroken look on Sonny's face. Pete nodded.
"I'll try my hardest. Thanks." Pete placed his hand on Sonny's knee as they both stood up, leaving the hospital.
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when they got back to the apartment, and into Sonny's bed, Sonny got a very intense look on his face.
"Baby, I know this is real harsh but.. if y'dont stop smokin' or at least try... then... we gotta break up because you're gonna end up dyin' and I couldn't handle that... so... i-it's me or the cigarettes..."
"You." Pete said without a second thought "I will always choose you, angel. And I'm gonna try so hard to stop, not even for myself. For my baby. For our future together and all that." He smiled, pulling his boyfriend into a tight embrace and kissing the side of his head.
"I love you." Sonny sobbed into Pete's chest. "Please don't ever scare me like that again... I-I thought you were gonna die."
"I love you too, angel. I'd never die on you."

a/n
lol this was angsty