Best + Bitter = Better

Two days before

The second day of Awsten being sick has been sort of a treat for Geoff. It's a Friday and neither of them have classes. Awsten is convinced that his illness is just a cold and he'll be fine by tomorrow, but Geoff is still very worried about him. In this stage of his 'cold' Awsten is extremely clingy, only letting Geoff go when he has to pee or make them more soup. Awsten whines and uses his puppy eyes at Geoff and Geoff gets this feeling inside that doesn't allow him to make his own choices.

Right now, they are watching The Office on Geoff's laptop while Awsten is curled up into Geoff's side on the bed. It pains Geoff to see that Awsten can't laugh as much as he normally does when he watches his favourite show. As he thinks this, Geoff notices Awsten's eyes drooping. He watches as Awsten falls asleep on top of him. He has needed to pee for the last half hour, so takes his chance now. But, before he gets very far, Awsten is pulling him back to bed in his sleep. Hearing a faint mumble of 'no', he sighs and gets back into bed, pulling Awsten back to his side. The feeling fills him again; it makes him feel warm inside - like there are a million silver butterflies circling his head. Clicking off of The Office and onto Brooklyn 99, he glances down at Awsten. His lips are slightly parted in the most enticing way; Geoff got the urge to kiss him, so looks away and focuses on the screen.

Awsten waking up is possibly the cutest thing that Geoff has ever seen. Geoff watches him stir first, the way he shuffles and his arms cling tighter onto him. He listens to the soft content sounds that pass his lips and sees his eyes open slowly. It's been a few hours since he fell asleep and he looks all the more better for the sleep.

Geoff opens his mouth to say something, but shuts it because he said what he was going to say in his head and his sentence ended with 'baby'. He forces himself to rephrase it and say it out loud, "Hey, feeling better?" He smiles softly at the impossibly small boy on top of his chest. Awsten nods his head against Geoff, essentially rubbing his head on his chest. He lets out another gruntled noise before sitting up and stretching. Geoff can hear his joints click.

"Yeah, still kinda tired, but better." A droopy smile covers his face as he stands up by himself for the first time in a while and heads to the bathroom. "I think a shower will help."

"Okay, but don't shower too hot or too cold because it will make you even more sick." Geoff calls. He shuts his laptop and moves to his own bed.

"Alright, doctor Wigington." Awsten laughs weakly, walking into the bathroom.