the sight of a small body in a hospital bed was unfortunately now a familiar one. test after test had been performed on the rapidly weakening boy, and still no diagnoses.
"i'm so scared, ty."
his fragile words were meant with a brief moment of silence, but it filled the room like an off key symphony.
"i know, darling. i know."
a single tear rolling down a pale cheek felt like a death sentence somehow. another moment of silence.
"do you still love me, tyler?"
the question was instantly met with a nod. of course he did. how could he not? it seemed impossible to not fall in love with joshua dun.
"i do. of course i do. i'll be here with you through all of this."
"do you promise?"
no further words needed to be spoken as they stared at each other with such sincerity that it seemed impossible that the entire universe didn't stop just to stare.
to stare at the broken boy and the quickly fading one.
to stare as two pinkies connected.
