Yorktown (lams summer camp au)

Chapter 8

PEGGY'S POV

Somethings up with Alex, he's not acting his usual self. No matter how many times I ask him what's wrong he just says nothings wrong and he feels great. Liar.

I lead the group around while Alex gives instructions. That is until he falls to the floor. I jump off of Vanessa and kneel down next to him, this is not like Alex. This isn't like Alex at all.

I shout for someone to get Washington, he is his son after all. But I would've just taken them to reception if it were anyone else, but Alex never gets sick. Ever.

Less than two minutes later Washington runs into the arena, quickly kneeling next to his son. John shouts me over. He looks terrified. Ohh yeah... Alex is his boyfriend. I help him get off and he immediately runs over to Alex's side.

"Alex? Alex can you hear me?" He asks frantically, knowing that he probably won't get a response. "Please Alex, I'm scared. I don't know what's wrong with you!" He pleads, even though he probably can't hear him.

Washington quickly picked Alex up gently cradling him as if he was made of glass and would shatter at any given moment.

Something was wrong. And I didn't like it. Come on Alex.

Be strong.

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ALEX'S POV

I feel something cold on my head... what the hell. I slowly open my eyes to see I'm not in the arena and I'm lying down... but where am I? I look around and see that I'm actually in my da- Washington's cabin. My eyes take a moment to focus but when they do I see John sat next to the bed with his head in his hands.

I slowly try to sit up only to be pushed back down by my da- Washington and John.

"Rest Alex, you're okay." Washington says. Oh. Okay then. My head hurts and it feels really hot in here. What even happened?

"What's going on?" I ask, trying to put all of the pieces together.

"You we're teaching the lesson when you passed out. Now you've got a high temperature and honestly you look like shit."

"Wow, way to make me feel better" I laughed, damn my throat hurts. I never get sick. I can try and hide my emotions but right now I'm actually terrified.

"Go to sleep, you're gonna need all of your energy to get better."

"John you know that I can't do that. I have lessons to teach, I have practice, debate, I still need to speak to Orpheus and I need to get back to the cabin." I say, trying to get out of bed.

He holds me down and puts my head against his chest. "It's okay Alex, I'll get Peggy to cover your lessons for today and we'll see how you are tomorrow. Deal?" He says, slowly playing with my hair and rubbing circles on my back. God I love him. My eyes start to get heavy and the world turns to black as I give into sleep.
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JOHN'S POV

Alex has fallen asleep on my chest, at least he's sleeping though. He looks adorable. The way his hair frames his face perfectly, when he scrunches up his face when he's dreaming, all of it. I need to go speak to Peggy, she'll be worried sick. I gently move Alex's head off of my chest and place it on the pillow, kissing his forehead lightly before I step out of the door. Washington is in the main room, reading a book.

"He's asleep at the minute, make sure he stays in bed, you know what he's like" I whisper.

"Of course, thank you John. I'm very thankful for you, you really make Alex happy." He whispers back. HOW DOES HE KNOW?! Maybe Alex told him... "But. If you so much as look at him the wrong way, I will not hesitate. Do not break him John, he can't take another heartbreak."

"Of course. I wouldn't dare dream of it." I don't think I could hurt Alex.

I wouldn't do it intentionally.

I head back over to the arena to try and find Peggy, and I'm not surprised when she's not there. They have all gone back to cabins by now. How long was I gone?

I walk up to the cabins, putting my headphones in and listening to my music. I press play on my musical playlist and "38 Planes" from Come From Away plays.

The walk was nice, sometimes it's nice to just walk alone, in your own head. I make it to the cabins and enter mine to see the whole group there.

"Where's Alex?"
"Is he okay?"
"What happened?"
"TELL ME WHERE MY SON IS!" That was Laf. I mean- he does act like Alex's mother.

They all bombard me with questions, and I put my hand in the air to get them to shut up. "Peggy. Let's talk outside." She nods, standing up and shutting the door behind her.

"Okay, what's going on?" She says.

"So he's in Washington's cabin right now, I think he's going to stay there for tonight and I'll head back around soon. His temperature is really high and he doesn't look the best. But he won't relax, saying he needs to train and teach and go to debate and see all of you guys. I've tried telling him to relax and I managed to get him to sleep but I very much doubt he's still asleep now." 

"Okay. Well he really scared me before, and Eliza hasn't spoke all day even though she knows it's probably just dehydration or exhaustion. I'll come round with you to see him- I'll calm that bitch down." She says.

Wow... okay. I hope she doesn't shout at him. Saying that, if that's what it takes for him to relax I'm fine with that.
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The walk over to Washington's cabin was silent, when we knocked on the cabin door Washington shouted for us to come in. We opened the door to the sound of someone vomiting in the bathroom. Alex. Washington is standing outside of the bathroom door trying to push it open but it's locked from the inside.

"Alex, please let me in. It's me. It's okay." I say, begging him to open the door. He opens the door slightly to see who it is and he visibly relaxes when he sees it's just me and no one was with me. I go into the bathroom and hold his hair out of his face, rubbing my hand up and down his back. It was gross but I love him so we have to do these things for the people we love. He continues vomiting for a while, once he was done, he tried to stand up but quickly falls back to the floor. He's weak, but he doesn't want me to see it. I put his arm around my shoulder and Peggy does the same on his other side. We slowly walk him back over to the bed. Peggy goes into the bathroom and cleans up, she really is a good friend. I take Alex's temperature again and it's higher than last time, it's getting more worrying the longer this goes on.

Once Peggy is done cleaning the bathroom she comes into the room and sits on the chair next to the bed whilst I have Alex's head on my chest, gently playing with his hair. He looks like shit if I'm being honest. Hopefully he doesn't get any worse. I just don't understand what caused it! Hopefully it's just a bug and he gets over it within a day or two. If not I don't know what else we're going to do.

He closes his eyes for a few minutes and wraps his arms around his stomach.

"Hey, what hurts?" I ask, seeing the pained expression on his face.

"S-stomach" he says, clearly exhausted. His eyes fly open and he stands up off the bed as me and Peggy catch him, he stumbled over to the bathroom and the vomiting starts again. He rests his head on the side of the toilet, I can't help but feel bad for him. He puts on this act for everyone, only in moments like now you see that he's just like you or me, he has down moments.

He falls asleep with his head on the toilet, he's so cute. Even with sick on his face and his head on a toilet seat, he's still the most beautiful person I've ever seen.

And he's mine.

That boy is mine.