The idea and cover is 100% by @Mikkomark. TW! Coughing blood, death The Captain was dying. The Captain was dying and the crew knew. The Captain didn't know. They didn't want to worry the Captain, and they knew that even if they did tell the Captain, they wouldn't want to spend the rest of their days in a medical area. They would want to spend the rest of their days like any other. It started as just seeming like a cold. Then, it got a lot worse. The sneezing was more often and powerful, the number of times in a row increasing. The coughing, too. Then, the blood. The Captain had coughed blood. They didn't notice the blood on their hand, but the crew sure did. So, they held a meeting, and they came to the conclusion that the Captain was dying. Will the Captain ever find out, or will they die without knowing they would?