p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"hi guys sorry it's been so long but i missed writing and here we are. there is a real lack of thomas angst in the zexal archive-the jones that we have are really good but i wanted to give it a shot (during quarantine i've been binging can you tell?). ages are the same, i know it's confusing because i used their real names more often. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"also i included my ship in here sorry if you don't like it, i don't think it's in here for very long so you can skip it ;). /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"one more thing, he's they are a little ooc, i mean they aren't really like this in the show. i just love torturing my baby. as always a probable a/n at the bottom. and yes everything is lowercase sorry :/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"michael -15/span/p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"thomas-17/span/p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"chris- 20/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"it was warm, uncomfortably warm. it felt like he was surrounded in heat, like the room was a furnace. he couldn't see through the waves of heat forming all around the room, but it was getting warmer by the second, they much was clear. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"the air grew thick with the heat swelling through it. i caused the room to take a reddish hue. he gasped for air as the torrid scenery scorched all around him. he felt sweat slide down the back of his neck, the flames ghosting burns on the exposed skin. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"soon the room went from warm to hot. the corners of the room lighting up in a blaze of heat, slowly moving through the room, burning objects in its path. he could feel his vision blackening and his breaths shorten at the intense heat of the room, his eyes burning and bringing tears. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he turned to run towards the door before a burning beam from the ceiling came down before him and splintered into smaller pieces raining down from the wooden beam. the prices fractured before his eyes as he felt white hot heat claw down the side of his face. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he let out a small scream before scanning the room once more. more flames engulfed the room, spreading like a fire and lighting up everything in the room. a loud crack sounded through the room as another beam shifted and groaned. he tried to step back as the large object slid downward from its position in the room. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he heard a higher pitched yell of fear-a younger girl- eyes widening in fear as the beam slid down about to fall on her. and then he sprinted closer to the girl who the beam was about to crush. he felt the pain as the beam hit his shoulder and the span class="Apple-converted-space" /spansmall fracture cut under his eye. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he could feel the fire licking up his arms, hands and the exposed skin of his neck. his legs were burning with effort and his head and his shoulder were exploding in pain. he bit back cries of pain before he collapsed. the embers were bright and burning and the fire was still spreading. another burn to his open wound caused him to cry out in pain. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he felt the timid hands touch his arms lightly, but what brought him back to reality was the shove and the little pleading look in his brothers diss as he shook him awake. he internally winced at the shaky uneven breath that he took realizing he wasn't in the building anymore. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"but it was still really hot. he could feel the sweat trickle down the back of his neck-from fear he thought and cursed himself for thinking-uncontrollably. then he let his eyes search through the room before he saw the blurred image of michael, and his face relaxed as he let out a breath of relief. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""thomas? are you ok i could...feel you become nervous through the crest," he said turning the hand with the imprinted symbol. the pale mint eyes cataloged him up and down, there was clearly something wrong and he was quite sure that his brother would not tell him what he needed to know. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""just had a weird dream," he forced out breathlessly. his voice sounded airy and wheezy to his own ears, span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanand couldn't imagine how weak he probably sounded to michael. he pushed himself up into his elbows as he tried to ward of the little black stars that danced around his eyes when he had sat up. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"michael gave him a look of concern but he waved a hand at him to tell michael tell him he was fine. slowly he ushered his brother out of the room as he got changed. luckily for him, it wasn't to late, just a little last eight (byron would still be asleep) and he could avoid the scolding about being late. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he smoothed he leg of his pants as he shifted uncomfortably. it was still hot. and sure it was usually hot when he wore his outfit, but it wasn't like this. his joints ached, he could feel the dull pulsating pain underneath his skin and in his bones it hurt, but it wasn't an excuse. he could still finish his job. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he wiped the tricking drops of sweat off of his brows as he pulled on the over jacket of his outfit, fiddling with the sleeves of his of the undercoat. his breathing more like wheezing as he gasped for air in the dense humidity. he looked himself over-a little pale making his scar stand out a little more, cheeks slightly red, and his forehead dotted with sweat droplets-he didn't look good. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"but it didn't matter because he could do his job as well as any of his brothers. when trey was sick he still did his job even when quattro had persisted that he shouldn't. why couldn't he. and he wasn't sick, that nightmare was just messing with his head and making him all confused. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"the second he opened the door he felt himself slam into a taller slightly muscular body. the fabric was soft as he pulled his face away from the chest of the said person. he could feel the cobalt blue eyes of his older brother as he ducked away from the critiquing glare. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""thomas, you're up a little later than usual," was the comment from his older brother. he felt relief wash over him as his brother hadn't assumed anything yet-or so he had hoped. mentally he crossed his fingers as he nodded in reply. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""i didn't hear my alarm go off this morning, my apologies," he said turning his gaze somewhere beside his brothers head close enough that it didn't look suspicious but not enough that quinton could see how off he looked. apparently, his plan didn't work though, because he could see the look on his brothers face. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""thomas i-quattro," he corrected himself, reaching one hand out to turn his younger brothers face towards him, holding it with his thumb and forefinger. "you don't look well, if you would like we can cover for you today and tell father that you are unwell. i'd really prefer that you stay home especially in your-" /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""no i'm fine, really," it sounded rushed so he took a deep breath as he continued. "you don't need to do that, i've got it under control. if i need you i can just contact you through this," he said gesturing to he crested hand with a small smile. "you don't have to worry about me chris." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton lifted a hand up to his brothers hair and ruffled it a little. he certainly did feel warm- not even warm-/spanspan class="s3" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Italic'; font-style: italic; font-size: 17pt;"hot/spanspan class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;". but there was no use arguing with his younger brother, he span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanwas too stubborn, so he sighed in defeat, giving his brother a sideways smile. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""what am i going to do with you thomas? alright you can go out, but you must contact us if it gets any worse ok? you are already very warm and i haven't taken your temperature-though i doubt that you would let me. please promise me-/spanspan class="s3" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Italic'; font-style: italic; font-size: 17pt;"us/spanspan class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"-that you will be careful or at least try to." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quattro gave his brother a nod with a slight smirk. he let his brother play his hair before he ducked out of his grip and made his way downstairs. he skipped breakfast and left the span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanhouse while closing the door slowly behind himself. he tried to focus on something to keep him from passing out. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he was already dizzy, and he could feel the words of others become muffled and a ringing intensify as he continued on forward. the world was tilting and he leaned himself against a light post to keep himself from falling. looking up slightly while keeping his grip on the post he could see his boyfriends hood sand let out a gasp of relief. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"slowly he let go of the post and made his way forward. stumbling up the stairs was not the highlight of his life but once he made it up to the top he knocked on the door and practically collapsed when his boyfriend opened the door, due to how much he was leaning against it. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he fell against his boyfriend as he opened the door, just barely seeing the royal blue of his hair and the deep blue of his eyes before he fell into a boneless heap on the floor-how attractive he thought a his vision went out /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"when he woke up the first thing he felt was uncomfortable touching all over is body. everything felt like electric currents jabbing at his body and sparking. to much, it was to much. it was like he could every little thing-touch. sounds were too loud and he let out a small groan. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he tried to roll away from the feeling that was all over his skin, but hands grabbed him as he tried to pull away. he shifted back and forth on the couch(?) bed(?) he couldn't tell but then he felt two hands hold his biceps and press down, knees on his thighs digging into him almost painfully. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""hey, it's ok stop shifting your going to...throw me off," a familiar voice span class="Apple-converted-space" /spangrit out trying to calm him down. "stop it, i mean it. don't make me hit you, your already taller than me as it is and your not making it any easier for either of us right now." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"shark leaned his full weight down on the taller boy, he was sure that this was embarrassing for the older of the two but it was the best way he could help his boyfriend until his siblings could come and pick him up. he watched his eyes move around under his eyelids, looking frantic and terrified./span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he seemed to be getting worse as far as shark could tell, the heat radiating off the arms of the latter was almost burning to the touch, and his face was red with fever. eventually after what seemed like forever, crimson eyes opened up glassy and unfocused but open none the less. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""hey, your awake," he started,"i'll be right back i'm going to grab you a cloth, i-your really warm and i'm going to lower your temperature before your brother gets here." he had no idea how lucid quattro was but it was worth a shot, he just needed him to hold on until michael or chris got here. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"by the time he had gotten back, quattro was already flopping himself up onto his elbows and sitting up, leaning against the headboard to keep himself upright. he let out a frustrated sigh and a half moan, arms straining in effort. eventually he had either given up or gotten to a compromising position and flopped against the headboard in a half sitting-half leaning position. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"crimson eyes found themselves looking at the lapis orbs near the doorway. he gave shark a sideways smile and then gestured for him to come closer. the younger of the two nodded and walked forward. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quattro pushed away the wash-cloth that the latter had offered him shaking his head in disapproval. shark rolled his eyes, hiding a smirk before plopping himself down beside his boyfriend, sitting on the edge of the bed. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""which one did you call?"/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""what," he offered with a confused look and a chuckle. "what do you mean which one?" /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""you know what i'm talking about," he started to shift again, pushing himself up higher against the headboard. "my brothers, which one did you call? chris or michael? quinton will be mad and trey will be worried, i don't want them to worry. just help me up and i can walk myself home, ok? so that's they don't have to come all the way here." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""ok fine, don't say i never did anything for you," he joked. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"leaving the house took more effort then he would have liked to admit but he dragged himself out the doorway and made his way home. it couldn't have been that late he though, as he dragged uncooperative limbs behind himself as he walked. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he lit up his crest to send his brothers a signal, it hadn't been long but he was already starting to feel dizzy again. he bit down hard on his lip to ground himself and stay awake, he wasn't far from his house all he had to do was stay awake and he would be home soon. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"seeing the house he sprinted towards it, knocking on the door he felt a stab of pain in his head and the fire on his skin again, the steps to the front door were lighting up and he could feel the air becoming hot, burning his throat and his chest. he clawed at his clothes, banging frantically at the door hoping it would open. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""quinton-chris please let me in, i'm sorry i didn't call for you earlier. don't be mad at me i'm sorry," he half whispered-half yelled as loud as he could with his throat closing up. he could feel less and less oxygen entering his lungs with the heat of the flames surrounding him. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""c'mon! let me in, it's going to kill me, let me in." he uttered out as loud as he could. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"then he heard it, the sound of the door clicking, and some turning of the lock before he found his brother standing in the doorway looking down on him. worry was prominent in his face but nonetheless, he was saved and let his body go limp once more. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton shifted at the newly acquired weight against him. he looked down at the bi-coloured teen that had fallen against him. his brother was really warm, he seemed worse than he did this morning, much worse. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he was gasping for air, and his face was flushed of all color and yet red at the same time, it was concerning/span/p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"for him to see his brother like this, he was so prideful that he wouldn't admit if he was feeling badly and for that he felt sorry for his brother, but there was not much that he cold do feeling bad for his brother. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"bending down a little he eased his brother to the floor, and looped his arms underneath his brothers legs span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanand arms, lifting him up gently. it surprised him how light his brother was, sure he was tall and slender for his size but even with the muscles that he had had was still light, even at seventeen. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton shook his head smirking at the sleeping body. funny how much younger he looked while he was asleep, eyes relaxed and cheeks a little puffed, he looked younger and more innocent, like trey almost. he shook that thought aside he needed to help his brother right now. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he felt his younger brother unconsciously lean his head against his shoulder and clavicle as brought the boy to his bedroom. it was a good thing that byron and trey weren't home, it would stress out thomas with them seeing him unconscious. running a hand through his hair he set forward and ventured into the kitchen. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"grabbing a cup of water, ice and a thermometer be he came back upstairs. it was odd seeing his brother so still, he was usually impatient and didn't even stay still in his sleep. after a few moments however it seemed he was waking up as his eyes shifted and slits of red began showing. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"his eyes we're still dull but they followed quinton's actions as he moved amongst the room, until he was sitting in front of the younger. the oldest of the two let out a sigh before looking back at his brother. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""i am well aware that you are going to fight me in this because you are stubborn and refuse to admit that you are unwell, so this will offer as a promise more than a threat; i need to take your temperature because you are very warm and it feels like you have a bad fever. let me take it and don't open your mouth or i will take it in a way that you will not like." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"thomas squinted his eyes as a challenge but nodded nonetheless, at his brother, sitting up and moving span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanso he was leaning on his brothers shoulder, laying his head down. he let his older brother manipulate his mouth open and then he closed it around the thermometer. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton pushed his brothers bangs up off is forehead holding his head still while putting an arm around his back so he wouldn't fall over onto the bed. after a while he heard the quiet beeping and then felt his brother look up at him lifting his head off of quintons shoulder to do so. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""alright i'll take it out," he chuckled as he removed the instrument from his brothers mouth. reading the numbers his eyes widened. about 103.4 (39.7) degrees, his brother was burning up, and he needed to cool him down. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he handed his brother some aspirin and the cup of water. quattro sent him a look of gratitude as he swallowed down the pills and the water, still leaning against his brothers shoulder. quinton turned to face quattro before gently pushing him down against the bed. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""i am going to let you sleep for a while, i will stay here with you and monitor your temperature because it is quite high, i will wake you up if it gets any higher," he said as he watched his brothers ruby eyes slip shut and fall asleep for the second time that day. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he knew that his father and brother would be back soon, he had just hoped that he could keep quattro in the clear until then. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"just as he thought that they were though the doorbell rang and his brother was groaning in his sleep. he looked from his brother to the door and sighed pulling himself from the bed. quickly he opened the door and let in his family. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""father, quattro is sick i need your help to lower his fever, you and trey," he said. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""trey, can you go and run a bath in upstairs? make it warm, but not hot," byron instructed his youngest who nodded and sped the stairs, boots clicking tracking his progress. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"it had been a while since his older brother was sick, it was rare that he ever would in the first place. but his brother was sick, extremely so and he should have been able to tell this morning by how late he had slept in and he mentally scolded himself for it. he should have known that he was unwell. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quickly he burst open the door and started running the bath, keeping the water warm like he was instructed. he watched the water fill the bottom of the tub as he waited for it to be the appropriate height for his brother. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"walking out the door he spotted his brothers door open, presumably from when quinton let them in the house. peeking in the crack he saw the condition of his brother, and it wasn't good. he was moaning quietly as he shook his head from side to side, legs thrashing under the blankets surface and he was sweating. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"trey closed in on his brother, heat radiating off of him in waves making trey himself feel warm as he got closer. his brother was getting worse, now murmuring things that trey couldn't hear well but soon they became louder. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""it hurts, it's burning me! make it stop please," he was muttering as loud as could-which wasn't very to be honest-just enough that trey could hear him. he opened his eyes to look at his brother grasping his hand in his own. eyes pleading at his brother to help him "please."/span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""quinton, help me please," trey shouted. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"in the blink of an eye his older brother had made his way up the stairs, hands hovering over the middle arclights body in confusion of what to do. his eyes roaming up and down his body before making up his mind. he looked over to the youngest. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""is the bath ready?" /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""yes brother." /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""good, make sure the door is open," he grit out span class="Apple-converted-space" /spanas he heaved his little brown into a sitting position, once up, he started to peel off some of the layers that his brother had on. the top coat coming away easy, he moved onto the under coat, sliding lean arms under the fabric and pulling him out of the heavy undercoat that he wore. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he decided to change out the final undershirt that his brother was wearing, but keeping him in a top to save his pride, then he worked his brothers legs to get his boots, stockings and pants off, and leaving him in boxers, then he lifted his brother up with (minimal) effort and carried him to the bath tub. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"for a moment he saw his brothers eyes-without the dulled look and the glaze of a fever-and then he shivered as he hit the water. squirming as he tried to avoid the water altogether. soon though,his body relaxed, apparently enjoying the warmth. he had stopped squirming and now just sat in the water with his eyes half open. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton gave his brother a few minutes before he grabbed the thermometer, and then offered his brother a look to open his mouth, waiting for the thing to beep seemed to take forever, but soon the quiet sound filled the room and he gazed down at the little numbers on the screen. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"100.7 (38.1) degrees. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"he let out a sigh of relief, then slowly he pulled quattro out of the tub, draping a towel over his shoulders and then draining the tub. he turned to help the younger even he saw he was gone, and then he saw him walk into his bedroom and towel off his hair. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;""hey quinton," quattro called. "uhm...thank you, and trey for...helping me?" /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"trey smirked, it was almost funny to see his brother try to thank them for helping him. but nonetheless, he was relieved that his brother was doing better, it wasn't often that his brother was sick, and hopefully it wasn't for a long time. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"—extra—/span/p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"(quattro saw the smirk, and then launched himself on his younger brother who laughed, trying to fight back. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s2" style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;"quinton held back a chuckle himself, it seemed things were back to normal in the house hold for now)/span/p
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p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"a/n: alright! so i think (i'm not sure) but this could be my longest one yet! i'm so excited. quarantine got me binging, and i wanted to write this. sorry it's a little repetitive, i wrote this like based on a dream for the first segment, and then i wrote the rest during class ʅ/spanspan class="s4" style="font-family: HiraginoSans-W6; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"font face="Nimbus Mono L, monospace"span lang="zh-CN"（/span/font/spanspan class="s5" style="font-family: '.PhoneFallback'; font-size: 17pt;"◞/spanspan class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"‿/spanspan class="s5" style="font-family: '.PhoneFallback'; font-size: 17pt;"◟/spanspan class="s4" style="font-family: HiraginoSans-W6; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"font face="Nimbus Mono L, monospace"span lang="zh-CN"）/span/font/spanspan class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"ʃ. /span/p
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /p
p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; color: #454545; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span class="s1" style="font-family: '.SFUIText-Bold'; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17pt;"sorry it kinda sucks anyway much love. (i may be writing more due to this disease but no promises) /span/p
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