Drabble Cascade #82 - "Unite"
Oct. 15th, 2014 11:23 amTitle: In Sickness and in Health (medical, m/m, PG)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
The room’s silence was oppressive, relieved by the quiet beeping of machines.
Joe couldn’t take it anymore, “Look. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner.”
“You said you loved me,” Evan replied. “If my family gets sick…”
“IF I’D KNOWN SOONER,” Joe began, “you wouldn’t have to be in here too,” he continued more quietly.
“That would be worse. Then I’d be out there waiting to hear whether you’d survive or not. This way I get a ringside seat,” Evan replied. “But you should have told me you were working the Ebola quarantine area, I’d have only called my parents.”