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Nico sighed and sat down on the small hospital bed that would be his for the next three days.

"Before you get all comfy put these on." Will Solace held out a light blue hospital gown, "Sorry, I couldn't find one in black," he joked

"I am not putting that on!"

"Come on Nico," Will teased.

"I agreed to stay for three days, I did not agree to, that," Nico gestured to the gown.

"Fine be that way," Will chuckled

"I will," Nico laid back onto the bed. Day one and he already hated it. At least he was in the long term stay wing, away from the stares and the gossip. Nico notice that Will was still standing at the foot of the bed with a small smirk on his face.

"What are you smiling about?"

"Uh… Oh, nothing," Will said, trying to muster up a straight face. "I need to do a routine check up and then I will be out of your here."

"Okay," Nico sighed as Will reached over and grabbed his wrist. Nico yanked his arm away from Will, his face flushed.

"Jeez Nico I was only trying to read your pulse." Will chuckled "Calm down dude,"

Embarrassed for his panic, Nico held out his arm and let Will take his pulse. Nico found himself thinking how good Will's hair looked, and his blue eyes and… Whoa, where did that come from?

Will looked up and for a moment his and Nico's eyes met, before Nico quickly looked down.

The rest of the examination went by one awkward moment after another. After which Will concluded that Nico would be fine as long as he got tons of rest and he ate better. As Will put it, Damn Nico your skin and bones, what have you been eating?"

After Will had left the room, Nico thought about how cute he had looked while chastising Nico for his eating habits. Stop it de Angelo! he thought Will Solace is straight, he can never like you back!

Though he tried to convince himself that nothing could ever happen between the two of them, Nico still wondered what it would be like to have someone like Will care for him. Someone he could let into his closely guarded heart.

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That night, Nico had a nightmare. It "was one of the worst, and that's saying a lot. In the dream, He and Will were running across a sandy desert like landscape. Behind them Nico could hear a monster, he was not sure what but from the growls, he could tell it was close. There was a lone figure off in the distance beckoning for them to run faster.

Nico looked over to Will and said through much panting, " Please, dont do it."

"I have to," Will stated matter of factly.

"Why?"

"To protect you."

"Why would you want to protect me?"

"Because… I love you," Will abruptly stopped, Nico heard a soft scream and then silence.

"Will!" NIco turned to see that both Will and the creature had disappeared into thin air, "No!"

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Nico woke to Will's voice, "Nico!" he sounded worried, "come on de Angelo wake up!"

"Solace?" Nico sat up.

"Oh my gods Nico are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You were thrashing around on the bed and you were sweating like crazy, your heart rate was incredibly fast…"

"Will!" Nico interrupted "I'm okay it was just a bad dream."

"Must have been hell of a nightmare."

"I'm fine, now get some sleep it's one in the morning. Wait how long have you been in here watching me?" Nico's face turned red.

"Oh um… Not long." Will blushed. Nico knew he was lying, but didn't push him for the truth.

"Goodnight Solace."

"Goodnight de Angelo."

I hope you liked it! This is only the first chapter so stay tuned for more!