AN: Reid and Luke are not my characters!


One month later...

Reid was eating a sandwich. No, it wasn't any sandwich, it was one of his sandwich's, a sandwich piled with meat, condiments, toppings, and any other wonderful addition he could find in the fridge. He took a bite and checked his watch, Luke would be done with his appointment soon, and then they could go home. At least it gave him time to finish the sandwich he never had a chance to eat at lunch.

"Reid come on, lets go home."

He looked up at Luke, his mouth full.

Luke sat on the end of Reid's desk, "Sorry it took so long, I had to pick up my prescriptions."

Reid looked at his boyfriend lovingly, he knew Luke hated his medicine, but he never complained. Reid had been done with his post op appointments a few weeks ago, and he was off the prescription he'd been given. Luke, on the other hand, had just had his last post-op and still had another month of medicine. He hated seeing Luke deal with the side effects, it made his heart ache. They made Luke tired, nauseous, plus headaches and body aches. Luke never complained, but Reid could tell Luke hated the medicine, and he hated the post-ops because it was then when he got a double dosage. Reid made Luke schedule their post-ops on Fridays because he had Saturdays off. He saw Luke close his eyes and his hand slip to the desk for support and Reid knew the medicine was already beginning to take effect. He quickly pushed his sandwich into the trash next to his desk and stood up, grabbing his briefcase and taking Luke's hand.

Luke sighed and opened his eyes, giving Reid a small smile as Reid lead his out of the hospital. Luke slipped into the passenger seat as Reid slipped into the driver's seat. The ride home was quick and they didn't talk much. Reid noticed Luke was visibly trying to keep himself awake.

"Larger dosage than normal?"

"Yeah...he said that since it was my last post-op, they'd give me a bigger dosage, then I'll just need to refill the prescription one more time. Of course I'll still have my normal pills..."

They drove over a bump and Luke winced.

"You can complain you know."

"Oh...its not that bad."

"Luke I know how bad the side effects are, you don't have to hide it around me."

Luke opened his mouth to respond, but changed his mind and nodded. Reid took Luke's hand and rubbed small circles with his thumb for the rest of the drive. When they reached the house, Reid helped Luke out of the car, and they hurried inside.

"Do you want to go to bed or you can lie on the couch or..."

Luke swayed on his feet for a moment, "Um...maybe I'll just turn in early...is that all right?"

Reid rubbed Luke's back gently, "Of course thats all right, come on, lets get you out of these cloths and into something more comfortable."

Luke nodded slowly and rubbed his eyes and Reid helped him into a t-shirt and flannel pants and tucked him in, knowing that Luke was already asleep.

Reid woke up to Luke puking in the toilet. He wandered in to find Luke sitting with his head leaning against the wall of the bathtub. Reid sat down next to him.

"I told you to wake me up when you start puking."

"I didn't want to wake you up, you got up really early yesterday because you had surgery..."

"You still haven't broken your old habits have you?"

"W-what?"

"Taking care of everyone over yourself. I wasn't tired, and you knew that, but you let me sleep anyway. Its one of the reasons I fell in love with you."

Luke smiled up at Reid and opened his mouth to reply, but instead he keeled over the toilet. Reid rubbed his back as Luke dry heaved.

"Luke," Reid said gently, "why don't you move back to bed? Your stomach is obviously empty...unless you want something to eat..."

"Reid," Luke said quietly, "you do know you're babbling..."

Reid hugged Luke to his side, "I don't like seeing you like this. Its...unsettling."

When Luke didn't answer, Reid dragged him up from the floor. Supporting Luke as he swayed slightly and helped him back into bed.

"Do you want me to get you anything? Are you sure you aren't hungry?"

Luke nodded, "I just need you."

Reid smiled and kissed his forehead, "You already have me."


AN: I think I'm going to have another chapter or two, I considered making this a separate oneshot, but I just put it with this one. A little note, I don't have that much medical knowledge so the thing with Luke taking the medicine was totally made up XD please review guys! More will be up soon :)