Colds are no fun – DM x CS
Book two is going to start after the next one shot. I can't believe I have written 99 one shots. Feel free to leave requests and I will get to them eventually. Also if you didn't see my last update for Paradise Lost. I have been busy with work again and my coursework which I have now finished. I should be updating more regularly now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jordon P.O.V
I love Danny so much. He is perfect in every way imaginable. I never thought I would find myself such a perfect man. I came down with a cold a few days ago and even though I hadn't told Danny to do anything for me, he has been taking care of me round the clock pretty much. Well, he has been giving me drinks and getting me medicine and good but that is about it. I have told him to even not do that for me because I didn't want him to get sick. We are trying to get some studio time in this week, and we can't do that if most of the band have the same cold and are too sick to be there. I'm awake early and Danny is peacefully sleeping next to me. He does seem a little bit warm to me, but the bedding is quite warm.
I get up to make myself some coffee and maybe some toast. I will do my best to let Danny have a lie in because he deserves it for putting up with me while I have been a bit whiny and not feeling so good. If he also has what I have then it will be good for him to sleep in. I am only assuming that he is sick, he might be perfectly healthy, and I will have nothing to worry about. I am just going to walk down the stairs and continue my day as normal as I text George to say that I am on the mend and probably by the day after tomorrow I'll be fine again. He said that the others were saying the same thing, but he thinks he is coming down with the cold now and probably Danny would get it too. It is best to postpone any studio time till at least early next week.
I'm going to chill in the living room for a while and watch some television. I went to get something from our room and Danny was still fast asleep in bed. I will leave him there and let him sleep for as long as his body feels like it needs right now. It is 10 am and it is a little unusual for Danny to still be asleep at this point, but he is known to have lie ins every now and again. I have been sleeping in myself for the last few days because let's be real trying to get some sleep when you are very congested is not an easy task. Also finding a position to sleep in when you are coughing so much in a short time space feels impossible. Colds are no fun, but they are something that you just have to get through because it is only a virus and there is nothing that you can do about it medically. You'd only be wasting doctors time if you went over a cold.
I spent at least a couple of hours watching the television before I heard footsteps in our one-bedroom apartment. Danny has woken up; he always goes to the toilet when he first wakes up. Then he walks into the living room and I am happy to see him awake. "Morning Danny," I tell him, and he snuggles up to me on the couch. "Morning Jordon," he tells me, and I kiss him on the temple. He is still a little warm, but he only just got out of a cosy bed. "How are you feeling this morning babe?" I ask him, even though I know it is technically afternoon now. "A little rough, but I will be fine," he tells me, and he sounded congested. I think he has caught what I have. "Yeah I was beginning to suspect that you have what I have," I tell him.
He pouts, he doesn't do getting sick. He is always doing something unless he is feeling too ill and tired to do anything. "So I am guessing no studio time this week then?" he asks me, and I nod. Matt, Jorel and Dylan are getting over their colds at the moment and George is getting one. "Yeah, pretty much. The others are still sick, and George and you are coming down with the cold now," I tell him. It makes more sense for us to have the week off so we can all be better when we get to the next week and can record more songs for our next album. We have plenty of time, we tend to release an album every two years unless the music industry itself has anything to do with it. The managers and record label people can be ruthless bastards.
I think I am gonna get some supplies for us both in a bit. Maybe some chicken noodle soup and tissues because we are running low on both those things. I might think of more things when I get to the shops. I don't want to take Danny with me because he needs all the rest he can get. He's just started coughing and I remember from previous times his cough can get quite bad and leave him exhausted. I am not being mean by not taking him with me, I am being considerate to my boyfriend's health. "Hey babe, in a bit I am going to the shops to get some food. I want you to stay here and get some rest okay?" I tell him, he has just finished another painful coughing fit. He nods and I get up to get him some water. I think the throw blanket is nearby in case he wants it.
Danny almost gulped down the glass when I gave it to him. It must be soothing with the ice cubes in it. "Thanks babe, I was planning on staying at home anyways," Danny tells me. I think he is making a good decision with that. He needs all the rest he can get and if he stays at home and relaxes then he can get the rest. "You're welcome. It will be good for you to say and get some rest, go back to sleep if you need," I tell him, the I kiss him on the lips and get ready to make the hopefully short trip to the shops. I don't really need to push myself too far too soon either because I am still not one hundred percent better. I want to take care of Danny like he has taken care of me over the last few days and I can't do that if I am just as sick as he is.
I look at Danny just as I leave, and I see him snuggled up under the blanket I had left there, and he was watching television. I know he would have been tempted to clean the apartment but resting seems like the best plan for him at the moment. I can clean the apartment when I have some time today. It is not hugely messy so it would take about half an hour to an hour to clean it all up and get it to a somewhat more presentable state. It is not like we are going to have guests over while we are both unwell. That would be very stupid of us and I don't feel like Danny would be up for entertaining anyone in the state he is currently in. I've noticed that he doesn't get sick very often, but when it does hit him it hits him hard.
It is part of the reason why he hates it so much. It packs a massive punch on his immune system, and he can quickly get a second virus or even an illness which requires antibiotics if he is not careful. We also don't have guests over that often either. On holidays like thanksgiving and Christmas we will have Danny's mom over and any of our siblings but that is about as far as it goes. Although I have heard his mother wants to move closer to us so she can spend more time with her son, and I will gladly support that. Danny loves his mother a lot and any chance I can give them together I will do. I lost both of my parents, so I can't share in the joy he has when he spends time with his mother, but I will support him none the less.
Going to Walmart is kinda boring really. You get in your car and drive there, then you get out of you car and into the store. If you have really good self-control then you are in and out really quickly. I just need to get some Gatorade, some chicken noodle soup and some other easy to make meals because I don't see Danny having the energy to cook any time soon. I don't mind cooking, but I am admittingly not the best right now so ready meals seems like a good idea. I will get to Danny's cooking skill one day I am sure. He's just so amazing even if he is following a recipe from a cook book or something. I think I am diverting from my original shopping list a little as I see more things that I think Danny would like to cheer him up a little bit.
I manage to reign in my self-control because I don't want to be away from my boyfriend for longer than I need to. He is probably asleep now, but he isn't going to be sleep for too long and I want to comfort him in the same way that he has for me the last few days. He's too good for me sometimes and I want to pay him back. I think the drive back is same as the way there, pretty boring and long as I hit a patch of bad traffic which is generally typical in Los Angeles. I swear sometimes that it takes twice as long to get to places when you are on the Los Angeles highway. Even the freeway is rough as hell at times. I get home in sort of record time for where we live. Now I can get back to my baby while he needs me.
Like I thought, Danny is fast asleep on the couch when I walk in. I put all the groceries away and make myself some lunch. I will make Danny some lunch when he wakes up. I could make him whatever he wants to have, like grilled cheese or chicken noodle soup. For now though I am just going to go through and answer some emails while I enjoy my lunch and Danny sleeps in the living room. I don't want the sound of me typing rapidly on the keyboard as I go through about three hundred urgent emails I have been ignoring to wake him up. I should really get on top of this sorta stuff, then I wouldn't have to rush when it builds up. There are definitely some emails in my inbox I should have answered at least a week ago.
I need to get more on top of chores too. I have noticed that the apartment is not the cleanest state it has been in. Maybe I can get away with cleaning it while Danny sleeps as well. I might be pushing my luck a little bit. I don't need to use the vacuum cleaner though. We don't have carpet anywhere, so I am going to use the good old-fashioned dustpan and brush and broom combo. There's nothing wrong with that, I find it better than the vacuum sometimes. Especially when Danny is sleeping, and I don't want to disturb him. I am gonna start in our room then work my way back to the living room. That way I can give him the best nap possible. He had definitely made the bed before I came back from the shops.
Danny had just woken up as I finished cleaning the bathroom. He was a bit groggy as he woke up, but he was happy to see that I had come back. He gets up and walks over for a hug. "Hey baby, how are you feeling now?" I ask him, as I wrap my arm around his waist, my hands resting flat on his back as he snuggles into me. "I feel worse if I am being honest," Danny admits. I could tell when he rested his head on my chest he was a bit feverish. "Let's go and get you some lunch and some Tylenol in your system," I tell him. He smiles at me and I walk with him to the kitchen to cook him whatever he wants for lunch. He might not even want a cooked lunch and settle for like a turkey slices and mayo sandwich or something.
"What do you fancy for lunch?" I ask him, as he sits down on the bar stool. I could almost see the cogs going in his head as he tries to think of what he wants despite me not giving him any choices. It was more whatever he chooses. "hmm, I fancy a turkey and mayo sandwich please," Danny says, and I smile at him. I had a sneaking suspicion he wanted that. I get out all the ingredients I need as well as some Tylenol pills from the medicine cupboard and water so he could take the pills while I make the sandwich. It doesn't take me long to make a sandwich I think Danny will like. "Enjoy Danny," I tell him, putting the plate in front of him. "Thanks," he says. He was definitely hungry because he wasted no time digging into his food.
"That was so good," he tells me when he was finished. I'm glad he liked it. I take the plate off him as he shivered. I'll do the dishes because I don't think he should be doing them right now. "That's good, I am glad you liked it. Go and lie down under a blanket on the couch and I'll come snuggle you in a minute," I tell him. He nods, then leaves the room to our living room where I will join him once I have dried all the dishes we have. My poor bear, it upsets me so much when I see him unwell. I quickly finish up the dishes so I can go and cuddle my bear. He was sitting on the couch with the blanket wrapped around him and his knees drawn up. "Poor bear," I tell him, sitting next to him and kiss him on the top of his head.
He snuggles up to me as close as he possibly can. I move the blanket around so I can cover him better. I want him to be as comfortable as possible. "Why did Mattie have to come into work with a cold?" Danny asks me, and he pouts. I chuckle, but it is true Matt was the one who started all of this. "Because he wants to see us all suffer and get free days off work?" I tell him, ending it with a question because there is no way that I would know what is going on in Matt's head. "He's an asshole then," Danny decides. I chuckle, Danny doesn't mean it in a nasty way. He is just annoyed we can't go to the studio and make music like he wanted to this week. His voice is going a little bit and singing in the booth all week is not going to help.
He would lose his voice before the end of the week if he went into the studio. I want him to be careful because I know his voice is going to get worse over the week because of the sickness and if he was still doing Lorene Drive songs more or less full time it would have a massive impact on how well he could speak because of the screamo. I didn't even know he did that until I think it was George sent me a link to Lorene Drive on Spotify because fans started finding and posting old pictures of him from before he joined the band. I soon managed to find every single song they had ever done, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love them all. I am also very biased because the singer is my boyfriend and I love him a lot.
"If you are feeling better later on this week, we can look at the lyrics in our notebooks and maybe we can work on them. if you're feeling better though, I don't want you pushing yourself too far," I tell him. He smiles, he knows I will be making sure that he feels better before I even touch my own notebook. He'd make himself feel better to make sure that he could do some work then end up feeling worse because he's pushed himself too far too soon. He yawns and I put my arm around his shoulder. "Someone feeling a bit sleepy there?" I ask him, and Danny nods. It's fair enough that he feels like this while he is not well. "I slept for at least one hour earlier though and at least eight hours last night," he says.
"It doesn't matter, if you are tired because you are not feeling well. Your body is fighting the virus and you need the rest you can get. I napped so much in the first couple of days if you remember," I tell him. I remember Danny doing similar things that I did when I was napping when I was really ill in the first few days. He'd make himself food while I napped or cleaned the rooms without waking the other person. "I know, I guess I am not used to being sick," he tells me. Even napping for 15 minutes might be enough to get him through until bed time. It depends on how he does throughout the day. We chose a film to watch on the television and just relax until we either gets hungry or go to sleep which ever one comes first.
Just towards the end of the film, Danny fell asleep holding my hand while he is snuggled up to me. "You're too adorable and you can't deny it because you're asleep," I whisper and chuckle to myself. I might as well watch another film because I can't move for a little while. Not that I mind Danny sleeping on me. if he is just happy to relax and sleep on me then I am all for it. I get a text in our little group chat asking how we are both doing since Danny has neglected his phone a little bit today. I reply saying that we are both sick and sent a picture of what we are currently doing. The other guys are in a similar position just relaxing at home with their loved ones trying to recover from the sickness. Mattie was doing better than all of us which we were expecting.
He was the one who gave us all the sickness, so it is expected that he has recovered from it first. I am just glad that it didn't happen on tour. I know we would all hate if we had to cancel a show because all of us were struck with a cold or the flu. At this point we have not had to postpone or cancel a show, so I am counting my blessings. We will be feeling better before the next tour comes around I am sure of it. We have 3 months to get over this cold and get another one and get over that cause hey it is the winter and cold and flu season is here. I have to move Danny because my bladder has woken up and let me know that I need to go to the toilet.
Danny had just woken up again when I came back into the room. "Where did you go?" he asks me, as I go to sit next to him again. "I needed the toilet," I tell him. He smiles and snuggled up to me again. I am enjoying the chilled-out day we are having. "Fair enough, I need the toilet now too," he tells me, and he gets up from our couch. He is quick to leave and come back and he seemed to have a detour to the kitchen. He had a few snacks and drinks with him because when we watched our first film we had a bag of chips and two bottles of drinks and finished them before Danny fell asleep. "Good idea Danny. I will put another film on in a minute," I tell him. He grins and inelegantly sits down on the couch.
"Yep, I am slowly getting used to the idea of having a lazy day," Danny says, as he passes me a bottle of Gatorade. "That's good Danny, because we will be having more of these over the next few days while you get over your cold," I tell him. He sighs, but then he snuggles into me. He knows that there is little choice over what we are doing. It is not like we can go to work at any point this week. No one else is going to be there. We've been told to stay away so we don't pass on the cold to anyone else which is a nice way of saying go away. "Yep, I like spending time with you like this," Danny says. I am happy that he is enjoying spending time with me. My favourite time is whenever I spend time with him.
I was already trying to prepare some ideas for both outdoor and indoor date nights. I want to spend more time with Danny outside of work. It might be stupid, but I have a little notebook where I write down all my ideas. Then when the time comes I use the best one for the moment. I guess it pays off because all of our dates so far have been successful. I have a section where I write about what worked well and what didn't so I can learn from any mistakes I make so that my baby is as happy as he can be. Well, that is my aim anyways. Danny scares me a little by almost shoving the Oreo into my mouth. I take it and eat it while he smiles at me. I give him an Oreo and bop him on the nose with it first. He shakes his head, but smiles.
"Have I ever told you that you look sexy when you're thinking?" Danny asks me. I guess I was too busy thinking to consider what my boyfriend thinks about it. I look at him and wink. "I don't think you have told me any time recently," I tell him. I know he is sexy any time of the day, but if I tell him that I think he is sexy, cute or anything like that he would deny it until I give up the subject. "Well, I think you're sexy when you think," he tells me, and I kiss him on the lips. Only Danny could call me sexy when I was distracted thinking about how to spoil him on our next date. We do take it in turns to plan and take control of dates. We won't be having a date for a little while at least, we are not in the mood to leave the house.
"I'm glad my sexy boyfriend thinks I am sexy," I tell him, part of me wants to wind him up a little bit. If it goes well then he should end up laughing and it will distract him from the cold and how miserable he feels. He is blushing already and shaking his head again. "Now I want to send you to the eye doctor," he tells me. I laugh, he is silly. I still love him despite all the silliness and the occasional banter between us. "Only if you're the eye doctor," I tell him. It is completely ridiculous, but it makes him laugh which is what I wanted. We stay cuddled up and focus more on the film which we had started to abandon while we were talking. Danny wants to hold my hand again which is fine by me. I love being close to him.
It's almost time for me to consider cooking something for dinner. Danny seems to be comfortable watching another film while I find something to make for dinner. I don't mind if he changes his mind while I am in the middle of cooking that he wants to come and watch me. Maybe mac and cheese will be a quick easy meal to make. Danny is not fussy, and neither am I, so I guess macaroni and cheese it is. I am not going to be completely lazy with it though, I am going to make my own cheese sauce from scratch since that was what Danny taught me. I could even make it fancy somewhat by adding a crispy top to it and put it in the oven for a little while. Now I am just giving myself more work to do I realise.
I ended up simplifying it, so no fancy crispy topping this time. When I am feeling better I will do this again sometime and add the topping, but it was just too much work when all I want to do is go to sit on the couch with the love of my life and just be lazy. When you become an adult there is so much time spent doing stuff and not enough time being lazy and not doing much. At least that is my opinion so far in adulthood. Danny is probably going to disagree with me on that, but he is happier when he is busy. I finally made the macaroni and cheese after much debate on how I was going to do it and if that topping was going to be included. Now I can take both bowls of it into the living room so we can enjoy it.
"Did you have the topping debate with yourself again?" Danny asks, as I hand him the bowl. The film he was watching had ended and he had started another one in the time it had taken me to make the dinner. He had only chosen a short film though, so I didn't take very long in reality. It just felt long to us both. "Yep, I wanted to make the topping. I just decided not to because I kind of want to be lazy and at the same time this cold really doesn't allow me to stand in the kitchen cooking away for so long," I tell him. He thanks me for the food and we just eat in a comfortable silence while the film plays in the background. It wasn't as good as we both thought it would be but the food makes up for it.
"It was definitely worth it without the topping," Danny says, he takes both the bowls to do the washing up even though I didn't want him to. I wanted him to have more rest because he was just accepting having a lazy day. I was worried that if he decided to do the dishes then he will want to do some other things while he has the energy to do so and it back fires on him. I did go to keep an eye on him and make sure he wasn't going to do more chores than was necessary. I did clean the apartment this morning and it won't need cleaning again for at least another few days. "Don't worry, I will rest after this. It was my turn to wash them anyways," he tells me. I know he is telling the truth and we do take it in turns to do the dishes.
"I was only a little bit worried. I know you will be sensible," I tell him. To be fair on him he was practically finished with the dishes by the time I went in there to check. He walks over to me and I wrap my arms around him again. I swear I get the best cuddles from him that no one else does. I love him so much. "I know I will be sensible. You won't let me be silly," he tells me. I chuckle, he knows me almost too well. "Well, I will let you be silly sometimes," I tell him. He smiles at me; he knows I would never be intentionally mean to him. He also knows I tend to joke around a lot especially when he isn't in a good mood. I think we might watch a couple more films and then go bed because I am starting to get tired and I bet Danny is too.
"How is getting sick so tiring?" Danny asks, he was now sitting on my lap and I didn't mind him being there one bit. "I think it is because your body spends a lot of the energy you'd have for something else fighting the virus inside of you," I reply, as he rests his head on my shoulder. He sighs, but deep down he knows it has to do with the cold. He got plenty of sleep last night. He even slept in this morning which isn't like him. "Do you want an early night?" I ask him, Danny had started yawning now and I know he is getting sleepier. "No, I think I can stay up till normal bed time. I am not that tired at the moment," he tells me. Fair enough, he can go to bed whenever he wants to. I am not going to control him.
The films are getting boring now, so we are looking for one of our television shows to see if we have missed any episodes. It turns out one of our favourite shows has a whole new season we haven't watched yet. We won't be able to watch it all in one go, but we can make a start on it at least. It might be something we continue on in the morning. It's not like we have anywhere to be tomorrow. We can stay at home all day; I don't need to buy groceries. "I can't believe we missed this show dropping," Danny says. Even I have to admit that the premiere of this season snuck past me. It is not a huge deal that we missed it though. I like binge watching instead of waiting for the next episode. "Oh well, we can catch up now," I tell him.
"Yeah, that's a fair point. We have all the time we need to catch up. I am surprised I haven't seen any spoilers for the show yet," Danny says. I think he is coming round to the idea I have forming in my head for tomorrow. If we watch as many episodes of the season we can now until we get tired, we can binge watch the rest tomorrow. I was also surprised that I haven't seen any spoilers for the season of the show yet. Maybe people are being nice for once and respecting that people want to watch shows in their own time. I wouldn't share any spoilers under any circumstances. I would only talk about the show if I know that they have watched it and are at the same episode I am on. It would be mean to spoil it.
We got another snack and drink refill. I know that Danny is slowly getting more and more tired as the evening goes on. He isn't going to last all the episodes I know it. I change it and he pouts. "You were dozing off Dan. I thought if you fall asleep now then it would be better if you fell asleep to something you are not going to be disappointed with missing," I explain. It is something hard to deny if you are sitting there with your eyes slowly closing on their own like Danny's was. He's more awake now. I think I startled him when I changed the programme over to something we haven't seen before, but it wouldn't matter if we missed some of it. "Makes sense. I don't actually see myself staying awake much longer," he tells me.
I thought as much when I made the change. I decide to rub circles into his back to relax him further. If he was going to fall asleep earlier than he anticipated he might as well be comfortable while he is doing it. "I love you so much Danny," I tell him. I don't tell it to him very often. If you say I love you too often then they are less likely to believe you than if you said it on an infrequent basis. Having said that, I do tell him every night that I love him. It has just become part of our bedtime routine. "I love you so much too Jordon," he replies. Maybe we should go to bed now before he falls asleep on the couch again. "Let's go to bed," I tell him, and he nods. I am almost as tired as he is at this point, so I think it's time.
We go through the boring typical evening routine. First we make sure all the electronics are off that need to be off. Then we go to our room to get changed into some fresh pyjamas, then Danny goes off to brush his teeth. While he does that, I take some time answering some text messages before I put my phone on charge for the night. Then Danny comes back into the room, so I go and brush my teeth while he probably does the same thing I have just done. The last thing we do is cuddle in bed together and fall asleep.
And that was the end of another one shot! Hope you enjoyed. Let me know what you think, if you have any requests and see ya next time.
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