EDIT: Sorry, had computer problems.
Next one as I've told you.
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Misfortune
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Randy feels as if he's just woken up from a ten million year sleep have I ever been awake? as he watches John rock climb and Ted's right next to him while John tries to encourage Cody to lighten the thick atmosphere that's around them by tagging along with him during the rock climbing session and as Ted twists his head to look at Randy, a smile creeps on Ted's face.
"Hey, Randy, you know we can go out anytime? I have a way to make you happy." Ted says. His voice's thick with seduction and when he notices that Randy's still as motionless as ever, Ted's eyes turn into that of concern as he twists his head to look at an angry faced John Cena.
"Excuse me?" Ted asks John, standing up and fixing his jeans, eye-level with John and Randy looks away, tired and aloof from the world around him, and he just wants to fall back to sleep where he can hide himself in the lost blackness.
"You were hitting on Randy?"
"Yes, have a problem?" Ted crosses his arms and staring straight at John's face and as John throws a punch at Ted's stomach and his thoughts are of 'doesn't he know that Randy's engaged?' and realization overflows through John's head, hitting him, spiraling around his head as he sees Ted's annoyed eyes as he takes Randy's arms and help him up, rubbing his hand on Randy's back in comfort and console and reassurance as John's mouth gapes open.
"I—hey, Ted, I'm sorry—"
Ted steps towards John and they're both staring at each other with concerned eyes for Randy, angry eyes, dark eyes and they don't know if anyone can break their glare.
"Sorry?" Ted snaps. "You hit me! After I thought you were turning into a good guy. What am I? Your toy? And for what? Just because I turned all hot and sweet on a single man who happens to be my friend?"
"No. It's just that—"
"Guys…" Cody starts.
John gives Ted another punch in his right shoulder, making him fall down to the ground and Ted's face burn red and John steps back I'm too dangerous for anyone, aren't I? John stares down at Ted as he tries to stand up, clutching his hurt stomach and as John's eyes dart to Ted's face, "hey, I'm sorry, man. Just sorry. I know what you mean. I'm not the good guy. Just the bad guy."
"Guys!" Cody's voice cuts through the air and they both look back at the boy to see that he's holding Randy, out of breath Randy who can't breathe to save his life did I ever breathe? And as Randy's hands grip tightly around Cody's weak arms, John and Ted race towards them. John takes Randy's body in his hands, feeling the now weak boy's short and sharp and hanging on for his life's breath and his eyes are swirling with pain and agony and desolation and twisting with torment and torture and he just wants to take a real breath.
"The doctor said this was normal." John says.
"Doctor? Why didn't you tell us anything about this?" Cody exclaims, hesitating, staring at awe and terror and panic at the out of breath Randy in John's arms as John kisses Randy's forehead. "Aren't you worried?"
"No," John's voice's slightly shaky. "Randy has AML. Acute myeloid leukemia."
"Is this some kind of joke?" Ted asks and his eyes are serious and from the look on John's face, Ted backs down and looks back at the slowly recovering Randy as John grips tight around his frame.
Ted takes Cody's hand, gripping tight, pain enduring their eyes as they stare at Randy's plastered hurt face and as John looks back at Randy, he's asleep and clinging onto his shirt I'm never awake.
"We…I…" Ted starts. "I'm sorry, John." He looks down, walking towards Randy and touching his face, feeling him sweat, and he looks away, with agony filling Ted's eyes.
"There's just one thing I don't understand," Ted suddenly breaks the grieving silence and his voice's grave and pulled with pain and twisted with agony, "why were you angry w-when I hit on Randy?"
"Because—"John remembers the bet, "secretly married" and even though he knows it's silly, 'because it'll hurt you if he dies on you," and John feels that way as he grips tightly around Randy's body and brings him close to his built muscles.
Why do I keep breaking people? Ted's eyes swell up with pain. "I…I swear I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"Let's take him back to his," John wants to say 'our', 'hotel room."
"Let him stay with us. We just can't let him get hurt like that and I don't want none of us not knowing about it when he really gets hurt," John nods his head. "Besides, no one likes to be alone."
"Yeah," John agrees.
Pain. Hurt. Comfort.
Misfortunate.
Just a black cat for them, aren't you John?
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Next one? 'Smile'.
Summary: John does a romantic gesture late at night as an attempt that Randy will smile or at least show a sign of satisfaction. Can John make Randy happy again?