"Whoever is calling us so early must have a pretty damn good reason.." Dan grumbled. It was a little past nine in the morning on a Saturday and he was currently enjoying sleeping in the warm embrace of his boyfriend.
Phil chuckled a bit and reached over on the night stand to retrieve the ringing phone.
"'Ello?" He slurred as he sat up a bit, much to Dan's disappointment. "Um.. Yes. May I ask what this is about?.. Mhm.. 10:30?.. Okay. See you then. Bye."
Dan sat up slightly and looked in Phil's concerned eyes. "What was that all about?"
"It was your doctor.. He said they found something in your test results.. He wants us in by 10:30." Phil looked visibly shaken. If Dan was only suffering from the stomach flu, they wouldn't need to see them for "further testing". Dan, on the other hand, didn't look worried in the least and groggily stood up so that he could best Phil to the bathroom and use up all the hot water.
"Mr. Lester, Mr. Howell, thank you for coming in as quickly as possible to discuss Mr. Howell's test results." Dr. Choi said as he made his way over to the desk they Dan and Phil were sitting at.
"Well.. On the phone it sounded pretty serious.. We need to know what's going on." Phil said squeezing Dan's hand tightly.
Dr. Choi nodded. We are required to run many tests when a patient is seemingly heathy. Blood test, urine test, ect,. Mr. Howell had some.. alarming..abnormalities in his blood work. After much examination and diagnosis, we were able to come to the conclusion that Mr. Howell had developed leukemia lymphoma. There are chances of survival.. But they're slim. We will be starting chemotherapy immediately. We can even start today if we get all the papers sorted out. The sooner we get rid of this thing the better."
The doctor looked over at the young men. Dan was shell shocked. He had tears in his eyes and his breathing increased but he was just staring straight ahead. Phil on the other hand was sobbing. Tears upon tears flowed out of his eyes and he felt nauseous. He excused himself momentarily to step into the hall because, Holy Shit, the man he loved was fucking dying of blood cancer!
He took a few deep breaths and tried to compose himself before reentering the room. Dan was now crying and screaming and asking the doctor 'why?!' Over and over. Phil's heart snapped in two.
"Dan.. Sweetheart. Let's sit down okay?.. We can start your chemo today.. It will help.." Phil soothed.
Dan looked at him in disbelief. "I'm dying Phil.. I won't ever get to go back to Uni or star in a play on Broadway.. I won't get married or have kids.." He was having a panic attack at this point. Phil just soothed him the best he could even though he too, was breaking down.
Author's Note: Might abandon this story.. Comment if I should continue. Sorry this is short, I wrote it at 12:18 AM.