Title: Take Care of Me

Plot: Peter wakes up one morning feeling ill, he has the flu. Which basically dooms Felix to take care of the magical boy's every wish until he feels better.

Word Count: 3,814

A/N: Woo okay story #2. This one was certainly easier to write. Angst is just so … feely...XD. Anyways, in this chapter I decided to just do a part that sort of suggested Snow/Regina. I never plan on writing for that pairing but one of my friends liked it so I just sort of hinted at it at the beginning of the chapter but if you don't like that pairing it can easily be ignored. Now that that's out of the way, I hope you enjoy this story remember to favorite, follow and review ^w^!

"Felix something is wr-wr-wraaaaaaaAAAAACHOOOO!" Peter's words were cut off as the boy broke into a fit of sneezing.

"P-Peter?" Felix stuck his head out of the bathroom his toothbrush hanging from his mouth "What's wrong?"

"It appears…" Peter said sniffling and trying his best not to break into another fit of sneezes "I have the flu."

Felix tilted his head pulling the toothbrush from his mouth "Is that dangerous? Is it contagious? We slept in the same bed last night could I have flu too?!"

Peter laughed at how worried Felix was getting but quickly broke into a coughing fit "Well, it's mostly just an annoyance. It is contagious but … hopefully you don't have it. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be too up to doing anything today so looks like you're going to have to take care of me."

Felix internally groaned, he knew where this was headed. He'd be nursing Peter's every ridiculous request just like back in Neverland. Since he had returned to life, Felix had been much more cautious about doing whatever Peter wanted. He knew deep down Peter would never do anything to harm him again, but that didn't stop him from fearing for the worst.

"Alright then...what do you need?" Felix asked slowly

"...I'm not entirely sure." Peter responded with a shrug "Go out and ask someone what remedies this virus. I may know what it is but I'm not expert on the subject of illnesses. Before I went to Neverland this would most certainly be fatal."

Felix nearly choked "It's not now...is it?"

Peter chuckled "No of course not. I promise if it was I'd be acting much more dramatic than this. Probably be working on my last words."

"And what would your last words be?" Felix questioned turning back into the bathroom to wash off his toothbrush.

"Felix is a lovable idiot?" Peter jokingly suggested

"Well, I don't mind the loveable part." Felix commented humming as he placed his toothbrush into the cabinet "Do you think you'll be alright if I do go out and see what people know about this flu thing?"

"I'll be perfectly fine." Peter responds before breaking into a violent coughing fit.

"Peter are you sure?" Felix asked worried running over to pat Peter on the head.

"Positive." Peter gave Felix a comforting smile, though he knew by this point Felix had felt his raging temperature and the Lost Boy was certainly beginning to panic.

Indeed he was, Felix felt fear bubbling up in his stomach. If something happened to Peter...No. He didn't even want to think about if something happened to Peter. Felix wouldn't be able to function without Peter Pan by his side at all times. Even if the boy had betrayed him in the past at this point it was all water under the bridge. Felix found it awfully funny how quickly he could forgive and forget after Peter had murdered him. But after all, this was Peter he was talking about. He felt he'd be able to forgive Peter for anything - not that he exactly encouraged the shorter boy to do anything. He'd rather not be betrayed again even if he could bring himself to forgive Peter.

Felix grabbed his cloak and gave Peter one more worried glance. He was greeted by an eye roll and Peter quietly mouthing 'over dramatic.'

"I'll be back as soon as I can." Felix promised quickly pulling his hood over his head and turning out of the door.

"What?" Peter asked feigning fake hurt "No goodbye kiss?"

Felix sighed "Peter you're sick."

"But Felix … what if I die?" Peter asked raising an eyebrow "Do you really want to know you walked out that door without granting my last request of a goodbye kiss?"

"That's not funny Peter." Felix mumbled though he found himself walking back over to the bed and planting a gentle kiss on Peter's forehead causing the other boy to break into a grin.

"Thank you Felix." He said happily

"You're welcome Peter." Felix smiled slightly as well before once again turning to the door this time he was able to get out of it without an interruption.

"See ya around Felix!" Peter called as the door to their room slammed shut.

"I think Peter is dying." Felix said walking up to the table in Granny's diner.

Snow White looked up at him her eyes widening "Excuse me?"

Regina, who was sat across from her smirked "Good riddance!"

"Regina!" Snow exclaimed giving her stepmother a horrified look "We're never going to bond if you celebrate someone's death!"

"After what he did to Henry, Pan can die a long painful death for all I care." Regina spat turning to Felix "I'm shocked you don't feel the same way."

'Not like I haven't heard this … oh … maybe 20 times before' Felix thought rolling his eyes, he really should have found someone else to talk to about this. But even though the Evil Queen was no fan of Peter's, Snow White had at least tried to be nice...to Felix anyways. And the boy didn't mind the woman as much as he should have. Out of all the adults in this terrible place she was by far his favorite. He supposed it was just that … motherly …. sense about her. Felix could hardly remember his own Mother despite living with her for almost 17 years of his life. But he supposed he just missed that motherly essence about her. Regina was a Mother too …. but she was more terrifying than motherly and seemed to hate Felix with a furious passion just as she hated Peter. Even if she hadn't minded Felix, Felix still would have minded her. He considered any enemy of Peter an enemy of his.

"Felix sweetie, what was that about Peter dying?" Snow asked her eye glistening with concern as she looked up at the blond teenager

"Well. He says he has the flu." Felix responded "And...I don't know anything about the flu. But I remember the plague from my world and … he doesn't have that does he?"

Regina laughed triggering Snow to glare at her and hiss "Regina stop. We're supposed to be trying to get along today."

"I'm only doing this because Henry asked me to." Regina responds curtly before going back to picking at the eggs she had ordered for breakfast.

"Now Felix dear, the flu isn't fatal. But I'd get Peter some medicine and maybe put a cold cloth over his head to keep the fever down." Snow suggested with a smile "Oh...but you wouldn't know much about that, how dense am I!" she ignored Regina's response of 'very' "Do you need help dear?"

Felix hesitated before slowly nodding "I...Would have no clue what sort of medicine to get…"

Snow grinned hopping to her feet "Regina, you don't mind if I go help poor Felix do you?"

"Oh you go right ahead." Regina smirked "I never wanted to go on this little date anyways."

Snow flushed "This wasn't a date I'm married!"

Regina laughed "I know, I just wasn't sure what to call it. Why would I want to go on … one of those … with you anyways?"

Snow huffed before turning to Felix and smiling kindly "Alright dear, I'll take you to the pharmacy to help you get Peter his medicine."

Felix smiled thankfully at the woman, he hardly understood how he had not just burst out laughing during that little scene. He wondered what would have happened if Charming had been around.

When it came to picking out medicine, Felix quickly learned Snow was quite picky insisting on getting only the best. He thought that was a little odd, considering how Pan had almost killed her grandson and all. But she was willing to help so Felix wasn't going to question it. He really needed the help, he had tried to grab rash medicine at first. The Lost Boy had figured anything would help Peter, plus he couldn't read more than simple phrases so the long words on most medicine boxes confused him a bit.

"Can't we please just choose one?" Felix asked with a sigh "I want to get back to Peter."

Snow turned to smile kindly at him "I know you do, but we need to be sure we have everything that can make Peter feel all better."

Felix hesitated, he knew he needed to get back to Peter but he didn't want to disappoint the other boy by bringing back medicine that wasn't up to Peter's expectations. He just wanted the shorter boy to feel better. He hadn't seen much of the flu, but he figured it must be awful. It took a whole lot to hold Peter down and if this flu thing was doing that well … Felix figured it must be absolutely awful.

"Alright. Just get whatever he needs." Felix decided after a moment of silence "But try to hurry I want to get back to him as soon as I can."

Snow laughed as if Felix had just told her a joke "True love is so adorable."

Felix stiffened "It's not true love. He's not even my boyfriend. He's just my best friend who I'm allowed to kiss, cuddle and do … other things … with."

"If you say so." Snow replied with amusement "Though, you did just define a pretty nice sounding relationship."

Felix glared and huffed about to argue when Snow perkily announced she had found the correct medicine. Though she insisted that Felix come with her to buy Peter something to unclog his nose as she explained the flu would make it stuffy. Felix didn't want Peter to be at all uncomfortable so he trudged along after the short haired woman to buy him nose drops or whatever. Felix couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they were still in Neverland. Would something bad happen to Peter because the strange medicines of this land weren't in Neverland?

"No." he reminded himself "If we were still in Neverland, Peter would never have gotten sick in the first place."

Great, another reason to hate this hellish place. He hadn't thought about that earlier. Now that they were aging outside of Neverland but Peter and Felix could become ill. And now that Peter wasn't immortal he could easily be killed. Felix gulped, no, that wouldn't happen. Storybrooke might be full of people that hated Peter but it seemed like a fairly safe place for the two of them. So long as they didn't do anything bad that is.

"Alright Felix, I think we've got everything." Snow said with a smile.

Felix turned "We can go back to Peter now?"
Snow nodded "Yep. You bring the medicine to him and I'll come up later to check on you with chicken noodle soup."

"How will soup fix him?" Felix asked tilting his head

Snow twisted her face obviously not sure herself "It just does."

After Snow payed for the medicine Felix sprinted back to Granny's. He'd been gone for over an hour. In that time something terrible could have happened to Peter already and Felix wasn't there to stop it. The very thought made Felix shiver, what if something bad had happened to Peter. He quickly went over all Snow had said in his head about how to take care of Peter. He was almost sure that no matter what had happened to Peter while he was gone he'd be able to take care of it.

He ran into their room succeeding in knocking over Ruby when he ran through the diner to get there. Usually he would have at least tried to turn and help her up, Felix had learned some manners during his time here. But without a doubt, Peter was the most important thing right now.

"Peter?" he crashed into their room crashing into their bed "Are you okay?"

"Dammit Felix don't do that!" Peter groaned his entire face red and sweaty from the fever startled as the tall blond knocked into the bed where he had been laying peacefully moments before.

Felix lowered his head "Sorry Peter."

"It's fine, it's fine." Peter replied rolling his eyes and looking up at Felix with his signature smirk trying his best to act is normal as possible "Now, do you know how to fix me?"

Felix jumped and nodded "Yeah!" he held up the plastic pharmacy bag "And Snow said she'd come over with soup later!"

"Snow White?" Peter asked sniffling and leaning back against the pillow "That woman is far too nice."

"She helped me a lot!" Felix defended the woman quickly

"And I bet you were grouchy towards her." Peter teased "You're always so grouchy when we're around other people."

Felix huffed angrily "Whatever. First I need to uh … put a cold towel on your forehead."

"You don't sound too certain." Peter replied

"We need to put a cold towel on your forehead." Felix repeated this time sounding much more sure of himself

Felix rushed to the bathroom and plucked one of the pale green towels off the rack and soaked it in cold water before rushing back to Peter.

"And how is this supposed to help?" Peter asked flinching as Felix put the towel on his forehead and water dripped down to the tip of his nose "I-It's really cold!"

"It'll bring you fever down." Felix replied kissing the drip of water off Peter's nose and looking down at the other boy with a pleased smile "Now, I'll unbottle your medicine. You'll feel so much better if you drink it."

Peter sighed "Whatever just get it for me Felix."

Felix smiled softly, Peter was so adorable sometimes "Alright, alright, be patient dear."

"Did you just call me dear?" Peter looked up smirking though it was quickly knocked off his face when he broke into a coughing fit.

Felix blushed and shot him a sympathetic smile before carefully pulling the red bottle out of the bag and unscrewing the cap.

"What flavor is it?" Peter asked absentmindedly watching the flicker of the TV show he wasn't paying much real attention to.

"Cherry." Felix replied slowly pouring the liquid into the cap before handing it to Peter "Be careful not to spill it."

Peter sniffed the liquid suspiciously before scrunching his nose in disgust "It doesn't smell like cherries. I don't want to drink it Felix."

"Don't you want to feel better?" Felix asked raising an eyebrow almost smiling at the pout that crossed over Peter Pan's face

"But Felix…It smells gross…" Peter complained softly leaning his head against the pillow and sniffling once again

"I'm sorry Peter. But if you don't drink it you'll never feel better." Felix frowned

Peter sighed "I-I guess…But if it tastes disgusting like I think it will then I'll never ever forgive you."

"Really?" Felix's eyes widened as Pan put the cap to his lips

Pan smirked before dumping the liquid down his throat and gagging as it went down his eyes popping.

"I was right!" Peter exclaimed "It tastes terrible! Like synthetic garbage! It doesn't make me feel better it makes me feel like I need to wash out my mo-" Peter sneezed cutting himself off.

"I'm sorry…" Felix frowned "I didn't mean to make you drink something disgusting I just wanted you to feel better."

Peter took a deep breath in "You're forgiven. Perhaps I am beginning to feel just a bit better!"

Felix grinned "That's wonderful Peter n-" he paused as Peter sniffled again flinching as he did so "Oh I can't believe I forgot! I have something that should clear up your nose!"

"I could use that." Peter commented clapping his hands "Get it for me then!"

"I'm not your maid Peter." Felix grumbled though he made no attempt to disobey the other boy and reached into the plastic bag to pull out the small white bottle of nasal spray.

"That's an odd shape, I'm supposed to drink that?" Peter asked tilting his head.

"No, you put it in your nose." Felix replied "Would you like help?"

"I'm Peter Pan I don't need anyone's help." Peter grumbled snatching the bottle from Felix's hands and snapping off the cap.

"Be careful." Felix sighed

"Relax I've got this." Peter replied sticking the nozzle of the bottle up his nose and squeezing "GAH!"

"Peter?!" Felix's eyes widened

"Too much of it came out at once." Peter sniffled "But … it did clear up my nose."

Felix grinned "That's wonderful!"

"I suppose." Peter mumbled coughing quietly before turning away and leaning into the pillow.

Felix sat on the edge of the bed carefully watching Peter as he tried to shuffle comfortably in bed without causing the towel to fall off his head. Felix couldn't help but notice how cute Peter was when he was sick. Usually, the boy was doing his best to look more powerful than everyone else. Looking down on everyone else when he stood above everyone else even though he was actually shorter than some of the Storybrooke residents. But he never really looked down on Felix. Even though Felix had never had much magic, even though Felix had always been fairly weak…Peter had always seen him as an equal. But now, Peter sat snuggling into the sheets, his face flushed, sweat covering his forehead and cheeks. He looked small and vulnerable and Felix couldn't help but enjoy the moment just a little bit. But not to much, Peter was still suffering and Felix didn't like the idea of Peter being in too much pain.

"Do you want me to let you sleep and wake you up when Snow comes over with the soup?" Felix asked quietly

Peter nodded and mumbled back "I'm not sure where you're going to sleep, I don't want to risk you getting sick."

"The floor is perfectly fine with me." Felix replies "I'm not tired right now anyways, it's still very early. But when the time comes I'll be able to sleep on the floor. I'm a Lost Boy after all, aren't I?"

Peter looked up with a smile, an actual genuine smile, "You're not lost I'm right here aren't I?"

Felix couldn't help but to laugh "You're right. You know … that's why I couldn't here your pipes. Only boys who are unloved can hear that…"

"And you felt loved by me?" Peter asked raising an eyebrow and laughing quietly "That's the most precious thing I've ever heard."

"What, you didn't love me?" Felix asked trying to fake hurt

Immediately Peter replied "No, of course I did!"

Felix smiled leaning down to kiss Peter's burning cheek "Go to sleep, Pan."

Peter smiled and shut his eyes "G'night."

"Good night." Felix responded stopping himself from correcting Peter and mentioning it was only 12 in the afternoon.

Snow arrived not too long after Peter fell asleep but Felix didn't have the heart to wake the sleeping boy who looked so … innocent when he slept. For once, Peter Pan looked like an absolute angel.

Snow seemed to agree "He doesn't look that bad when he's asleep."

"He's not that bad!" Felix defended "...Well not anymore. He's changed.'

Snow nodded knowingly "I agree, true love changes a person."

"I told you earlier it's not true love!" Felix practically shouted

"H-Huh?" Peter opened one eye glancing up weakly, for a minute Felix thought he was hurt by the comment but Peter immediately turned to Snow in confusion "Did she bring me soup, I'm hungry."

Snow laughed holding out the pot of chicken noodle soup "Of course."

"Thank you." Peter said with a smile "Felix can you get it for me, I don't want to get up."

Felix smiled and took the small pot from the short haired woman "Thank you Snow."
"You're very welcome." Snow replied brightly "If you need anything else, just come find me. You know where I live, right?"

Felix nodded "I do. I'll come to you if I need any help."

The woman left nearly as soon as she had come leaving Felix once again alone with Peter. The brunette boy lay in bed silently sipping the chicken noodle soup occasionally coughing or sneezing as he did so.

"Felix, can you turn the TV back on?" Peter asked "I want to watch TV."

"You're acting a lot cuter when you're sick." Felix grinned laughing as Peter's already crimson face got even redder.

"Be quiet and turn on the TV." Peter snapped shovelling the soup into his mouth.

Felix complied turning on the TV and hopping into bed next to Peter.

"Felix, you can't be in the same bed as me. You could get sick." Peter mumbled

Felix didn't respond, he grabbed Peter's soup moving it strategically so it wouldn't fall and pulled Peter closer resting the other boy's head on his chest.

"Felix you could get sick." Peter repeated.

Felix laughed "I don't care. I want you with me." he handed Peter his soup back.

"But … you could get sick…" Peter protested

"Do you want me to leave?" Felix asked raising an eyebrow and looking down at the brunette boy.

It was Peter's turn not to respond. He hugged Felix closely and pressed his face into Felix's chest.

"Do you?" Felix repeated

"No." was the muffled response

"Eat your soup Peter." Felix muttered with amusement leaning back against a pillow a running his fingers through Peter's sweaty hair. Felix really hoped Peter felt better soon.

Indeed the very next morning Felix was miserable in bed next to Peter both suffering from the flu. Despite this, Felix didn't feel any regret. He would have missed Peter's warmth if he had stayed away from him. Anyways, spending an entire day lazing around in bed with Peter was worth anything. Even after Peter's soup made a reappearance later in the night.

"I told you that you were going to get sick." Peter frowned

"It's alright." Felix replied ignoring his sore throat "I'll take care of you no matter how terrible I feel."

Peter smiled. Felix did too.