WARNING! TODAY'S PRIZE IS SOMEWHAT SAD, M'KAY?

December 9th

It was very hard for Francis to watch. Arthur was alone in the room, and it was obvious he was not going to get better anytime soon. It was Christmas Day, a day the couple had once celebrated, but now Francis just couldn't help but hate it. It was the fourth one Arthur would spend in this horrible place.

Francis reached out and turned up the volume. He choked on a sob, what he always did when he heard his voice. The voice that was always soft and hard, loving and condescending, bright and dark, all at the same time. Now, it was just slurred, slow, and sometimes tearful.

"Francis," Arthur mumbled, "Francis, Francis, Francis."

He continued to mumble his name over and over again. It took all Francis all he had to not fall apart. Francis had hoped maybe this Christmas, Arthur would be better. No such luck. The doctors said maybe he could get better, but his insanity had only gotten worse.

Francis closed his eyes. He thought about Arthur when he was still sane. He remembered his warm arms enclosing around him. He tried as hard as he could to recall the scent, the horrible scones he could never admit would get a bit better each time, the way the kisses felt, but most of all, the Christmases.

He thought back to all the Christmas and he couldn't seem to remember any without him. He drowned out the mutterings of his husband until they stopped. Francis snapped his head up and looked at the screen.

Arthur was looking straight at him. Francis knew he couldn't see him, but still. He leaped up and went to stroke the screen. The glaze in Arthur's eyes disappeared, and the beautiful emerald-green they used to be replaced it. The simple change was enough to make tears spill out onto Francis' face.

"Merry Christmas, Darling." Arthur smiled, as if some part of him was still hanging on, counting the days, like he knew. Then, the glaze returned, leaving Arthur to spiral back into insanity and Francis to break down in a fit of sobs.

~La Fin~

Heyooooo!

Before you ask anything, I just wrote a sad one to get out my anger over an Ameripan fanfiction called 'Scars.' If you ship Ameripan, please feel free to go read it! It's by moondustbeam.

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