A/N I'm loving this story and writing it is so much fun. I hope you all like it too! All rights to Rick Riordan.

"Nico!" Someone pounds on the door of the Hades cabin. "Nico! NICO!"

Nico stumbles out of bed and rushes to the door. Swinging it open, he comes face to face with Austin Lake.

"What's going on?" Nico asks, suddenly awake and alert.

"Nico, it's Will." Austin says.

"What about Will? He's right he-" Nico turns to gesture to the sleeping boy, but he finds no such person. He quickly comes to a realization. "He snuck back into the infirmary to work, didn't he?"

"Yeah, it's not good. There was a fight between the Hermes cabin and the Ares cabin and there were a lot of injuries, seeing as though the Hermes cabin smuggled in explosives." Austin starts explaining. "Will healed three of the more severely injured patients before he passed out. We got him in a bed and Kayla's with him now. The thing with Apollo kids is that when we overexert our powers to the extent that Will did, we get super sick. Like, the flu but 3 times worse. Extreme fevers, throwing up for days, severe head colds, the works. Will's in for a rough couple of weeks."

"That idiot. I knew something was up when he passed out while healing Percy. Let's go." Nico grabs a jacket from the hook next to the door and runs with Austin to the infirmary.

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"Kayla, how is he?" Nico asks, rushing to his boyfriend's side.

"Well, unconscious. High fever of 106.2. We don't know much else until he wakes up." Kayla says.

"Ok, so hold on, how did you guys find out about what happens to Apollo campers if they overexert themselves?" Nico asks, curious.

"It's only happened a couple of times. There's only been like one in the last 25 years, and I bet you would never guess who it was." Austin starts explaining, sarcasm leaking into his last sentence. "While Will was learning how to use his powers, he pushed them way too far trying to heal campers after a bad game of capture the flag. Lee warned him not to because they had other healers but Will did it anyway and he passed out for like a day. After that he got super sick and was out for weeks."

"My stupid, idiot, boyfriend and his stupid need to help people." Nico says, frustrated. He leans back in his chair. "So, once he gets sick, which we know he will, how do you treat him?"

"We can't. That's what makes it so bad. Once he's sick, there's nothing we can do other than let it pass. I'll give him an IV so he doesn't get dehydrated but after that, nothing." Kayla states.

"Okay, after you do that, we need to get him back to my cabin." Nico says.

"Why? We could just put him in one of the private rooms in the back to keep an eye on him." Kayla proposes, starting to insert the IV into Will's hand.

"Because, if he stays in here then he'll see all the things you're doing wrong, his words not mine," Nico quickly assures, "and he'll wanna get up and come help, even if he is sick. If he comes and stays in my cabin, he won't get anyone sick like he would in your cabin, I could take care of him, he wouldn't be distracted by things here."

"Yeah, I agree with Nico on this one. Everything he just said makes perfect sense." Austin agrees. Kayla finishes by taping the IV firmly to Will's hand. Nico takes his hand and places it on the older boy's shoulder as he shadow travels back to cabin 13.

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"Mm." Will groans, finally waking from his unconscious state. "Mm!"

"Hey, Will, calm down. I'm here. What's wrong?" Nico questions quickly. Swiftly moving to his boyfriend's side, he takes Will's hand into his.

"It… hurts!" Will moans.

"What hurts, Will?" Nico asks, suddenly very concerned.

"Ev-everything." He rolls onto his side and grasps Nico's hand tightly. His stomach groans in protest and suddenly, he shoots upright in the bed and sprints to the bathroom. He made it barely in time before he kneels in front of the toilet and wretches. Nico is close behind. He rubs a soothing hand on Will's back, trying to comfort him. Will continues throwing up into the porcelain bowl with both hands white knuckling the rim. The son of Hades uses his right hand to hold back his boyfriend's blonde hair. His body is convulsing and he's shivering from his fever.

"Shh. It's okay. It'll be okay." Nico kisses the top of Will's head as the latter pants as tears start streaming down his face.

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Will"s POV

Will doesn't want to throw up. It's disgusting. It hurts. And most importantly his boyfriend is sitting right next to him.

What's more unattractive than throwing up? Nothing. If Will throws up in front of Nico again he would never recover.

Sure he's helped Nico through sickness like this before, but he's a doctor, that's his job. If Nico had to watch him retch once more, he would never be over his embarrassment.

"Shh. It's okay. It'll be okay." He hears Nico coo. The younger boy takes notice of how hard Will is trying to keep from being sick again.

"Will, it's okay to throw up. It'll make you feel better."

"I can't." Will whimpers. Nico immediately looks confused.

"Why not? Your body is obviously begging for it!"

"I can't… because you're here. I don't want you to see this. You can leave. I can take care of myself." Will croaks, his throat raw from his previous heaving.

"William Andrew Solace, if you think for one second that I would just leave you here to be sick by yourself you are the dumbest guy I have ever met!" Will turns his face to the floor and attempts to control his breathing. "Look, I get that you're scared and tired and maybe even embarrassed because suddenly you're on the receiving side of being taken care of, but I'm not leaving. You have someone to take care of you now, all you have to do is let me."

Before Will can say anything in response, he quickly leans over the toilet bowl and heaves. More tears prick at his eyes and fall slowly down his face.

"It hurts, Nico." Will cries, leaning back on his boyfriend.

"I know. I'm here. I'm not leaving." With that reassurance, Will finally closes his eyes and falls into a fitful sleep.