Will watched as his brothers husband, Connor Rhodes-Halstead battled through the sea of patients that were currently in the ER. It was flu season and everyone was coming in demanding treatment when really they needed to go home and sleep.
The brown haired doctor looked so unhappy, so Will quickly walked over to see if he was ok. In seeing his brother in law, Connor broke, large tears and soft sobs leaving his mouth.
"Woah, Connor what's up?" Will asked, hugging the crying man close
"I don't feel well" Connor cried, hands clutching the back of Wills scrubs tightly
"Ok, ok, let's get you into the break room and I'll call Jay" Will said gently, guiding the man into the warm locker room
"I want Jay" Connor whimpered, rubbing his eyes
"I'm calling him bud" Will soothed, placing Connor on the sofa in front of him
The phone rang, and rang, going to voicemail after 8 rings so Will quickly searched for his fiancée, Greg Gerwitz, number and phoned him, all the while allowing Connor to cuddle into his side.
"I'm wet Will, need to change" Connor whispered, and Will shushed him gently
Jay had started a regression with Connor when the man had admitted that he was anxious and depressed alot of the time. The younger man was around 1 when he dropped, not potty trained and his speech was not the best either.
Will knew that with his brother in law being sick, meant tbag he was at more risk of dropping and dropping deep. He needed to get ahold of Mouse or Jay as soon as possible; and he could have cried in relief as Mouse answered the phone after 4 rings.
"Will, what's up"
"I need you and Jay down here ASAP"
"Why, what's wrong?"
"Connor is slipping and he has a fever of around 102"
"Shit, ok, we are coming, give us ten minutes"
With that they hung the phone up, and Will quickly sat on the sofa, lifting Connors light body up and letting him cuddle into his chest. The smaller man was starting to calm down but Will could feel his temperature through his scrubs.
"Connor, we need to cool you down a little bit, can you take off the hoodie and scrub top for me please?" Will asked softly
"Help me" Connors asked softly, his eyes glazed over with the fever
"Ok buddy, can you lean forward please" Will asked, smiling at the man who did so while lifting his arms up
"Need change" Connor whispered, giggling when Will tickled his belly as he pulled off the hoodie that was definitely Jays and his scrub top
"I know, but only Jay has your stuff remember" Will soothed, allowing Connor to cuddle back into him now he was shirtless
The two men sat in silence, apart from small sniffles coming from Connor every so often, until Jay cane through the door. He stayed silent though seeing that his husband was fast asleep on his older brother, hands clenching Wills scrub top tightly.
Mouse was close behind him, and wuickly grabbed his phone to take a photo of the two men; Will was awake but was too busy whispering sweet nothings in Connors ear he didn't hear the two enter.
"How long has he been asleep?" Jay asked softly, not wantinf to wake Connor
"About an hour I think" Will replied, rubbing Connors back to wake the man, and the man did stir but didn't wake completely
"What's his temperature?" Jay asked, sitting opposite Will on the other sofa as Mouse joined his fiancée
"About 103, I think he's got the flu, all our patients we are dealing with have it" Will sighed
"No throwing up or anything though?" Jay asked, knwoing vomiting was a huge fear of Connors
"No, hey bud, can you wake up, Jays here" Will whispered, sitting the man up as he woke up
"Jay" Connor whimpered, eyes drooping
"Hey beautiful, can you come to me, and I'll change you too, then we can all go home" Jay whispered, smiling softly at his husband who slid off of Wills lap and staggered over to
him
Jay took the man into his arms, allowing the younger to cuddle for a little bit before he motioned for Mouse to stand by the door and ahut the blinds. He gently pulled Connors trousers down, and laid him on the sofa, grabbing the black bag which held nappies and everytbing he needed.
Connor whimpered at the loss of contact, but sighed in happiness as Jay handed him his beloved red dummy. Knowing he would be distracted, Jay quickly unstrapped his dirty nappy, wincing at how red the rash was on his thighs, grabbed the cream and put a generous amount on.
He reached for a clean nappy, sighing in releif when he saw it was the bigger ones that were softer and alot gentler on Connors sensitive skin, and carefully yet quickly got his husband strapped back up in a clean nappy.
"All down beautiful, shall we go home now?" Jay asked, kissing Connors belly as he lifted him back up, helping him get his tracksuit bottoms on
"Home, wanna cuddle" Connor murmured as he leaned into Jays warmth
