that thing called cancer · phan

prologue

trigger warnings throughout the entirety of the story: terminal illness, cancer treatment, etc.

please do not read if you are uncomfortable.

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it started off slowly.

it started off as small aches every here again. dan didn't think anything of it at first.

then, it turned into something much worse.

he couldn't breathe.

he woke up in the middle of the night, gasping for breath. he began crying. it hurt. it hurt so bad.

he started to bang on the wall to get his parents to come to his room. eventually, his mum walked in and turned on the light.

she saw his state of being and rushed to his side. he could breathe now, but his breaths were mere gasps, not giving him much air at all.

she picked him up, screamed for his dad and grabbed her keys. they rushed him to the emergency room, where they diagnosed him - after hours of staying there - with leukemia.

he cried so much that night.

/a/n new story idea! i know it's sad and i apologize, but i'm really gonna do my research for this story. it's gonna be a good one. (i think so anyway)

well thank you for reading my prologue! it means a lot and i hope you'll stay for the rest of the story!

-emily