so like what if willmack anterograde amnesia au?
like the penguins game happens and itās not just willās shoulder but also he hits his head and blacks out⦠suddenly he wakes up and heās at mackās place and heās so confused like shouldnāt he be at the hospital?
eventually mack comes into the room and will just questions him. why is he at jumboās? shouldnāt they be in pittsburgh? why is his shoulder in a sling?
mack looks so tired and sad before explaining that the game was a month ago.
will is stunned. what do you mean he canāt remember anything from the last month?
āthe term is anterograde amnesia?ā will knows mack is trying to play it off like heās not upset that will is still in this state of limbo.
he points out that will kept a notebook of the previous days for him to read and will drives in, making mack snort.
āsorry, itās just you do that every day.ā
it pangs in his heart to hear mack like this. he reads and reads as mack leaves to go to practice or something.
something feels off. the more will goes through the pages, the more mackās name comes up.
how previous will learnt what happened day one while mack was in the room. how the team decided quickly he shouldnāt be on his own and mack volunteered to bring him in, with jumboās permission. how how mack helped his family when they apparently visited for christmas because going on a plane could mess him up. how mack calmed him down way too many times when will woke up because of the pain of his shoulder and the panic of not knowing where he was.
how mack⦠mack⦠mackā¦
except things became more vague. how mack decided to sleep in the same bed as will. how mack knew the procedure every morning to tell will. how mack always tries to call will when heās away on road trips and will stays with cat.
how some days mack can be a ray of sun and others mack just gets exhausted at will.
will putters into the kitchen where mack is making a protein shake. āiām sorry.ā
mack looks at him confused. maybe past will never said this to him before.
āfor what? itās not your fault your head got bashed during a game.ā
āno, that you have to keep taking care of me.ā
mack takes a deep breath before walking over. ādonāt stop me because i know you need this.ā
and suddenly mack wraps him into a hug. will canāt help but return it. itās a bit awkward with the sling since itās just one arm. but somehow it feels so good and eerily familiar.
except it also feels wrong. like they could do more.
will canāt help but ask, āis that all you know i need?ā
mack laughs a little, āit is scary how much you are starting to catch on. are you sure you donāt have them back yet?ā
will canāt even respond before mackās lips are onto him. itās a first kiss for his mind but his lips welcome him with a ghostly familiarity that makes will yearn for the moments before.
āiām sorry,ā will whispers again into another kiss. āi want to remember.ā
āyou will,ā mackās confidence makes will melt further into the embrace they are in. āi know you. somehow you will find a way and iāll be here.ā