The chapter about how the opponent's striker flew into Andrew at one of the matches. And after the examination, the traumatologist sends the guy for an X-ray. The picture shows a crack in the rib. The doctor prescribes painkillers, 4 weeks of bed rest and breathing exercises. Naturally, Andrew is not going to fulfill any of the points. Because: 1) he doesn't want to take drugs, 2) he can't leave his family without his protection and, 3) come on, breathing exercises? Seriously?
That's why he goes to the airport with all the "foxes" for the next match, albeit in the role of a spectator. After a couple of hours, the discomfort turns into pain. It hurts Andrew to sit, bend over and carry his bag. He's starting to get annoyed. And periodically holds his breath.
Only Neil notices the guy's condition. He hears his own ragged breathing. And, holding Minyard by the sleeve, he slows down his pace.
- I'll take care of you. Yes or no?
Andrew thinks for almost a minute. And finally, he nods.
Josten takes his bag and they join the team. While the goalkeeper is trying to get comfortable in the chair, the red-haired man disappears somewhere, then appears with a bottle of water, a light anesthetic and a bag of dry ice in his hands. Andrew rolls his eyes, but accepts the help. After 15 minutes, he finds a position in which he does not feel much pain. When boarding is announced, everyone starts fussing and moving towards the queue. Hammick approaches the guys and starts saying something about the team they are going to play with. Andrew looks down at his untied shoelace and chooses between the pain (due to the tilt) and the risk of being fucked. Neil notices his look. He puts the bags on the floor, squats in front of him and ties the shoelace himself. Nikki freezes for a second, then makes a "oooh" sound, but under the gaze of her cousin, she falls silent and leaves the guys alone, squatting on the coach's ears.
In the queue, Neil puts Andrew behind Kevin (so that he, like an icebreaker, paves the way), and he stands behind, covering his back. And he puts his hand on his shoulder to save him from unnecessary collisions in time.
When they get into their seats on the plane and get rid of their hand luggage, the painkiller stops working. And it hurts Andrew to sit down again, in any position. Then Neil kicks Kevin out of his seat to an empty one (the flight attendants don't even argue). Then he puts a folded blanket on the seats so Andrew can lie down, and gives him his headphones, which are playing a podcast about sharks? (Does his boyfriend like it? No.. but for him, yes). And so it's really easier to transfer 4 hours of flight. The guy even manages to take a nap.. When the plane lands, Neil tries to distract Minyard with a conversation.
The hotel suddenly turns out that there is an orthopedic mattress (there is no such requirement in the Fox rider... a happy coincidence?)
And when Neil gets out of the shower and lies down next to him, Andrew waits until he settles on his shoulder and kisses him long and gently. He tries to put all the gratitude and many more emotions into the kiss, which he can't even describe in words.
- thank you, - says the blond.
"thank you for letting me," the redhead replies.
And Andrew thinks for the first time that weakness does not always turn into a disaster.
With this thought, he falls asleep.
Tomorrow is a hard day, the whole life is ahead, but they have each other..
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