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Whumpmas In July - Day 9

Day 9: Burning

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More Love and Deepspace today because I will never get over Xavier's Feverish Attempts card and the canon whump we got from that <3

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Xavier’s skin was still too hot to the touch as she pressed her hand to his cheek. He gave a soft moan and nuzzled into it, eyes fluttering.

“Xavier? It’s time for you to take more medicine.”

His face scrunched up but his eyes fluttered open, the usual crystal blue hazy and dull. “Again?”

“Your fever still isn’t gone.” She pursed her lips together. “In fact, you only seem to be getting hotter.”

Xavier could feel himself burning from the inside out, making it hard for him to think but he was too tired and weak to care at the moment.

He heard the rustle of foil and plastic as she popped the pills out of the bubble packaging. He tried to sit up, but his body ached. Not only from the fever, but the injuries he’d sustained—he’d almost forgotten, he didn’t know where one hurt began and another ended.

“Can you sit up?”

He tried, and she helped him, did most of the work. He burned against her side as she held him up, pressing the pills to his lips before reaching for a glass of water.

Xavier swallowed them dutifully, before he let his head sink back to her shoulder, unable to hold it up another second.

“Try to sleep,” she whispered, turning his pillows over so they would be cool before lowering him back down onto them.

He felt her slipping away and reached out weakly before her arm slid through his fingers. “Please…don’t leave…”

The words didn’t come out, frozen on his tongue. Panic set in as he felt her slip away anyway, trying to keep his eyes open, to look for her, but she was gone. He’d lost her…again and he was too weak to search for her.

Then something cool pressed to his cheek and slid down his neck. He let out a sharp exhale, forcing his eyes open to see her worried face hovering over him.

“You’re back…” he whispered.

She smiled. “I just went to get a fresh cloth.”

She soothed the cool cloth over his face and chest as Xavier was finally able to relax, leaning into her touch.

“Please stay,” he finally whispered as he felt himself drifting away again, fingers reaching out blindly.

This time, she caught them in hers and held on tight. “I’m not going anywhere, Xavier.”

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