Bugtober Day 13: Cold

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The team having a long night’s rest by the campfire. Looks comfy

Omg your art style is so cute!! I love it! If you're interested in prompts, maybe one with Lan/ce cudding with a very sick Kei!th, who is so miserable and exhausted that he doesn't have the energy to move when he sneezes so he ends up sneezing into Lan#ces chest?

(I started with an outline to come back to and draw, but it turned into a drabble?? I’m going to still tag it and come back to it later, but I hope this short blip is okay for now)

Lance absently eyed the raindrops drumming against hisapartment window, feeling his eyelids droop as he traced Keith’s palm withgentle, sloppy circles.

It was blissful to finally hear the faint intervals of Keith’sairless snoring, escaping his mouth among his frequent heavy coughing fits. Fora few hours Lance had been lost in thought on the living room couch, exhaustionclouding his brain from taking care of his boyfriend all night.

There was something inexplicably calming to Lance aboutKeith being tightly bundled across his lap. Despite the nasty fever he couldn’tseem to shake, the warm figure secured closely into his side made Lance feel relaxedsomehow.

Keith stirred, breaking Lance’s train of thought as hecracked open his eyes pitifully. His cheeks were still notably flushed, and hisbreathing was labored by a thick congestion.

“Can’t sleep for long, huh?” Lance sighed sympathetically,running loose fingers through Keith’s fringe. “I lost track of how long youwere asleep, but I know it was longer than you slept earlier.”

Keith’s expression shifted slightly enough to indicate thathe heard his boyfriend’s words as he rolled onto his side to bury himself inLance’s chest. A strained groan escaped his lips as his hands shakily grippedLance’s shirt.

Lance frowned, securing a loose blanket tightly around Keithas he pulled him close. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“Everything is spinning.” Keith spoke through his teethgritted in frustration, his voice warped and raspy.

“Just keep your eyes closed, okay?” Lance soothed, pressinghis face into Keith’s messy hair with a soft kiss. “The more you sleep, thequicker you’ll get better.”

“Either that or I’ll die first-“ Keith slurred, his voice cutoff by coughs relentlessly rolling out of his lungs.

Lance steadied Keith into a sitting position as he miserablychoked out one cough after another, nearly collapsing against Lance as his fitbegan to ebb away.

“God,” Keith sniffled, trying to collect himself from hisdisaster of a virus. “I need more tissues.” His face was pressed into Lance’schest, muffling anything he said.

“All I heard was ‘tissues’, so let’s go with that.” Lance saidworriedly as he leaned over to grab the box of tissues from the coffee table.

“Class is going to suck tomorrow,” Keith opted to whisper,not dedicating any more energy to raising his head to look at Lance.

Lance snorted, glancing down incredulously at his boyfriend.“There’s no way you’re going to class tomorrow.”

“But-“ Keith sniffed as he feebly reached for a tissue, hisother hand pressed against his irritated nose as he huffed. Before he couldreach for a tissue, he jolted his head into Lance’s chest in a last stitcheffort to suppress a sneeze. “’Htch’oo!”

Lance winced as he glanced down at Keith, who hadn’t movedand was groaning in agony.

“I’m sorry,” Keith whined inaudibly, keeping his face placedin Lance’s shirt.

“That’s it, you’ve infected me! I guess I have to stay hometomorrow and take care of you too.” Lance dramatized. “Also, you’re disgusting.”

“I tried to grab a tissue!” Keith croaked, weakly smackingLance’s shoulder as he remained face down.

“I’m teasing you. You’re sick, it happens.” Lance chuckled,pulling Keith close as he plucked a few tissues from the box. “Would letting metake care of you until you’re better be so bad?”

“It would be a miracle for you to put up with me muchlonger, honestly.” Keith whispered, pressing the handful of tissues against hisnose.

“I love you, it’s kind of my job.” Lance said, shrugging.

“I love you too.” Keith mumbled as he curled up against hisboyfriend, feeling his thoughts fade away to the sound of the rain as he fellback asleep.  

My favourite thing ever is literally like.. domestic sick scenarios. Cuddling too.

Like, Character A is sick in bed, and B has their arms around them, gently rubbing their back as they sleep. A suddenly tenses and clutches onto B’s shirt and weakly sneezes against their chest before sniffling and exhaling shakily. then they just go straight back to sleeping and B can hear their soft snoring and gently pull the blanket up higher.

or!!!! maybe A is so stuffy and constantly sneezing that they’re exhausted and each fit just sounds like theyre desperate for relief. theyre huddled up on the couch, phone in hand to keep them busy, and B comes over, brushing back their messy bangs to feel their forehead. They both somehow figure out a solution to help A breathe better and B ends up having A sleeping against them.

What about just having B, kind of new to the whole taking care of their partner thing, and constantly struggling to make them feel better but A is super apologetic and tells them they’re doing their best and thats okay. B not knowing how to rub stuff onto their chest to make them breathe easier, or not knowing how to properly make tea and being so frustrated about it A ends up having to teach them through exhaustion.

HEy couple baths are nice too, having A shivering and resting as B cools their fever down with a towel and constantly kissing them against A’s soft protests. Having to bundle them up right after they leave the water because theyre freezing and being forced to stay awake so their hair can be dried before they sleep!!

A waking up to a fit and grabbing a handful of tissues to mop up the mess on their face, and B seeing this and coming over to help A stop sneezing long enough to properly blow their nose. And A collapsing onto the pillows directly afterwards as B brushes their hand against their forehead to soothe them. Maybe they cant even reach the tissues from where they’re laying so B holds their tissues for them omgg

its a long post but these are all great scenarios add on if ya want lol

I’ve very into various symptoms interupting with sleep lately. You know, all the basics like bad congestion keeping someone up because it takes longer than usual to fall asleep when you can’t breath through your nose, coughing all through the night, waking up to the uncomfortably warmth of your own pillow and finding it hard to fall back asleep because even if you turn the pillow the other side is heated up by your fever in seconds. Having to deal with a constantly running nose the whole night.

bad cold stuffy talk

"I have a bad cold id by dose ad it's baki'g be s'deeze so buch. I'b so stuffed up ad I cad't stop s'diffli'dg ad I deed to blow by dose so badly. ah-ah-uh-CHOOOO! sdf. excuse be. could you please had be sobe tissues?"

"I've had a bad cold for two weeks dow a'd I thi'dk—hhdjisschewww!—I thi'dk I'b catchi'g adother ode."

"AH-CHOO! I'b so sorry, I did't bead to s'deeze od you. I have a bad cold a'd I—ACHOO!—I haved't beed able to stop s'deezi'g all week. AHAHCHOO! Sorry... I hope I did't give you by cold."

"I had to walk hobe last dight a'd it was raidi'dg a'd I did't have ad ub'brella. I got so cold a'd wet a'd by dose was ruddi'dg so buch. By the tibe I got hobe I was shiveri'g a'd by dose was bright pi'dk a'd I was s'deezi'g like crazy. I could'dt stop s'deezi'g all dight a'd dow I have a really stuffy dose a'd it wod't go away. I thi'dk I caught a bad cold frob bei'g id the rai'd."

"I'b—ADJCHOO!—I'b cobi'g—AHD'JHISH-CHOO!—I thi'dk I'b cobi'g dowd withAHGK-CHOO! with a bad AHHTCHOO! AHGKT-CHOO! with a bad cold. AACHOO! AHHPTCHOO! AH-AAH-AAAHH–AAHPTSSSCHOO!"

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Am I the only one that really enjoys the exhaustion part of a whump fic? Like for example:

A character has pretty bad flu/cold and it knocks down their energy reserves. So much so that they can fall asleep anywhere at any time. And while their caretaker is by their side, comforting them, they just slowly rest their head against the caretaker’s shoulder and just… doze off. Without warning. And when the caretaker wants to get up, they notice the skight weight on their shoulder and decide to stay a little longer.

A character is exhausted from either a coughing fit, sneezing fit, etc. and when they finish they slowly rest their head onto the nearest surface and the caretaker has to try and drag them up gently to their room.

Bonus points if:

The character starts to snore with heavy amounts of congestion into the mix.

The character ONLY snores when sick.

The character is usually a light sleeper, but can’t even be woken up when sick.