Patton had felt fine the night before. He was tired but he insisted that he was fine. But when he woke up to get ready for work there was no way he could say he was fine. He was coughing and sniffling. Virgil woke up from the loud coughing and when he saw the state his boyfriend was in he was quick to act. "Call in sick for work, I'll get you some water." Patton did as he was told as the emo left the room. He came back with the water and Patton thanked him. "What do you want for breakfast?" Virgil asked.

"I can still make breakfast, I'm well enough," Patton said.

Virgil shook his head, "No you aren't you are going to stay here and rest."

"But-" Patton tried to protest.

"Let me take care of you," Virgil interrupted.

Patton stopped trying to protest, "How dare you use my words against me."

Virgil smiled at him, "I do it cause I love you." He kissed Patton's forehead and pulled away surprised, "Wow you are hot, and not just in looks." The darkly dressed man left and awhile later came back with food and some cold water with puppies trailing behind him. Virgil gave him the food and sat beside him in bed. The puppies also then jumped on the bed and were quick to snuggle up to their dads.

"Do you have any fever medicine?" Virgil asked as Patton finished the food.

Patton nodded, "Yeah it's in the medicine cabinet behind the mirror." He pointed to the attached bathroom. Virgil got up again and came back with the medicine bottle. He read the instructions and then poured out two pills. He handed them to his boyfriend who took them with the last of his water. Virgil got back into bed and held Patton close, who snuggled into his chest. Patton easily fell asleep and Virgil stayed awake to make sure he was fine.

A few hours later Patton woke up. "M' thirsty," Patton complained in his sleepy state.

Virgil kissed the top of his head, "I'll get you some water."

Patton had a small smile, "Thank you." Virgil left and filled up Patton's glass. The sick man gratefully drank the water. Patton finished the water and showed no signs of falling back asleep.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Virgil asked.

"I have papers to grade," Patton said.

"I'll do it for you. It's second graders, can't be that hard."

"You don't have to Love, I can do it."

Virgil shook his head, "You've done so much already, you need to take a break and let me do something for you."

Patton sighed, "Okay, the papers are on my desk and the answer keys are next to it." Virgil got the papers along with a red pen then sat beside Patton. He began to grade the papers and Patton cuddled into his side.

Virgil was grading a paper that had the name Elizabeth written at the top. At the bottom she had written P.s. How's jacket boy? with a picture of his stitched jacket drawn next to it. Virgil smiled at it, "How do your students know about me?"

Patton looked at the paper, "She saw me wearing your jacket and asked about it."

"What'd you tell her about me?" Virgil asked.

"We weren't dating at the time so I told her we weren't but that I loved you," Patton answered.

Virgil hummed and wrote something next to her note. Jacket boy is good, in fact he's grading your paper. ~Virgil

Patton smiled and kissed Virgil's hand as he was too lazy to sit up and kiss his face.