It Came Out of Nowhere

[vesper_verde]

It had been a very long day at work, and he had a very long night of patrolling in front of him. Marcelo leaned against the wall of the elevator as he traveled toward the penthouse. It felt like someone hung cinder blocks from his shoulders. He dropped his briefcase when the elevator came to a stop.

He let out a soft grown as he bent over to pick it up. A wave of general hurt washed over him. Marcelo straightened up with a sigh and a shiver. Well, whatever this was, he only has time for dinner to fix it. Then he had things to do.

As the elevator doors opened, he rubbed his eyes and barely managed to not walk smack into the door halfway in his way. Once in the penthouse, he dropped his briefcase just inside the door way. He made his way to the kitchen to see if there was a bite to eat.

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[vesper_verde]

"Love den? Did you decide to order the chaise lounger?" It took a second for his brain to catch up with the not gonna part of what she said. He had to physically shake his head to get his thoughts to change onto the right track.

His eyes nearly crossed looking up at her hand on his forehead. He looked a little confused why she didn't feel as warm as she used to. He would not believe he was running a fever.

"I don't know anything about a flu going around. Those sniffly conversations aren't that fun to eavesdrop on."

[pyroprincess]

"Only the best for you, mi amor." Stephanie replied mildly, watching him shake his head. It was more and more obvious that he was badly out of sorts.

"Marcelo." Stephanie said kindly, but firmly. "You're running a fever. You don't feel remotely right. Why don't you take a night off, get some rest and maybe you'll feel well enough tomorrow to beat up twice as many criminals. As I said, I'll throw in extra pillows and something warm to drink and all the babying you can handle."

"You're sick and when your body isn't well, your mind isn't going to be 100% either. Stay home tonight and rest."

[vesper_verde]

He opened his mouth to protest. Then he closed it. He opened it again but couldn't get the protest out.

"Alright," he agreed reluctantly. He set his fork down because there was no use keeping up appearances on hunger. "I don't want the gripe."

He hadn't really been sick in awhile. The last time he had been, he had Luisa and her traditional cold remedy around. He really missed his former secretary.

[pyroprincess]

Stephanie was actually surprised he gave up so easily. She had been prepared for more of a fight, but she was certainly happy that he hadn't. She circled around him and gently wrapped her arms around him, kissing him softly on the neck. "Thank you. I'll do my best to take care of you, I promise. I don't actually have much happening tomorrow, so I'll be around most of the day.

I know it's hard to admit you're not up to something- so I'll reward your wisdom with flagrant spoiling. Just watch me." She gave him a gentle squeeze.

[vesper_verde]

It was a testament to how miserable he felt that he gave up so easily. It only took two to three increasing instances of pointing out he should stay for him to at least acknowledge it. He was rapidly running out of energy to do anything, arguing with his wife drained him when he was healthy anyway.

"Around? Okay." He rubbed his hand across his forehead in the hopes it would make the room seem cooler somehow. "Don't need to make make yourself catch-"

He paused. "You don't get sick, do you?"

[pyroprincess]

Stephanie knew that he must have felt truly awful to put up so little fight, which only increased her determination to take as good care of him as possible. It was fortunate that, as it happened, all she had tomorrow were a few classes in a cluster in the early afternoon. She'd be home the rest of it to spoil him thoroughly.

Stephanie actually had to consider it for a moment. "I'm not certain if I'm actually immune, but ... I haven't been sick since my powers manifested. Which makes me an excellent nurse. I'll even wear the costume if you like."

[vesper_verde]

The nurse costume usually got him excited. Now, he just ached and had no inclination to do anything but sit there and slump over a bit.

"Oh. Good. " He pushed his plate out of the way and put his arms one on top of the other. "Finish your paella. I'm not going anywhere."

He slowly rested his head on his arms.