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[priorlives]

Prior always faced the change in weather with dread. One of the blessings of the island was that the climate was overall good for his immune system. He'd had bronchitis on the island once, and pneumonia another time, both during that small window of winter.

And as soon as he saw the real change that the island had undergone - the time period in

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[pitythetrumper]

Normally, coughs didn't bother Freddie much. Especially with the bite of cold the way it was, people were bound to get colds or even the flu just because it was so different to the way it was the other eleven months. This time it was different. This time, when he saw the suit and the cane and that damned hat...or maybe it was that he recognized the damn cough. Freddie ran to catch up with Prior, sliding a hand over his back.

"Why don't we head to the Compound and find out if we can get a little hot chocolate, Sunshine?" And Freddie could make a pit stop to find one of the doctors willing to make a house call.

[priorlives]

It would just figure that Freddie would be there just in time to see this - Prior was somehow simultaneously relieved and dismayed to see him.

"Is that a euphemism for a cute doctor?" he asked, not buying it. "Because I'm fine." For now.

[pitythetrumper]

"Absolutely not," Freddie answered. "Do you really think I'd leave you to the tender mercies of a cute doctor?" He already had enough abandonment issues and Prior knew a tiny bit of them. Enough to know that Freddie wasn't just going to hand Prior over to someone.

"Come on. Hot chocolate, maybe find some mistletoe... You know you want to."

[priorlives]

"Hot chocolate sounds divine," Prior said, managing a little smile. "Or is that a euphemism?" He was all about changing the subject right now. "For things one shouldn't do under public mistletoe?"

[pitythetrumper]

"Do you really think that I'd do something like that inside the Compound?" Freddie grinned because the answer was, of course, that he absolutely would. Had, in fact, not that he'd shared that particular tidbit with Prior.

[priorlives]

"Mmmmm... maybe so, though it takes two to tango under the mistletoe. And you know me, honey, I'm shy." Prior smiled.

[pitythetrumper]

"If you're shy, I'm the Queen of Sheba." Freddie tucked Prior's arm carefully in his and started heading toward the Compound. "If you ever had a shy bone in your body, it's long since been broken or shattered beyond all recognition."

[priorlives]

Prior snorted. "You're probably right. Though I'm not wearing sequins right now so that does bring the shyness quotient up just a tad."

[pitythetrumper]

"Yes, I think from somewhere around -10 to maybe -9. You're still about as far away from shy as you can get, but it was a good try." Freddie rubbed his hand over the back of Prior's. It didn't sound like he was coughing anymore. That was good. He still wanted Prior to see someone and he would make it happen. Eventually.

[priorlives]

"Yeah, but maybe you shouldn't make out with me," Prior said. "Clearly I have a... cold."