FIC: The Heart of the Matter (Ray Levoi/Walter Crow Horse, PG)
TITLE: The Heart of the Matter
RATING: PG
FANDOM: Thunderheart
PAIRING: Ray Levoi/Walter Crow Horse
SUMMARY: Many years in the future, the boys have a little argument.
AUTHOR’S NOTES: Written for slashthedrabble prompt #305: What I meant was . . .
The heart monitor’s cadence was the night’s constant soundtrack. Ray tried to find a comfortable position in the chair beside the bed, but was unable. Sleep was similarly elusive.
A creaking voice. “You awake?”
Ray forced his aching body into a sitting position. “Yeah.”
“Hey,” Crow Horse said.
“Hey.”
Crow Horse studied him for a long moment, his eyes gleaming in the dark. “You mad?”
Ray flushed. “To think of all the years I’ve been after you to eat better, and get more exercise-”
Crow Horse sighed and leaned back into his pillows. “That’s a yes.”
“-and take your blood pressure pill, and mind your sugar-”
“Hey, now. My sugar’s got nothing to do with a heart attack.”
Ray didn’t say anything, so Crow Horse fooled with his IV line a bit, just to get Ray to talk.
“Leave it alone,” Ray said, “or I’ll call the doctor.”
“Hell, no doctor can yell at me the way you can, honey.”
Ray frowned. Crow Horse reached out for his hand. Ray took it, gave it a squeeze.
“You scared the shit out of me,” Ray said.
“Sorry.”
“No. Shit, I’m sorry. What I meant was, I love you.”