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Recently you've taken up a new online job since the labor limbo thing wasn't paying enough which is fine except you've been way over working yourself. You spend your mornings and afternoons helping objects then spend all night working, sometimes getting a few hours of sleep if you finish early. Now that's all caught up with you since you're sick. It's just a mild fever, nothing World ending. Your original plan was just to avoid all your lovers for a few days and get Farya's help but that plan came crashing down when you remembered you told Eddie and Volt that you'd come to the bar early and help with maintenance.
“Shit..” you mumble as you try to cover up how sick you look with makeup and seem to be sweating it off. Barry looks distressed.
“My little kitten whiskers, you can not be doing this to yourself! You need rest and really good soup!” Barry says as he tries pulling you to bed. Great, now another object knows you're sick.
“Barry, I'll be fine. I won't do any of the heavy lifting and I'll tell them I'm not feeling well.” You say knowing you probably won't mention it. Barry sighs and pouts softly which makes you chuckle and kiss him on the cheek.
“Barry dear won't you help me with my makeup?” You flirt with your lover and it works, he blushes and gives in to helping you be stupid.
“Of course my darling but be safe and don't overwork yourself, promise?”
“Promise.” you say with a soft smile. Barry does his best but you still look sick. The man can only do so much when you continue to sweat all the makeup off.
You try to put on your cute clothes but Dirk doesn't let you.
“Go to bed.” Is all he says as you try and grab anything other than the hoodie and shorts you're wearing right now. When you try to reach for anything else he slaps your hand away.
“Dirk come on I am fine-” you try and explain but he cuts you off.
“Bed time.” He doesn't let you get a word in. How rude. Unfortunately for Dirk you're stubborn so you huff and start walking to the breaker box much to his worry.
As you walk to the breaker box you start to feel like you're only watching your body and have no control over it. You're head feels fuzzy and you're stumbling like a newborn Deer all you can think about is
I hope Dorian doesn't lock me out
Finally you make it into the bar now it's time to use your years of being a theater kid to use and act like you aren't sick as hell. This should be easy right?
“Live wire! I've missed you my dear!” you hear Volt enter the room and quickly come and pick you up and twirl you. Oh god that's not helping with the dizziness. The brain foggy is creeping in and you are struggling to think so you just say the first thing that comes to mind.
“Volt you are so pretty..” Your voice sounds wrong, it has a dreamy touch to it but lucky for you Volt doesn't really understand human sickness and hasn't realized that you're sick. He lets you go and you walk over to the bar to sit. That's when Eddie sees you
“Eddieee! Hi love” you slur and smile a dreamy smile at him. Eddie is not impressed and is actually quite worried now but he tries to hide it for now.
“Spark, are you ok? You seem off?” Eddie asked softly but you were too fuzzy to notice that he was figuring it out on his own.
“Of course I'm fine Eddie. I wouldn't be here if I couldn't help!” You force down a yawn. Barry was right you should go to bed and soup would be so nice. You find yourself zoning out with your thoughts which only concerns Eddie more. You're scared out of your thoughts when Eddie's cold hand touched your forehead
“Shit spark! You're burning up! Are you sick?!” He looks at his hand.
“And trying to hide it with makeup?” He looks unimpressed and Volt comes over quickly when he hears Eddie yelling.
“Eddie, what's wrong?” He was clearly worried.
“Nothing Volt Eddie is just being overdramatic-”
“Live wire has a fever and is being stupid about it.” Eddie cuts you off and Volt looks horrified
“Live wire, were you planning to work when you're feeling so awful?!” Volt was now holding you in a hug and it felt so nice. He was cold but not too cold and it felt nice against your burning body.
“Maybe. I'd tell you guys eventually. I promised Barry I would.” You mumble as you force yourself closer to Volts body
“You idiot no- ugh Volt will you take him up to the apartment? I'll put up a sign saying we aren't opening tonight.” Eddie asks as he already starts trying to find the sign
“No no! You cant close because of me I will be fine-”
“Clearly you can't take care of yourself so we have to” Eddie cuts you off
“Live wire, just relax and let your lovers take good care of you.” Volt tries to soften the blow of Eddie's words as he picks you up. Your ears start ringing but you notice Volt whispering something to Eddie and he nods before Volt takes you up to their apartment above the bar.
He quickly puts you in his and Eddie's bed and gives your forehead a kiss before he runs to the kitchen to get you food and water. You eat the soup Volt made, it was your favorite you don't quite remember when you told Volt that. After about half an hour Eddie comes back with fever reducing meds.
“OK spark open up” he says as he hands you two pills
“Ew but Eddie they are so gross!” You argue as you pout. Pouting is new you've never done that before in your adult life unfortunately for Eddie he finds it rather cute. He keeps trying to get you to take the pills but you stubbornly avoid it. Until Eddie pops them in his mouth and starts kissing you. Fuck it his kiss feels so good. His lips taste like vanilla and whiskey and are surprisingly soft. He holds you in place and you don't notice till after the kiss that you took the pills.
“You tricked me!” You shout
“It's for your own good now the melatonin in them should kick you on your ass live wire” Eddie says smugly with that stupid grin as Volt comes back to the room.
“Volt Eddie tricked me into taking the- the-” god you feel way more tired then you did before which causes both men to chuckle. Volt climbs into bed with you and pulls you close.
“Close your eyes spark, I've got you” Volt says softly as he starts stroking your hair. You grumble a bit before letting your eyes shut. You feel Eddie climb into the bed and hold you from the other side. You smile softly to yourself.
“I should get sick more often..” you mumble before finally falling asleep