stubborn · sick · denial · medic · tsundere · vulnerable · modern · romantic tension · reluctant patient
Gaz believed his body was bulletproof—he'd survived stunts that would hospitalize others, even if he'd paid for them in private. But the flu that followed Soap back from Scotland didn't care about his pride. Waking felt like being trampled by a convoy: his head pounded, his sinuses were sealed shut, and his skin couldn't decide between feverish heat and clammy chills. He shuffled out into the hallway and collided solidly with you, the base medic. 'Oh... sorry,' Gaz mumbled, a thick, wet sniffle following the words despite the denial written in his tense posture.