The greeting backstage didn’t come with flowers.
Cornelius’ mom slapped him hard across the face. “You wanna pull that shit again? What kind of son of mine are you? You embarrassed us in front of the most prestigious group of people in the world.” Cornelius however couldn’t hear. The ringing in his ears was so loud. He didn’t feel this way before. But his stomach was aching so bad. His face was flushed. He must have been sabotaged by his competition. He had to have been.
He curled over again shaking from the pain and his mom grabbing him by his hair. This competition he had been practicing for months. And he screwed up. His mom dragged him to a corner where she laid it out on him. His skin was littered with new scars and her anger submissed finally. Cornelius then had a choice. To sit and let himself be escorted home or run.
So he ran. Be made it out of view of his mother and then raced to Static’s. Along the way he threw up twice from the pain. Static opens the door to find the brunette looking up at him. Static manages to get his concert uniform off and puts it in the wash. “Cornelius what happened?” Cornelius couldn’t focus. He needed to rest so he did.
He wakes up and it’s pitch black in the room. He couldn’t remember where he was and when he gets up he finds himself in Static’s guest bedroom. There was water on the nightstand and one of his shirts that had a graphic of some food brand. His head was spaced out. He walks to the hallway looking for the restroom and stumbles on Static’s room. He ends up finding the restroom but he stumbles back to static’s door.
He walks into his room and sits on the edge of his bed. The smell of Static’s room, his comforters. He just wanted to embrace. He lays down. Here he could heal.
Cornelius collapses to Static’s side which startles Static awake. Static opens his eyes to find Cornelius next to him burning up. He was radiating so much heat. Static grabbed his bf and pulled him more into the middle of the bed and wrapped him in blankets. “Rest my sunshine.”
The next morning the stomach bug that he was given passes and he hides at Static’s.
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