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ataleoftwopitties · 5 months

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5 Tips to Keep Your Dog Warm in the Winter

Invest in doggy outerwear - sweaters, hoodies, jackets, vests, even shoes! There's a whole market of pet clothing nowadays. One of our favorite brands of K9 outerwear is Canada Pooch

It's important to note that not every dog's coat may be enough to keep them warm in the winter - especially puppies, small or hairless breeds, elderly dogs, or those with health issues. Just like with people, pets' cold tolerance can vary based on their coat, body fat stores, activity level, and health. Pets with heart disease, kidney disease, or metabolic diseases like diabetes and Cushing's might also have a harder time regulating their body temperatures.

Protect your dog's paws when it's snowing. Boots can help minimize contact with the ground and prevent snow and ice from getting lodged between their toes and causing frostbite. Like chapped lips, cracked paws can be annoying and painful, and built up snow and ice can irritate their sensitive skin between their toes.

It might feel awkward at first for some dogs, so try to use positive reinforcement as they try to adjust to wearing their boots. Offer high-reward treats so they can learn to associate good things with their boots - when the boots are on, good things are going to happen! :)

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If boots still don't feel right for your dog, you can try applying paw balm or petroleum jelly-based products like Musher's Secret to keep your dog's paws safe and moisturized.

Just always be sure to wipe down and clean your dog's paws thoroughly with with a warm cloth when they come back inside. Sometimes salt and anti-freeze are put on sidewalks and driveways, which can cause chemical burns on your pet's paw pads or gastrointestinal issues if they try to lick it off.

Limit their time outdoors. Winter walks aren't always so magical. Know your dog's limits and shorten their walks if needed. If you can, reserve walks for the warmest parts of the day.

Signs to tell if your dog is too cold: - Shaking, shivering, or trembling - Hunched posture with tail-tucking - Slowing down or reluctant to walk/move - Lifting their paws off the ground - Whining or barking - Ears and nose feel very cold to the touch Even if you decide to leave your dog in the car while you run an errand, it can still be dangerous if they are left for too long without any heat support when its below 30 degrees F outside. While cars can trap blazing temperatures in the summer and open risk for heatstroke, they can also trap freezing temperatures in the winter and open risk for hypothermia. Perhaps try to sit in your car without a jacket and see how long you can bare waiting in there without the heater on.

Provide choices! Give your dog more options for comfortable sleeping places with varying levels of bedding and blankets, in case they need to change their location for more or less warmth.

Set up cozy, wet-proof areas outdoors with heating lamps and wind barriers. Make sure kennels and igloos/houses are well-insulated and have enough space for them to walk in, turn around, and comfortably lay in.

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Unless you have a healthy conditioned sled dog, I would not recommend letting them spend the night outdoors in the snow, without proper shelter and heat support. Watch how cold it can get in a simple dog house:

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Serve warm food and water. At minimum, aim to make sure whatever they consume is at room temperature - but preferably just above their body temperature (101-103 F) when it's especially cold. Warming their food will also bring out their aroma and make it more enticing for them to eat. If feeding kibble/dry or dehydrated, you can mix in some warm bone broth. If it's canned/wet food, avoid microwaving for too long, as this can make the food too hot and potentially deplete its nutrients. Instead, try warming up your dog's wet food with this technique:

As for home-cooked/fresh food, the Balance It Canine Plus supplement not only makes your dog's complete and balanced, but is actually formulated to withstand reheating/microwaving. Our personal favorite! Below is a tutorial on how to utilize the Balance It system:

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When selecting ingredients for your dog's food in the winter, consider including "warming" foods according to TCVM food energetics. Examples of these would be meats like lamb, goat, or venison, and vegetables and starches like sweet potatoes and oats. Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that hot/warm food nourishes the body by bringing heat which improves circulation. To support this theory, some studies have found that food associated with heat consists of compounds that are on average lower in molecular weight, yet higher in protein and fat - which contribute to energy production, and magnesium and potassium - which contribute to blood pressure and nerve function.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154320300247) Here is a list of some hot/warm commercial pet food and treats: - SideBySide Pet "Warming" - Dr. Judy Morgan's Fire Element Diet - Pet Tao "Blaze" Freeze Dried Raw Formula - JustFoodForDogs Venison & Squash Recipe - JustFoodForDogs Lamb & Rice Recipe

For more information on food energetics, watch this video:

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#stay warm #pet products #pet food #canine health #canine nutrition #dog tips #winter #cold weather

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kataang-dungeon · 2 years

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Can we get a list of all the fics in the survey please? I saw a lot that I've never read before and would be interested in reading.

Hi! Going to presume this is referring to the nominees for the 2021 Flameo, Hotman! Award, and that you’d prefer links to all of them, not just the ones by people in Kataang Dungeon. Sure!

By Mod Mooning (@bluemooninglight):

Black Sand Beach | 0.6k, 1 chap

Firsts, Lasts | 1.0k, 1 chap

It’s in the Water | 1.6k, 1 chap

Mad World | 3.1k, 1 chap

Ready | 1.2k, 1 chap

By Mod Vanilla (@vanillabutspicy):

Cup Runneth Over | 6.3k, 1 chap

Work, Eat, Sleep | 0.6k, 1 chap

Collabs by both Mooning and Vanilla:

Real | 6.8k, 1 chap

The Face of Fire | 8.5k, 2 chap

By Mod Waterbear (@waterbearwaltz):

Cover Me | 25k, 9 chap

Read To Me | 1.0k, 1 chap

Together, Apart | 10k, 5 chap

By Mod Tofu (@tofuandtattoos):

Just a Taste | 5.3k, 1 chap

Swollen | 5.8k, 1 chap

By Mod Nettie (@nettie-sprinkle):

Stuffin’ Tattooed Muffins | 13k, 2 chap

By Mod Sifu Grapefruit:

The Tide Commands | 1.9k, 1 chap

By Flameohotwife (@flameohotwife):

Hopeful Again | 5.1k, 1 chap

Reborn In New Love | 5.2k, 1 chap

By korvidae (@korvidaee):

Hunger Hurts | 7.8k, 2 chap

By Dallying (@dally1ng):

New Ground | 3.0k, 1 chap

By Marjojo02:

When It’s All Over | 354k, 103 chap

Yes, Sifu Katara | 3.8k, 2 chap

Happy reading!

#sex seminar #mod chalk

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rosieblogstuff · 1 year

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I posted 1,733 times in 2022

That's 1,640 more posts than 2021!

196 posts created (11%)

1,537 posts reblogged (89%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@impossiblepluto

@appalachianapologies

@macgyverrewatch2020

@lailuhhh

@sanctuaryforalluniverses

I tagged 1,191 of my posts in 2022

Only 31% of my posts had no tags

#macgyver - 581 posts

#jack dalton - 142 posts

#angus macgyver - 115 posts

#fanfiction - 108 posts

#macgyver 2016 - 103 posts

#wip wednesday - 41 posts

#ask games - 39 posts

#macgyver fanfiction - 32 posts

#fic rec - 26 posts

#cairo day 2022 - 22 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#with parenting there's always the assumption that someone else is there to babysit or drive or volunteer or whatever parent task needs doing

My Top Posts in 2022:

This crossover is canon now right?

Nothing will disappoint me less than if, in mid-April 2024, The Rookie doesn’t produce an episode in which two middleaged women steal a police car from the Mid-Wilshire Station, go on a wild joyride through LA, and disappear in a mysterious flash of light right when they get cornered. I demand this Easter Egg storyline that Star Trek has teased me with! I mean, c’mon:

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31 notes - Posted March 29, 2022

Jack + Matty’s Plan (whatever it was)

Mac might be our titular hero but Jack is absolutely the glue that binds so many of the relationships in the show together. And Jack and Matty is s really interesting one. Jack was so alarmed when he found out Matty was replacing Thornton, because of… whatever happened between Jack and Matty in the CIA. And aside from the assless chaps cold open (for which I would like to send the scriptwriters my deep and everlasting appreciation), we can only guess what all went on back then.

Jack was plenty quick to turn Thornton in even though he and Mac spent years working close with her, including in the field. He refused to believe in Nikki’s innocence, and he and Mac were even closer with Nikki. But Matty? Jack’s trust for Matty is on a whole other level, right up there with his trust in Mac.

I love this little scene in 2x17 where the team debates why Matty tried to lie to Mac about knowing his dad and if they can still trust her:

Mac: I can’t just ignore this. She already lied to me once.

Bozer: She can’t hide this. Jack found actual proof she was investigating your Dad.

Mac: No. We found proof Matty was compiling a dossier. We have no idea what was in the actual report.

(interrupted by Riley’s arrival but then…)

Riley: I swept through every government server and I found nothing. Either that report on your Dad is so top secret no one has access to it, or it simply doesn’t exist anymore.

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31 notes - Posted March 24, 2022

Headcanon

Given a small amount of information about what James MacGyver has been up to for 15 years in regards to Mac, Murdoc would kill him for free. He would do it because it would fall under his “free human trash removal” policy, and he’d hope it would hurt the Phoenix. And also because, unlike the rest of the characters who ought to be trying harder to separate Mac from James, Murdoc wouldn’t mind if Mac’s upset over his trash father’s death, because you know, sometimes the things that are good for you are not things you enjoy, like going to bed on time or eating more vegetables.

Just imagine if Matty had quietly slipped Murdoc just the right info around 3x3...

39 notes - Posted February 6, 2022

Ok so we’re almost on to the next rewatch episode and before we get there.... I must confess that I LOVE 2x13 for all the Jack parts. Like everything with Jack in this episode is gold. I mean, the robot apocalypse is fun, there are some really great Mac lines, and I love that Bozer’s out there having his back for once. But I love, love, love Jack’s high school reunion. I love the hilarious, over-the-top awkwardness of the whole thing. I love it because it’s like any high school reunion. Like literally, trust me here, if you’ve never been to a high school reunion? This vibe is SO accurate.

High school reunions are a weird mind game. You’re suddenly stuffed in a room with people whose opinions deeply mattered to you when you were ~17 years old. And so what if you haven’t given those people one second’s thought in 9.5 years? (or maybe 24.5, if you’re Jack!) It doesn’t matter how long it’s been or if you’re never going to see those people again, you’re probably also going to have that sudden, desperate need to prove you didn’t turn out to be some kind of loser.

But of course Jack’s reunion is like any awkward high school reunion x100, because of course Jack has to stick with the whole “bathroom tile salesman” cover story. Matty made sure to remind us all about it right at the start of the story so we can foresee Jack’s troubles coming from miles away.

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82 notes - Posted February 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

While I’m still talking about 2x13 I also love the scene at the end where Jack tracks down Korman. Because here’s Jack, taking on some unknown number of potentially dangerous badguys all by himself, like the badass CIA agent he used to be.

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110 notes - Posted February 25, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #so just coincidentally my top 5 posts are about my longest posts EVERY #so I hope ya'll really wanted something super long on your dash today

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felicitysmoaksx · 1 year

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I posted 1,514 times in 2022

That's 358 more posts than 2021!

245 posts created (16%)

1,269 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@felicitysmoaksx

@pearlcaddy

@i-like-sparkly-things

@fighterkimburgess

@titans-daily

I tagged 1,454 of my posts in 2022

Only 4% of my posts had no tags

#timezone reblog - 318 posts

#one chicago - 209 posts

#marvel studios - 153 posts

#chicago med - 140 posts

#ask memes - 105 posts

#ask meme - 103 posts

#chicago pd - 86 posts

#sarah reese - 82 posts

#answered - 70 posts

#connor rhodes - 63 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#//but i like how they handled viktor’s storyline. i didn’t want it to be a big thing. but i didn’t also want it to be a small thing either.

My Top Posts in 2022:

Jay: Who’s the third drink for?

Will: My sister.

Jay: …

Jay: You don’t have a sister because I don’t have a sister…unless you know something that we need to talk about.

Will: I adopted one.

Jay: …You adopted one?

Will: She’s the med student in our ED for this rotation. She was having a bad day and needed a big brother, so I’m her big brother now.

Jay: …

Will: …

Jay: Does our new sister have a name?

Will: Sarah.

68 notes - Posted January 11, 2022

“i can wait a thousand lifetimes for you.” Jay x reader

Day 2 of the Advent Writing Challenge!

“I think that’d be more romantic if you weren’t leaving.” You tell Jay in a watery tone. Jay shoulders his backpack more as he leans in to you. His lips, chapped from the first flurries of the coming winter, pressed to your skin. Your eyes flutter close as you lean into the gentle touch and wrap your arms around him.

“This has nothing to do with you.” Jay repeats the words from last the night before last, when he told you of his plans. You scoff softly so he cups your chin. The callouses from the way he held his former service weapon for years, though rough are a familiar feeling.

“I’m serious. I’m nothing but happy with you and our relationship. I’m just not happy with who I’m becoming. I need to go find myself again.” He explains. You nod with a sigh. You understood that, you really did. But...

“But our relationship started right after I transferred to intelligence last year.” You had been in Dante Torres’ class in the academy. That’s actually how you met Jay. Through Torres. Then both of you had been pulled from the academy to intelligence.

You don’t want to call Jay your boyfriend. To be perfectly honest, you’re not sure what you were to each other with your whirlwind romance. You never put a label on it and it seemed silly now, since he’s leaving. But Jay, whatever his is to you looks confused. You sigh. This is why you didn’t want to bring this up. Especially when you just came here to say goodbye.

“Our relationship started in the middle of you becoming someone you don’t like. So what does that say for us? Our relationship. Was it all a lie, fake? A bad memory of someone you don’t like. Is that what you’ll see when you see me?”

Jay gaze narrows as he suddenly understands what you’re implying. You take a step back and he reaches out to grab your arm. “Wait,”

But a mechanical voice calling out that his flight is now boarding interrupts him. He looks torn as he glances back and forth between you and the gate. So you make the choice for him as you pull your arm out of his grasp.

“Go,” you tell him firmly, “You don’t want to miss your flight.”

He nods and well, that is that. Your relationship with Jay Halstead is over and it was fun while it lasted. You turn to walk away. But you’re surprised to feel your arm being grabbed again. Then you’re being against Jay’s chest and his chapped lips are pressed against yours.

It’s a desperate kiss. When Jay pulls away, his breath is labored. His voice is rough and low in your ear, “Being with you has been one of the very few bright spots in my life this last year. Don’t ever doubt that. I’ll call you when I can okay?”

You nod. Then Jay pulls away completely. His hand lingers on yours till he steps too far away to hold anymore. He offers you a small smile, before he spins on his heel and disappears in the airport crowd.

79 notes - Posted December 2, 2022

Doctor Visit

Relationship: Jay Halstead, Will Halstead and Disabled fem!reader Halstead sibling, along with Manstead if you squint.

Summary: Set after 7x02 of Chicago Fire, you are taken to Chicago Med after trying to help your father get Ronnie out of the apartment during a massive fire. And see your oldest brother there.

Word Count: 1.2k

Warnings: Aftermath of an apartment fire

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Soon you arrive at Med and Sylvie and the other paramedic-Emily, as she had introduced herself- is wheeling you in, calling out your stats, vitals, and why you’re there. Jay trailing after you. You see him wave to someone, but you can’t see who it is. Someone directs the gurney holding you into a treatment room. A female doctor with long brown hair moves into the room. She introduces herself as Dr. Manning. They transfer you to the bed, rolling the backboard out from underneath you.

“Nat, you may want to loop in neurology with this case.” The familiar red hair catches your attention before your eyes settle on Will’s face. You sigh. Your red-headed brother.

“Do you want to take this case, Dr. Halstead?” The woman-Nat asks him and you can even hear the edge in her voice. Your eyes find Jay, who’s standing just beyond Will’s shoulders. Your eyebrows are drawn upward, but your older brother shakes his head. Your oldest brother just shakes his own head and responds in a calm voice, “Love to, but I can’t.”

The doctor scoffs, taking your blood pressure. “And why is that?”

“She’s my baby sister. And you know the hospital’s policy about treating family.” Will explains, walking into the small room. He takes your left hand, uncurling it as Jay had done in the ambulance. Only instead of dropping it as your older brother had done, Will starts to fidget with it. It was something he had done since you were a baby, so your left hand wouldn’t curl up as much. You try to take your hand back with a glare at him, but he isn’t letting you. He continues to play with your hand. The information seems to make Dr. Manning falter in her movements. She glances up from where she’s listening to your heart with her stethoscope.

“Why do I need to loop in neurology?” She asks. At this you pull your oxygen mask down, “I have cerebral palsy. Diagnosed when I was a baby. It’s a neurological condition. But smoke inhalation and a cut on my forehead won’t affect that.”

“You don’t know that,” Jay steps into the treatment room with his arms folded over his chest, “Nat, humor him? Please,”

You roll your eyes, knowing that Jay only stepped in because he thought a fight was brewing between you and Will. “You know, I’m twenty-three years old. I can make my own medical decisions.”

You say this because not many people with cerebral palsy can advocate for themselves. Not because they weren’t capable mentally, but because they couldn’t actually move. A good portion of people with cerebral palsy were confined to a wheelchair and could barely move their mouths.

“Don’t be stubborn. When was the last time you saw your neurologist? If it was recently, then I’ll drop it.” Will tells you and you feel yourself frown at your oldest brother as you say nothing. Not willing to let him win. He stares back, not willing to back down either. Stubbornness is something you had in common with both of your brothers.

You hear Jay sigh loudly. He’s pinching the bridge of his nose when you finally break the staring contest with Will.

“I know you two have your own problems to work through, but can you please try not to kill each other right now?” He asks, trying to stop an already brewing fight.

His question is met with silence and he looks over your head. Out of the corner of your eye, you see Dr. Manning shift uncomfortably. You forgot she was even there. He sighs, “Natalie. I’m sorry to leave you with these two, but I’m going to go check on Dad.”

Then he walks away calling out for a Dr. Choi, who you assume is your father’s doctor. Dr. Manning moves again so now she’s standing in between you and Will. “Can I ask our neurology department for a quick consult?”

Will is already starting to protest, but your doctor holds up a hand. “Both of your older brothers have made their opinion clear. But as you said, you’re twenty-three and coherent and lucid enough to make your own decisions so the decision is ultimately up to you.”

You immediately want to refuse. But then you catch the look in your eldest brother’s eye. You may be mad and hurt by Will. You may even not be talking to him right now. But he is still your brother and right now he is worried about you. You sigh, “You can ask neurology for a consult.”

Then you turn your head, locking eyes with Will. He has your dad’s eyes while you and Jay share your mother’s. You shove a finger against his chest, “But I want it on record that I think it’ll be useless.”

“It’s on record,”

“Great. I’ll page Dr. Abrams. Will, can I speak to you for a second?” Dr. Manning asks and Will nods with a sigh before he squeezes your left foot gently. “I’ll be back, okay?”

And then he follows your doctor out the door.

“So is she the reason you have a specialty in neurology?” Natalie asks as she glances down at her tablet and when they pass the main desk, she picks up a clipboard and hands it to him. “You want to go ahead and get started filling out her information for her? I’m assuming you know most of it.”

“I know there’s no cure. And even if there was, I don’t think she’d even take it. It’s a part of her by now. But I wanted to know. More about it. What I and Jay could do to help improve her life. I actually wrote my dissertation on cerebral palsy.”

“And me not knowing you had a sister when I was your fiance aside, why did it seem like she would rather do anything than talk to you?” Natalie questions him.

Will sighs heavily running a hand through his hair, “Probably because I haven’t been the best big brother since my mom died. Instead of coming home when she passed, I ran and continued running until a few years ago. And even then I still didn't know how to approach her. Or even now.”

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124 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

Thank you JESSE LEE SOFFER for 10 Seasons as JAY HALSTEAD

171 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Idk if u write x reader but if u do could u pls do jay x reader for “you’re my favorite person in the whole world.”

Hi, anon! Thanks for the request. I slightly changed the line hope you don't mind. But I hope you enjoy my little drabble anyways!

Word Count: 708

Relationship: Jay Halstead x Female Reader

Summary: You and Jay had been dancing around each other since you decided to stay in Chicago. But after a rough case, Jay finally makes a move.

Warnings: None that I can see?

Molly’s was one of your favorite places to be in Chicago. It was the first place you stopped in after making the trip from Texas. Well, you didn’t exactly go from Texas straight to Chicago. You had decided you were in a rut in Texas and you had a lot of vacation time. So you thought maybe a cross-country road trip might help. But then you fell in love with the Windy City and it quickly became your last stop.

Much to your parents’ dislike and dismay. Although that may just be you completely uprooted your life in the lone state to move to Chicago. But it just felt right.

Flash forward six months later and in that time you met Christopher Herrmann, who offered you a job as a steady bartender when he found out you were staying.

“Come on,” you remember him saying, “I know you have a fancy degree in writing and that you’re an author. (You weren’t an author. Oh you aspired to be one, but right now you were merely a freelance editor) But it’d really be helping me out. You see, all of our bartenders tend to be firefighters, and being a firefighter bar, that isn’t a problem. But I would like to have at least one bartender who isn’t in the CFD. Plus, with the stories we could tell you, you’d have plenty of material for any book you would write.”

So you took the job and so far, had loved every minute of it. The only drawback was the phone call you had with your parents every other month about you moving back to the Lone Star state.

“Mom, Mom, Mom. Mom, please-I’m surrounded by firefighters, cops, and doctors every night. I’m friends with a good portion of those people. I’m probably a lot safer here in the city with the number of first responders I know than I would be back home…Mom, I can’t do this with you right now. I’m at work. Yeah, I’ll call you back later. Love you too.”

“She still hasn’t come around huh?” You looked up at the voice to see Jay sitting on the barstool right in front of you now. You grin at him. (It’s only slightly sarcastic) You and the police detective have been dancing around your feelings for a little while now. Around here, your southern accent was always easy to hear. But you thickened it up a little bit with your next words.

“Detective Halstead, and here I was beginning to think that you forgot about little ole me because you haven’t been in here in a while.”

Jay’s eyes fill with amusement. In one of your many flirtatious conversations, he mentioned how he found your Texan accent cute.

“Sorry, undercover assignment. It ended yesterday. Thought I’d come see my favorite person in the whole world.”

You feel heat rush to your cheeks at his words. Neither of you has ever been so bold with each other. Sure you both hinted to each other. But it never went farther than that. You grabbed a beer and popped the top off, placing it in front of him.

“Rough case?” You ask, leaning your elbows on the bar counter.

“How’d you guess?”

“You’re flirting with me. But not like we usually do.”

He took a swig of beer, and you watched as his neck bobbed with the movement. It was very distracting. Jay set the bottle down, “Well maybe this case opened my eyes to a few things.”

“Oh yeah?” You asked hesitantly.

He nodded, “Like maybe instead of dancing around each other, you and I should go on an actual date.”

Grinning, you teased him in a soft voice, “Why Detective Halstead are you trying to get fresh with me?”

“As fresh as you can get with Scrabble,” He answered with a teasing smile and you raised your eyebrow at him. Jay chuckled, “An inside joke that I’m realizing I have with just myself now.”

“Oh, scrabble is an euphemism. Well, let’s see you how you play Go Fish before we move on to Scrabble,” You laughed and you could swear that Jay’s blue eyes sparkled.

“What are you doing tomorrow?”

“I’m guessing playing Go Fish with you,” You laughed.

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5sosxqueen · 1 year

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Michael

< Part 1 , < Part 2 , ~Part 3~

We are at the end of this story. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did. You can find this rewritten here. It is a oneshot and it's long, but please check it out! 💗

⚠️ Warnings: death mention, cancer mention, tumors, hospital, panic attacks, fainting, depictions of illness, lots of tears

Written in 2018

Word Count: 2115

Updates are every Tuesdays and Thursdays

Part 3:

Michael's p.o.v:

I woke up to a loud beeping I'm slowly opened my eyes. I looked around and noticed I was in the hospital. My eyes grow wide. I do not like hospitals and being in one freaks me out. The lads ran up to me just as I began to panic and my breathing quickened, causing the heart monitor to go haywire. I tried to recall what happened and how I got here, but for the life of me I couldn't. "Guys what happened? What am I doing here? I can't... I can't... Breathe!" I said grasping for air. Calum reached for the emergency call button on my remote. A nurse came running in. I suddenly felt a prick in my arm and everything went black.

I woke up again a couple hours later with tears in my eyes. I was a lot more calm now that I understood where I was, though a question remained: Why was I here to begin with? Calum saw me wake up and ran over to me and held my hand. "Why am I here?" I cried trying my best to stay calm.

"You were constantly vomiting and getting dizzy all day. I called Matt and he told me he was on his way take you to the doctor and it was only 5 in the morning. Once he got to the bus and told you he was taking you to the doctor you nodded. He went to get you up off the couch and into the car, but not even two steps later you collapsed. Michael you have a really bad case of the flu and you are going to have to be here for a couple of days to make sure you are better. The flu should not be causing you to pass out, especially more than once, so they are looking into that as well." I nodded as I tried to process all of what Calum just told me. "What do you remember from today?" He asked. I licked my chapped lips and swallowed at the lingering nausea.

"Well I remember throwing up a lot. I remember Luke taking my temperature, which was at 103 something I think. I also remember cuddling with Luke, but everything else is fuzzy." I spoke as I recalled the days events. "Oh and I remember what happened before entering the café." He nodded looking partially confused.

"So you don't remember Matt coming into the bus at all?" I shook my head. I didn't remember seeing Matt at all after he helped me onto the bus after the incident in the photography room.

I felt my stomach do very uncomfortable somersault and I saw a sickness bag on my side table and grabbed it. Calum started rubbing my arm as soon as he saw me grab it. I held on to it for a couple of minutes and rested my head on the pillow. "You ok?" He asked and I shook my head. I put the bag to my mouth and spit out excess saliva a couple times. I sat up, ignoring the dizziness that came with it. Calum firmly held his hand on my back as he saw me shakily hold myself up. I continued to hold the bag against my face. "Hey bud, try not to think about it. You're going to work yourself up. I know it's hard but trust me. It's happened to me." I clamped my eyes shut as I felt my stomach lurch. I took a deep breath and that was all it took for my body to jolt forward with a massive heave that sadly woke the other boys up.

"Huh... Huh... Eh. Huh... Huh... OW SHIT!" I screamed feeling like I got shot in the head. Everyone's eyes went wide and they asked me what's wrong. I shook my head and heaved up some more of my non existent dinner. Eventually all that I was doing was dry heaving and gagging. Calum once again pressed the emergency call button and about a minute later a nurse walked in and smiled sadly at me. Once I was done she came over to me and took the nearly full bag away from me. She placed a new bag on the table.

"I'm going to grab you something for the nausea now Mr. Clifford ok. I'll be back." I nodded and was overwhelmed by dizziness. I put one hand to my head and held myself up with the other as I started to sway. My vision kept unfocusing and I suddenly felt, not one, but 3 hands on my back and one on my chest. The boys slowly lowered me down onto the bed just as I fell into darkness once again.

When I opened my eyes everything was so unclear. My head was foggy and and my vision was wonky. I tried to blink away the tunnel vision but it didn't work.

"Mi-l oo-he -r e? Mic-el?" I tried to focus on the words, but I couldn't.

"Mr. Cl-ord i-ing-o ine a ight es. Seaze y nd i-ooo an ear me." The words we're a little more understandable but still so messed up. I furrowed my brow trying to figure out what the person was trying to say. Why we're my senses so fucked? I suddenly saw a couple flashes of light and felt a hand on my face. I closed my eyes tightly and my vision stated to clear up. The tunnel started opening finally and everything was becoming clear. I started to look around and saw a couple nurses in the room as well as my band mates. I groaned feeling the stabbing pain in my head once again. I closed my eyes as the dizziness hit me once again. I felt my stomach gurgle and turned my head to the side and gagged up some bile. Finally, for the first time since I woke up, I heard what sounded like crying. I looked over toward the boys and saw Calum in Ashton's arms with his knuckles in his mouth and tears streaming down his face. I wanted to tell him everything would be ok, but everything was still too fuzzy to fully comprehend what was going on.

"Michael!" Calum sobbed and I looked over to him wide eyed. "M-Michael... Can.. Can you hear me?" He asked taking a cautious step forward with his hand still on Ash's shoulder and vise-versa. I nodded slightly and pressed my palms into my eyes trying not to cry. I was absolutely terrified.

"Wh-what was tha-that." I blubbered. I lost it. I couldn't hold it in any longer. I never show my emotions, but I was too scared. They quickly ran over to me and pulled me into a group hug. I eventually calmed down and the doctors told me that they want to rule some things out. Of course in order to do that they needed to perform numerous tests to which I agreed to.

"The first test we need to do is a blood test, then we will need to take plasma. I'm not going to lie that is one of the more painful ones." I nodded. "Then we will need to get an x-ray of your lungs to rule out pneumonia since your band mates told us you had what seemed like a couple asthma attacks suddenly. And lastly, the three big ones. We need to do an MRI, CT, and PET scan of your brain." The last three tests made me nervous. I wanted to ask what they we're for, but quite truthfully, I was too afraid to know the answer. A tear fell down my cheek as I nodded. "Are you claustrophobic Mr. Clifford?"

"Ye-" my voice cracked and I cleared my throat. "Yes I am."

"Ok we will need to sedate you during the last three tests then. I will have someone come in and take your blood and plasma and I'll write an order for the others." I nodded again.

"I'm so scared... What if I'm dying???" I asked tearing up again.

"No, don't you think like that Michael." Luke said. "We have to think possitive right now. Don't bring yourself down." Luke put a hand against his mouth as he teared up and attempted to muffle a sob. "I love you. Please don't talk like that... We can't lose you." Everyone else gave me a hugs and cried with me and Luke.

The doctors did all the tests within a few hours. We had to wait for several more hours, sadly, for the results to come back. A team of doctors came into the room with very straight faces, giving us no insight whatsoever. "You boys may want to sit down." One of the doctors said chilling me to the bone. "Everything came back clear, but the last three tests didn't. In all actuality we did only need one of the three but we wanted to make sure our answer was current. Michael I'm sorry to say this, but you have a brain tumor." All of us lost it this time. Was I really going to die. I'm only 22. The doctor cleared his throat and we looked at him. "There is a 50/50 chance the tumor is benign and of course it is also the same for malignant. We will need to get you into surgery as soon as possible to remove it and test it." We all nodded at his words. The doctors left us and told us to press the call button when I was ready.

We all decided it would be wise to do a live video to our fans explaining what was going on.

A- Ashton, M- Michael, L-luke

M- "Hey guys as you can see I am currently in hospital." I looked at the clock and noticed it was 7am. "I don't have good news... I have a brain tumor." I started bawling not caring if I had an audience. I couldn't talk anymore.

LL "As you all know we were supposed to have a concert last night. The reason it was put off was because Michael had been feeling like complete shit all day. He blacked out yesterday morning, puked most the afternoon and slept all day finally waking up at 3 in the morning and woke me up feeling like he couldn't breathe. He ended up passing out again and we brought him here." Luke started to tear up again so Ashton took over.

A- "Things quickly spiraled from there. He woke up here in the hospital and had a panic attack upon waking. He had to be sedated and when he woke up he vomited and passed out again. When he woke up after that he wasn't responding to our calls and the doctors feared the worst." He too started tearing up and Calum collapsed to the floor in a fit of sobs. "We- we are all so scared..." He choked out.

M- "I love you guys so much and if anything happens to me today... Don't let these guys stop enjoying themselves... Don't let them stop having fun just because I'm gone. Bye guys."

We ended the video and instantly we're flooded by comments and love. I pressed the call button and I was wheeled into the OR. The boys all waited for 8 hours for me to come out and I was put into the ICU with a white bandage wrapped around my head.

I was put into a medically induced coma for a week so that I could heal properly and the boys could only see me so often since I was in the ICU. I was brought out of my coma and the bandages were removed.

As soon as I opened my eyes I saw the boys standing in my room with get well balloons and flowers all around me. "The fans sent them. Aren't they lovely?" Calum asked and I nodded.

"They are... I have never felt so loved." I said wiping tears from my eyes.

"We have a surprise for you!" They all said at once and I looked at them with confusion written on my face. Just after they said that my mum Karen, my dad Daryl, and my girlfriend Crystal all walked through the door. And they all gave me hugs and kisses while a doctor was secretly recording everything, just as the boys planned.

They decided to stay with me until I got the results and a couple days later the doctors came in with the news we had been waiting for... "The tumor is benign!"

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