Tainted Love (Part 3)

[vintagelamb]

2010-2011

Localized diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma.

He’d been showering the morning after his night with Luke when he’d found the lump under his arm during a particularly rousing rendition of KC and the Sunshine Band‘s “That’s the Way I Like It”. He hadn’t thought too much about it at first, but had gingerly checked the rest of his body for any more

Comments

[lurelei]

One word. Well, sort of. Wow! Wow!

"I felt like I had become my mother, Reid.” [...] "I felt pathetic and, I guess, in a way, unworthy.” That explained a lot, to me.
'He’d never allowed himself to really surrender to anyone before, but if there ever was a time to just let go, this was it.' Yes!
'But now, he was honestly just content to be held, and he’d never felt more fucking loved in his life. [...] the way they were connected at that moment was more perfect than anything he could have conjured in his head. *sigh*

Life as I know it. Just when you think you have it all. And then some.

I'm still contemplating. Epilogue or not? I'm perfectly happy to leave it like this. Closure is highly overrated. Hmmm...

[marsabi]

Well, I have enjoyed all this angst and am happy to end it with the future unclear...however, I can't resist readign it both ways, lol

[traciamc]

I freakin' LOVED this:

Luke bristled and sat up just a fraction straighter. “Have you not been paying attention here, Reid? I’m in this, you fucker. You kept me away the first time around, but you can kiss my ass if you think you’re going to shut me out again. Martyrdom looks like shit on you, by the way, so let‘s just move on and you can start telling me what our next step is.”

And of course, Reid had to come back with this:

“Luke, you have no idea what you’re getting yourself into here. It was ugly as shit the first time around…the chemo, the radiation…it sucked. I sucked. But, this is an entirely different ballgame now. We’re talking autologous hemotopoeitic stem cell transplant. It’s ugly and it‘s debilitating”

Followed by the hilarious, yet equally witty:

“Hey, pal, let’s can the fancy-type medical terms and try to remember that I’m, as you once called me, just a “corn-fed farm boy”. What are we talking about here?” Despite the tears threatening to spill from his liquid brown eyes, Luke still managed a wry smile.Seriously

well done

[cindym99]

honestly one of my favs from you. Angst is okay but I like it more when it's about Luke/Reid and not every other person on the planet coming between them. In the end, it makes them stronger and it's a joy to read. Thanks for this

[random_nic]

Yay Luke for not giving up on his man! It took a lot of courage for Reid to give him another chance here. Luckily, he realized Luke was genuine and has finally pulled his shit together!