2minsforslashing | Guilt trip

Title: Guilt trip
Characters/pairing: Phil Kessel/Matt Hunwick
Rating: PG-13 for language
Time: January 2009
Summary: Kessel and Hunwick discuss some bad news over the phone.
Author's note: Based on real events. Heard the news and this popped into my mind almost verbatim.
Disclaimer: A fictional story, written only for entertainment purposes

"This is all my fault."

"Will you stop saying that? There's no way to tell."

"It's gotta be, Kes. I had mono in college. You had to have gotten it from me."

"The doctors said they don't know. It could have been anybody."

"You been swapping spit with anybody else?"

"Fuck. Don't make me laugh. It hurts. My fucking throat is killing me."

"Sorry."

"How much time did you miss?"

"None. It was in the spring. I was sick as a dog for a week, then I felt fine."

"That's something."

"Yeah, but you gotta wait for clearance. You may feel OK, but the doctors gotta tell you when you can play."

"Oh great. Thanks a lot. Fuck."

"Sorry."

"If that's all you can say, I'm gonna hang up."

"You need anything?"

"No, I got some medicine. I'm OK. Just gotta rest is all. Goddammit."

"Wish I could do something."

"Just win some damn games."

"We'll try."

"Don't fucking try. Win. Asshole."

"Fuck me."

"I can't. Goddammit."

"Sorry."

"I'm hanging up now, Hunny."

"All right, I'm not sorry. How's that?"

"Better. I'm an asshole when I'm sick."

"How is that different from when you're healthy?"

"I told you not to make me laugh."

"I'm gonna miss you."

"You're gonna miss my ass."

"That too."

"Hunny, be glad I'm not around. Should have seen me when I had cancer. I was fuckin' homicidal."

"I can handle you. Little shit."

"Fuckface."

"Jerkoff."

"Eat me."

"Wish I could."

"Me too." A pause. "Matt, I'm gonna take some of this disgusting stuff and go to bed now."

"OK, Kes. Call me if you need anything. Or text."

"I will."

"Get well. We need you. I need you."

"I know. Later, asshole."

"Later, jerkoff."