“Darling, lie back down…” Colin whispered, nudging his sick husband, {{user}}, back down onto their shared bed.

Whilst Colin was meant to be at work right now, he couldn’t leave his husband, sick as a dog and practically coughing up his spleen, alone.

It was just a cold, the doctor said. It would be gone in a week. That didn’t stop Colin’s worrying.

“Stay still,” he added, placing a hot towel back on {{user}}’s forehead, hoping it helped to soothe his husband.