The Best Medicine

Transcript

Babe, is that you? No, no, no, no, no. Don't, don't come in here.

Please, don't. You'll get sick. It's good to see you listen.

Yeah, I'm not feeling any better. I wish I could say otherwise. How was your day? What do you mean you don't want to talk about that? What else am I going to do? I'm laying here in a bed with far too many blankets and yet not enough all at the same time.

At least distract me for a minute by telling me how your day was because I've been waiting for you to get home. No, it's not getting any better. I can breathe now, though.

It's not in my face as much. I still don't sound great, though. It's like I swallowed, I don't know, razors or knives or I smoke a lot or something and I've never smoked a day in my life, so figure that out.

No, no, no, no. The test was negative. It's just a chest something.

It's not that. So, okay, tell me, tell me about your day. You look tired.

Are you okay? You're not getting sick, are you? Because this sucks.

Just, just putting it out there. Well, that's good. That was what you wanted, right? For everything to go well.

You've been working on that for a while. I heard you the last couple nights when you thought I was sleeping, and I wasn't. Good, good.

Did you, did you eat? I'm not eating, but, well, no, I don't feel like food. I had some soup earlier.

I don't remember when, though. I was sleeping most of the day. Yeah, I'm trying not to shiver too much, so just don't look too closely, because I see the look on your face, and I know you're going to go all concerned and try to play doctor and give me all kinds of things and make me do all kinds of weird shit to feel better, but the reality is I just need sleep and probably some tea and more water, because I don't drink enough water.

No, I'm fine. I'm fine. Everybody gets sick.

Yes, they do. Yes, they do. That's been one good thing about the last couple of years is people have been a lot more careful about it, but people still get sick, even when it's not that.

So I'm just, I'm just yucky and miserable, that's all. I don't really want you getting in, I don't want you getting in the bed, because I don't want you getting this. That's why you've been sleeping in the other room, remember? I'm not huffing and puffing.

Okay, I am, because I can't breathe, but no, please, please don't. You don't want this, trust me. You're probably too close from the doorway over there.

No, I promise, you don't. You don't want this. You really, really don't.

There's more blankets in the hallway closet, though, would you mind? I have everything in here, but I don't have enough. And maybe some tea, if you feel like it, please.

Oh, God. You know, it'd be really great. Well, I don't know how we're gonna do this, but we could curl up somehow.

I don't know, maybe you and the living room and me in here, and we could, I don't know, use Zoom or something, and watch a movie. Yeah, we haven't done that in a while. I know, baby, I know, you just want to wrap me in your arms and make it all better.

I wish that worked. Well, okay, what are you doing? What are you doing? Oh, I told you, you're gonna get sick.

Oh, you're warm. Okay, part of me is screaming at me to argue with you right now, and part of me is saying to shut up and just let you do what you're doing. Oh, that's nice.

Yeah, that's nice. Thanks. But you are seriously not okay shutting up? Yes, I'm trembling.

I'm freezing. My forehead's really warm. It's a fever.

This is what they do, remember? Yeah, don't pay attention to that. That's just the chest stuff.

You can hear it rattling a little bit. Anyway, this is not sexy. Let's not talk about this.

Okay, now that you're here, I'm not gonna fight it anymore. Just keep your arms around me, okay? Just keep me warm.

Tell me about your day. Talk to me about nonsense. Just talk to me, okay? Your voice is soothing.

I like it. I could just go to sleep like this. Hold on, I'm just gonna adjust a little bit.

Actually, I'm gonna roll over and. .. Oh, there.

Right under your chin. You don't mind if I put my face in your neck, do you? Oh, you're so warm.

Okay, so tell me. Tell me about your day. Tell me about everything.

I want to hear all of it. Just don't let go. Oh, they did not say that.

Oh, some people are so clueless. I can hear your heartbeat. I can feel your heartbeat.

It's relaxing. You know, I felt like absolute garbage all day. And yet, as soon as you get here, as soon as you put your arms around me, as soon as you talk about people saying stupid shit that I don't know what you're actually talking about, I instantly feel better.

How do you do that? How do you just make everything better? I'm even starting to feel warm, which.

.. How? I'm fevered, and it's not breaking yet.

You are gonna get sick, though, but that worries me a little bit. We'll deal with that when it happens, I guess. I know, I don't let you take care of me very often, because this is just not something I do, but sometimes you have to allow the people that love you and that you love to cuddle you when you're shivering.

Even my chest is relaxing, and it's been so tight from the cough, I can't even. .. I love you.

Is it okay if I just sleep for a bit? Is that okay? Yeah? Thanks.

Mmm, just talk. I don't care what you talk about, you can tell me the sky is blue and has purple polka dots for all I care. I just want to hear your voice.

I want to feel it rumble through your chest under my cheek. Sorry, I'm trying not to cough. That's not sexy at all.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. Oh, that's nice.

Yes, from my back. So you were saying. ..

You sound sleepy, too. Are you going to pass out on me? Yeah, it's okay if you can't sleep.

I'm here if you do. That's so nice on my back. Thank you.

Thank you for being here. Mm-hmm. I love you, too.