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The sound of a distinctly Jonathan Groff sneeze drew Lin out of his pre-show daydreams. Glancing up to the door, Lin was shocked at the appearance of the source of said sneeze.
Groff stood hunched over in the doorway of their shared dressing room, face pale as a sheet, with cheeks and nose bright, cherry red. “Bless you!” Lin exclaimed, looking Groff over carefully.
Groff opened his mouth to respond, but all that came out was a harsh barking cough that rattled his body and sent him doubling over. Lin immediately rushed to him, throwing an arm over his shoulders to steady him, while his free hand rubbed gentle circles around his back in a worthless attempt to ease his irritated lungs.
“Suh-sorry” He muttered, sneezing once more
“God Bl-“ Groff held up a finger to cut him off, breath hitching desperately before sneezing once more.
“God bless” Lin uttered sincerely, concerned by the unusual ferocity of his friend's normally mild sneezes, guiding him over to sit down on the couch. “When did this come on?” He questioned. “You seemed fine last night.”
Groff cleared his throat heavily before answering, yet his voice still sounded horrid and ragged when he speaks. “Just feld tired last dnight. Woke up this bording with this.”
Lin reached his hand out to check Groff for a fever, brows furrowing in confusion when Groff suddenly turns away from him. He usually isn’t this difficult when under the weather-
One more loud sneeze. ah— that explains it.
“Bless” Lin said, patting Groff on the knee before getting up to grab the nearby tissue box and placing it down in Groff’s lap.
“Urgh thanks” Groff replied, grabbing a handful of tissues and blowing his nose forcefully. “This is mbajorly gross”
In response, Lin simply presses his palm against Groff’s forehead, unsurprised to feel the burn of a low grade fever. “You have a fever Jon- have you taken anything?”
Groff lowers the tissues he was sniffling into to respond “I took sobe cough syrup earlier. Mbade breathidg a liddle bedder”
Hearing this, Lin popped up once more, grabbing 2 tablets of extra strength tylenol from the bottle on his dressing table along with a bottle of water. “Take those and drink the whole bottle” Lin chided gently. “That should have you feeling a little less crappy. Now lay back and relax” he ordered, piling a few pillows on the end of the couch to help prop Groff up and aid his breathing.
Laying down and closing his eyes, Groff breathed out a raspy, “Thank you Lin”
“Anytime Jon” Lin answered, carding a hand carefully through his hair.