“Chase, are you alright in there?” He jumped slightly upon hearing Henrik, speak of the devil. Then Chase snickered a little, he recalled one of the others trying to take the coffee away from Henrik, Chase can still see the fucking mark in the wall that the scalpel left whenever he enters Henrik’s room, it was definitely left there as a reminder not to mess with the doctor and his coffee so yeah that was a HARD pass, and then Chase sighed, he was content as of now, he was content with life and he was happy, sure, he knew deep down there’d ALWAYS be bumps, always the ups and downs, there’d definitely be a slip up or two and he would turn back to the alcohol, but firstly, he had Henrik, with that man in his life, that man who he loves with all his heart, he feels like he could accomplish anything! He’d do it, not only for Henrik’s sake, but his own as well. Albeit he still drinks waaay too much coffee but, Chase doesn’t necessarily wanna come between the doctor and his coffee, he knows better than that and he does prefer life over death. It was a sad and rather terrible thing to have in common but inevitably, the fact they both shared such a similar experience also might have played a key role in helping the two of them, Chase won’t deny it, he’s so much happier than he was before, he’s so much healthier than before! Even HENRIK himself seems much happier and healthier. He wasn’t the only one that was hurt by an ex partner, although Henrik was FAR more stoic and quiet about his past than he was, he had opened up once, only to Chase it seemed, heh. And even then, he seemed nervous himself to even tell the other this, Chase knew, deep down. Henrik had never even told Chase until, well, it was FAIRLY recently.
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He would never hurt Chase, not intentionally especially! For himself as well, honestly, he had no clue what he’d do without that doctor, he was always so nice to him, treated him with respect, and.Chase wouldn’t deny, the doctor seemed to like him, a lot actually and at first he wasn’t sure, at first he was terrified of ever loving again, terrified of ever even thinking about relationships again, of course Henrik respected that, he UNDERSTOOD that all too well in fact, he’d never force Chase into a situation that made him uncomfortable, he was never yelling at him or saying anything too harsh, sure, the doctor could be a strict and serious man but he was kind, caring, and patient as well. Either way, not only thanks to Henrik’s help did Chase get better, did his habits and coping mechanisms get better, but honestly? Chase genuinely wanted to get better not only FOR Henrik but. A lot has changed ever since he met Henrik, the first meeting was honestly a bit strange and the friendship they had was rocky, it had its ups and downs and if Chase was being honest, whatever they have now, whatever you’d wanna call it DOES still have its ups and downs but doesn’t every friendship?. He hasn’t felt so horrible to the point where he just wants to sleep his life away or drown his sorrows with alcohol that way, not for awhile now, he hasn’t even cried as much as he used to, now sure, he DOES still have his moments and his slip ups unfortunately, and honestly he knows deep down that more than likely most of that will never fully leave him but.
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Now, usually he’d still be sleeping in at this time and even if he did wake up, he’d just turn to his whiskey for the day, but.
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TWs: Mentions of Alcohol, References to Depression of course, Addiction implications as well, mentions of Abuse (no actual alcohol is consumed and no abuse actually happens, its just kinda referencing the past) but overall this short fic is just fluffyĬhase was laying there in his bed, this time just mindlessly scrolling through his phone. (I’m going to be honest, this is waaaay cuter than what I expected to get, but yeye i can do that) Chase having a healthy life and a cute bromance w Schneeps