DEW/SODO WITH ASTHMA!!! (I have asthma and Sodo is my favorite ghoul)
Thinking about Dew with asthma. Specifically, little Dew with asthma.
Dew playing quietly on the playmat in the common room, content to line up all his toy cars while his plush dragon, Dio, watches on. Swiss is also watching.
Every so often, Dew coughs or clears his throat. Swiss can't figure out if he's just got a tickly cough, or if it's something more. Either something viral, or an asthma attack.
He asks softly "Dew, buddy? Are you okay?"
Dew gives him a toddler cough in return.
"Alrighty, then. You tell me if you start to feel worse."
It's a few more minutes, Dew rearranging his cars by height, occasionally watching the TV. Swiss put on Bluey for him, but Swiss is watching it more than he is.
And then Swiss hears the wheeze.
Just a little crackle in Dew's throat at first. But Swiss' head snaps up nonetheless.
"Dewy? How are we feeling?"
"U-Uhm... 'Eezy..."
"Wheezy, bud?"
"Yeah."
"Do you need your inhaler?"
Swiss already knows the answer. Little Dew does not like his inhaler. But his choices right now are, 1) use the inhaler, or 2) don't use the inhaler and end up in the infirmary.
Swiss reaches under the coffee table and grabs Dew's spacer kit. It's never far from reach when Dew's little. He won't take his inhaler without a spacer when he's little.
He moves onto his knees on the floor, kneeling by Dew. Dew whines at the sight of Swiss setting up his inhaler, but his wheezes are becoming more frequent and his chest is burning a little.
The spacer is clear, with teddy bears printed over it, and a mask on one end.
Swiss wraps his arm around Dew and brings him into his lap. Thankfully, Dew doesn't protest, apart from a little wheezy huff.
"Gonna be a brave little guy for me, huh?" Swiss asks as he clicks the inhaler into place. Dew shakes his head, burying his face against Swiss' chest. "Yeah, I know. You don't like it. But we've gotta do it, buddy. You'll feel super yucky if we don't give you your puffs now."
Dew turns his head from one way to the other, like a baby refusing a bottle as Swiss holds the mask up. Eventually, however, the tight feeling in his chest wins and he lets Swiss hold the mask over his mouth and gives him the first puff.
"Nice slow breaths, bubby. Yeah, that's it, you're doing great. In and out. In and out. Good job..."
Dew looks up at him with big eyes, taking shaky breaths. After a little while, Swiss gives him another puff of his inhaler, his thumb gently rubbing Dew's cheek.
Dew's breathing slows eventually, and then he cuddles into Swiss, tired out after his little eezy episode.