Friday Prompt! Gangster AU
Luciano's vision was blurry, but he wasn't sure if it was because of the stab wound on his abdomen, the gun shot on his leg or the poison.
He lost sight of his men in the commotion, his body moving on instinct towards somewhere where he could hide. He didn't know where he was anymore and he was cold.
His hand reached for his phone, leaving blood all over the screen.
"What, Luciano? I'm working and I can't talk."
"Hey... Afonso... I think... I think I'm dying. Can you pick me up?"
His grip loosen up and the phone falls from his hand. He could faintly hear Afonso shouting at the phone but couldn`t understand a word of it.
Luciano had heard before that some people has some dumb thoughts before dying. And the same could be applied to him, as he laments that he will lose the soccer game, and the cachaça with lemonade that he made would go to waste. Later, his brain starts thinking about Afonso. Afonso finding his corpse, mocking his carelessness. Would he cry? Luciano doubt it but, if he did, would not be a loud and tearful cry, he would have shaky hands while hearing to one of his henchman giving a discourse. Speaking of his men, he now lamented leaving those amazing idiots alone, he hopes they will choose someone decent to take care of his dear district. Maybe he will find his mom again....
The afterlife was bright. Whatever cloud he was laid one smelled of softener. He didn`t expected to be so noisy, there was this incessant beeping everywhere.
Luciano opens his eyes and he's in a hospital room, connected by a monitor and wrapped in bandages. Afonso was there, sitting next to him with a rosary, mumbling silent prays. Took him a long while to notice he had opened his eyes, he ran out of the room and came back with a man in white. He couldn`t hear what they're discussing, but he could see Afonso's body relaxing just a little.
He follows Afonso with his eyes and is still too groogy from the poison to understand full sentences. He could catch words like "ambush" ,"idiot", "almost done for"...
"Hold...hand..." Luciano mutters
"Huh?" Afonso moves his ear closer to him
"Hold mah...hand," Luciano repeats. His brain was mushy, probably also because of the blood loss, he wasn`t thinking straight but he wanted to feel Afonso's warmth. He was still feeling cold.
Afonso takes his hand and the warmth soothes him. He watches as Afonso takes his hand to his mouth and kisses it, he was shaking. Luciano wanted to assure him but his voice was weak, he hopes the messages is clear when he rubs his hand closer to the older man's cheek.