"A bad hangover's something I can't stand."

[beautifulday]

Who: Mark Campbell, Sam Campbell, Alexisharrington, Sasha Stanford and Justin Campbell
What: Hangover from Hell
Where: Nana and Granddad Campbell's place, Sydney
When: Morning after this

Mark came downstairs stretching and yawning loudly, and wandered into the kitchen. “I need a brew, fucking stat. I think I got about 46 minutes of sleep.”

“Shhh! Keep your voice down,” his mum chastised, giving him a soft tap in the back of the head and gestured over to the sofa in their sitting room with a cup of coffee before she handed it to him.

“Lexi said he came down last night to get his migraine meds from his bag and they got chatting but he fell asleep. And you got more like four hours,” Sam told him, sipping his tea from where he had been sitting at the kitchen counter reading the news on his iPad while their dad was in his element outside cooking breakfast on the barbie.

Mark was about to tease Sam for calling Alexis ‘Lexi’, the nickname her family used, when he realised what Sam just said. “Jus is upstairs on his own? Shit! I thought—”

( Before Mark could take off back upstairs in his haze of fatherly panic, Sam grabbed his arm... )

LOG, COMPLETE

"When the world comes in, to build a wall between us, we know they won't win."

[likefatherlikeson]

Who: Justin Campbell and Sasha Stanford
What: Quarantine Date Night
Where: Beach Carpark, Sydney
When: Pandemic 2020

Justin dipped a McNugget into the sweet and sour sauce and paused before eating it when Sash offered him a sip of his chocolate shake. Instead of eating the nugget, he fed it to Sash instead. "On a scale of one to ten, how 568 did you want to kick me up the arse these last few days?" he asked with a laugh. He looked at the pot of Big Mac burger sauce that McDonalds now offered as a McNugget dipping sauce. He wasn't a fan of Big Macs in general but this was Sash's favourite sauce and he had been trying to convince Justin to try it. "Are you sure it even tastes okay with nuggets?"

They were still in Australia. When news of the pandemic hit while they were still in Sydney after the Mardi Gras, Justin's dad made the decision to stay in Sydney for lockdown. Australia was going to be safer than New York and because he was still suffering the after-effects of a recurring infection in his heart, this was the best place for him to be with a scary respiratory virus taking down entire countries. They would've had a small window to get back to the US but Justin was staying without question and after talking to his parents to make sure they were okay and safe, Sash didn't want to be quarantined away from Justin.

Sam and Alexis decided to stay too, and Ali and Andrew chose to jump on the first flight over with Jack and Jamie, seeing as Mark and Justin were aleady here and so were Andrew's family. They were going to be staying in the granny flat out the back of Justin's Nana and Granddad's place so Jamie could be in quarantine with her daddy and big brother.

But Justin's mom decided to stay in New York with Paris and Michael. It hadn't been an easy choice but Paris wasn't well and she wanted to be on-hand in case he took a turn for the worst and needed to oversee all the operations of keeping FABULOUS as on target as possible for when this nightmare was over so she would be working with Paris at home because the bitch wouldn't fold and stop working like he needed to. It wasn't an easy time for anyone but all anyone could do was keep their head above water and just keep swimming the best they could.

After a few unpleasant days, now Justin had dragged himself through another episode that hit after his hangover incident, he and Sash decided to get out of the house for a little bit to have some alone time and get some fresh air. Things were super-restricted, like everywhere, but this carpark at the beach was just at the end of the street his grandparents lived on and it had a great view over the ocean from where they were sitting in the car with their Drive-Thru Maccas dinner. Not exactly a five-star date but it was right up their alley.

"It was probably easier having me a useless lump in bed for a couple of weeks, huh? Thank you again for being the most patient - and most sexy and beautiful - person in the whole world." He leaned over to Sash in the driver's seat paused their dinner giving him a lingering kiss.