I saw the shock invading every pore of his body. I grasped the corner of the desk, supporting myself so my knees didn’t buckle. Davis hesitated, before carefully replying, “About a year.” “Bottom-line this for me, Doctor,” Kit said, barely able to contain his swelling panic. He smiled nervously, spontaneously letting out an “OK…”ĭr. I looked at Kit and his face suddenly became bright red. “Stage 4,” she said, her air of sunshine and happiness now replaced by darkness and dread. When they finally get the ultimate prognosis, it’s devastating:
The couple is celebrating Ausiello’s birthday when Cowan admits he’s not feeling well. Nothing else in my life brought me the kind of immeasurable joy–not my job, not my family, not my friends– as sitting across from Kit at Barnes & Noble, passing magazines back and forth to him. They are well-matched and enjoy each other’s company, even when they’re not doing anything special: (That Ausiello talks about Cowan’s faults is refreshing because there’s a tendency not to do that after someone dies.) Their relationship vibrates with humor, respect and warmth.
It was like we got each other, without fully knowing at this point exactly what it was we were getting.Ĭowan’s temper, closetedness and cheating challenge them, but they push through. Yes, there was the obvious physical attraction, but it was more than that. Although I’d only had one prior long-term relationship, I’d been on enough dates by the age of twenty-nine to know that one of these things was not like the other. If you’ve ever had that unique experience of meeting the one, and knowing it almost right away, you’ll probably relate to his description of their first date: So how does it happen? Ausiello and Cowan meet at Webster Hall in a post-9/11 New York brimming with sadness. Life, like reading, is about how it happens and who it happens with–not just how it ends. The title reflects Ausiello’s line of work and proves something interesting: that knowing an ending doesn’t always spoil the experience of reading. Spoiler Alert also provides a rare, contemporary glimpse into the life of a gay widow and caregiver, and reminds us that though we have created viable treatment options for HIV/AIDS, there are still other things a young queer man can die of. The founder and editor-in-chief of TVLine recounts his soulmate’s fight in raw, tough detail, giving us a front-row seat to some of the worst moments a human can face, while at the same time gifting us with an adorable, touching love story.
Unfortunately, it (cancer) is happening again and Ausiello has to deal with both the diagnosis and aftermath. Years earlier, Ausiello watched helplessly as his mother lost her own cancer battle. “It can’t be happening again,” Michael Ausiello thinks when he learns his boyfriend, Kit Cowan, has a growth. ‘Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies’ by Michael Ausiello
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