It had been a few days since the Raccoon City incident, and the three survivors were exhausted. Walking across the Umbrella's train tracks wasn't a very wise idea, so Leon escorted the other two to Stone Ville; the neighboring town to Raccoon City.
Of course they didn't want to stick out as sore thumbs, but they had to get some medical supplies to get Leon's bullet wound treated. Claire check her wallet and smiled, she still had a bit of extra money from her older brother.
God bless you, Chris... thought Claire as she pulled out a hundred dollar bill for the cheap motel room. She saw Leon and Sherry waiting outside the office and smiled.
"God, what happened to you three?" asked the person working behind the desk, "Looks like you guys were a little too close to Raccoon City," he nodded his head towards the crater at was still smoking from two days ago. The smoke topped over the trees that surrounded the town.
Claire placed a fake smile on her face and shook her head, "We got into a car accident and got stuck in a ditch." the brunette kept smiling and took the key from the man, "Thank you," she squinted at his name tag quickly, "Jeremy."
Claire turned around and headed back to Leon and Sherry. She dangled the key in front of their faces and headed to the room. The key was placed in the lock, and she turned it. Claire cringed when she heard the creaking of the door, it reminded her of the ever-creaking doors from the R.P.D.
"They need some WD 40 for that." joked Leon as he gripped his shoulder, It started to bleed again and Claire could tell it hurt by his facial expression.
"Here, sit down." she lead Leon to the bed and sat him down slowly. "Sherry, I'm going to get some stuff for Leon. You stay with him and help out a bit, ok?"
The little blonde girl nodded in response and sat next to Leon, "Ok, Claire. Just hurry!" Claire smiled and winked at the girl as she locked the door and exited. She looked across the street and saw a small connivence store. She neared the front of the store and saw her reflection. She was filthy: dirt and grime plastered all over her legs, her hair was a bit messy, she had a ton of scratches all over her uncovered skin... Claire Redfield looked like shit. No wonder people were staring at her and the others.
She pushed open the door and was greeted by the smell of food and cleanliness. Claire gazed over at the cashier and saw his jaw practically hit the floor when he saw her. Claire brushed him off and headed to the part that was listed at medical supplies. She looked for a basket and started loading up on items. Iodine, rubbing alcohol, clean bandages, bandaids, wraps, anything she could get her hands on that would heal wounds.
She loaded up her basket and headed over to the small hardware section. She frowned as she placed the needle nose pliers into the basket, she wasn't going to enjoy pulling that bullet out of Leon's shoulder. She then grabbed a small sewing kit and headed over to the food.
Claire grabbed another basket and started throwing as much cheap junk food as she could fit in there. Colas. candies, chips, jerkys, peanuts, everything. She grabbed a few more things and then got to the cashier; he was gawking at her. She once again placed on a smile and tilted her head to the side, "Motorcycle accident." she looked down next to the register and picked up a bottle of pain medicine. She tossed it in the basket quickly and looked at him, "That too."
After she was rung up, Claire avoided more eye contact and headed to the motel room. She knocked on the door and placed the key in it, "It's me guys." she opened the door and stepped inside.
"Hey." said Leon with a pained look. He still clutched his shoulder as he was doing before. "Hey," replied Claire as she locked the door, "How are you feeling?"
"Not bad besides the bullet wound. You?" he gave her a toothy grin and nodded his head to the bathroom, "Sherry is taking a bath by the way."
The young Redfield smiled and sat the bags on the other bed. "I've been better, now lets get that uniform off of you." she started to unwraps Leon's bandages and he flinched, "I thought I would never hear you say that to me, Claire." he gave a chuckle and started to unbutton the shirt.
"I'm just full of surprises, aren't I?" she helped Leon out of his two shirts and saw his chest. The wound luckily hadn't started to fester, which was a really good thing. Claire got up from the bed and knocked on the bathroom door, "Sherry? It's Claire. I need some warm water and washcloths." she walked back to the bag of supplies and pulled out a small dish pan. She then walked back to the bathroom and came out with the water and rags.
"Here, we'll just wipe down your chest and shoulder first. Try to get the blood off." she placed the pan on the bedstand and dipped a rag in it. She then turned back to Leon and smiled, "If it hurts, just make me stop, ok?"
Leon nodded and stared to pant, "Yeah, ok. Do you have any pain killers or anything?" Claire handed him the bottle and he swallowed a few pills without water. As he was doing that, Claire was gingerly dabbing his shoulder with the washcloth. She didn't want to say anything, but he had a really nice body. Claire kept her eyes on the wound and tired not to look anywhere else.
Leon gritted his teeth when Claire got a little to close to the hole in his shoulder. She frowned and looked at him, "I'm going to have to clean it with iodine and then pull the bullet out."
Leon looked at her with a semi-calm face and nodded in response. Now Claire didn't have any medical training, but she had common sense. She sterilized the pliers with the alcohol and got a swab with iodine on it. "Ok, ready? One, two, three!" Claire placed the cotton ball on his wound and he gripped the headboard. Leon's eyes closed tightly and she clenched his teeth to muffle a cry. After she threw the ball in the trash. Claire threaded a needle and sterilized it as well.
"Alright Leon, I'm going to pull the bullet out. Ready?" The rookie nodded his head quickly and looked at her, "Yes." Claire pulled a small leather belt out of the shopping bags and folded it. "Bite on this when I pull out the bullet." Leon opened his mouth and bit down hard on the belt.
Claire turned Leon's head away and carefully placed the pliers in the wound. She heard Leon's cry as his body stiffened up. She found the bullet and started to pull it out slowly. Leon's face looked like he was in agony as she slowly pulled out the damed thing. After she finally got it out, she placed more iodine on his shoulder and started to sew up the mess.
After that was done, Claire cleaned the wound one more time and started to bandage him up. Leon was sweating and panting as she was fixing him up.
"Thanks, Claire..." he looked up at her with glazed eyes. The R.P.D. rookie looked like even more shit after Claire's medical attempt.
"You're welcome." she patted his leg and smiled. "Get some rest now." Claire got up from the bed and started cleaning up the mess. Leon looked over at her and smiled when she bent over. He noted how tight and short her 'shorts' really were. He let out an involuntary moan and Claire stood up.
"Are you ok, Leon?" she grabbed a spare dry washcloth and wiped the sweat from his brow. He was sweating more than he was just a little bit ago. Claire leaned down in front of him a bit and he saw how her shirt clung to her chest.
"Jesus, Claire..." he turned his face away and closed his eyes. He couldn't do this, she was his friend. They were partners and he shouldn't be checking her out. Claire placed her cold hand on his forehead and he shivered.
"You don't have a temperature, do you want something to drink? Water?" she got a worried look on her face and watched him. Leon looked up her body until he reached her face. He parted his lips and nodded at the Redfield. She patted his leg and pulled a bottle of water out of the bag.
Leon held in a gasp and tried to block out the feeling of her hand on his leg. She was a little to close to comfort. If they were under different circumstances, he'd... he'd... rip her clothes off of her right now. But he had morals, plus there was a little twelve year old in the bathroom.
Claire opened the bottle of water and held it up to his lips. He coughed as the liquid soothed his parched throat. Claire patted his leg again and smiled, "Small sips now. You're going to have to drink a lot of water since you're dehydrated. It's because you've bled a lot."
Leon smiled at her actions and nodded, she was too kind; her maternal instincts were showing. Sherry came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her and got on the spare bed.
"How are you feeling, Leon?" she looked at him with worried eyes. He gave her a thumbs up and groaned, "I'm alright Kiddo. You should get some sleep."
Sherry smiled and snuggled under the covers, "Ok, good night Leon! Good night Claire!" she turned her back to her two rescuers and closed her eyes. Claire looked at Leon and smiled, "You need to rest. I'll keep watch tonight." she walked over to the small table and pulled a handgun out of her sidepack. Claire sat at the table and looked at the door.
Leon watched her for a while until his eyelids were too heavy to keep open. The pain medicine started to kick in and he felt relaxed. He feel asleep and didn't have a single dream.
A few hours later, Leon woke up and took in his surroundings. He saw the lump that was Sherry in her bed. He then looked over at the table and saw that Claire and the gun were gone.
Leon panicked a bit and thought that Claire left them and went searching for Chris. He leaned and rubbed his eyes. He was still drowsy from the medicine, but he was able to stand and walk. He headed over to the bathroom, he drank too much water over the past few days. He neared the bathroom and noticed that the door was cracked.
Leon peeped his head in and instantly blushed. Claire Redfield was taking a shower... behind a clear shower curtain. He instinctively roamed his eyes across her wet, naked body. Her hair was out of it's pony tail, and it was cascaded across her shoulders.
The rookie rested his head on the door frame and watched Claire take her shower. Of course he wasn't a virgin, but he had never seen a girl take a shower before. Besides in some X-rated movies he saw in the past, but those always ended with sex. Leon looked down at his waist and freezed, clearly the young brunette had an effect on him.
His eyes looked off from his tight pants and looked up into a pair of blue eyes. She was staring at him. Claire was looking right at Leon and saw his buldge. The two stared at each other for what seemed like hours until Claire cleared her throat, "Did you need anything?" her eyes scanned his bare chest and then back up to his face.
Leon shook his head like a moron and turned around, "No. Sorry." he went to walk away but she spoke up again. "Can you hand me the soap?" her finger was pointed to the small bar next to the sink. He picked up the soap and kept his eyes on the floor, "Here." he placed it in her hand and shivered. Her hand clamped down onto his own and his eyes looked at her body again.
Claire placed a finger under his chin and pointed his face up to hers. Her words were silent, but Leon knew what she had said. He unbuttoned his pants quickly and took them off, he then whispered, "You sure about this?"
She nodded softly and neared her lips to his, "Positive." Leon broke the space between them and pressed his body up to hers. After tonight, they could never go back to being 'Just Friends'.
A/N: Hehehehe..... O.O;;;; Not what I regularly write, eh? And I bet you were not expecting that. I'm gonna write another chapter to this, so it's not the end! I know this is a bit more 'graphic' than what I normally write. The next chapter will have more Cleon fluff, I promise.
And Stone Ville is indeed the neighboring town to Racoon City. I'm pretty sure it was the memo in RE3. It was from Joe Kendo to Barry. Whatever lol.
Please don't flame about the pairing and contents inside this chapter. It's not like I wrote a whole scene out. :) Tell me what you think about it!