His breath stank of cigarettes, vodka and a mixture of something putrid, but Jane's senses were completely compromised as she felt the exaggerated throbbing that pounded through her head. The cop's vision was blurry, and before she knew it a focused pain started at the middle of her palm. She turned her head as much as she could to catch a glimpse of the scalpel. The size, she noticed was odd, but the pain that surged through her veins and shocked her every sense made its abnormalities trivial.
That voice. It wasn't his. It melted in her ears and soothed her, taking the pain away in a large gasp of air that awakened her.
Another nightmare.
The first thing that Jane noticed, were the tears, her cheeks were wet and she couldn't understand why the honey blonde was crying.
"Jane?" She felt Maura's hands on hers, her thumbs rubbing at the detective's scarred skin. But soon enough the ME's hands pulled her body into her and Jane awoke from her trance, breaking out in sobs, as she felt the tight grip of the doctor around her.
"Yo-you kept saying his n-name," Jane could barely understand Maura through her frantic hiccups, "and you wouldn't wa-wake up, I j-just wanted you to wake up-"
Maura's words came out as a yelp, followed by a cry of desperation. Jane could deal with the nightmares, when they weren't so bad- like this one, it wasn't so bad. She couldn't hear him anymore; his voice had faded in the back of her mind and turned into a distorted grunt.
But Maura, she tried her best too, but Jane understood there were times when it was worse for her. Like when Jane didn't wake up.
The detective felt the steady hiccups against her as the blonde nuzzled into the crook of her neck. Jane tentatively raised her hands, to place around Maura's hips, but she felt unsure if she could move. Jane felt the doctor sigh against her as the detective's hands pulled her body closer to hers.
The ME leaned back and lifted a hand to Jane's face, stroking her cheek. The detective closed her eyes to the touch and just relaxed, feeling Maura's face shift closer to hers. The blonde's soft lips pressed lightly against Jane's closed eyes, causing the detective to whimper. She showed Maura so much weakness, yet was still accepted entirely for whom she was, and she too loved every part of Maura.
The doctor's light caresses traveled down towards her face, leaving Jane breathless, as Maura held her gaze and hovered teasingly over Jane's lips. They tried to resist each other, to allow the moment to last forever; but their mouths found the other before they'd realized it themselves.