War

"Hey, Bo-Bo." Kenzi yelled from the couch, hearing the shower turn on knowing Lauren would be in there a while.

"Yeah, Kenz?" Bo walked in, and looked at Kenzi.

"Sit." Kenzi's tone got serious, so Bo knew something was up.

"Kenzi, what aren't you telling me?" Bo questioned, sitting down next to Kenzi.

"While you were... well weren't being you... Lauren told me something." Kenzi took Bo's hand.

"What? Is she ok?" Bo's voice showed concern.

"She's not hurt. She said she learned from experience and field work." Kenzi said, assuring Bo.

"What field?"

"That's what I wanted to tell you. Did you know Lauren was in Afghanistan?"

Bo looked shocked, she hadn't known.

"What?"

"She was in the middle of a fucking war." Kenzi gripped Bo's hand.

"Why didn't I know this?" Bo asked.

"I'm not the person you need to ask." As if on que, the shower stopped and Bo stood up. "Go ask Hotpants."

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"Lauren?" Bo questioned walking into her room.

"Bo." Lauren said, turning a corner with a soft smile on her face.

"I need to ask you something." Bo said, sitting on her bed.

Fully dressed, Lauren sat next to Bo and took her hand.

"Why didn't you tell me about Afghanistan?" Bo looked into Lauren's chocolate brown eyes.

"Y-You never asked." Lauren whispered, turning her head away, breaking eye contact.

"Hey." Bo said softly, moving her hand up to cup Lauren's cheek. "Look at me. It's ok."

"It was terrible." Lauren whispered as she brought her eyes back to Bo's and leaned into her touch.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" Bo grabbed Lauren's hand.

"D-Do you know why I became a doctor?"

"No, no one ever told me." Bo released Lauren's cheek and wrapped her arm around the blondes waist, and Lauren dropped her head to rest on Bo's shoulder.

"I was adopted when I was twelve. I remember my actual parents though." Lauren let a single tear slip down her face and drop onto Bo's shoulder.

"What happened?" Bo moved to lay down and brought Lauren's head to rest on her chest. Both their arms moved to encircle the other.

"All I remember in the beginning... is gunshots, loud thuds, glass breaking, and the darkness of the closet I was hidden in." Lauren shook, feeling terror run through her.

Bo ran her fingers through Lauren's hair as she spoke.

"Then, when things went quiet, I walked down stairs. I was only ten, but I remember the blood in the hallway... and the terror I felt. I ran to call the police." Lauren sobbed as Bo held her tighter to her chest and kissed the top of the blonde's head.

"They hung up saying they were on their way." Lauren looked up at Bo. " Then I saw my mom." Lauren whispered her eyes filling with fresh tears.

Bo listening to this let a single tear leave her eye seeing the pain showing in Lauren's face.

"You don't have to tell me." Bo rushed out seeing how distressed Lauren was getting.

"You're my girlfriend, you should know. I love you too much to keep anything from you."

Bo couldn't help but smile brightly listening to Lauren. " I love you, too."

"I-I saw my mom... face down on the floor, covered i-in red." Lauren buried her face in Bo's chest. "I didn't know how to help her." Bo could feel Lauren's tears dripping into her shirt and onto her skin.

"I saw my dad's arm in the doorway to another room... He groaned." Bo's eyes widened. "I ran to his side and laid on his stomach where all all I could see was dark red. He said, 'I love you, never forget that.' and his body tensed and released. I couldn't help him, I could if it were now. I couldn't help the cry that I let out as the sirens came seconds later." Bo let a few more tears fall as her shirt was getting soaked with Lauren's. " I vowed, I would learn how to help people in those situations, and keep people from feeling the pain I felt then. I felt helpless, just hiding upstairs."

Bo pushed Lauren's head up and looked into her eyes. " You were just a kid, and you have helped so many people... and you made me fall in love for the first time." Bo said in a sincere voice and kissed Lauren's forehead.

Lauren shook her head. "I didn't help all those soldiers. I thought what I felt for Nadia was love, but now I'm convinced that that was just fate's way of bringing us together." Lauren sniffled.

"You helped all that you could." Bo smiled at Lauren's previous sentence.

"I could have helped more if I didn't hide again while our camp was raided." Lauren buried her head again.

"What happened?" Bo held onto Lauren.

"I hid while soldiers were shot and captured. I knew what they would do for me." Bo could feel Lauren tense. "I could have helped them." Lauren whispered.

"Then you could have been captured... or taken away from me." Bo said quietly.

Lauren felt a wave of fresh tears fill her eyes. Looking up into Bo's eyes, seeing the concern on her face, her heart fixed a little in her chest.

"You asked if you were a monster, but you could never be a monster. I've seen monsters, I killed people too, but that doesn't make me a monster." Lauren said, looking into Bo's eyes with complete conviction.

All Bo could do was pull Lauren in for a chaste kiss.

"I love you... too much to ever think you could be a monster." Lauren uttered, her breath hitting Bo's face that was only inches away from her's.

A bright smile showed on Bo's face. "I love you, too." Pulling Lauren in for another kiss, trying to convey all her feelings in one action.

"I still have nightmares." Lauren whispered as they broke apart.

"I'll fight off your night demons... If you sleep next to me every night?" Bo asked.

"I wouldn't want anything else." Lauren curled back into Bo and drifted into a peaceful sleep.


AN: This is my first Doccubus story, and I'd like to know how I did. I take prompts for them, and if anyone has an idea for a multi-chapter fic, tell me.

Please review and tell me what you think. Thanks for reading.