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The first day he was assigned watch duty over all incoming equipment. He leaned against the wall and supervised all the movers off load medical equipment and bring it to the lab.
Four more hours of this shit. He shook his head in disbelief. As a trained sniper, he had better things to do with his time than baby-sit. He sighed and shifted his stance, adjusting the gun to lean on his shoulder. The time seemed to crawl by and finally the man perked up as he noticed soldiers coming through the area, back from their patrol. A dark skinned man entered last and sauntered over with a smirk on his face.
"Got all the ducklings in order mother goose?" A crude gesture was all he got in response. He chuckled and shoved the man on duty.
"Come on Doyle, don't get your panties in a bunch. You have 10 more minutes." The man stopped mid-sentence and whistled under his breathe. "Another great 10 minutes at that." Doyle looked to his left and noticed what caught his friends attention. There weren't many women on base yet as the survivors hadn't been brought back and the US military kept as many females in the States as possible. This was a nice change of scenery. He turned back to his friend and gave a devious smile.
"Stand guard a minute Flynn." Doyle turned and walked towards the woman in a white lab coat with her glasses sitting on her head.
"Excuse me ma'm." He knew he startled her when she turned towards him with wide blue eyes. They softened upon seeing him and she flashed her badge.
"Doctor Althea Brown." She held her hand out and shook his firmly. He noticed she was holding a clip board that she held up to him with a pen in hand. "Just need you to sign off that everything was unloaded and I can get out of your hair." She gave him a small smile and he took the pen and signed the paper. She turned and began walking away and was through the door before he moved from his position of watching her. He made his way back to Flynn who had amusement written all over his face. The two began to leave heading towards the main barracks to rest for the night.
"I can't wait until its time for physicals." Flynn commented causing Doyle to laugh.
"She seems nice enough, what kind of name is Althea though?" He winced at the odd name and Flynn nodded in agreement.
"Sounds Greek." He commented as they strolled through the streets nodding to other soldiers they encountered. They entered the barracks and turned the main weaponry in while keeping pistols on their persons for emergencies.
"Time for food?" Flynn inquired while patting his stomach and looking over at Doyle. Doyle shook his head and they walked to the mess hall getting dinner and then to their apartment for the night.
*** Next Day ***
Doyle awoke with a start and slammed his hand down on the alarm clock next to his bed.
"Fucking shit." He muttered while pulling himself out of bed and stumbling towards the showers. After spending enough time under the hot spray to feel awake, he shut the water off and toweled himself dry before stepping into his uniform. Once he arrived at work, he groaned when he realized today was the day for physicals.
Doyle stepped into the long line and patiently waited his turn. When he entered he was directed to bed with a white curtain drawn around it. Ducking in he saw an older woman sitting on a stool with a file in her hand.
"James Doyle?" She questioned and he nodded while sitting down. They went over his basic medical history. She then took his blood pressure, drew a vial of blood for more testing and tested his reflexes.
"Everything is in perfect order Sergeant. Did you have any questions or concerns that you needed to bring up?" She didn't look up from the file and continued to scribble notes into it.
"What are we supposed to do about contraception?" Doyle bluntly asked hoping to get a shocked expression from the nurse. Instead she reached into the draw next to her and pulled a few packs of condoms and handed them to him.
"Anything else?" She raised a brow and looked at him closely, causing him to become uncomfortable.
"Nope." He quickly left the screening room and bumped into someone, too distracted by what had occurred. He dropped the bundle of condoms and stopped to help the person up. He was surprised again when he noticed it was Dr. Brown. She held the condoms out to him while fighting a smile.
"I believe these are your's?" She bit the bottom of her lip but he could see the laughter in her eyes. He rolled his eyes and grabbed them from her, trying to fight a blush.
"Just keeping the world safe is all." He smirked when he noticed the red tint creeping up her neck and into her cheeks. She chuckled and tightened the ponytail she had her long curly black hair in.
"Good of you to ." She commented and he coughed to cover up his own laugh. Althea noticed the head army doctor was making his way towards her. She sobered up and looked at Doyle apologetically.
"Gotta go." She hurried away and Doyle was left facing the male doctor.
"Sergeant. "The man nodded and moved past him trying to find Althea to scold her. Doyle frowned watching the man but left the clinic and headed back to start his shift for the day.
Doyle scanned the street through his rifle as he watched the other military members and the few civilians head to the apartment complex that was set aside for workers. He moved to another position and kept scanning the area before setting his sights on the apartment complex. Browsing through each window, Doyle felt like a peeping tom. He continued to scan the area and brought his sight back to the streets. Zooming in closer, he noticed Althea was on her way home for the night. He followed her to the entrance and kept his eye on the building waiting for a light to come on. The far right of the building, mid level flickered on and he kept his eyes on that area. He watched her for a few minutes as she began to relax in her house and he went back to doing his job scanning all areas.
As he was getting ready to leave, he moved his scope back to her apartment and noticed a sign was tapped to the window.
Need some help with your duties after work?
Doyle was intrigued by the message and aroused at the same time. It was going be an interesting night.
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