Okay, so this story is about Ben and Jimmy. This is an AU story only because Ben does not have the spikes in his back, and he is not a soldier. Jimmy is still a soldier though and he gets himself into a sticky situation.

Disclaimer- I in no way own Falling Skies.

Jimmy's POV

This whole thing started as a normal night. I was going on patrol with Hal, but it didn't end like that. Hal felt sick so he decided that it was best for everybody if he stayed at base camp instead of going out and potentially getting the other soldiers sick. So I went out with a guy named Rick, he was okay, not the best shooter in the world, and that is what ended up killing him.

Flashback

We were by this old field when we heard three skitters talking to each other. I quickly took down two and Rick was trying to shoot the third, but the fool couldn't aim right and shot an entire clip with out hitting the nasty beast. While he was reloading the gun, the Skitter knocked him into a tree causing a branch to go right through his stomach. I ran to help him, but I didn't make it three steps before the Skitter swung its hand and launched me into to a lake nearby.

Flashback over

The water is absolutely freezing, and I have tried getting back to the grass, but my legs refuse to move. I can feel my body slowly shutting down and all that is going through my head is, oh God I am going to die.

~~~~~time skip~~~~~ only a few minutes though

My legs are aching, my lips are numb and I am pretty sure that ice is forming on my eyelashes. I decided that I was going to go down fighting so I gathered all my strength and yelled out "Help! Someone help me! Anyone please." Another minute went by and no one came. I wanted to cry, but then I heard footsteps coming closer to where I was. To my surprise Ben Mason came into view.

"Jimmy!" He exclaimed. "Hold on Jimmy I coming to get you." He called out to me before jumping into the water quickly swimming over to me, grabbing my arm and pulling us back to solid land. "B-Ben, I'm so cold." I said shivering and my words stuttered. "I know Jimmy, but we have to get back to camp if either of us wants to live, so come on." He held me up in his warm arms and we began walking back to camp.

~~~~~Time Skip they are at camp~~~~~

"Anne! We need help." Ben yelled as we walked into the camp. His dad came up and took me from his warm arms and I began to shiver violently. "It's okay Jimmy, you will be warm soon." Tom told me. I looked over to Ben and saw Captain Weaver holding him up, leading him in the opposite direction and I freaked out. "No, Ben!" I called out, using the last of my strength to lash out against Tom. "Jimmy calm down, he is just going to have Lourdes check him out." That really didn't help calm me down though, but I let him lead me to the make shift hospital, and I let Anne take care of me. She made me stay over night to monitor how my body was reacting to near hypothermia. I was mad that I had stay, but I understood why I had to. Around 11:00 I heard the door open and I saw Ben walk in. He had on clean clothing and his face was a bit red from the cold wind whipping against it. He walked over to my bed and sat in the chair Captain Weaver had used when he came to see me earlier. He had a frown on his face.

"Hey Ben what's up?" I asked him hoping to distract him from whatever was bothering him. I was met with silence. "What's wrong Ben? Are you okay?" I questioned, worry evident in my voice. "No I am not okay Jimmy. Weaver and my dad wouldn't let me come see you. They said that I should just let you rest and not to bother you, but I couldn't not see how you were doing so I had to sneak out of my tent when they were asleep to come see you." He told me, shivering just a little from the cold. "That's bull." I said. "Why wouldn't they let you come see me?" I wondered when I saw him shiver again.

"Hey are you cold Ben?" I asked and he just nodded. I moved to make room for him and told him to lie down. He slipped into the bed beside me and I pulled the blanket up around us. We laid there for a few hours just talking. He looked at the clock and it said 3:00 a.m. "I should probably go back." Ben said to me. "Can you just stay here for tonight?" I asked. He debated it for a few seconds before deciding. "Sure." I turned my back to him laying my head on the pillow and I felt his arm slip around me pulling me towards him. I felt a smile find its way to my face when he placed a small kiss on my head. I snuggled into his warm comfortable arms and we fell asleep.

Anne's POV

I watched them sleep together and smiled. They really are two halves of a whole. I grabbed a spare blanket and draped it over their sleeping forms before leaving them to rest.

This is my first fanfiction and I hope it was okay. If not please review and tell me how I can make it better. If you have any one shot ideas for this couple please let me know and I will write it, oh and if you would like this to be more than a one shot just review and tell me.