Ninja Weekly

Summary: A series of separate one-shots revolving around our favorite ninja, each based on a prompt. Expect everything and anything. We got buckets of romance, sprinkles of angst, and tornadoes of rainbow creation. Madness and tons of fluff will abound.

Warnings: Most, if not all, of these one-shots will be SLASH related, so if that isn't your particular brand of whiskey you may politely leave now, I won't mind. I ship just about anything, but my favorites are Cole/Jay and Kai/Zane, so expect them the most. Every chapter will have subsidiary warnings on them as well, so feel free to skip any that squinch you out. I'm not in the market of squinching people. It's just not proper.

A/N: I'll try to keep this updated at least weekly, but if I skip one it's either because a) my gig babysitting my sister's mini humans has me so exhausted I can't find the energy to even turn my laptop on, or b) I'm procrastinating by playing Stardew Valley while jamming to Kpop. Have fun figuring out which.

Enjoy!

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Prompt One: Bandaid

-Summary: In which Cole discovers Jay has an amusing childhood fear. Cole/Jay

-Rating: PG-13 for some strong language

The plank of wood broke before any of them even knew the damn thing was in need of repair. One second Jay was standing on the firm deck of the Bounty, the next he was one leg shorter as the wood fractured beneath him. The master of lightning had shrieked and yelled as he scrambled to free himself from the clutches of the rotten board, and of course none of the others were in any mind to offer help, mostly because they were too overwhelmed by hysterical laughter, justifiably really. Watching Jay lose his mind trying to escape their home for goodness sakes was the funniest thing that had happened in ages.

Ten minutes and some particularly ear-reddening swear words later (Kai would never fess up to teaching the other man them, no sirree), Jay was laying on his back with the biggest pout Cole had ever seen on his face. The black-haired nin had sighed as he went over to take pity on him. Goodness knew he wasn't going to hear the end of this for awhile, and seeing as how they were sort of dating now, he might as well try and get some brownie points by helping patch him up.

And Jay had needed some patching up, and not just for his bruised ego. Cole had winced spotting the trickle of blood coming from a nasty looking cut just below Jay's knee. Not stitches worthy, but it had to hurt like hell and needed to be cleaned up before it became infected. Thus Jay was dragged off to their shared bedroom and forced onto his bunk for some much needed bandages.

Cole had figured that would be the end of it. Jay whined for a couple of days, predictably, but while the incident had been hysterical, they were ninja and training soon took up so much of their time that they didn't have much left to linger on it. If anything the event would soon be nothing but a funny anecdote to tell at future dinners (Kai would even throw in that Jay had cried, but only once, as being mildly electrocuted tends to stop further teasing on most matters).

A few weeks later, Cole returned to the bunk room after exercising to find Jay sitting on his bed with his leg kicked out. The auburn haired man hadn't noticed his entry, and Cole took a second to study the odd scene undisturbed. One of Jay's pant legs were pulled up to reveal the bandaged wound, and the smaller nin was prodding the white bandaid with a worried expression. He would reach out, grasp a furled end, take a breath, and immediately remove his hand with a tiny sound from the back of his throat.

Jay did this a few more times before Cole cleared his throat, unable to keep quiet anymore. With a squeak, Jay slid the leg of his pants back down and went deer-in-headlights mode. "Cole! You're not supposed to sneak up on people! We're ninja! I could have sunk a shuriken into you before I realized who you were!"

"I doubt your aim would be that good," Cole replied dryly, and motioned at his leg. "Um, what were you doing?"

An adorable flush of color spread over Jay's cheeks, and he ducked away to hide it, though not before Cole grinned at the cute image. "Nothing! Why would I be doing anything weird? Gods, Cole, I could just be sitting here minding my own business. Quit accusing me of things."

Snorting, Cole went to kneel before him, grasping that toned leg in his hands and pulling the cloth back up before Jay could protest. "Uh-huh. You know, it sort of looked like you were scared to pull this thing off. That can't be right though, right? You, an established ninja of some caliber, afraid of a lil' bandaid?"

Jay swallowed hard, and his easily readable expression said everything.

"Jay," Cole said with a roll of his eyes. "It's a bandaid! You're a grown ass man, you shouldn't be afraid of something so dumb anymore."

"I'm not afraid!" his boyfriend protested. "I can take it off whenever I feel like it! I was just worried it might not be done healing. I don't want to take it off too soon."

Cole slid his fingers up that leg, fully enjoying the feel of those lean muscles just below the skin, and toyed with the end of the bandage. He didn't miss the way Jay tensed below him. Was he also enjoying teasing his boyfriend? Only like a lot. "Oh yeah? It's been days, I think it's time we checked it. I could even take it off for you, if you like."

"No!" Jay clapped a hand over his mouth as Cole raised an eyebrow. "I-I mean, you don't need to do that. I'll, um, do it. Heh. No problem. Only babies are scared of bandaids. Why wouldn't I be able to do it myself? I just need a moment to-EEK!"

The bandaid swayed in the light breeze coming in from the window as Cole held it up, fully amused. Jay shot daggers at him, the corners of his eyes welled with tears of pain, a firm pout on his lips. Seconds later that adorable sight vanished only to be replaced with a view of the bunk room's wooden ceiling, accompanied by a harsh blast of pain in Cole's gut. The master of lightning curled up on the bed to sulk, kick firmly given, and Cole just shook his head in disbelief.

Leave it to Jay to make taking off a bandaid a god damn event.

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