Title: Wash Away

Author: Claraon
Genre: Angst-ish
Spoilers: The Storm/The Eye
Rating: PG-13 (?)
AN: This is my first drabble is excited. Written for sparkdaily on LiveJournal.


Steaming water poured from the shower, desperately washing away the icy, salty reminiscence of the storm.

John had shot her. Not literally her of course, but she could still distinctly hear the bullet wheezing past her ear, settling into Kolya's shoulder.

For a moment, she truly believed her life had ended. Until she heard his voice; the same that had been so relieved to learn her pretended death had only been another of the Genii commander's trickery.

The door slided open behind Elizabeth, and a pair of arms slowly slipped around her waist.

"You OK ?" John whispered, with a kiss on her shoulder,

"Now, I am."