A/N: So this is a little fic I come up with when I was thinking about the times when Sammy is acting like a child or just needs some TLC and Declan is there for her and babies her and I thought that Sammy should return the favour a couple times, so this will be a little series of fics where the boys are off on an assignment, probably at Guantanamo Bay.
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When the tables turn
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Sammy sat at her desk working on a report. She was mostly finished but had nothing better to do so she was checking it over again. Gibbs and Tony had been sent on an assignment in Gitmo at the start of the week, leaving the 3 girls alone in the office. Tuesday Kairi had had to leave for a whole to take care of some family matters which left Sammy and Declan by themselves. Speaking of Declan, Sammy had been watching her out of the corner of her eye all morning and most of the afternoon, she looked pale and a little flushed, like she had a fever. Tack that on to the cough she had and that every once in a while Sammy saw her rub her head, seemingly trying to ease a headache. Sammy knew she was sick, which wasn't exactly something she was hiding. What she was hiding was how sick she actually was. Declan had been nursing said cold for the past 2 weeks but after Tony left it seemed to get worse. Sammy knew Declan was very independent and didn't like being babied so she didn't push her until She was Declan get up only to sit back down and brace herself with her desk.
"Are you alright?" Sammy asked, moving to stand in front of Declan.
"Just a little dizzy," Declan said, once her head stopped spinning, "I'm fine."
Sammy placed a hand on her forehead, testing how much of a fever Declan had.
"When did your cold get this bad?" Sammy asked not letting Declan write if off the way she wanted to.
"It's not that bad," Declan said, disproving that with a decent cough, "I'm fine."
"You've got a fever and you're pale," Sammy said with a sigh, "I bet you have a headache too, don't you?"
Declan sighed, she wanted to fight and be independent but she was feeling crappy and missing Tony and tired form the lack of sleep she'd been getting due to him being gone and she just felt like being looked after.
"I haven't been sleeping well," Declan sighed, "I'm not used to Tony not being home and I can't sleep."
"It's 4:30 already," Sammy said, glancing at her watch, "let's go home. You can come home with me."
"Alright," Declan said, willing to do anything to start feeling better.
Sammy walked back over to her desk and packed her things up then waited patiently for Declan to do the same. When she was ready they headed out to Sammy's Echo.
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Around 8:30pm, after a dinner of chicken noodle soup and tea and a couple ibuprofens Sammy sat on the bed, Declan's head in her lap. She was gently running her fingers through Declan's hair and it seemed to be soothing enough for Declan to fall asleep. Sammy gently placed her hand on Declan's forehead, glad when she found her fever had gone down considerably, then continued where she left off.
She stayed like that until she started to get tired. When she stopped Declan rolled over and Sammy got comfortable, making sure she was close enough to Declan that she would know she's not alone. When Sammy stopped moving Declan rolled to face her and snuggled close. Sammy stayed still until Declan got comfortable then threw an arm over her and dosed off herself. Her last thought before falling asleep was that she was glad she could repay Declan for the times when the tables were turned.
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The End