A/N: So this is a scene from an up and coming case in a roleplay I'm doing. The basic scenario is that Tony's ex-girlfriend, Jeanne Benoit, was in on this fraud thing and when we find out it was her we go to talk to her and she ends up freaking out and shooting Sammy in the arm, it's a through and through and it hit nothing vital but they keep her in for observation for a bit. I hope you like it. Enjoy!
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What Happened?
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Gibbs was panicking as he pulled into the hospital parking lot. All he had been told was that Sammy had been shot. In the past when the women he loved had been shot both died and he didn't feel like he could go through that again. He walked into the ER and found Declan waiting for him by the nurse's station.
"There you are," Declan said as she met him halfway.
"Where is she?" Gibbs asked trying to put up a calm front.
"She's fine Gibbs, it was just her arm," Declan said softly, "they have her in a room for observation."
Gibbs gave her a look that spoke for itself. Declan caught his drift and led the way to Sammy's room. She opened the door as quietly as possible and Gibbs stepped soundlessly into the room. He found Sammy seemingly asleep on the bed, dressed in a hospital gown with the right sleeve rolled up as not to disturb the bandage that was taped halfway between her shoulder and her elbow. Her arm was in a sling and resting across her stomach and the blanket pulled up to her waist.
Gibbs turned back to Declan as he pulled the keys to the sedan out of his pocket. He opened his mouth to speak but Declan was one step ahead of him already.
"I'll get Kairi and we'll head back in the sedan," Declan said as she took the keys from his hand and replaced them with Sammy's keys, "the echo is parked close to the doors on the right side."
Gibbs nodded before turning back to the bed and taking a seat in the chair pulled up to the side. Declan let herself out, softly closing the door behind her. Gibbs started gently smoothing Sammy's hair and running his hand over her cheek. Sammy shifted closer to him before opening her eyes.
"Hey Num Nums," Sammy mumbled with a smile.
"Hey," Gibbs said, his panic melting away at the sound of her voice, "they gave you some morphine, huh?"
"Yup," Sammy said nodding her head and going to lift her arm, "My arm doesn't even hurt anymore."
Gibbs reached over and gently pushed her arm back down, "If you keep that up it'll hurt more when the morphine wears off."
"Oh," Sammy said, making a popping sound with her lips as she lowered her arm the rest of the way down.
Gibbs let out a little chuckle at how cute she was before pulling her blanket up a little higher and tucking her in.
"Get some rest, I'll be here when you wake up," Gibbs said softly as he leaned over and planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Mkay," Sammy said as she shifted a bit to get comfortable and closed her eyes.
Before she fell asleep she reached out for Gibbs' hand. He reached out to her hand and her fingers closed around his index finger. He started up gently rubbing circles on her hand with is thumb and smiled as her breathing evened out and she fell into a restful sleep.
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Sammy woke up as the morphine started to wear off. She winced as she slowly sat up, which jostled her arm a little.
"Hey," Gibbs said softly when he noticed she was awake, "they said I could take you home once you woke up."
"Ok," Sammy said as she threw her legs over the edge of the bed, "I have a couple questions though."
"Yeah," Gibbs said offering her a hand to help her off the bed.
"Where are my clothes and did they give you a prescription for painkillers?" Sammy asked, wincing again as her arm throbbed.
"Your clothes are over there," Gibbs said motioning to a small table against the wall where Sammy's clothes were neatly folded, "it looks like everything is fine except your sweater. And I have both your prescriptions but you have to take the painkillers with food so they don't upset your stomach so let's get you dressed and we'll pick something up on the way."
"Ok," Sammy said with a sigh before making her way over to her clothes, "Wanna help me out here?"
"Of course," Gibbs said softly and planted a kiss on the top of her head before picking up her jeans, "bottom first then you can sit down on the bed while we work on getting your shirt on."
Sammy nodded as Gibbs knelt down in front of her and helped her into her jeans. Once he pulled them up to her hips he buttoned them up then picked her shirt up from the table. Sammy moved over to the bed and slid up on the edge. Gibbs set her shirt on the bed beside her and moved to the clip on her sling.
"It's gonna hurt to get this on," He said softly, "but you can't leave in that."
Sammy only nodded then winced as Gibbs took off her sling. He opened the snaps that rested on her shoulders on both sides and reached around to untie the gown before moving it out of the way. That done he picked up her t-shirt and bunched up the bottom to meet with the sleeves to make it a little easier to get on. He held it in front of Sammy and she slid her arms through both sleeves, hissing when the movement of straightening out her arm pulled her stitches. Gibbs moved to her injured side and gently slid the shirt up to her shoulder, making sure to stretch it so it didn't pull on the bandage around her arm. He did the same on the other side then helped her pull the shirt over her head and pulled it down to cover her stomach. T-shirt in place he helped her put her sling back on before retrieving her shoes from the table and sliding them onto her feet one at a time, tying them up as well.
"Ok I think you're all set," He said sweetly as he offered her a hand to help her down off the bed.
"How cold is it outside?" Sammy asked as she slid off the bed, with Gibbs' help, before heading over to grab her bag, "my sweater is toast so I hope it's not too chilly."
Gibbs slid his jacket NCIS jacket off and gently placed it around her shoulders.
"How's that?" Gibbs said softly as he wrapped an arm around her waist before they headed out to her car.
"Better," Sammy said with a little smile, "Thanks."
"You're welcome Honey," Gibbs said softly, planting a kiss on her forehead before unlocking the doors and taking her bag.
He put it in the back then helped Sammy into the passenger side and buckled her in. He planted a quick kiss on her lips before closing the door and going around to the driver's side. After adjusting the seat so he could actually sit down without being squished to death he put his seat belt on and started the car.
"What would you like for dinner?" Gibbs asked, glancing at Sammy out of the corner of his eye.
"I don't know," Sammy whined, trying to get comfortable, "Just something so I can take my meds. My arm hurts."
Gibbs reached over and gently brushed the back of his hand down her cheek, "I know, but you need to eat something so you can take the painkillers or they'll upset your stomach and make you feel even worse."
"I guess pizza," Sammy said shifting so she was leaning with her back half on the seat and half on the door.
"Alright, just cheese or are you feeling like something special?" Gibbs asked as he headed for the pizzeria they frequented when they wanted something close to home.
"Nothing fancy," Sammy said as she closed her eyes and tried to snuggle closer into Gibbs' jacket.
"Alright."
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An Hour later Gibbs unlocked the door and they walked into the house. Sammy leaned against the wall by the door and crossed her left leg over her right so she could reach the laces on her high top. She undid them then repeated the process with the other foot. Once the laces on both her shoes were loose she slid them off then followed Gibbs into the kitchen. He had set the pizza on the table and set 2 plates beside it. He pulled a chair out for Sammy and she sat down before opening the box and pulling a slice of pizza onto her plate.
"Would you like some milk to go with that," Gibbs asked from the fridge.
"Just half a glass," Sammy said before starting in on her piece of pizza.
Gibbs poured Sammy half a glass of milk then brought it over to the table with her prescriptions. He set the glass down before popping the top off of the painkillers and shaking 1 out.
"Finish that slice and drink your milk before you take this," Gibbs said as he set the tablet on Sammy plate, "We'll start with one and go from there."
Sammy nodded to let him know she understood, as her mouth was full. She made semi quick work of her pizza and swallowed the tablet with the last of her milk. She started a second slice of pizza but by the end of it she was starting to feel the effects of the painkillers.
"I'm getting tired," Sammy said with a yawn, "Do I have pj's here?"
Gibbs finished chewing and swallowed the bite for pizza he had in his mouth, something Sammy had bugged him about until he started doing it, before he spoke.
"I don't think so, but I probably have something you can wear," Gibbs said as he set down the slice of pizza he was half way through and stood up, "Come on."
Sammy stood up and took Gibbs' hand. She followed as he led her up to his room. When they walked in Sammy sat on the bed while Gibbs went over to his dresser. He pulled one of his old NIS shirts, that he knew Sammy liked wearing to bed, and a pair of boxers out of one of the drawers then brought both over to the bed.
"How's this?" He asked, holding the articles of clothing up so Sammy could see.
"Good," Sammy said with a smile.
Gibbs sat on the bed beside her and eased his jacket off her shoulders before starting on her sling. He unclipped it and gently slid it off, making sure to be as gentle as possible. Sling out of the way he helped with her shirt then helped her slide his shirt on, which was easy do to it being so big. Her jeans came next and soon they were replaced with his boxers.
"It's probably best that you sleep without your sling on," Gibbs said as he cleared off the bed, "I'll get some more pillows from the guest room while you brush your teeth."
"Mkay," Sammy mumbled, rubbing her eye as she headed for the washroom.
She brushed her teeth with her left hand, which was rather awkward considering she's right handed, then headed back to the bedroom. When she walked in she found pillows all over the bed and Gibbs adjusting all of them to make it look less chaotic. Sammy walked over to her side and sat on the bed.
"Get comfortable then well prop your arm up on a couple pillows," Gibbs said softly as he planted a kiss on her forehead and pulled back the covers.
Sammy moved so she was sitting on the bed, under the covers. She lay down on her side and Gibbs placed a couple pillows in front of her, under her arm.
"How's that?" Gibbs asked, as he pulled the comforter up to just over Sammy's stomach.
"I think I need one more," Sammy said as she tried to shift a little to get comfortable without jostling her arm or pulling her stitches.
Gibbs gently slid another pillow under her arm.
"Better?" Gibbs asked as he gently ran his fingers through Sammy's hair.
"Yeah," Sammy mumbled around a yawn.
"Ok, go to sleep," Gibbs said before placing a soft kiss on her lips, "I'll be up in a couple hours."
"Ok," Sammy said as she closed her eyes.
Gibbs planted one last kiss on her forehead before quietly leaving the room, turning off the light and closing the door as he did so. He headed down to the kitchen to do the small amount of dishes they had racked up and to put away the left over pizza.
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Sammy tried to sleep but she just wasn't comfortable. If she shifted too much in one direction it hurt her arm but not shifting meant her back started to ache.
After about 20 min she gave up and wandered down the stairs and into the kitchen where she found Gibbs drying the last of the dishes.
Gibbs saw her walk in when he turned to put a plate in its cupboard.
"I thought you were sleeping," Gibbs said as he put the plate down and moved over to where Sammy stood.
"I can't get comfortable," Sammy whined with a yawn, "Can you come cuddle me?"
"Of Course, Honey," Gibbs said as he wrapped an arm around Sammy's waist.
They headed back up to the bedroom and Gibbs tucked Sammy in.
"I'm gonna get changed and brush my teeth then I'll be back," Gibbs said softly.
"Kay," Sammy said and she tried to get comfortable.
Gibbs made quick work of changing into a pair of boxers and ended up putting a white wife beater on when he couldn't find a clean t-shirt. He brushed his teeth before headed back into his room and over to Sammy's side of the bed.
"Where do you want me?" He asked as he pulled back the covers.
"Where the pillows are," Sammy said with a yawn as she moved to push the pillows off the bed but didn't put enough into it to actually move them.
Gibbs moved the pillows and climbed into the bed beside Sammy, lying on his back. Sammy rolled over and put her head on his chest then slowly rested her injured arm on his stomach. Gibbs stayed still while Sammy shifted moving her arm into different positions to find one that was comfortable. Sammy settled on having her arm more on his chest with her hand almost touching her chin. Gibbs waited to make sure she was comfortable before wrapping an arm around her and pulling the covers up over both of them.
"Comfortable?" Gibbs asked softly.
His only answer was the soft snores that were coming from Sammy as her breathing evened out. He smiled and bent down to place a soft kiss on the top of her head.
"Sweet dreams Honey," He said softly before letting himself drift off, the sound of Sammy's even breathing like a lullaby, lulling him to sleep.
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The End.