"Hi." Jack's voice was getting stronger each day, as he was. Jamie smiled a little.
"Hey." He set one of the plates down on Jack's lap before perching on the edge of the bed with his own. Jack smiled.
"You been busy." He said, slightly sad.
"Yeah." Jamie said nothing more, taking a bite as an excuse not to. Jack sighed, feeling a tear or two gather.
"I wish that didn't happen. It wasn't your fault." Jamie set his plate onto the nearby nightstand. He really didn't feel up to eating much anyway. He gently pressed a kiss to Jack's forehead. Jack smiled and hugged Jamie; Jamie settled at Jack's side without saying anything, but a slight smile touched his lips. Jack felt tired, but he forced himself to stay awake. Jamie relaxed, waiting for Jack to finish the meal before setting the plate with his. He yawned a little. Jack ate the last bit slowly and had fallen asleep with the final bite. Jamie made sure Jack was comfortable and after a while he drifted off as well. It was four in the morning when Jack awoke, feeling much better. Jamie slept for at least two more hours. Jack did some weird things for a while, since there wasn't much else to do; he counted to a thousand, clapping one hand to his face to make a sound that was cool to him for hours on end, then did a leg shaking thing. Jamie floated off to the bathroom, semi-awake, as had become habit the last few days. Jack sniffed himself then groaned.
"I need a bath." Jamie came out of the bathroom several minutes later, a pan and sponge in one hand; his own hair still a little damp from the shower.
"Yeah... I didn't get to this yesterday morning..." Jamie murmured as he floated next to Jack.
"Yeah." Jack was so tired, like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. Jamie set the pan to one side, careful not to spill any as he slipped the hoodie off Jack before washing him with the sponge, the touch light and delicate around what's left of the wounds at this point. Jack hissed a little as Jamie grazed a sensitive slit. Jamie winced a little.
"Sorry." Jack smiled.
"It's okay." He kissed him gently as a distraction that lasted only for a moment as he he jumped when Jamie grazed his stomach with the sponge, sending shivers up his back.
"Hold still." Jamie murmured with a chuckle, dipping the sponge into the soapy water again; he rang it out a little before going back to gently washing Jack's stomach and then shifting to wash his back. Jack giggled, squirming more as Jamie slowly dipped to his side.
"Hey, no squirming snowflake." Jamie said, trying to wash Jack's other side. Jack laughed.
"B-but it tickles ahhaa!" He squirmed so much it was impossible not to laugh.
"Not doing it on purpose." Jamie replied, putting the sponge back in the pan before shifting to wriggle Jack out of his pants so he can wash the rest of him too. Jack gasped, as apparently that was ticklish too. He managed to slap Jamie in the process of cleaning.
"Hey! What was that for?" He asked as he continued cleaning Jack, working methodically.
"I don't know." Jack shivered, closing his legs as he felt uneasy. Jamie finished up and carefully helped Jack back into the clothes. Jack smiled and lay back down again. Jamie disappeared into the bathroom again to dump the water and set the sponge to dry before coming back out and settling down next to Jack again. Jack sighed, tired and sad for some moments.
"Hey... why the long face?" Jack sighed.
"It's about earlier. I sort of bit North's head off about you getting punished."
"I see. Well I can't imagine why you'd do that. He's only doing what he thinks is best for us... even if we don't like it necessarily." Jack huffed.
"Well I have a reason to be confined, though you don't deserve any of this punishment."
"Well... I kinda do. I was kinda mostly responsible for taking care of you." He said after a moment. Jack huffed.
"Stop blaming yourself." Jamie blinked a little at that.
"I didn't say that." Jack lay back.
"Goodnight Jamie." He went to bed, even though it was now five in the morning.
"Goodnight Jack." When Jack woke again Jamie is gone, but the comic he'd been working on last is lying nearby. Jack whined sadly, his heart hurt; he struggled out of the bed, pulling out the IV. He was done being stuck in bed. The machine beeped and a yeti responded to it, chiding Jack for pulling it out; grumbling that he still needed to stay in bed for a while as he put the IV back in. Jack whined, pulling it out again and forcing himself out of the bed.
"No, I don't want to stay here! I'm fine!" The yeti puts it back in, warbling that Jack still needed at least a day or two to mend first. Making the point by knocking Jack over with a gentle shove. Jack yelped, hissing between his teeth as he glared, pulling the IV out one last time.
"I don't care, I'm fine." The yeti glared at Jack, warbling a warning about putting him out by calling Sandy if he didn't behave as he put the IV back in again. Securing the thing so it was harder to get rid of. Jamie walked through the door at that moment, yawning. Jack hissed at the yeti like 'try me' and glared as he pulled the IV out again; he whined as it pulled some skin with it but he bit his lip, ignoring the pain. The yeti hit a button on the machine and a bunch of Sandy's dream sand smacked Jack square in the face; putting him out while the yeti grumbled and put the IV in again. Jack hissed between his teeth as he fought the sand.
"Bastard, I hate you." it's all he says before falling unconscious. Jamie shook his head a little and climbed into the bed with Jack, curling up against his side. The next morning Tooth comes in with the morning meal, and as usual Jamie has vanished. Jack wouldn't eat, his heart ached; he shook his head no.
"You ate yesterday... Jack... is something wrong?" Jack didn't answer, his heart only hurt. Tooth set the plate nearby, gently putting a hand on Jack's shoulder.
"What's wrong sweet tooth?" She tried again, her voice soft, concerned.
"I don't want to be alone anymore! I need to see Jamie." He said, his voice cracked and broken as he pulled the IV out forcefully and pulled himself out of bed.
"I can't stay here anymore!" Tooth stared in shock a moment before keeping Jack from leaving the room.
"Sweet tooth, please... don't go. You need to rest still. I'm sure I can find him for you though, just stay put." Jack whined.
"Please let me at least leave the room. I just want to be with him, not constantly in bed." Tooth sighed.
"I know sweet tooth, but you need to rest. I'll make sure he comes by as soon as he's done with... ah..." She hesitated. Jack looked at Tooth.
"Done with what? Tooth, tell me." His face made it clear that if she didn't he wasn't going back to the bed, ever.
"Oh dear... I've said too much already... He made me promise not to say anything, he wanted it to be a surprise." Tooth looks guilty.
"What?" Jack was curious more than ever now.
"Tell me." Tooth seemed torn between pacifying Jack and keeping her word. Fortunately she's spared making a decision as Jamie walked into the room. Jack glared at Tooth a moment longer before he smiled looking at Jamie.
"JAMIE!" He crawled forward, only able to hug his legs since his body was still in too much pain for him to stand up. Jamie blinked.
"Jack, what are you doing out of bed?" He picked Jack up after disentangling himself from the other's embrace and settled him back in the bed again. Jack pouted.
"I'm tired of being in bed. I want to be with you!" Jamie gently cupped Jack's cheek and pressed his lips to Jack's. Tooth took that as her cue to leave, shutting the door behind her. Jack whimpered into the kiss, tears falling in his sadness and need to go to Jamie every day that had grown.
"I'm tired of being alone every morning." Jamie gently wiped away the tears.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, but I wanted to make this... and it's taken some time." Jamie pulled out a little wooden heart that had a snowflake carved into its center and frost gently colored the snowflake almost making it look like a real snowflake had been placed into the wood itself; a small loop at the top of the hear allowed a leather strip to make it a necklace to be worn. Jack's eyes were wide at the beauty.
"Jamie... it's... it's.." He wanted to put it on so much.
"It's beautiful." Jamie flushed a little.
"I dreamed it up one night..." He took one of Jack's hands and gently dropped it into the other winter spirit's palm. Jack gasped and turned slightly.
"Could you help me put it on?" He said, his eyes pleading.
"O-of course." Jamie took the ends, holding it up to make sure it wasn't backwards before drawing it towards Jack and tying off the ends to ensure it didn't fall off. Jack looked down at it, it matched his skin and his wonder at the thing showed in his eyes as he gasped as it instantly frosted against him. He turned to Jamie, kissing him deeply, in tears of happiness. Jamie returned the kiss, wrapping his arms around Jack; it had taken days of learning from North and working with the wood himself, but oh... it was so worth it. Sometime later, the heat of sex died down as he had all but given Jamie his love and now he lay against Jamie's chest. Jamie sighed a little in contentment, lightly threading Jack's hair through his fingers; he liked the feel of it almost as much as he liked just being close to Jack. Jack smiled and kissed Jamie once more before he fully drifted off; Jamie shifted a little to draw a light blanket over the two of them before he drifted off himself. It was morning, the birds chirping and sun filtering through the windows and Jack's hair that peeks out from the cover when he awakes. Jamie yawned a little as the sun filtered in, but he's too comfortable to want to move this morning. Jack poked his head out, yawning; he gasped at the necklace as it shimmered and shined with the snowflake and the wood brightly lit up in the sun's rays. He fingered the item, smiling and he kissed Jamie gently. Jamie smiled, returning the kiss before murmuring quietly.
"Morning." Jack giggled slightly, very much happy; Jamie chuckled a little, perfectly content. Jack sighed.