This is a drabble written for the Drabble challenge over at caseland on Livejournal.
Promt: Gunshot.
xoxElle
He was no stranger to the pain of receiving a gunshot wound.
In fact, it was part of the job to receive many of them. So when Ari Haswari was shot in the Autopsy room, the only part of NCIS he had been to, the pain was not as bad as it usually was.
The only thing he was worried about, was the pain that a certain Special Agent upstairs was going to inflict on him when he arrived on her doorstep with a hole through his shoulder.
"You deserved this" Kate Todd snapped that night as he sat half-naked and bleeding all over her living room table. "What the hell were you thinking? Gibbs could have killed you"
Ari pressed the gauze from her first aid kit harder against his shoulder. "A mission is a mission Caitlin, receiving a bullet is just one of the consequences"
Kate said nothing as she started to fix up the wound. Ari had taught her how to do stitches many months ago when he arrived with a large laceration on his side, so she was no stranger to this. It was a through and through, the usual wound that he got, but it was the first time she had been with him after being shot.
When he was finally stitched up and the blood had been wiped off his upper body Ari turned and took Kate's hand as she went to walk away.
He stood, the injured shoulder supported by a sling that Kate had put on a tad too rough out of anger and tucked a strand of her behind her ear. She let out a breath, reaching out and running her fingers along a scar from another time that ran across his abs before touching an older bullet wound over his right hip.
"You're a bastard" She whispered, stepping back slightly to look up at him.
He smirked at her. "Yes, I am aware" He said. "You tell me often"
She smiled slightly and turned towards the living room. "You're sleeping in here tonight" She said, crossing her arms.
"Is the pain I am going through not enough of a punishment?" He asked, stepping up behind her and putting an arm around her waist.
"You suck at sucking up" She said shaking her head.
"Hmm" He murmured, kissing the side of her head.
She pulled him to the couch with her and sighed. "If you pull a stunt like that again, I'll shoot you myself"