A/N I hadn't planned to add anything to this but this came to mind so I just wrote it. Quite pointless and perhaps not so good, but here it is. If you haven't already do read Bad2wolf2mcgee's story What's in name. It's her character Winter I'm playing with.
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Winter really hated being ill. She had just asked Owen of some painkiller and look where she was propped up with god knows how many pillows behind her back and a pterodactyl as a watchdog. How had she ended up here?
It had all began when she was just taking a stroll outside. It wasn't her fault that she hadn't listened to the weather forecast and had been on the other side of Cardiff when someone decided that go from clear sky to rain clouds to rain storm in ten minutes. Jumping was also a bit tricky if everything's wet and slippery. It made it more difficult to jump and still make sure that she didn't break anything. The fact that her fingers were stiff from the cold didn't really improve things.
When she had finally made it back to the hub it's not that easy to sneak in when you're drenched, dripping water all over the place and limping. Thank heavens all had been sent home by Jack, the less people to see her, the less embarrassing tales to tell. After all telling people she had sprained her ankle by slipping on a gum wrapper really would be embarrassing, come one she spent half of her time jumping between ropes. She didn't slip on anything and especially not on gum wrappers. It really was too undignified.
Now she needed to somehow get some dry clothes, sneak into the shower with out being discovered by jack and conceal from jack her ankle and the bruises forming across her back from the fence she had hit after slipping on the gum wrapper. Not that she slipped on a gum wrapper.
Winter had made it out from the man hole and half way to the shower when she was lifted up from the floor. Before she realised who had lifted her she let out a shriek, really this needed to stop, and elbowed said person. Since it, of course, was Jack he only laughed and placed her on a railing. Scanning through her appearance her lifted his eyebrows.
"You look like a drenched kitten. Now don't glare like that I could get the impression you don't like me. Now the only reason you tried to avoid me must have something to do with the fact that you're freezing, drenched and limping." Trying to avoid his eyes she settled on glowering on the buttons of his shirt. Well considering it wasn't buttoned did cause some distraction.
"I slipped and I don't want to talk about it. I'm fine, just a bit stiff. Now if you'll excuse me I need to take a shower." Shoving him away she stalked to the shower hearing him mutter and snort under his breath.
She should have known it would have been impossible to get some pain killers out of the cabinet while Owen was there. He of course needed to know everything.
"Does the pain killer have anything to do with the fact that you're limping, yes I can see you're limping, and the lovely bruises on your back. You know I really like shirts like that, riding up all the time." As winter had spent her morning dodging questions from Ianto, Tosh and Gwen about her sneezing and limping she didn't need Mr Charming's comments for the moment. Unfortunately her only answer was a quite load sneeze.
"What bruises Winter? I recall you telling me you were completely fine earlier." It seemed as if Ianto and Owen had somehow gotten a lot quicker during the night because before she could get away she had a thermometer in her mouth and Owen looking at her ankle and bruises.
"39 degrees Celsius. Alright you're on bed rest. No moving ankle high and if I see you moving I will use Jack's handcuffs on you." As Jack, looking both smug and pissed, had pushed her into the sofa with Ianto forcing her to drink tea with honey and stiffing pillows behind her back and under her foot, Owen giving her porn magazines, Tosh confiscating all electronics as she should rest and Gwen talking about being ill as a child, Winter thought she was going to be crazy. She did escape and the first time she got all the way to the lift before she was thrown over Jack's shoulder and consequently handcuffed. The second attempt had her faint after actually getting two steps out of Jack's office. After that she had also Owens handcuffs on her, been threatened on no coffee, tea or liquid for a month from Ianto and had been given a babysitter in the form of Myfanwy. Really Winter thought as her eyelids dropped this sucked.
