Three sentence fic- Scifi-verse
Stranded in a cave on a hostile alien planet with an unconscious commanding officer is hardly how cadet Beth Greene imagined her first away mission, having never been one with the most vivid of imaginations.
She takes a slow, deep breath to ease the raising panic in her as she leans over her companion, taking in his pale complexion and the vivid smear of blood across one temple, desperately wishing she had her scanner to check his vitals with but settling for manually finding his pulse (steady, thank God) with her fingertips.
"It's going to be okay, Dixon," Beth soothed, brushing back his bangs gently—a liberty she knew the stoic man wouldn't have allowed had he been awake but one that was helping keep her grounded— as her mind raced through every training simulation he had made her and the other students run through countless times, "I'm going to keep us safe, I promise."
