Just a little look at my OCs…

Jax held Kiki in his arms, the bright lights if the medbay highlighting every bloody scar and bandage on her unconscious body.

He was completely sure this was against regs, but what had once been him simply lifting her head to change her pillow soon turned to his arms around her as she murmured in a half-drugged sleep.

Gently, ever so gently, Jax stroked her shiny black hair, savoring moments like these where he could be left to his thoughts while he was having some form of physical contact with her without possibility of immense embarrassment.

Jax sighed softly, shifting more so that Kiki's head was against his chest, just by his heart. He looked down onto her sleeping face, to her naturally dark pink lips (turns out, she wore lipstick) and the small dark freckled that peppered her nose and cheekbones. Jax brushed a thumb against one of the freckles, just under her eye. Despite all of the injuries she'd sustained, her skin still remained soft.

Kiki stirred, muttering something as her eyes fluttered open. She turned her head to one side, then the other as her dark purple gaze met Jax's, drugs keeping her groggy.

Jax's first reaction was to freeze in complete terror, his mouth hanging slightly agape at the realization that he'd just been caught. His immediate reaction after that was to try to slide away from Kiki in hopes that the drugs from her IV drip would prevent her from remembering this.

Jax looked up to see that the IV was empty.

With slightly more frantic movements, Jax carefully lifted Kiki's head.

"No…wait…" Kiki muttered, placing a hand against his chest in protest.

Jax froze in fear more than obedience.

Kiki pressed her head firmly against Jax's chest, one hand reaching up to place below his collar bone while the other went around his waist. "I…I can hear your heart beat…"

This has to be the drugs talking, Jax thought, his face of frozen terror changing to that of confusion. "Sir?"

"I can hear your heart…" she repeated, her speech slightly slurred. "It sounds nice…but it's a lil' bit fast…"

As if on cue, Jax's heart raced to staccato beats within his chest, his breathing matching pace. "Sir I-"

"No…shh…" she whispered, closing her eyes in almost concentration. "I like it…please don't go…"

Jax felt every fiber in his muscles twitch, screaming at him to make a break for it before she fully woke up and recognized him.

"Don't go Jax…I like your heart…" she breathed, pressing her hand over it.

Just my kriffing luck… Jax thought. Without warning, Kiki shifted her weight so she was more in his lap, resting peacefully against his chest.

"But there's no need to make your heart so fast, Jax…" she said. "It needs to slow down…it could get hurt…"

Jax felt slightly touched at her concern for his heart, but if she thought that he would have control over the break-neck speed that his heart was currently pounding at, she was dead wrong.

A slight whoosh of the door behind him signified that someone had entered the medbay.

Jax turned his head to see that Cord, the head medic of the 686th, had entered the room and stood standing by the door.

The expression on his face showed the slightest hint of…tired.

He wasn't necessarily annoyed that Jax had been hugging the General while unconscious again, it was the fact that he would have to deal with a half-drugged Kiki again. And that most certainly wasn't fun.

"Hiiii Currr!" she said loudly with new-found energy. She removed one of her arms from around Jax's waist to wave it lazily but enthusiastically at Cord.

Cord silently nodded in return, waving his hand at Jax when he tried to explain why the General was basically in his lap.

If there was one thing that Cord would silently muse to himself in the quiet med bay, it was the fact that Jax wasn't the first trooper to visit and talk with the general when she was unconscious. There'd been hand holding and loving gazes, and each time Cord had sworn to keep the red-faced troopers' secrets. "Five minutes," he said as he walked into his private "office"/large storage closet.

Kiki watched Cord leave with mild interest. "Why's your heart still fast?" she asked, staring directly into his eyes. She moved her body, showing no signs of pain as went to sit directly on Jax's lap, her chest pressing against his. "Can you try to match it with mine?" The side of her face brushed against his, her arms wrapping around his neck.

Jax's breath hitched in his throat, the speed of his heart only hiking farther. And yet, he found himself positioning his arms around her waist and pulling her closer. Her warmth permeated his armor as he gently rested his cheek against hers, forcing himself to breathe slowly.

Eventually, his heart beat slowed to match the steady thud-thud of hers.

"There's no need to be afraid, Jax…" Kiki said softly, sounding like the drugs had suddenly worn off.

Jax was about to pull away when Kiki's voice stopped him again.

"Okay, Jax? Can you trust me?"

Jax could have stayed there hugging Kiki for infinity, with no sense of fear controlling his actions.

"Yes. I trust you."

If someone could give me an idea for the nect chapter (Gateway) I'd be thankful. I've hit a mental block.