Name: Help
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A/N: Last chapter. Might write a follow up fic if someone requests it. If not, well, it'll still be a maybe...
Kristen was still up when Jason got home. When she saw his face she was shocked.
"What happened to just talking to to Todd?" she asked as she ran a dish towel under cold water.
"We tried that. Then Steve took matter into his own hands..." Kristen cut him off.
"You know what Jason, then it should have been Steve that got hurt. You had no reason to get punched in the face."
"Kris, I can't just stand their while one of my men gets the shit kicked out of him. Everyone is fine, by the way. Grant didn't get a single scratch. Steve stopped bleeding after about fifteen minutes, his nose might be broke though. Dave was going to try and get him to see a doctor. And Dave, well he only got a swift kick to the nuts so I'm pretty sure he's ok. He might have trouble having kids though." Jason pressed the towel to his jaw and winced.
"I don't care about the rest of the team, Jay. I care about you. Kris was so worried when you guys left. She locked herself in Sammie's room and didn't even eat dinner."
The now bickering couple heard a noise and looked to see Kris standing in the corner. She was looking at Jason and her hands were cupped over her mouth.
"Oh my god. Jason I'm so so sorry! Are you ok? I didn't want any of you to get hurt. Is everyone ok? Is Steve ok?" Kris asked as she took a seat next to Jason.
"Yeah. Nothing serious." Jason said.
"I'm so sorry." Kris said.
"Don't worry Krissie." For the first time Kris didn't object to the nickname. She threw her arms around Jason crying and saying 'Thank you' repeatedly. Jason hugged her back.
"Go get some sleep. We're going to need help unpacking the vans tomorrow. And trust me, Todd won't bother you again."
*Help*
Kris slept like a baby that night. It was the first night in a long time that she didn't have a nightmare. She and Jason went to TAPS around noon. Grant and Dave were already there Steve, on the other hand, wasn't.
"Where's Steve?" Kris asked.
"He's still asleep. I crashed at his place last night. He was up a lot with a nose bleed. So once he was finally asleep I just let him stay that way." Dave explained.
Kris nodded and gave Dave a hug. She then proceeded to hug Grant and then Jason again. It took them only around fifteen minutes to unpack the van. They all sat around in the office Jay and Grant shared. Five minutes into Jason's story about how pitiful Dave looked when Todd kicked him, Steve walked in.
Kris almost burst into tears. His nose was mainly one big bruise. His tattoos covering his arms were obscured by purple and blue bruises starting to form. His eyes were puffy and she could tell he had had a hard time sleeping. Kris jumped up and ran toward him. She softly gave him a hug and looked up at him.
"Thank you." she said.
"No thanks needed." he said back.
Kris smiled and, before she knew what she was doing, she had her lips pressed firmly against Steve's. To her surprise, Steve kissed her back. For a couple wonderful moments it seemed like the rest of the team was sitting behind them with their jaws dropped to the ground. For a little while it was just Kris and Steve. Once the kiss broke, Kris heard Grant say, "Should we change the rule about inter-office relationships?"
FIN!
R&R