Very very like hmmm fluffy (I think is the word people use on here) chapter thanks to me listening to One Republics Secrets.

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Aida hurried out of her chair and next to Dedric as he groaned painfully taking in a deep breath. "Don't move." She whispered running her hand down the side of his face. "The stitching has taken yet."

He opened his eyes to see Aida smiling weakly at him. "What happened?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

He rubbed his hand across his forehead as his eyes tightly closed. "All I remember is being overrun by Legionaries."

"You were shot." She gently pulled the blanket down revealing his abdomen. "This was the worst of them all."

Dedric slowly pushed himself on his elbows so he could see the wound. "Damn"

Aida nodded. "Some of it is my fault, I couldn't get to the bullet." She reached for the small canister on the table behind Dedric's head. "Three of them, stomach, shoulder, and leg." She held the bullets out to him.

He sighed as he took the canister and lay back onto the pillow tilting the clear container and watching as the bullets rolled and clicked against each other. His hand slowly dropped, resting the bullets on his chest and looking up at Aida. Her head slightly tilted to the side and a small smile on her face staring into the dark blue eyes watching her. Dedric smiled when her tongue flickered out to wet her lips pulling her bottom lip between her teeth her grey eyes never breaking away from his. He reached his hand out brushing his thumb under her bottom lip. Aida's eyes quickly fluttering close and her mouth parting as she slowly breathed out feeling the bed dip as Dedric pushed himself onto his elbows, his hand softly grabbing Aida's chin and pulling her face closer to his. Her hand wrapped around the back of his neck, helping him hold his head up when his lips softly touched hers. Their lips never parting while Dedric laid back onto the pillow, Aida's hand moving to the bed to keep her weight off him. She followed him when his lips parted and his tongue slowly moved to find hers, his hand moving its way through her hair to rest the behind her ear staying entangled in the shoulder length hair that looked black in the dark lighting of the bunker. Aida broke away resting her forehead against Dedric's as she slowly caught her breath. He opened his eyes staring at Aida's closed ones softly kissing her before he reluctantly pulled his hand away from her face, tracing down her jaw as he did so. He pulled her hand, which was still anchored next to his head, kissing her palm before he placed it onto his chest wrapping his fingers around it and letting out a heavy sigh.

Aida touched her lips, slowly opening her eyes to see Dedric's wide crooked smile. "I don't want you to get hurt." Was all she choked out.

"I think it's a little late for that Aida." He chuckled touching her face watching as she leaned into his touch and closed her eyes. "I have wanted to do that for a long time."

Aida smiled covering his hand that held her face with her own.

He put her palm to his mouth again lightly kissing it. "Whatever you are running from I will be right there with you." Dedric breathed against her hand.

Her heart dropped as she opened her eyes, she smiled running her thumb across his lips giggling when he nipped at it.

Dedric's arm wrapped around his stomach as he watched Aida stuff the Med-X into her jacket, flashing her a weak smile when she looked up at him.

"Ready?" She sighed walking over to him.

"I think as ready as I'm ever going to be." He groaned as Aida bent down and wrapped his arm around her shoulder helping him to his feet.

"Come on you need some fresh air. Veronica has a chair set up outside." She stumbled as she tried to help him towards the ladder. "Take it very slow. The Stimpacks can only heal so much at a time and I don't want you to open the wounds."

Dedric nodded taking hold of the ladder, Aida following closely behind him in case he couldn't do it. Fawkes grabbed Dedric by the back of his shirt pulling him up the rest of the way. "Ah" Dedric doubled over grabbing his stomach. Fawkes cocked his head and bent down. "Got to be easy big guy." He smiled patting Fawkes on his huge arm.

Aida took Fawkes hand letting him help her out of the bunker, she flashed him a wide smile and wrapped her arm the best she could around his waist as they followed behind Veronica and Dedric Dogmeat pushing his nose into her palm.

Veronica helped him into the worn chair just outside the old shack that housed the entrance to the bunker. He winced putting his arm across his stomach again.

"You okay?" Aida whispered as she knelt down beside him.

"I'm fine." He smiled tucking her hair behind her ear, the wind blowing it into her face.

She knelt into the dirt next to time lacing her fingers with his and resting her head on his arm.

Veronica smiled as she watched. "Maybe we should go back in for a bit." She whispered looking up at the huge mutant.

Dedric sighed, resting his chin atop Aida's head closing his eyes and enjoying the warm breeze that blew her hair under his neck surrounding him with the smell of flowers from Aida's scavenged shampoo.