The General and the Nerd

by LANIKI

Winn is asked to help General Schott while the general stays on Earth 38. How will Sam deal with a man who has her husband's face, but is not him? This is a short story with spoilers for Crisis on Earth X episodes. No adventure here, but drama and personality studies.

10. Chapter 10

Earth X

General Schott looked over the results of the operations from the weeks he was gone and checked all the information. Everything seemed to be fine. He grudgingly admitted that Winn had done a good job.

He hadn't been to his quarters yet, but eventually, fatigue washed over him and he knew he needed to rest. He was cured, but he wasn't back to 100% yet.

When he entered his quarters, he saw that Samantha was there.

She looked up and smiled. "Hello."

"Hello." He wasn't sure how to behave with her. He'd been talking to a woman with her face for weeks and now it was confusing to see his Samantha.

Wait, his?

She stood and went to him. "I want to tell you, I know what was going on. Winn told me the truth."

He nodded, relieved. "That's good. I'm glad you know."

"Are you okay? Your health, I mean."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I mean, I'm cured. Just need to take it easy for a little while, but I'm okay."

"That's good." She looked at him, not sure what else to say. "I've been staying here, there're problems where I usually stay, so I hope that's okay?"

"Sure, of course." He wasn't usually this awkward around her and he blamed Sam on Earth 38 for this. He rubbed his head and looked away from her. "Look, Samantha, I've been thinking that maybe you should just stay here all the time. With me."

"With you? You mean, like, live with you?"

"Yeah. Why not?" Then he added, "But I would rather you didn't go to any of the other men. If that's okay."

She smiled. "General, I haven't had sex with anyone else in over six months. Massages, yes, I've given them, but that's it."

He looked up. "Why? That's how you make a living? Why wouldn't you?"

"Because I haven't wanted to be with anyone except you."

He looked away again, filled with emotions he hadn't experienced in a long time. In a low voice, he said, "Yeah, well, I don't want to be with anyone but you."

She went to him and put her arms around him. He pulled her in and held her close.

"And," she added, "I'd like to work with you. Be a part of the Freedom Fighters. So that when we win…"

"We'll have a reason to win." He said and then he kissed her.

That's it folks. Hope you enjoyed it. I don't know yet if they will be any further adventures of Winn and Sam. Maybe if the show will actually give Winn something to do, I'll be inspired. Thanks for reading!