"I guess you are annoyed?" Adam found her pouting a little amusing. Cute even, although it was so not the time to bring that up, he had a fair idea he wasn't her favourite person right about now.
"Annoyed? That's one word for it."
"I'm sorry you got lumbered with looking after me. Don't worry I will try not to be a burden."
They may not have talked about their past mistakes but they certainly talked about what was happening now and Kim had told him early on that she didn't need to be sheltered from anything that had gone on that was relevant to this case. "Adam, don't bullshit me. Please, we are way past that."
He glanced around the small living area suddenly very aware of how hard this was about to become. He probably should have thought this through a bit better. They were jammed in here for god knows how long with only each other for company. "Fine, I was worried about you. This chick, whoever she is, she knows your name."
"Why would she?"
The tilt of his head and subtle eye roll told her that he thought that was a pretty stupid question. "I guess I talked about you, more than I should have." He was so close to adding that no doubt she talked to Roman about him, that they probably shared quite the pillow talk but he swallowed that. He just wasn't ready to face that landmine.
Kim nodded. "I see. I guess she thinks I am a bitch then?"
"It wasn't all sunshine and roses, no." he agreed.
"Why do you think she would be worried about me?"
"I have no idea, literally. I don't know why I got taken and beaten, I don't know her real name apparently, she was in my apartment, she knew I was getting out of hospital." And that scared him. "I don't know what's going on or what's going to happen."
"I could be out there tyring to figure that out and now I am here twiddling my thumbs."
"I'm sorry." He slowly pushed himself out of the chair. It took quite a lot of effort to get moving once he stopped. "I'm going to lie down for a bit. Which room do you want?"
While she wanted to say that she would take the biggest room but that was closet to the bathroom and that wouldn't be fair seeing as Adam was still quite immobile so she pointed to the smaller room. "I'll take that one. Not that I have anything to put in it." Kim muttered. "Do you need some help?"
"No, thank you." Adam stopped and looked at her for just a moment. "Thank you, for everything."
If he wasn't so damn tired he probably wouldn't have slept. This had suddenly got bigger than Ben Hur and he was starting to feel things that he thought he'd finally buried for good and it was pushing aside everything else. His mind was spinning but as soon as he closed his eyes he was out.
Kim found a book to read once she had ferreted through the cupboards in the kitchen and found nothing useful. Apparently they were getting some food bought in soon and she hoped to god it included coffee and alcohol because damn if she didn't need a drink.
"Heard anything?" The sound of Adam's voice made her jump.
"Nothing." Popping in the bookmark she threw the book on the table and jumped up. "Can I get you anything? They finally delivered us some food."
"You know you don't need to fuss over me."
They had got back to their easy banter a little while ago and it felt comfortable and familiar, like slipping into a comfy pair of pyjamas but now things had got a little awkward again. "I thought I was here to look after you?"
"The last thing you want to do no doubt?"
"True, I'd rather be out there finding these bastards who did this to you but it is what it is." She shrugged. "Hopefully it's over soon."
"Keen to get away from me?"
Before Kim could answer they were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Haven't killed each other yet?" Erin smiled as soon as Kim answered.
"Not yet, give it time. If he carries on like he did in hospital with the nurses you won't have far to go to find his murderer." Erin bought in a couple bags, one for Kim and one for Adam. They had pulled together some clothes and toiletries for them both.
"Any news?" Adam had showed Erin where to put them and then waited until she came back out and joined them. To say there wasn't palpable tension in the room would have be a lie.
"Not yet. Just sit tight."
"Easy for you to say, you are not held captive in this tiny place with no end in sight." Kim tried to sound like she was joking but Adam picked up on the edge to her voice. He ignored it and Erin just looked uncomfortable.
Erin was fully aware that the real reason they were here was serious, about as serious as it gets but she did hope that it would force these two to at least have a conversation about their relationship. Since Erin had lit into Kim that day in her apartment they had started to get a little of their friendship back. At the end of the day, their mutual concern for Adam bought them together and put them on better terms, for now at least.
Kim did realise pretty quickly that Adam was pissed at her. As soon as Erin left he found his IPod in the bag that she had bought over, popped on his headphones and lay on the couch listening to his music so she just picked up her book and took it to her room and spent the afternoon there, reading and trying to push all the other shit out of her mind.
She must have dozed off and woke up to hear Adam moving about in the kitchen. "What are you doing?"
"Making dinner. I'm hungry." He didn't even look up from the chopping board where he was preparing some vegetables.
"I'll make dinner, you need to rest."
"I'm fine. I wouldn't want you to feel obligated, seeing as I am holding you captive and all." Obviously he hadn't cooled down over the past couple of hours. Neither of them wanted to be here, he'd felt useless for weeks because of this, his team was busting their asses on this case and his hands were tied. He was never one to sit back and watch other's work, he was always first through the door.
"Adam, don't be ridiculous."
"I get that you are pissed about being here, I don't want you to get hurt. Is that so bad?"
"Not at all." Kim came and stood beside him and rested a hand on his arm. "Adam, let me do this. You need to rest."
"Fine." He dropped the knife on the bench and left the kitchen. Kim breathed out slowly. This was going to be a long few days.
They didn't really talked throughout the evening, they watched a bit of TV and had an early night. Adam liked to think he was better than he was, things still tired him out and he didn't have the best appetite at the moment which when Kim had bought it up once in the hospital he shot her down in flames. "Well I am not actually doing anything am I, just fucking lying here like a useless slab of meat." Adam didn't do inactivity well.
It would have been nice to say that she hadn't slept well, but she had. Sleeping had never been Kim's issue and the more she was stressed the more she slept. Adam was the complete opposite, if he was stressed he would toss and turn and Kim would often kick him out of bed if he were restless. Good thing for Adam was that he didn't get stressed often, he just let most things roll off his back.
Not at the moment though and they all saw the issue that caused in the hospital and last night he had barely settled. He just wanted this over with, not the being close to Kim part, the part where he felt that she was in danger and that didn't sit well with him. He could do with out that.
He heard her get up, the toilet flush and then the shower run. That was something he didn't want to think about, her in the shower but he couldn't help but let his mind wander back in time, back to when he would have no hesitation jumping in with her, a lot of good things happened in the shower and he couldn't help but imagine the feeling of her wet skin beneath his fingers and he groaned and did his best to push it out of his mind. Thankfully once she got out of the shower Adam was able to doze off again and when he woke she was obviously now in the kitchen.
Kim had just started getting the things she needed to make an omelette for breakfast ready. She hadn't seen Adam this morning but hoped that the sound and smell of breakfast might lure him out, or at the very least she would take him in breakfast in bed.
Kim dropped the carton of eggs on the bench when she heard the crash and thud and without even hesitating she bolted into the bathroom and found Adam passed out on the floor. "Oh God Adam." She dropped to her knees beside him and her heart was in her throat. "Adam"