Hello all! As always, the support you guys give me is outstanding and I just love this little fandom so much! You guys are the greatest!

So for this one, I combined three similar prompts, from M, Guest, and another guest: Riley gets sick and Gabriel has to take care of her.

Disclaimer: Don't own Intelligence.

Riliel song: Gone, Gone, Gone by Phillip Phillips

Enjoy!

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Riley only had to say one word over the phone for Gabriel to know something was wrong.

"Hi," Riley greeted roughly from her end of the line during their morning check-in. She was clearly sick, and she sounded like she had just swallowed a frog. And yet, Gabriel smiled a little bit, because even sick, she was calling right on time.

"Riley," he replied, unable to help concern from edging his tone. "Are you all right?"

He could practically hear her eye roll from the other end of the call. "Don't ask stupid questions," she muttered before breaking off into a cough. "No, I'm not all right. I don't think I'm gonna be able to come in today…"

"Giving up so easily? That doesn't sound like you," he teased, though he was actually worried. Riley had never missed a day of work. She didn't really seem like the miss work type of person to begin with.

There was a pause on her end, followed by a sigh. "Okay, I called Lillian and she ordered me to stay home."

"And the truth comes out,"

"Shut up," Riley shot back. "She also told me to tell you that you have to report in today anyway,"

"Who will protect me, then, if you're not there?"

"Lillian put Jameson on babysitting duty," she replied, hearing the smile in her words.

"Babysitting?" he echoed. "Ouch, that hurts."

Riley laughed, but it turned into another small coughing fit. Gabriel winced just the slightest, hating to hear her like this. It's not like she was hurt. She was just fighting off a little bug, but still, that didn't lessen his desire to be by her side and take care of her. It was the least he could do, considering what she did to protect him every day.

"Just promise me you'll behave for Jameson, okay?" Riley said.

"I promise," he lied, knowing already that he wasn't going to be reporting into C-DOC that day. "Got some sleep, Riley."

"I will," she agreed quietly. "I'll call you later to check in,"

"Sounds good," he replied, then hung up his phone.

He showered and dressed in a t-shirt and jeans quickly, before grabbing the essentials needed to take care of his sick partner. He tucked his phone into his pocket—knowing he'd receive a call from Lillian sooner or later—then headed out the door and locked it behind him. He took the short trek over to Riley's building, taking the elevator up to her floor. Using the key she'd given him—as it was only fair considering she had a key to his place—he let himself into her apartment.

When he came in, Riley looked up at him in surprise form her position on the couch, seated in front of the TV, which she switched off as he came in. She was covered in a couple blankets, hair up in a messy ponytail, with a box of Kleenex and a bottle of water on the table next to her.

"I thought I told you to get some sleep?" he teased, shutting the door behind him and walking further into her apartment.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, ignoring his comment. "You're supposed to be at Cyber Com."

Gabriel waved his hand dismissively, plopping down on the couch next to her, handing her one of the extra blankets he'd brought with him. "Figured I'd be of better use here, keeping my partner company."

"If I get you sick Dr. Cassidy will have my head," she argued. "And Lillian's already going to kill me because you decided to ditch."

At that moment, Gabriel's phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out and looked at the screen. He grinned at Riley. "Speak of the devil,"

Riley shook her head at him disapprovingly, though he also saw a hint of relief, maybe, at the fact that he was here in her company. Gabriel hit the ignore button on his phone. Riley gaped at him.

"Well, now you've done it," she muttered.

Seconds later, Riley's phone buzzed.

When she didn't pick it up right away, he gave her a pointed look. "You gonna get that?"

"You know, if I wasn't sick, I would so be kicking your ass right now," she said, reaching for her phone and putting it on speaker.

"Gabriel," Lillian's voice said from the other line, and Gabriel saw Riley trying to suppress her laughter. "I know you're with Riley. I'm not going to force you to come into work, mostly because I know you're too damn stubborn to do so, but understand that this is the one and only time I'm letting you off the hook for ditching."

"Yes, ma'am," Gabriel said, smiling cheekily at Riley. His partner rolled her eyes, but she was smiling too.

"Oh, and Gabriel?" Lillian said.

"Yeah?"

"Don't ignore my calls anymore or I'll start making house calls instead," Lillian threatened and a click on her end of the line signaled the end of the call.

"Well, that could've gone worse," Gabriel said after a moment.

"You know, for a guy with a chip in his brain you are such an idiot sometimes," Riley retorted. "But I'd be lying if I said I didn't appreciate you being here."

Gabriel grinned at her. "It's only fair, right? I can't take bullets for you, but I can at least make you some tea."

"That sounds wonderful, actually," Riley sighed, wrapping the blankets around her more.

"You cold?" he asked as he stood up.

"Right now, yeah." she replied. "When I got up this morning I was burning up."

Gabriel placed the back of his hand against her forehead. She did feel a little warmer than normal.

"Any other symptoms?" he asked.

"Uh, headache. Body aches. Sore throat." She listed off.

"Sounds like a mild touch of the flu," he concluded. "I'll go make you that tea now."

"Hey, Gabriel?" Riley said as he started heading towards the kitchen. "Thank you."

He smiled. "Anything for you, partner."

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I will get the next chapter up as soon as I can. I have a few AP tests coming up, but once those are over, things should cool down a bit at school and I should be able to update more frequently. So just hang in there!

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