Title: BFFEAD

Fandom: Warehouse 13

RAXS

Characters: Jinks, Claudia

Rating: T

Authoress Ramblings: The box IS slated to be an artifact retrieval chapter (REMIND ME LATER!). Okay, so this was a request, and it WAS coming eventually anyway, but it got my off my (notso) lazy arse, and got me actually writing, instead of random video game stuff (like Box). This is up earlier than I promised...suprising because I spent the day asleep in my pillow and blanket fort since it's FREAKING FREEZING! I hate the cold...anyways...the next chapter is being written…I got bit by the Yaoi Bug…again…so I need to write a non-Yaoi chapter…unless you guys want it. Majority rules on that one.

Oh, and tmmdeathwishraven? This is longer than a drabble, it's 403 words not including the Authoress Ramblings. (It's 303 words longer than a drabble!)

'From: Claudia

Miss you! Your BFFEWYLON (Whether You Like It Or Not)'

His phone was in his desk drawer, which was in his room, which was sealed inside the Warehouse. It wasn't hard to get to, he was a ghost after all. No…ghost wasn't the right word…Artifact might be better. He'd died, murdered, if his entry in the computer was anything to go by, and he'd woken up to Claudia crying in front of his grave, he'd woken up as a not-quite ghost, bound to his badge, and to a lesser extent, Claudia.

'Jinksy? Where are you?' Claudia's voice rang clearly in his mind, a side effect of her holding his badge.

'We need to talk, meet me in Artie's office?'

Steve sighed, he knew this was coming.

Claudia was examining the badge she wore on a chain around her neck.

"Claude?"

She didn't know why he'd returned to her, but she was glad he had. She looked up sharply.

"Hey Jinksy."

Artie had thought that it was because of his determination.

"Why did you come back?" Well…that was blunt…too blunt maybe?

"I don't know…I think it was because I couldn't fail another sister, and I couldn't let you lose another brother. I failed Olivia, and I couldn't do that to you."

Claudia blinked back tears.

"You never failed me."

"I abandoned you…twice."

"You came back!"

Steve wanted to touch her, to hug her, she looked so upset. He attempted to touch her shoulder, surprised to see that he could, he hugged her tightly.

"I'm not leaving again."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

When Artie and Trai returned from their walk, they found Claudia curled into Steve's side on the couch (1).

"You can touch her?" Artie lowered his voice when Steve shushed him.

"Just her…and apparently the couch if she's touching it at the same time."

Artie made a note to add that to the artifact file and set to work.

He heard occasional whimpers from Claudia, due to her nightmares, but Steve was quick to calm her, before Artie could even turn his chair.

"This is probably the most she's slept since you left." Artie's remark made Steve feel guilty.

"I didn't want to." Steve said, calming Claudia by stroking her hair.

"I know."

When Claudia woke up, Steve was gone, in his place was a note. She smiled when she read it.

'Went to sleep, be back later.

Your BFFEAD (Even After Death),

Steve.'

1: I'm not entirely sure that there is a couch in Artie's office in the show, but this one has been used before here in RAXS, so it stays.