Sometimes the more effective method of forgetting your pain is spending time with someone special.

Or Hyde comforts Jackie while she's on her period.

Part three of my tumblr prompts game.

Prompt suggested by anon via ask:

"prompt: hyde trying to comfort jackie while shes in her period"

This one-shot takes place somewhere between episodes 7 and 8 from season 5.

My Medicine

Steven Hyde doesn't do relationships. He doesn't get attached, he was a one night stand guy and everyone in Point Place knew it.

Well, he used to be like that.

Who could've imagined that one day, the burnout would date no one less than Jackie Burkhart, the rich cheerleader, prom queen, his best friend's ex? No one saw that one coming, that's for sure.

It was supposed to be only a stupid, meaningless summer fling, but he got addicted to her.

The rare days she didn't showed up in the basement that summer were absolute torture. He actually missed her, craved her presence, like a fucking drug addict.

When the summer was over, they didn't want to end whatever they had between then, so the summer fling actually evolved. Secret makeout sessions weren't enough for them anymore; she wanted to hold his hand in public, he wanted to pull her to his lap every time the gang was hanging in the basement, and at the hub, hell, even when they were at school or in a circle, they wanted to be around each other, craving that small physical contact and enjoying it each other's presence.

And suddenly they were boyfriend and girlfriend, and it was good. Their friends were giving them a bunch of crap, saying that they are a creepy and unnatural couple, but the truth is, they understand each other like no one else would. She listened to all of his conspiracies about the government, and he listened to her talk about hair and makeup, he taught her how to play chess, she taught him all her strategies to win at monopoly. They worked well together, they fit like two puzzle pieces.

Ever since Kelso and Donna came back and school started, they couldn't be alone together as much as they'd like to, so Hyde and Jackie established a routine. Every Friday night he would pick her up at cheer practice, they would go to her house, watch a random movie on TV and fool around. Then, he would cook while she was in the shower, and they would spend the night together. Her parents were never home anyways, and he never liked the idea of Jackie spending the night on her own in that huge house. The next day, he would wake up early, just in time to sneak back into the basement and pretend he never left, eat breakfast with the Forman's, and about an hour or two later, she would stop by the basement, and they would spend the rest of the day with the gang.

So, when it was time, he got off the basement, took his Camino and went to pick her up at practice, like he's been doing every Friday for the last couple months. Today he managed to steal some of Fez's secret stash of candy for them. He parked at his usual spot, got out of the car, and lighted a cigarette, waiting for a certain small brunette.

He glanced at the field, and saw some of her bitchy "friends" leaving, but there was no sign of her, so he finished the rest of his cigarette and went to search for her, because she was never late.

Also, he couldn't shake off a feeling that maybe there was something wrong. When he was about to go and ask around about her, Jake Bradley, the school quarterback, walked up to him.

"Hey man, you're looking for Jackie, right?" He asked, Hyde simply nodded. "Leslie Cannon took her home about an hour ago, when she passed out in the middle of practice"

He felt his blood freeze "She what?"

Crap.

"Yeah, freaky stuff, it happened once last year but everyone thought she was in one of those crazy diets and ignored it" Hyde gave him one disgusted look and left the jock talking by himself.

What the hell happened to Jackie? And why was he sweating? Before he could tell, he was back in his car, on his way to her house, imagining all the shitty things that could've happened to her.

'Fuck, I'm acting like Forman, when the hell did that happened?'

He parked his car in the gravel driveway and opened the front door, racing up the stairs and opening her bedroom door.

And then he saw her, a small figure curled up in her blankets, with tears stains in her face.

"What the hell happened?" He asked, removing his sunglasses and breathing heavily, trying to catch his breath "Are you okay?" He sat down on the bed, laying his hand on her forehead, trying to check her temperature with the back of his hand.

"Hey" She answered "Don't worry, the drugs are kicking in soon I think, then I will be fine"

"Drugs? What are you talking about? You passed out, shouldn't you be, like, in the hospital or something?"

"Steven, I'm fine" She looked at him and smiled softly "I should've seen it coming, really"

"What?" He asked, looking very confused

"Baby, I'm in that time of the month" She tried to explain to him, hoping to avoid an awkward conversation, but he looked just as confused and worried "I'm on my period Steven"

"So?" He asked, and she rolled her eyes, men are really dumb sometimes.

"So, when I'm on my period, and I'm having bad cramps, my body kind of shuts down for a while, and I pass out. It doesn't happen very often but it's kind of normal, I guess" She explained, turning around in her bed to face him, and he couldn't help but notice how pale she was.

"That doesn't make any sense" He said, and when she was about to answer, she grimaced in pain and her face went even paler than before.

"Oh God, wait here" Jackie said, suddenly getting out of bed, heading to her bathroom and closing the door. He got up and tried to follow her, but she locked the door.

"Jackie, open the freaking door!" He knocked and tried to open up the door again, with no success. "Jackie you know I can pick a lock very easily, so just open the door and save me the trouble"

"Steven, I told you to wait!" He heard her muffled voice through the door "This relationship is still new and you are NOT going to watch me throw up! Just sit on the bed and I'll be there in a few minutes!"

"Are you throwing up? What the hell, Jackie? I'm breaking in!"

"STEVEN HYDE, DON'T YOU DARE!"

He didn't answer, instead, he went to her dressing table, took a bobby pin and started working on the bathroom door. Less than a minute later he was inside the bathroom, rubbing her back and holding her hair as she cleared the contents of her stomach.

"I swear to God, Steven, if I wasn't so miserable right now, you would be a dead man" He heard her say as she flushed the toilet. He ignored her and helped her get up, she walked to the sink and started brushing her teeth.

"Okay, now can you tell me what's going on? Because if you don't, I'm driving you to the hospital" His voice was gentle, but she saw the exasperation on his face and sighed

"I already told you Steven, I'm on my period, it's normal" She said as she stared at her reflection in the mirror, she couldn't help but notice how ugly she looked "Oh my God, I look like a ghost! I'm disgusting!" She whined, hiding her face in her hands. He sighed, and grabbed her hands, lifting her chin with his index finger.

"You wouldn't look disgusting even if you tried, doll" He said, giving her one of his soft smiles reserved only for her "Now, I know what periods are, and I know it's not normal to pass out and vomit because of them, so, I'll ask again, what's going on?"

"Steven, periods are different for every woman, I just happen to be a member of an unlucky group that suffers the most" She went back to her bed, laying down with him and resting her head in his chest.

"I went to the doctor the first time I passed out, I'm not insane. He said it's just a period thing, that it happens and it's more common than we think" She said, absentmindedly running her fingers through his jacket "He said I should take it easy in the first day of my cycle, but I couldn't skip practice today and now I'm here"

"I don't get it, what does that have to do with your period? Do you lose so much blood that you pass out?" He asked, and started to check her bed for blood stains. She rolled her eyes.

"It's not just the blood, I mean, yeah, I bleed, but not enough to make me pass out! My body kind of shuts down when I'm feeling too much pain, also, strong period cramps and physical activities apparently are not a good combination" She said with a small grimace, and he squeezed her tighter, running his hands through her hair "And that's why I get nauseous too, because of the stupid cramps"

"Holy shit, do they hurt this bad?" He asked, completely dumbfounded with the new information

"Yeah, that's why they invented painkillers, but I already took one about an hour ago and I don't think it's working" She cried, whimpering in pain, he rubbed her back and placed a light kiss in her temple.

"I wish there's something I could do to help you" He said dejectedly

"I can't believe I'm actually the one suggesting it, but do you have some 'film' with you?" She said, looking down and biting her lips nervously

"Of course I do, I'm not insane, why?" He asked, noticing her sudden change of posture

"Leslie said that it helps with the pain, like, a lot" She tried to explain, avoiding eye contact with him

"Jackie, you smoke pot with us at least once a week, why are you so reluctant to ask now?"

"I'm never the one suggesting it, Steven!" She said, and he smirked at her, noticing how cute she looked when she was embarrassed.

"Hold on a sec"

He took a cigarette pack out of his jacket pocket, and pulled a perfectly rolled joint out of it, then he took his lighter and lit the joint, placing it on her mouth, granting her the first hit.

Her eyes fluttered shut as she inhaled the intoxicating smoke. After her first hit, she started to exhale smoke rings, one through another.

She took one last hit, getting lost in the high, her pain was already subsiding. She lifted her head off his chest to look at him, and found his face already looking back at her, watching the scene in awe. She leaned over, her lips brushing against his beard.

The slightest touch sent shivers through their bodies, as always. His lips were on hers before she even had the chance to properly exhale the smoke from her lungs.

She passed the joint to him, and after a few minutes, it was gone, both of them alternating between hitting it and making out. Her pink room was filled with smoke, and she couldn't care less.

"It worked!" She said cheerfully after a few minutes "My nausea is gone and I'm barely feeling my cramps now. I'm also hungry"

"I stole some of Fez's secret stash of candy" He said, smiling proudly, then he took a brown paper bag out of his jacket pocket, and removed his jacket completely afterwards "Gotta say, never thought I would carry something other than my stash in a brown paper bag"

She smiled and he took a tootsie roll out of the bag.

"Ooh, is that a tootsie roll?" She asked, looking at him with her big mismatched eyes, involuntarily making him smile. He tossed the candy to her mouth, and started to unwrap another one.

They laid facing one another in her bed, eating the whole bag of candy, her fingers were tracing little hearts on his chest, over his Led Zeppelin shirt, and his hands were rubbing her back. As he stared at her sleepy form, he remembered how miserable she was earlier, and started to get worried again.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" She smiled softly at him "If I knew that your little herb would actually help me with my cramps, I would've been in sooo many more circles"

"It actually helped?" He asked and she nodded "How bad are they?"

"What?"

"The cramps, how bad are they?"

"Oh, they're pretty bad" She answered

"But... how? Are they like, a kick in the nuts or something?" He asked with a serious look on his face, and she couldn't help but giggle a little, he was worried about her and she was loving every second of it.

"Look, remember that time that Michael took us to the vineyard to 'dine and dash'?" She asked, he nodded, curious about where she was going with this "And then Donna and Eric gave us those awful brownies as a revenge?" He nodded again

"Yeah, that was a bad day" He said, remembering how bad he felt after he ate the tainted brownies

"Remember the pain you felt in your abdomen when the… stuff... kicked in?" He nodded again "Well, what you felt that day were intestinal cramps, my period cramps are very similar, the difference is that they're in the uterus, and they won't go away with a bathroom break"

She raised her head to look into his face, and he looked completely horrified, his mouth open in disbelief. She had to repress the urge to laugh again.

"Seriously?" He asked after a few seconds of silence "That bad?"

"Yeah, and they used to be worse before I started with birth control pills" She said "Now I only feel bad on the first couple days and that's it, but before I used to feel bad the whole week"

"Wow" He said, still trying to process the information, then he remembered something, "Jackie, if you knew all this crap, what the hell were you thinking going to cheer practice?"

"I told you I couldn't miss it! They're already pissed at me, if I missed practice they would kick me off the team" She answered, pouting

"Why are they pissed at you?"

"Why do you think?" She looked sadly at him "They don't like my new boyfriend, that's why they're pissed at me" She felt him tense up, and placed her hand on his cheek, stroking his beard with her fingertips, the way she knew he loved it, making him relax a little

"I just don't know why they are teasing me so much, most of them slept with you at some point" She said sadly

He sensed that she was starting to get a little insecure, and sighed "You know, they can go to hell. I can't hit girls, but you tell me when they start teasing you again and I will send Donna to get them" He said, and started to play with the ends of her hair. He's not used to talking about his feelings, but he felt it was necessary in this case. After all, Jackie spent years dating Kelso, and the moron cheated on her on a daily basis, her insecurity was understandable. "Jackie, you know they meant absolutely nothing to me, right?"

"Yeah... I know... it's just... why are you with me, Steven?" She asked warily, and sighed "I know I'm gorgeous, but I don't have half of the... experience these girls have" She said bashfully

"You might not have their 'experience', but you're better than all of them together" He said, lifting her chin with his finger "Plus, I like being your Sensei, little grasshopper"

She laughed a little and lightly smacked his chest, then she looked deeply into his eyes and placed a chaste kiss in his mouth, when she was about to pull away, he deepened the kiss, bringing her closer to him and tangling his hands in her hair. After a few minutes, she pulled away again.

"C'mon Pudding pop, don't start something you know we can't finish, that's just mean" She whispered. Unfortunately, because of her period, they couldn't do what they usually did during their sleepovers, not for three or four days, at least.

He groaned, and pulled her into his arms again, this time, kissing the top of her head and running his hands down her back. That was one of the things she loved the most about him: He's a softie, and a cuddler, but only when they were alone, obviously. And he's also a gentleman, he wasn't like Michael, he never pressured her to do anything she didn't want to, when she asked him to stop, he actually stopped, no questions asked.

They stayed in each other's arms for a really long time, not noticing the world around them.

"I need to go change my pad" She said "Then I think I'm going to take a hot shower. Will you still spend the night?"

"Of course, doll" He kissed her forehead "That's our ritual, I'm not missing it for a thing"

She pecked his lips and they both got up from her bed, Jackie went straight into her closet.

"Oh, can we order some pizza instead of making dinner today?" She asked while she grabbed her flannel pajamas and placed them in the bed.

"Sure, but I'm not repeating last month's mistake. No pineapple this time. Is meat lovers okay?" He asked and she nodded. She gave him another quick peck in his lips and went to the bathroom to take her shower, while he grabbed the phone on her bedside table and ordered their pizza, which should arrive in the next 30 minutes.

In the meantime, he decided to spoil her. Just a little, otherwise she would babble to everyone and he definitely doesn't want that.

He went to her closet and searched for her favorite pink fuzzy blanket, when he finally found it – Jackie's closet is huge and he may have gotten a little lost, no big deal –, he went downstairs and placed the blanket on the living room couch. That's usually where they spend a huge chunk of their Friday nights together, on the couch, watching movies, eating junk and fooling around.

Speaking of junk food, Fez's candy stash was long gone, and Hyde had a feeling that Jackie may want to eat something sweet after the pizza. So he went to the kitchen and checked the cabinets for something sweet. He smirked victoriously when he found a box of brownie mix hidden behind bottles of wine.

Not a few minutes after that, the brownies were already baking in the oven. He heard the doorbell ringing and went to get their pizza, no sign of Jackie so far.

He figured she would take a while; she was in pain and the hot water probably helps her with it. He paid the delivery man and placed the warm pizza box on the Burkhart's expensive center table

He grabbed a couple cans of soda from the fridge, and when he came back to the living room, he saw her coming downstairs, her hair was damp from her shower, she was wearing pink flannel pajamas and fuzzy slippers. He had to repress a smile, she looked adorable.

He felt her arms wrapping around his waist from behind and turned around to look at her.

"Took you a while" He said, kissing the top of her head. She smells like strawberries.

"The hot water helps with the cramps" She said apologetically

"I figured. As long as you're feeling alright, I'm cool" He said, turning the TV on and sitting on the couch, she quickly sat next to him, resting her head on his shoulder as he handed her a pizza slice.

They stayed cuddled up on the couch for a long time. After they finished eating the pizza, he took the brownies from the oven and he could almost see Jackie's pupils turning into hearts right in front of him, she looked at him like he was the most important person in the world, and even though he wouldn't admit it out loud, he loved it.

Jackie's emotions are always written on her face. You could always tell when she was sad, angry, or happy. And seeing that even though she's actively bleeding and in pain, she's happy because of him, made him happy too.

Knowing that he's the reason for her happiness gave him such a good feeling, the high was better than any drug could ever give him. He was terrified for a few seconds, but then she smiled and fed him some brownies and the fear was gone.

The Godfather started to play on the TV, and he insisted that they watch together. It was one of his favorite movies, and his head would explode if she made him watch "Saturday Night Fever" again.

She didn't put up a fight and gave in almost immediately, he was being such a good boyfriend tonight, he deserves to watch whatever he wants.

The movie was almost over when he noticed that she was starting to doze off on his arms.

"Wanna go to bed?" He asked, using the remote to turn the expensive TV off.

"Yeah, but first I need to change my pad, and my cramps are starting to get bad again, I need to take a few more pain pills" She groaned, then she looked up at him and made those damn puppy eyes of hers "Pick me up like a princess and carry me to my room?"

He rolled his eyes, but didn't look annoyed at all "Yes dear"

She smiled sweetly and he gently scooped her into his arms, taking her up the stairs. When they reached her room, she went straight to the bathroom to change her pad.

He yawned and stripped into his boxers; he was kind of tired too. He got under the covers and waited for her.

A few minutes later she left the bathroom, took the ibuprofen bottle from her nightstand and swallowed a couple of pills. He gestured for her to lay in his arms and she smiled, turning the lights off and lying in bed with him.

Her back was against his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her as close to him as possible.

She took one of his hands and intertwined their fingers together.

"Thank you for staying with me today, Steven" Jackie mumbled sleepily "You really helped me"

"It was nothing, doll"

"You made my day 100% better" She continued "You're better than any pain medicine, thank you"

He wanted to say so many things. He wanted to say that she's the one that makes his day better, he wanted to say that ever since they started their relationship, he's been happy, and he wanted to say that he's pretty sure he's in love with her.

But it's still too soon.

He felt her relaxing in his arms and knew she was asleep. He kissed the back of her neck and pulled her closer to him, the feeling of her back against his chest making him feel more comfortable than he'd ever felt before.

"Sweets dreams, doll" He whispered, closing his eyes and enjoying the feeling of having his chick on his arms.

The End

A/N: So, I wrote Jackie's period based on my own :)

I know that not too many people have periods as intense as Jackie's, but intense periods are all I know since I was 12.

It got better now that I'm a tad older, but when I was a teen, it was hell on earth, I swear. I've been sent to the hospital a few times because of very intense cramps, I've passed out a couple of times too, one of them was during school's P.E, and I used to have very strong nausea during the first day of my period.

And to worsen my pain, I'm allergic to ibuprofen.

Now, I've never smoked pot before, but I have plenty of friends who do, and one of my best friends said that smoking really helps her with her cramps, so I took her word for it. I also did some google research and apparently, it's true, so there's that.

I don't know how I feel about this story, the first time I've read it I thought it was crap and that Hyde was acting OOC, but then I read it again and I started to like it, so tell me what you thought about this in a review or something.

See you all soon! Thanks for reading!