I do not own Kim Possible or any related characters, they are the exclusive property of Disney and used in this story without official permission.

AN: This is based on Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Sequel to Face Down, x3

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When I see your smile

Tears run down my face I can't replace

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Shego stares at her beloved; Kim is just so small and cute without even trying, that not even adorable could describe it and love is just a plain word that cannot capture the feeling they have for each other. Making Kim smile is Shego's top priority at the moment, but it's hard to even get a genuine smile. Too much has happened, and Kim needs support, but being stubborn, she couldn't realize this; wishing to get better, wishing to be healed, the red-head wants to do such thing alone and since being for two years in a bad relationship, Kim forgot what a real relationship meant. Shego, being unusually patience, is trying to give Kim her own space and time; the result of this is a rather scared Kim which wants to keep always near Shego, and the pale woman cannot understand this. She wants me to be with her, yet she wants to bear this burden alone. This isn't what a relationship is supposed to mean...

"Okay Kim, first question," Shego asks Kim seriously, who had some fun with Circe and is now sitting next to Shego; who has Selene on the other side. "You want to solve all of this on your own, don't you?"

"Well..." Kim looks away, as Shego places a comforting arm around her shoulders. "I want to be strong; I want to appear strong in front of you--"

"Second question," Shego says, not wanting to hear the rest, "if you do, why do you need to relay on me?"

"Umm..." The hero again looks away, "look Shego, I feel that I need you besides me to get over this, and--"

"If you do," the pale woman interrupts again, "then share it with me. It's your burden Kimmie, you can do what you please with it, but if you feel that you need me then include me. I feel used, you know, and you also know very well I hate that damn feeling and that the last thing I want is for you to give me such a feeling."

"I'm sorry Shego!" Kim throws herself at the older woman, feeling genuinely afraid, "please don't go! I need you here, with me! I promise to include you, I swear!"

"Princess," is the sweet reply, "I am not asking you for this, I love you too much to think of going away, and you need me, so I am here. You can do as you please, I am just letting you know that it hurts and that in a relationship, you have to pay attention to your partner. Jeez! I would think you would be the one to teach me that!"

Kim giggles and Shego starts to tickle her for good measure. She tries to escape, but Shego is too quick and soon has Kim pinned down. The cry of stop and the laughter only ends when Kim finally is able to make her move and kisses her beloved deeply. When the kiss stops, they are both out of breath and Kim ran out of energy. Shego, for her part, takes her princess inside the house, knowing that to go further, even in their bed, could cause some serious damage to her princess, thanks to her ex-husband. Shego knows that Kim isn't ready for a partner, they tease and flirt with each other, but there are times in which something said can make Kim sweat in fear. Shego either is told which ones are these, so that she could evade them, or go around, testing the ground. Since Kim doesn't know herself that this happens, she cannot tell Shego so there is not much choice left.

Kim's lack of energy can also be attributed to her ex-husbands treatment; all the things he did to her amounted up to plenty: bad nutrition, weakness and fatigue from lack of proper sleep, emotional and psychological scarring, to just mention a few. Kim is slowly gaining her old confidence, her old trust, and her old self and mostly thanks to Shego. Since she is the one to save Kim, and Betty knows overall that Shego isn't a bad person but someone just as scared or maybe even more than Kim due to her past, has given Shego a time to show the world herself. The main problem with that is that Hego is probably going to learn of this fact soon, and might pay Shego a visit.

"Shego, thank you," the red-head says, "I am sorry."

"Sorry for what, Pumpkin?" The pale woman asks, taking Kim to their bed to get proper rest.

"For being a burden..."

"Really...? Yeah, you should be sorry for that, but the point is that you are not. I am doing this because I care for you, Kimmie, not because of anything else."

"But, Shego, you seem to be giving up your life for me..."

"News for you, Princess, I don't have a life," Shego's hard eyes tells Kim that she speaks the truth, "I have lived through something like that, which is one of the reasons why I stopped liking men."

"How long have you known you were into girls?"

"Is not the fact of knowing such thing, Kimmie, is the fact of making the decision yourself. I decided that men aren't up to my liking, being the bastards that they are, so not much choice left for me but women, huh?"

"Why did you make such a decision?"

"Because I had a bad experience, maybe even worse than yours; now is not time to talk about it though, now you are going to rest."

"Then," Kim hesitantly asks, as Shego places her on their bed, "can you at least tell me when you decided on such thing?"

"The same day I decided to join the dark side, Kimmie," Shego answers truthfully, and Kim knows from the tension surrounding her beloved that it is personal and that it still hurts, "plus the bonus that they have cookies, and even if they never tell anyone, they also have milk."

Kim laughs lightly at the joke, as Shego crawls over her; Kim clings onto Shego, who turns around on her back to have her younger counterpart over her. Even if they are technically the same age, Shego is still considered older.

"I thought you would be forever on top in this relation," Kim jokes.

"I don't want to crush you when I am trying to get you to feel better," Shego teases, giving Kim a kiss on her nose, "that wouldn't be smart, would it?"

"Yeah..." Kim sighs in happiness, snuggles closer to Shego, and gives her a light kiss.

Kim smiles and Shego cannot help but cry. Some things aren't meant to happen to some people, and God knows that Kim is one of the last people to deserve that type of treatment. Because of that, Kim seems to have reversed into a little child needing help and consoling, which makes her only adorable and close to pity; something not good for a twenty year old. Still, Shego only wishes for such thing not to be permanent; God also knows how hard it was for Shego to get over all of that alone, and how lonely she felt. If she could take some of that away from Kim, then she would gladly do it, but if she could have stopped that from happening at all, Shego would be happier.

"MmmM...Shego...?"

"I am here, Princess, you go back to sleep," she replies, her tone even.

"You crying?"

"Pumpkin, you are talking to Shego, baby, and Shego don't cry."

"Uh huh..." With that, Kim goes back to sleep and Shego dries her eyes, and then goes to sleep too.