On their way back from the Ark, Cortana gets sick of listening to Chief's heartbeats. So after a year of waiting in the silence, she decides to wake him up for an update. It will only be for a few minutes, and he can just go back to sleep afterwards, right? What's the harm? Self-contained between Halo 3 and 4, CortanaXChief (duh). COMPLETE.
Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 19,648 - Reviews: 24 - Favs: 99 - Follows: 79 - Updated: 9/5/2021 - Published: 7/18/2021 - [Master Chief/John-117, Cortana] - Complete