Kay awoke when he felt movement in the bed and then soft fingers touching him, fumbling for something. "Elle?" he said as he looked down to find that she was awake also. He leaned down, softly kissing the top of her head as he tried to figure out what in the world she was up to. Suddenly, he felt a tugging at his waist and a second later, there was a rather noticable draft.
Elle softly chuckled as Kay quickly fumbled under the covers, trying to secure the towel. "Nothing to be embarrassed about," she whispered with a smile. "I'm a doctor, you know."
"Elle, we can't," Kay said as he finally fastened the towel and leaned down, kissing the top of her head again. "I'm not going to do something that could hurt you. I love you too much for that."
Elle smiled a bit at his words and snuggled closer to him. "I'm really not that sick," she whispered.
"And why do you keep falling asleep all the time if you're not sick?" he said as he ran his fingers through her hair.
"Good bed companion, perhaps?" she said as she raised her head and softly kissed him.
"Elle, we have all the time in the world once your better," he said as he returned her kiss. "I'm not going to take a chance on hurting you, not after how sick you were from that infection and then from the bug bite before that."
His reached out, gently rubbing her back as he talked. His hand accidentally touched the burn above her right breast and Elle winced a bit as a sudden jolt of pain washed over her. She tried to hide it but Kay had already seen.
"Here," he said as he eased the top of the nightgown down a bit and examined the burn. It didn't seem worse, a bit red but that was only to be expected. He wasn't going to take any chances though. He quickly cleaned it and applied more antibiotic ointment before rebandaging it. Then he reached for the bottle of antibiotics. I raised her up a bit and helped her take a sip of water before putting the pills in her mouth.
"It isn't...." Elle said suddenly feeling very frightened.
"No sign of infection but I'm not going to take any chances. Not after what happened," he said as he leaned down and kissed her again to reassure her. "Why don't you try to rest now?"
"Alright," she murmured as she closed her eyes. "Stay with me."
"Not going anywhere," He held her close as she drifted off to sleep, rocking her in his arms and humming a lullaby. Even though she thought she was doing fine, Kay could tell she was still very sick. Her body felt so weak and frail. "Please let her get better," he whispered as he sent up a prayer. "I love her."