I close the door as quietly as I can as I don't want to wake Tess if she's asleep. I put my keys in the bowl on the table by the door, toe off my shoes and walk deeper into the apartment where I find Tessa curled up on the couch, blankets covering her, tissues and cups of tea littering the coffee table and her beautiful eyes full of pain and sickness. I sigh and kiss her forehead. She moves away from me, whines a little bit and burrows down deeper into her cocoon of blankets. It hurts me that Tess won't allow me to comfort her when she's like this but I'm the same way when I'm sick, but that doesn't keep us from cheering the other one up when we're ill. I sit down beside her and pull her feet into my lap
"Hardin, I don't want you getting sick too." Tessa says with some difficulty, wincing when her throat hurts.
"Tess, I've already had this, I can't get sick again." I reassure her for the millionth time but she won't listen to me. Tessa sighs and watches the movie she's put on while I get off the couch and start tidying up and making my girl some soup, despite her protests that she's not hungry.
The soup is her favourite: tomato. I put it on the table with a glass of water and kiss her forehead as she sits up. "Thanks, Hardin." She whispers, her beautiful voice scratchy. I sit next to her as we watch her favourite romance movie, The Vow, halfway through the movie, she starts sneezing cute little sneezes and she groans as she lays back against the couch, burrowing deeper into her blankets as her blue eyes flutter closed I give my girl a soft smile before standing over her and scoop her up into my arms, carrying her to our room, not to my surprise, Tess doesn't protest to be carried by me.
Once in our room, I pull back our thick comforter and lay her down before tucking her in and kissing her forehead before joining her in bed. I pull my sick girl into my arms and lay beside her with my arms around her.
"G'night, Hardin, love you." Tessa says in her sleep. I kiss her hair.
"Goodnight, Tess. you can be sick in my arms anytime, I love you so much." I whisper as sleep overtakes me.
A\N: My first After oneshot.
