Title: Algid
Pairing: Radar/Henry
Rating:
G
Disclaimer:
I don't own them!
Summary:
Radar is sick and Henry takes care of him.
Challenge: Response to Lisa's ABC, 10-minte challenge and her challenge to use the prompt "Cold"

"I'm so cold, sir!" Radar said as he huddled further into the blankets that Henry had wrapped around him. The poor guy has worked himself into the ground, leaving his body defenceless against the common cold, Henry mused as he smiled tiredly down at his lover below.

It started out as a slight cough, though looking back now, Henry wondered why he never pressed Radar to let him check him out. The next thing he knew, Radar was coughing and sneezing and still telling him that everything was just fine and that he shouldn't worry. He let it pass, knowing, or rather hoping Radar would come to him if it got out of hand…and boy was he wrong! Two days later, Henry had come out of his office to get something from post-op when the boy had collapsed when he had stood up from his chair.

Henry's heart wrenched at the memory. He could still feel the fear, as if it was the same moment all over again. Luckily, for both of them, Trapper and Hawkeye had marched into the office talking about something or another. Between the three of them, they managed to get Radar back on his bed, at Henry's insistence, saying that the boy would be more comfortable there and he would be able to keep a better eye on him. Luckily for the C.O, there were no other patients in post-op and Trapper and Hawkeye quickly relented.

The doctor was quickly pulled from his thoughts when Radar coughed again. "Is there anything you need, Radar? Just say the word and it's yours." He saw Radar pause a second before replying. "Can you sit with for a while, please?" The younger man said, shifting over on the cot to make room for him. "Alright," he said, relenting after he got that puppy dog look from Radar, which he was quite sure the boy knew he couldn't resist. "Just for a while." The two men lay there until they fell asleep. A few hours later, Hawkeye and Trapper poked their heads into the office to see how the boy, who they had more or less adopted, was doing. What they saw brought a smile to there face. Radar was lying in between Henry's legs with his head rested on the older man's shoulder and Henry had his hands wrapped around Radars waist.