All recognized Burn Notice characters belong to their creator. I do own Lotus.

I know she felt like I was moving like a sloth. I just didn't want to cause her more pain than necessary. If I could take it all away I would.

Given her injuries we debated back and forth on if she should actually get in the tub or not. Finally we decided the tub would be fine. The knife wound wasn't too deep it and the burn was high enough up that it wouldn't be submerged.

I got her hair up in a sloppy bun to get it out of the way. The length has changed from time to time but she's always had a deep purple. Her specialty doesn't require undercover work so it's not something we worry about being recognized. In fact 3 years ago she had been asked to wear a wig by the agency to a meeting, nearly got us killed till she took the wig off. They thought she was an imposter at first.

I helped her into the bath wincing along with her when she got into the water. She got settled and I quickly cleaned up the broken glass along with with the rest of the trash.

I then went ahead and got some clean underwear and one of my button up shirts for her to wear for the time being.

Taking inventory of the pain meds we have "Babe." I hear her say softly from the bathroom. "I'm right here Lo'. How's your pain?" She hesitates. Decision made I grab one of the stronger options to give her along with a peanut butter granola bar and a lemonade.

"Here baby. Eat this and take these. Don't give me that look. You need them. I know you're not gonna be able to rest comfortably your injuries without them."

Sighing she relents. "Eating in a bathroom is gross." Chuckling I reply "It is no worse then when we were in Thailand outside that temple. The entire river area smelled like shit for the week we were there."

"They had cute monkeys. That made up for it." Starring at her a moment "Monkeys. Cute? You mean, the same monkeys that you cussed out and threw your knife at that one night?"

She looks shocked and replies "They. Had. It

Coming! Flipped the latch to our bedroom window when you were balls deep inside me! It killed the mood instantly which pissed me off the most." She starts splashing water at me hearing my chuckle.

"YOU can't tell ME that it didn't annoy you just as much. It was the FIRST time we had alone in what 48 hours?" At my nod she continues "Not to mention the mission camera it took. Then we spent the next 30 minutes trying to snare said monkey to get it back."