Title: Triage
Author: untapdtreasure
Rating: K+
Summary: She'd never been so scared and angry all at once. And if he wasn't careful, he was about to be on the receiving end of something he wasn't prepared for.
A/N: Written for a 'patching up a wound' prompt on tumblr.
Devon's hands were shaking as she pressed her torn shirt against the wound in his side. She avoided his eyes every time he tried to meet hers. She was scared to death, and that stunt he'd just pulled was about to be her undoing. She'd never been so scared and angry all at once. And if he wasn't careful, he was about to be on the receiving end of something he wasn't prepared for.
His hand covered hers and stilled her movements. He managed to find her eyes and hold them. The anger and terror he saw radiating from them simultaneously terrified him just a little. "Adair, I'm alright."
And with that she shook her head. "The hell you are. You're bleeding, and I'm not even sure I know how to patch you up properly. Those terrians aren't like any of the other terrians we've encountered, and you time and again are the one that reminds me of it, and then you go half cocked…"
"Now wait a minute, lady. Half cocked…" he interrupted.
She shut him down. "You shut your mouth, Danziger. Of all the shanking bull headed, arrogant, stupid…"
His hands were in her hair, tugging her mouth down to his in a heated kiss, and no matter how she struggled to push him away at first, she eventually melted into his kiss and returned it just as passionately.
When the kiss broke, she leaned her forehead against his and panted. "You scared the hell out of me, John."
He still had his hand tangled in her hair. The tips of his fingers massaging her scalp gently, trying to relax her. "Wish I could promise it won't happen again, but I can't, Devon. I am sorry. I truly am. But I'd do it again if it meant keepin' you safe."
"I know."