Lynette sat on the queen sized bed and ran her hands over the comforter, it was very high quality fabric, that much she was certain of. Her eyes lazily scoped out the room around her, Jagged and Penny had out done themselves as far as she was concerned. She laid down on the bed, and as much as she tried to blank her mind out her brain had other ideas.
She didn't want to think of the attack, but instead her mind shifted to just before that event. The Thursday evening she'd spent with Kim, and the Saturday morning after at the hospital. After Kim had showered at the hospital he'd sat with her wearing only the hospital house coat that was provided to her. She'd felt a little awkward but still safe. This was Kim. She knew she could trust him.
She hadn't bothered trying to hide her relief when the others had returned, Adrien had brought a change of clothes for the athletic male.
Kim had laughed it off and went to go change into the track pants and sleeveless top that Adrien had brought for him.
It was Autumn now but it was unseasonably warm. After changing in the washroom, he came back out and had stayed the entire day with her at the hospital, leaving only to go home, shower, grab a change of clothes and come back. Even though there were two couches, Lynette had a few nightmares. Kim admitted that's why he'd stayed with her and had brought a deck of cards and a few board games back with him.
Lynette hadn't wanted any of them, she was tired and wanted to sleep. Kim had appeared awkward when he suggested that he sleep next to her. Well, he had that to his credit.
She had reluctantly agreed after it was arranged that they'd have separate blankets.
Kim and Lynette had slept with his arm wrapped around her waist and their bodies pressed together with the bed sheets keeping them from actually touching each other. Somehow having him there, knowing he was there had relaxed her enough to be able to sleep. She'd woken up with Kim sleeping on his back and her head on his chest.
He'd teased her about it, "Enjoying my heart beat? I can make it beat even faster."
"Dork face, there's no way to speed your heart rate up by will," Lynette had grumbled, still half asleep as she nuzzled into his chest.
"Who said anything about will? I'll just run around the outside of the hospital," He replied.
"You do and I break your knee caps. I'm comfy," Lynette had growled, her grip on him tightening. There was silence for several moments before he heard her speaking again.
"I'm not a challenge," Lynette stated.
"No, you're Lynnie," Kim agreed.
"I mean you're not going to get into my pants, don't even try," Lynette spat out.
Kim blinked then realizing that she was talking in her sleep.
"Lynette?"
Her nails on her left hand dug into his side causing him to hiss as he gripped the offending hand before using his other hand to rub her back.
"Lynette? Lynette, wake up," Kim coaxed.
Lynette's brows knitted together and her facial features tensed.
'A nightmare,' Kim realized as he watched her, his chest beginning to hurt with how distressed she looked.
"Lynette, it's Kim. Wake up," he attempted to coax her out of her slumber again.
A single tear came down out of her right eye.
'Damn it! I don't know what to do,' Kim thought to himself. He gently pulled Lynette closer to himself, placing a chaste kiss on her forehead.
With this, she seemed to wake up, looking at Kim with a confused expression.
"W-wh-why did you kiss me?"
"I kissed your forehead, sleeping beauty, because you weren't waking up. You had a nightmare Lynnie. It's over. I'm here," Kim replied.
"It isn't over. It still happened and I'm still living it," Lynette mumbled.
"I'm right here with you," Kim responded. He gently took her hand into his own.
"I promise you, no matter what, you're stuck with me. Until the day you tell me to get lost, I'm gonna be here. Right here, like I am now. If you lose your strength, then borrow mine, cause I'm never letting go," Kim vowed, squeezing her hand to emphasize his point.
"If you ever need me, and I'm not right there at your side, call me. Text me. Nothing's too small or too big, got it?"
Lynette nodded a little as her breath came out in hot huffs against his neck. Kim wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.
"I'm so sorry," He apologized, nuzzling into her hair.
"What for?"
"I wasn't there to stop this. It shouldn't have happened," Kim confessed.
"It wasn't your fault," Lynette objected.
"Yeah it was. I should've stopped by your photo shoot after my practice was over," Kim stated.
Lynette felt her heart sink. She knew there was no talking him out of it when he was convinced he was right.
Lynette held her lip between her teeth before asking, "Kim, you're not psychic. How were you supposed to know this would happen?"
"I should've guessed it would. Everything you told me—I just didn't want to believe it could," Kim admitted.
"Me either," Lynette agreed, she forced a smile to her face before concluding, "but we've still got each other, right?"
"Right," Kim acknowledged as he cradled her in his arms.
"I can't believe we did that Thursday," Lynette giggled.
Kim gave a light chuckle as he slightly groaned at the memory, "I thought your parents were gonna kill me."
"Why?" Lynette asked.
"Cause I let you dare me to do it," Kim answered.
Lynette giggled and shrugged as she cuddled into him, "It was fun though. You know I gotta just break free from them now and then. So we rode our bikes out to that air space, sat on the grass, watched the planes taking off. We were nowhere near close enough to get hurt."
"Unless a plane malfunctioned and crashed," Kim pointed out.
"Okay, yeah, that would've been a disaster," Lynette conceded.
"Then the cops showed up. I swear I saw my life flashing before my eyes," Kim continued.
"I saw that look so I thought I'd try talk to them and get us out of it. Course the trouble with that is being asexual I have the flirting skills of a dead fish," Lynette joked.
Kim laughed, "You asked the one cop if he had a light, I couldn't stop laughing at that one."
Lynette laughed along with Kim and then sighed a bit as she spoke, "Thank you."
"Hmm?"
"All last night, I kept thinking how happy I was on Thursday. Sure things might not have ended in a really positive way, but—it's the first time I remember really being happy in a long time," Lynette explained.
Kim shook his head 'no', "You don't have to thank me. We're friends, Lynnie."
"That'll never change," Lynette agreed.
'It already has,' Kim thought to himself, 'I love you.'
Lynette changed into her purple one piece swim suit and grabbed a towel from the washroom before heading out of the room. She left her bedroom and headed down to the back room where Penny had mentioned the indoor pool was. Maybe swimming a few laps would help clear her head.