Tonight, Eclypsa seemed to be in a pensive mood. They sat together on the roof watching the meteor shower. It was gorgeous and Eclypsa was enraptured, her eyes glued to the sky. James couldn't decide what he wanted to stare at- the celestial light show or the fact that Eclypsa was wearing a translucent sleep shirt and her long hair fell in glorious waves like a cape made of the night sky.

James was so uncomfortable. A gun was digging in his hip and his neck and back hurt abominably from sleeping on a couch or the floor. He tried to pay attention to what Eclypsa was saying instead of staring at her pretty legs that were currently crossed at her dainty ankles.

"I dunno James, I feel so conflicted treating Bane's men. I hate patching them up when I know they're going out to hurt or terrorize the city but I can't turn my back either. I took the Oath of Hippocrates when I became a physician and the cardinal rule is do no harm. I'd be doing a lot of harm by omission if I turned my back. I'm just so tired. So tired." Eclypsa sighed and he nodded. "Sometimes, we just have to do our jobs," he murmured. "Yeah but I hate being conflicted," Eclypsa leaned into him.

Nodding, James tried to roll his shoulder subtly to relieve the mounting ache in his upper back and shoulder without disturbing Eclypsa. She cut off her mini rant and looked at him.

"You've been rolling your shoulders an awful lot lately. What's wrong? An injury?" She inquired. James squirmed internally, he thought he was being subtle. Would she thing he was a wimp if he said that their sleeping arrangements was killing his back and sleep? He was a goddamn assassin. Hardcore to the extreme but when Dr. Delalune turned professional and grilled him, the truth always seem to spill out.

"It's my back and shoulders," he confessed. "I've been sleeping weird and now I'm all stiff."

Thankfully there wasn't any judgement in her eyes and they were slightly concerned. "Let's go inside," she said. "I'll take a look."

Inside she led him to the bed and commanded him to strip off his shirt and vest and lay face down. He was already out of his shirt and half way laying down before he even realized how fast he obeyed. It was slightly concerning that he, the assassin, had so much trust in this woman. Before he could linger too long on the subject of Eclypsa's trustworthiness, his mind went completely blank when he felt her straddle his sides and settle her weight on his lower back.

James' mind was shot. Every emotion whirled together and scattered all coherent thought. Every thought came from the reptilian brain- the oldest and most primal part of the brain. He felt her bare legs pressed to his sides and her weight pressing down and relieving the tension in his back. Every single nerve was firing and he was aware of everything, her spicy-sweet scent, the warmth from her body, the softness of her skin, the silk of her hair as she leaned down to his ear.

"Relax," Eclypsa purred. "Trust me, I'm a doctor."

James grinned, "Yeah, a sawbones!"

A smack across his shoulders and a painful prod to his tender neck was her response. Eclypsa felt for the knots and attacked them viciously. All previous pleasure fled as she pinched, pulled, rubbed, and kneaded the knots away. James gritted his teeth, "I thought this was supposed to help!"

"Oh please, this is nothing," Eclypsa said and jabbed an elbow right in the sore spot below his shoulders. With a yelp, James flipped her off and tried to scrabble away. Landing next to him, Eclypsa let out a throaty laugh, "Come back you wimp!"

"No! It's just going to hurt!"

Eclypsa opened her mouth to reply and then something crossed her face and she shut it. "I'm not going to hurt you," She promised. "I hope you know that. Lay back down, I'm going for another approach."

James looked at her suspiciously and laid back down slowly. She got back on his back and when her hands touched his shoulders, he tensed but the pain didn't come. She kneaded his shoulders then moved to the back of his neck. By the time she was running her hands up and down his back, he might have been purring.