Jack could only utter a 'hello' as he squeaked in pain, but Roxas' eyes narrowed determinedly and he kept Jack's body still and numb from the pain.

"Oh god, so much better."

"Quite the miracle our little lightning bug is." Jack smiled and reached for Roxas to thank him and assure him that he would be ok. Roxas smiled as did Jamie; Jack reached out for Jamie as well. Jamie reached back, settling next to him; reaffirming the bond in a loving, gentle touch. Jack smiled.

"My boys, my little angel lights." Roxas giggled. Jamie chuckled, wrapping his free arm around Jack who yawned.

"So how long had I been asleep?"

"Not as long as they thought. A few days really. Hungry?"

"Really?" He smiled.

"No, I'm good." He said, hugging Roxas close and getting up slowly.

"Alright." Jack's legs felt weak, which is why he handed Roxas back; in case he fell. He stood up for at least a second then collapsed; he whimpered in pain, his legs hurt. They were numb and the most horrible pins and needles ran through his body from the movement. Jamie summoned the wind to pick Jack up and set him on the bed again.

"I don't think your legs are quite ready to be used again. As I said, you have been out a few days. Wouldn't be surprised if they fell asleep... so to speak." Jack nodded. How did this happen... that pain... He couldn't describe it, not at all... not even in his own mind. Jamie settled close, lost in thought for the moment. Jack sighed tiredly but he kept his eyes open, he shouldn't go to sleep, he'd just woke up. After a moment Jamie dismissed his thoughts that things weren't what they seemed, turning his attention to Roxas who was asking for another story.

"Hmmm... let me think... what story to tell..." Jack sighed and fed Roxas the bottle he'd prepared but the boy didn't want it.

"What's wrong Roxas, you not hungry? Diaper change?" He made a gesture for the bottle.

"Oh, I see; you wanna be a big boy, is that it?" He nodded in agreement.

"Ok then." Jack handed him the bottle but still held it at the bottom so he didn't choke or drink too much at a time. Roxas only managed to get it all over himself. Jamie watched the two for a moment before retrieving a towel to use to clean up Roxas from his lunch. Jack sighed, Roxas again made those strange orbs of light; Jack's body felt lighter suddenly, then drooped. Jamie took Roxas to burp him once the bottle was empty and then settled him down for a nap. Jack rolled off the bed in annoyance only saying a whispered 'ow.'

Take it easy, I'm not saying you have to stay in that bed but take things slowly hmm?

Jamie said over the bond even as he read a few mother goose poems to Roxas to help put him to sleep. Jack whispered something unintelligible and rolled away into the table.

"Owie." Jamie just gives the impression of shaking his head over the bond as he tucked in the sleeping Roxas who fell asleep during the poem 'Baa, Baa Black Sheep.' Jack winced, trying to get up but his weak body proved too weak to do anything at the moment.

Jamie returned to the room and helped Jack up and back into the bed. Jack thanked him and lay there, staring at the ceiling for the moment; Jamie settled on the bed, stretching out next to Jack after a moment. Jack slowly fell asleep once more, but was slightly scared he would never wake up again. He whimpered and rolled into Jamie, shaking.

"Jack?" Jamie asked softly even as he wrapped his arms around him. Jack was too scared.

"No... no sleep." He whispered, whimpering and keeping his eyes open at every single groggy blink.

"What's wrong?" Jamie murmured. Jack shook his head, trying to blink away the sleepiness.

"Don't want to sleep... might n-never wake up." He whispered desperately. Jamie gently brushed his fingers along Jack's cheek.

"I promise that won't happen. Spirits aren't prone to that sort of thing." Jack still fought, but the stroking of Jamie's fingers and the warmth provided was lulling him into it.

"N-no please..." He whimpered, eyes shutting.

"No sl-sleep..."

"You need to rest. It will be alright." Jamie murmured soothingly. Jack's sobs grew louder every second until he couldn't stay awake anymore.

"NO! NO!" He struggled to stay awake, he fell into darkness. Jamie gently brushed away any tears and did his best to soothe Jack; not leaving his side. The dreams, of course, were nightmares; weren't they always? Jack cried, frosting Jamie good but he didn't exactly care since he too was a frost spirit. Jamie brushed away the tears, softly singing to Jack in hopes of chasing away any bad dreams, fears, and the like. Jack's breath hitched, his small sobs slowly disappearing as he snuggled into Jamie; a smile lit up his features as the nightmares crumbled into sweet dreams instead. Jamie continued to sing softly as he held Jack close to him. Jack whimpered, snuggling closer.

"Mommy." It's all he whispered. Jamie hummed quietly, a gentle smile on his lips as he rested by Jack's side. Jack slept for a while, by the time he woke up it was 4:00 in the afternoon. Jamie dozed in a nearby chair with Roxas snuggled safely in his arms when Jack woke up. Jack winced a little as he felt lots of pain; it's enough to wake Roxas who began to fuss a little.

"Shh, shh daddy's ok; don't cry." Jack soothed, but really he was not. The fuss brought Jamie from his sleep after a moment; Jamie yawned and after a moment he got up and left the room with Roxas whose fussiness was silenced for the moment by a bottle to quell his hunger, but not his concern. Jack breathed in, counting to ten; he opened his eyes, the pain was not gone of course but he'd calmed himself more. Jamie came back in, balancing the end of the bottle to keep Roxas from drinking too quickly or spilling. Jack's gravity defying hair for once was limp, sweat soaked from his body's heat.

"Ow, why do I hurt so much?"

"Well, you did go through quite the ordeal." Jack winced, crying slightly; it hurt so much. Jamie set Roxas down, the boy sitting up on his own while Jamie re-positioned Jack to get him as comfortable as possible. Jack whined.

"OW OW OWW!" He shouted. Jamie sighed a little, sending a cooling sensation along Jack's skin; he didn't think it would do much for the pain but it might be a distraction for a little while once he'd finished re-positioning Jack. Jack gasped and giggled at the sensation.

"Ooh." Jamie smiled a little, using the sensation as a distraction for Jack for the moment while Roxas sucked his thumb; pulling it out only a moment to give Jack a gummy smile before going back to sucking on his thumb. Jack giggled, shuddering and moaning suddenly as Jamie iced a sensitive spot.

"Ah... whoops..." Jamie redirected the sensation before that got out of hand... Jack giggled nonstop, making Roxas curious. Jamie just smiled a little when he sensed it, then sent a little bit at Roxas, along one hand to satisfy the boy's curiosity. Jack chuckled dryly, his throat very dry; he needed some liquid water. Jamie got him a glass of water after a moment. Jack sighed. Why am I so tired and in pain... Jamie wondered how long this will last as he settles back by Jack's side. Jack whines, sad.

"I wish this didn't happen."

"Me too... but you know, they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Jack sighed.

"That's a lie apparently."

"I donno about that, but maybe the strength isn't always obvious..." Jack chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess so." Jamie threaded his fingers through one of Jack's, looking over at Roxas who just sucked his thumb, watching them with innocent curiosity. That just made Jack feel sleepy and relaxed. Jamie kept close, Roxas seemed content to sit next to Jack with Jamie on the other side though after a moment he yawned and lay down next to Jack, using him as a pillow before falling asleep. It's a few weeks before Jack is able to walk. Jamie helps where he can, but is careful not to help too much; knowing that there were some things Jack needed to attempt on his own, but Jamie was there to catch him when he stumbled, to keep him from falling. Jack had winced at his first few steps, but it became easy with time. The more time passed the easier things got and the pain gradually faded. Today, Jack stood in the kitchen, feeding Roxas his first solid food. Jamie watched with a smile even as he's fixing lunch for the two of them. Jack smiled.

"Jamie, I noticed something; do you think Roxas will have your powers or mine?" Jamie was thoughtful on this for a while then shook his head.

"Neither actually. I mean, you and I are mostly the same in terms of ability... what he can do... I donno, it's not like anything I can." Jack nodded.

"So it'll be a surprise."

"I think so." Jack nodded and burped Roxas, after lunch he played with him; gently telling him a story while Jamie finished off his portion of lunch.

"I'm going to spread some snow, I'll be back before supper." Jack nodded as he got Roxas ready to nap. Jamie left the cavern then, he didn't play with the children but he waved back at those he saw who waved at him as he brought them snow to play in; he's back almost exactly the time as he said he'd be. Jack was asleep in a rocking chair when Jamie entered, Roxas was pulling his tongue out in curiosity. Jamie walked over to the two and pries Roxas' hand from Jack's tongue before picking up the boy.

"Now, now, you don't need to be doing that." He said quietly. Jack sighed shuddering in his sleep. Jamie set Roxas in his pen with some toys before going to gently pick Jack from the chair and tuck him into bed. Only once he'd done that, brushing a kiss to Jack's forehead, did he go back to the nursery to play with Roxas. Jack giggled before falling into a deep sleep. Jamie fed Roxas his supper before fixing something for himself. Jack whined.

"Jamie... nooo." He whispered in his sleep. Jamie was carrying his supper from the kitchen before he noticed that Jack seems to be having some unpleasant dream. He went into the room and settled down, setting the plate on the nightstand for the moment as he settled next to Jack, gently running one hand through his hair, murmuring softly.

"It's alright." Jack panted crying.

"Jamie dooon't!" Jack whined.

"Shhh, it's okay Jack." Jamie murmured, shifting to hold Jack close to him; he'd no idea what sort of nightmare this could be, he wasn't sure he wanted to know. Jack coughed, shaking like he was drowning.

"Jamie let go, can't breathe." He said, gasping for air. Jamie shifted to let go, but he did stay close. Jack began to cry.

"Jamie why!" He screamed.

"Jack, love... It's just a dream. " He said quietly as he took Jack's hand in his, careful to not cause him pain. Jack whimpered, shaking.

"J-jamie." He said eyes opening, pools of pure fear.

"It's alright Jack. I'm here." He said gently. Jack whimpered, crying.

"Jamie y-you... I..." Jack couldn't tell him that he'd dreamt of Jamie raping him; it would crush him. Jamie gently squeezed Jack's hand.

"It's okay love. It was just a dream." Jack nodded but in his mind he knew it wasn't a dream; it was something that was coming to be, not Jamie... but something else that was going to happen. Jamie wrapped his arms around Jack and said softly.

"I would never let anyone or anything hurt you. " Jack didn't want to tell him; he didn't want to break his heart. Lip trembling, eyes watering... Jack had to tell him.

"Jamie in m-my d-d-dream..." He had to take slow even breaths to say it.

"Y-you... yo-you r-raped me." He finally breathed out. Jamie didn't respond to it at first, only seeming to study Jack even as he gently brushed away the tears. Jack cried, shaking.

"You... you wouldn't stop touching m-me..." He covered his face, crying more.

"Y-you beat me with ice and your hands dug into me." Jack shuttered hugging himself. Jamie didn't say anything as he listened quietly, he held Jack close to him with infinite gentleness. After a moment he spoke softly.

"I won't deny that I have considered such in the past, perhaps at some of my lowest points before I was able to even admit my feelings... before I knew about Gale... but I could never do that to you. I would never purposely hurt you. I would rather face Death again than ever do such a thing." Jack was shocked that he'd considered that but knew Jamie loved him too much to do such a thing. He sniffled hiding his face in Jamie's chest. Jamie just held Jack close. He wasn't proud that he had ever considered such a thing in the early days but he wasn't going to lie to Jack either and even with thoughts like that it had never included physically hurting Jack as he had talked about in the nightmare. He loved Jack too much to ever hurt him in any manner on purpose.