Bonfire Heart
A/N Wow thank you all for your lovely comments! As requested this chapter is a more Molly/Capt James based. (Don't worry the boys will be back soon!) Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 2 - Firing bullets in the sky
Molly flitted around the med tent nothing able to hold her attention for anything longer than a couple of seconds. She didn't know what her feeling for the boss man were, she admitted to herself that she had the hots for him big style, but was that all. They were so different and at times he made her so mad but yet at other times he made her feel so special and that she was invaluable to him.
The whole bra incident had only made things worse.
She had felt his arousal after their fall and how his hand had lingered on her hip for as long as possible. This just added fuel to her lust for him and confusion on how the hell she was meant to deal with it all.
She was pulled from her thoughts by the gentle knocking on the table beside the medic tent door. She sighed, pausing to look at the dates on the sterile bandage pack she was holing, "Smurf there is more chance of Newport winning the FA Cup next year than you seeing me model that bra."
She dropped the bandage back into the draw and turned to face Smurf instead finding Captain James stood in the tent doorway. For the second time that morning her face turned a dark pink color.
"I'm sure he'd have been happy just to see the matching pants." He said giving her a soft smile, laughter in his eyes.
That was all it took for Molly to let out the breath she had been holding "Not bloody likely!"
She gestured for him to sit on the exam table. "What can I help you with, the blisters playing up again?"
He nodded hopping onto the table kicking of his boots and gently peeling his socks of his sore feet. She walked toward him gently examining the sores on his feet and let out a sigh. He clearly hadn't seen the replacement medic when she had gone on leave. She shook her head and looked up at him ready to give him a bollocking for not taking care of himself.
As she looked up she found her Captains face looking almost sad, he looked up at her his eyes fixed on hers.
"Molly, I'm sorry for the way I acted when you came back" He looked down at his hands in his lap he fidgeted. This wasn't the apology he planned to make, he was meant to come in get his blisters checked and apologies for 2 sections behavior and go back. Clearly his mouth wasn't going to co-operate and he found himself continuing.
"It's just, well" He paused drawing a slightly shaky breath. "I missed you and I hated the idea that Smurf got to spend more time with you while I was stuck back in this hell hole." He stopped, looking shocked that those words had even come from his lips.
Molly stood staring back at the Captain letting his words sink in. She licked her lips her mouth feeling dry and let out a dry "Ditto" it coming out nothing more than a whisper.
"You missed me too?" The captain said looking up at her.
She smiled and turned to open her backpack, the captain looked curiously at her. She turned back around two boxes in her hand, she passed the top one over to him. He turned it over reviling the box contained what claimed to be a pair of anti-blister socks and let out a small laugh.
"Even when I was back home all I could think about was you, including your horrible blisters." She passed the other box between her slightly shaking hands.
"And well." She paused shoving the second box toward the captain in a jerky motion.
He looked down at the box find it not to be a box but an iPod. He looked towards her slightly confused, she nodded. He took this as a signal to continue and unlocked the iPod screen. Don't go breaking my heart burst from the small device in the palm of his hand and he glanced at the top of the scree, Boss Man Playlist scrolled around the top. He looked up at his shock etched into his face.
The song finished and silence fell in the tent.
"I…" Molly started not sure how to put across what she needed to in words. Captain James stood up and Molly's face fell as realization dawned on her that he was leaving.
However to her surprise he took two quick steps covering the distance between them and gently took her face into his hands.
She leaned into his contact and looked up to face him. He leant down their lips finally touching, kissing. What had felt like a slow burn building over the past month finally turned into a blaze of emotion; passion, loss, fear and hope.
Note: Well this chapter shocked me a bit and it didn't turn out quite as planned and is a lot deeper than it was meant to be. Some more fun and two section will be back in the next chapter!