SherlywholockedPJ asked for a Stein and Jax friendship fic, so here it is!
"Jefferson, you can't simply undo the nuclear synchronization just because 'you don't like me in your head!' I for one, have a pres-"
"Yeah yeah, Grey, we all know the lecture. Save me the torture." Jax walked out and slammed the door behind him, leaving Stein thinking... How to comfort Jefferson. They had tracked Savage to a war zone, on the exact day his father died, but this time it was worse. It turned out that Savage had made a "special order" to track and kill Jefferson's father, knowing it would affect him. Now he was furious that he wasn't there to stop him, blaming Stein and the team, and even getting into a fight with Sara that ended with him in the medbay. If only he knew a way to help him.
Ten minutes later...
Jax flopped down on his bed, still sore from Sara. She was one sick badass. He threw his blanket over himself and curled up, hoping for sleep. But his slow drifting off was interrupted.
"Jefferson." Jax jumped up at the sound of Grey's voice and looked at the closed door. But the sound was coming from the television in his room. Stein's face was on it, looking somber and apologetic as he continued. "I am sorry. I know that the loss of your father must have hurt you. But you must remember, Savage did it. He tried to get to you in that way, and succeeded. You must not let yourself get carried away, or you-" Stein's voice cracked. "You could have a similar fate to Ronald. "Jax remembered, Ronny Raymond was Stein's former half of Firestorm. "I know you are hurt, and angry, and grief-driven to kill Savage, but you must not lose yourself. You must always remember to never stoop to Savage's level." Stein gave one last meaningful look to him on the screen and the video stopped.
Jax didn't realize he had been holding back tears until they all came out. He sat and cried and cried until the door opened a crack. "Jefferson? Are you, oh." He walked in and put an arm around Jax, which he gratefully leaned into.
"Thank you, Grey."
"My pleasure, Jefferson."