Alright guys, sooooo I forgot to mention that not only am I writing this to take place after F.D.L., it's being written because my boyfriend said he wanted a story focused more on Twitch and Lion because Lion is his main; and Twitch is my secondary (I use her mainly when I play with him). So yeah, this is his doing in a way hehe~ Thanks for continuing on this story! ^^
It was 0700 hours and Twitch was running around the track outside of Hereford. She could hardly sleep thinking about her encounter with Lion the day before, and the impending arrival of Doc from Brazil in approximately two hours. She was arguing with herself in her mind on whether she should tell Gustave or not. She absolutely could not stand to be put in the middle of another fight between the two men, but at the same time, she was an honest woman who held no secrets with who she was involved with. Why did Lion have to come and just fuck everything up? Twitch slowed her pace until she came to a complete halt. She leaned forward to catch her breath and collect her thoughts. I shouldn't think about him like that.. She thought to herself. After all, Lion had become very close to her during the period of time he had lost himself in his own thoughts about Alexis. She had basically taken Montagne's spot in his circle of trust, which was basically just him and her.
Twitch checked her watch. She had been running for about thirty minutes so far, and still her mind hadn't been made. Well, looks like running isn't helping at all.. Twitch walked to her gym bag and grabbed her water bottle. She took a long, slow sip accidentally spilling some water down her chin. The small beads of sweat on her head stroking her temples as they raced to her jawline. The familiar feel of running water over her face took her mind back to the shower. How much more sensual the water made the feel of Lion's body pressed to- Jésus Christ, Emmanuelle! Twitch yelled at herself from the back of her brain. She wiped a hand across her forehead hoping to wipe the memory away along with the sweat. All she had to do was distract herself enough in the next hour and a half. Yeah, Doc would be able to keep her mind off of it all. She'd just keep asking him about his trip and everything would be fine.
Twitch slung her gym bag over her shoulders and started on her way back to Hereford when she suddenly caught herself flying face-first into the dirt. "Bon Dieu! (God dammit!)" she cried turning to sit on her bottom. Her right ankle burned and throbbed from what felt like the inside of her bones. She brought her right knee up to her chest and held onto her ankle, the heat from the swelling warming up the palms of her hands. She looked ahead through squinted eyes to see the hole Lion's EE-ONE-D left from when he was last calibrating it and it fell. He had told Twitch he would fill it in since it was right on the edge of the track. That was two months ago. "Olivier, vous crétin! (Olivier, you moron!)" Twitch scolded through clenched teeth.
The dampening of her underwear through her jogging pants as she sat on the ground told her that she needed to get up and go, but her ankle was shot and she had nothing to lean on to help herself up off the ground. Twitch leaned over and reached inside of her gym bag to grab her phone. Maybe she could get one of the other's to come out and help her. Without thinking, she pulled up Lion's contact and almost hit 'call'. Twitch stared at his name on her phone and sighed shaking her head. Although he should help her since he was the cause of this mess, Twitch wanted nothing but her space from him right now. Maybe Montagne, she thought to herself as she scrolled through her contacts. She pressed the button to dial desperately praying for him to pick up. Voicemail. Ahhh, dammit.. Rook? Same. IQ? Voicemail again. Twitch tried every last operator that wasn't away on duty, and got the same for all of them. "There's twelve of you, and not a single one can answer. Lazy bastards..." she grumbled glaring at her phone.
There was one last contact she hadn't tried, and although she absolutely did not want to give him some sort of satisfaction from helping her- she saw no other way she'd get back inside unless she waited for Doc's arrival. Twitch scrolled to his contact and pressed the button to dial. She closed her eyes as it rang for what seemed like an eternity when, "Ouais? (Yeah?)" Twitch took another deep breath followed by a sigh before speaking. "I need your help. Can you come get me? I'm at the track." The only sound coming from the opposite end of the call was something like the flapping of wings before he spoke again saying, "I just put on my hoodie, I'll be there very soon." There was a click and the call ended. Twitch leaned back over to put her phone in her bag when her ankle deeply throbbed with immense pain. "Ahh!" she cried bringing her knee back to her chest to hold her ankle. She rocked back and forth, squeezing her eyes as tightly as she could. Olivier, please hurry...
"Emma!" Lion called from behind her. Twitch lifted her face in time to see Lion squatting down in front of her. "Qu'est-il arrivé? (What happened?)" he asked with a voice full of worry. Twitch scowled at him as she pointed to the small but deep divot in the dirt which he turned to look at. "The hole you filled in caught me." When Lion turned back around his face was full of embarrassment. "I promise I'll fill it in after we get you inside," he said with a solemn tone. "Merci." Twitch responded flatly. Lion leaned over offering Twitch his shoulder. She wrapped her arms around him and scooted into his hold. "Un, deux, trois," he counted hoisting her up. Twitch hopped around on her good foot to leverage herself against him. "I'm going to pick up your bag, just lean against my shoulder." Twitch nodded as he leaned his body down to retrieve her things, using his shoulder as a means of balance. Lion threw her bag around his body before securing his hold on her again. "We best get moving to put some ice on this," Twitch said bending her knee to hop. She had started to move when her remaining foot was swept from under her. "Wait!" she yelled wrapping her arms tightly around Lion's neck. "It's okay, I've got you," he said cradling her in his arms. "You don't have to carry me," Twitch said glaring at him once more. "Please, I owe this much to you."
Lion tenderly wrapped Twitch's ankle in the bandages Doc had left in case of emergencies. The anti-inflammatory cream had helped only a little, and the generic pain relief pills didn't do much of anything either. Still, they had to do the best they could until Doc made it back. "I think that's fine, Olivier," Twitch said as he wrapped what felt like the tenth layer of bandages around her ankle. "I just want to be sure it's supported is all," he said cutting the wrappings and securing them with the bands. "Leave some bandages for the rest of the team. Gustave will fix me up when he arrives." Twitch checked her watch. 8:23 a.m. Dammit, Twitch cursed in her mind. There was still so much time left, and she didn't want to spend any more of it with Lion. "I'm going to go back to bed," she said sliding off of Doc's examination table. As soon as the ball of her foot hit the ground, pain shot straight up through the joints of her bandaged ankle. Twitch cried out losing her balance. "Hey, hey, hey! Easy!" Lion commanded catching her. Twitch sighed rolling her eyes. She hated to ask him again, but she really needed it. "Can you help me to my room?"
Lion helped Twitch up the stairs one-by-one. She was such a klutz on one foot. It was kind of cute. He had offered to carry her again, but she insisted she do it herself in case someone came out of their room for any reason. Judging by how frustrated she seemed to be right now, she must have been regretting the choice. "I need to stop for a minute. My calf is killing me," Twitch said breathlessly. "Are you suuuuure you don't need to be carried?" Twitch stood silent for a moment before nodding. "I figured as much," Lion said pridefully leaning down to pick her up. Twitch gingerly wrapped her arms around his neck as he stood back up. "Hold on tight," he teased as he started up the stairs with her in his arms. Twitch just rolled her eyes and shook her head. He could really let things go to his head sometimes. "We're almost there," he said after about five minutes of walking. "Hurry, Olivier. I wouldn't want anyone to see you carrying me." Lion lifted an eyebrow looking down at her. "Why not? Your ankle is visibly wrapped. If anyone saw they would know I'm carrying you because you're hurt. Correct?" Twitch just turned her nose up at him. "Just hurry, please."
Lion gently placed Twitch on her bed. He knelt down to drop her gym bag, and began to untie her shoes and slip them off. "Please, you don't need to do that," Twitch said moving to pull her foot away. Lion gripping her good foot in his hand firmly. "No, I want to. It's the least I could do for..." his words trailed off as he pulled her shoe off. "Forrr...?" Twitch beckoned. Lion placed her shoe down and let go of her foot. He looked up at her with gentle, sad eyes. "For my actions yesterday. I don't know what got into me, but I did- do know that it was wrong. That's why I apologized. I don't expect you to keep this from Gustave, but I'd rather not have him on my back again. Either way, it's up to you. I'm sorry, Emma." Lion stood to leave when Twitch called out to him to wait. "I won't tell Gus. I'd rather have the peace kept between you two as well. Just, don't try anything like that again. Okay..?" Lion looked back at her and gave her a sweet smile. "I promise. Thank you, Emma." With that, Lion was gone. Twitch sat back in her bed against the wall. Her mind was finally clear of all worries now that Lion promised not to try anything with her again. Her watch beeped announcing that there was thirty minutes until 9 a.m. Her happiness was quickly shot down when she realized she would have to find a way to get downstairs. "Dammit..." She cursed out loud to herself. She leaned off the side of her bed to retrieve her phone. "Will you help me to the field to see Gustave?" she texted. It was hardly ten seconds when her phone vibrated showing a text reading: "Of course "
I know this chapter was pretty short, but I wanted Doc's arrival to be all in one chapter. GUYS, I promise he's not really that much of a meany- I just needed drama for the other story! Please don't hate read the next chapter lol c: It's gonna be so good later when we turn up the heat! Spoiler? Maybe c: Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!