Disclaimer: SGU and it's Characters belong to their respective owners which, sadly, is not me. I do, however, own Alex and her story line and squad, etc, etc. This has come from my mind because my mind knows no boundaries.

Migraines

=Rush's P.O.V=

I felt my eye twitch at the soft whirring of the Kino. It had been hovering around all day and right now it was making my headache worse. "Can you turn that thing off?" I snapped irritably causing Eli to look up, he grabbed the remote switching it to search mode before it whirred off down a hallway to do its thing.

I massaged my neck and shoulder, the muscles tense and sore from being hunched over the console all day and most of the night, I'd barely left this room for the past 3 days since Destiny had repowered from that star. I stood taking a sip of my water before exiting the room, I wanted to relax for just a moment and I wanted to see Alex who I hadn't seen in the past 2 days either, she'd become almost elusive.

I walked along the hallway as quickly as I could, radio clutched tightly in my hand as I tried to stop it from shaking, I turned down another hall and heard the radio crackle, Young's voice coming over it. "Colonel Hunter I need you to pick up your goddamn radio and check in, I've already sent Lieutenant Scott and Greer out through the ship to find you and they can't seem to locate you, where the hell are you?" I chuckled softly. "If she's not picking up she's probably in the engine room" I murmured softly before changing direction and heading towards the engine rooms.

I stepped into the hot almost sauna like room and searched around for her quickly. "Alex are you in here?" I received no answer and glanced around again before peering over the edge of the bridge between the engines and started towards the door again. Must be in her quarters.

I made my way back along the halls and turned down another one before coming to her quarters, I pressed the door lock and waited for a moment as the door slid open before darkness greeted me, I stepped in and heard a soft groan and a mumble of 'shut the fucking door'. I slapped the door lock and placed a hand out in front of me as I plunged into complete darkness, even the window on the wall next to the bed and been blocked out with blankets leaving no light penetrating into the room. "Alex?"

She groaned softly. "Fuck off"

I cursed softly as my shin hit the edge of the bed and felt around it before coming across her body curled in a small tight ball under the blankets. "What the hell are you doing lassie?"

A sickening cough racked her body. "Fuck sake," She choked slightly coughing again. "What the fuck do you want Nick?"

I settled on the edge of the bed and reached out touching her shoulder, her body was shaky. "Can I turn the light on and actually see you?"

"For the love of god no," She bit out quickly before groaning, I felt her shift and squinted in the darkness barely able to make out the outline of her clutching her head. "Please, just shut up and leave me alone for a while"

"Are you alright?"

"Fucking peachy," She mumbled and swallowed roughly. "Now did you actually need something or can I go back to sleeping?"

I stalled slightly and reached out placing a hand against her cheek before almost ripping it back. "You're burning up"

"I'm fine, trust me it's not life threatening"

I shook my head. "How do you know?"

"Because I do," She sighed rolling onto her back. "I'm not sick... so to speak"

"Then what's wrong?"

She fell silent for a moment before shooting up and throwing the blankets off almost jumping from the bed and rushed off out the door. I followed after her and stopped in the doorway of the bathroom as she knelt in front of the toilet and began to throw up whatever was in her stomach, she choked and gagged slightly, a hand weaved through her hair keeping most of it out of the way.

I stepped forward and gathered her hair pulling it back gently before kneeling and rubbing her back, she groaned and spat into the toilet before shuddering and wiping roughly at her mouth. "I'll radio for TJ..."

"Don't bother," She mumbled, eyes barely opened, a light red rimming them. "As I said before I'm not sick"

I released her hair and helped her to stand before she flushed the toilet and turned to the sink rinsing out her mouth for a few moments, her body was still shaking as she washed out the bits from her hair and clutched the sink wavering for a few minutes before hugging one arm around the lower half of her torso, a grimace of pain crossing her face. "Are you sure you don't need TJ?"

"I'm sure Nick," She looked into the mirror smiling weakly. "It's just my body purging itself of all that shit I used to put in it" A cough racked her body and she rubbed at her chest in pain.

"Ah," I nodded lightly. "Detox"

She laughed roughly and nodded in confirmation. "That's the one," She groaned and leant against the sink hugging her torso again. "I got KOed by it... that time of the month too," She stated before turning and placing a shaky hand against my forearm gripping it lightly. "Be a gentleman and help a chick back to her room"

I chuckled softly and nodded helping keep her stable as she stumbled slightly as we made our way back to her quarters. I helped her back into her bed and gently placed and blanket over her. "Get some rest lassie, I'll keep Young off your back for a little while" I stood and went to turn away until she grabbed my hand stopping me from leaving.

"Stay"

"Stay?"

She nodded and paused trying to think up an answer. "I could use the company"

I grinned softly and nodded. "Alright but only for a little while otherwise Young will come looking for me"

She nodded and curled into me as I kicked off my shoes and settled on the bed next to her, she was acting almost childish and I couldn't help but smile slightly and pull her closer, on the outside she might have looked like she was tough and invincible but on the inside she was human just like everyone else was, just like I was.

"Nicholas wake up"

I groaned softly rolling onto my back before throwing my arm over my eyes. "What time is it?"

"Eight"

"Eight?! Gloria it's a Sunday let me sleep in"

She laughed softly before beginning to poke her long nails into my ribs. "Come on, Bethany and Jake want us to get up and cook some breakfast"

I sighed softly, I'd almost forgotten about Gloria's niece and nephew that were staying here for two weeks while their parents went off on a second honeymoon. "I want to sleep in" I whined.

She laughed softly at my pathetic whine. "Stop whining Nick and get up, come on I promised them we would all go out to the park after lunch"

I uncovered my eyes glaring playfully at my wife before grinning and pulling her down into a hug, our lips touched briefly before we ripped away from each other at the sound of a giggle, both our faces flushed a bright crimson.

"Ew!" Both Jake and Bethany turned and quickly ran away from the doorway where they'd been standing spying on us.

A laugh slipped from Gloria's lips as she slipped off the bed pulling at my hand to try and get me to stand.

I slowly made my way into the kitchen; Gloria was stood with her back to me, a pan on the stove top and music playing softly through the radio.

'You don't know what love is
If you think that I can fight this feeling
Keep my true heart from revealing
Everything inside
You don't know what love is
If you hear me say your mine forever
Feel our two hearts beat together
And think you can resist
You don't know what love is'

I smiled slightly before pouring a cup of fresh coffee from the machine and taking a seat at the counter to sit and drink my coffee while I read the paper.

"Auntie Gloria! Jake won't let me watch the TV" Bethany cried from the living room earning a soft sigh from Gloria as her eyes came to mine.

"Take care of this" She gestured towards the pan and moved past me into the living room to sort out the two children.

I focused my eyes back on the paper in front of me before a burning smell met my nose. I shot my head up and curse softly before rushing round to the stove and yanking the pan up off the element to place it on a cold one.

I hissed between my teeth and cursed louder as my thumb caught the heated edge of the copper pan.

"Ohhhh... Uncle Nick said a naughty word!" Jake stated loudly as I nursed my burnt thumb.

Gloria came back in with a smile before taking my hand in hers to survey the damage.

I woke with a slight jolt and looked to my thumb, a small sliver of a scar still present after all these years. I glanced to Alex beside me; she seemed peaceful for now as I stood carefully trying not to wake her.

I settled back at my console, my headache had eased after my short sleep.

"Hey your back, where'd you go to?" Eli asked as he came in from one of the doorways to my left.

"Bathroom" I stated idly as I ran my eyes across the information on the console.

"Oh, ok cool," He sat at one of the consoles across from me. "Have you seen Hunter? Young's looking for her"

"Sleeping the last time I saw her" I glanced up at Matthew, Alex's 2nd, as he came through the door and stopped looking between the two of us.

"Have either of you seen Alex? Young's pissing and moaning that he can't find her"

"In her quarters," I stated idly before bringing my eyes up to his. "Best leave her be, she's not feeling well"

He chuckled softly and shook his head. "Let me guess her bodies going through some vicious bitch of a Detox, huh?" He leant against one of the spare consoles. "She's got a vicious migraine, it stems from the twenty or so cups a day of that black swill she used to call coffee and no doubt from her smoking habit too," He glanced towards me. "Is she running a fever, sweating, throwing up, bitching about light and sound?"

"Yes"

"Does she have a blood nose yet?"

"No, not when I last saw her at least"

He gave a soft 'huh'. "Can't be that bad yet then," He murmured. "Just... uh... just leave her be, I'll go tell Young," He straightened up slightly. "And trust me it'll only get worse before it gets better, she'll wind up with a bleeding nose, sensitivity to light and sound and severe muscle pains too," He shook his head again. "She'll be a damn right bitch to anyone who ticks her off in the slightest so steer clear, she'll come out of the dark when she feels up to it" He turned leaving us alone.

I paused with my hand resting just over the keypad of the console and stared at the screen blankly for a moment before scrubbing my hands over my face. Maybe I should just go crawl back into bed with Alex, I need the sleep and we'd both enjoy the company. I groaned mutely and sighed softly before shaking my head and downing some of my water before attempting to get on with my work again.