Lucas looked at Nurse Ogawa like she were the dirt upon his shoes as she held a bowl of soup with a spoon ready to feed him.

"I can feed myself" he told her. He was in a foul mood not because of his failed attempt to kill himself. It had left him a little sour but no what had him in a foul mood was when he woke up and overheard the nurses talking about the possibility of Lt. Washington was going to be coming in with the twins and wondering if Commander Taylor was coming in with her to see Kate. Lucas listened to them chatter on about how it was nice to see Commander Taylor so involved with his family before they moved onto other gossip.

"I know but Commander-"

"I don't care" Lucas told her in a cold and curt voice. He was sick of hearing how his father dictated his life. The old man had the staff shave his face and head. It was a stark feeling to wake up without one's hair. Though he didn't miss the beard he did miss the hair on his head as it had kept him warm.

"If you don't let me feed you then Dr Shannon will have to insert a feeding tube which is far more unpleasant than this" She told him, he could see her patience was running thin but then they had been at this for the past 20 minutes. He was sure the soup would be stone cold before it touched his lips.

"I'd rather starve than be feed like a child" Lucas told her petulantly. Nurse Ogawa gave him an impatient look that he definitely deserved but he didn't care as he enjoyed her annoyance and wearing her down.

"Perhaps if you acted like an adult than we all wouldn't be reduced to treating you like a child" Nurse Ogawa told him in an annoyed tone. Their eyes locked again in a staring competition he was actually amazed at the backbone the woman had as her gaze never wavered.

"Nurse Ogawa!" A male doctor said in a outraged voice from behind her in such a manner, he startled the nurse and she accidently dropped the soup bowl half of the contents ended up on the floor and the other half on the restraint holding his wrist to the bed. "Nice work, do you talk to all your patients like that?" he asked.

"You startled me Doctor Hastings and Lucas has been resistant to eating" She told the Doctor as an explanation of her behaviour but Dr Hastings didn't look convinced. Lucas looked the man over and tried to remember him from during the occupation and his time previously in Terra Nova but nothing came to him. Obviously the man kept a low profile which contradicted the personality traits he was displaying now.

"Well clean up the mess while I talk with the patient" Dr Hastings came up on Lucas's other side and pulled out a pen light. Nurse Ogawa gave an aggravated sigh as dropped to her knees and started to clean up the mess. "Tell me how are you feeling?" he asked Lucas as he checked Lucas' pupil reactions and vitals.

"Alive and incredibly ungrateful" Lucas told him in a bored tone as he despised the small talk as if they were equals. Like anyone in this colony were even close to his level of intelligence.

"Well you should be grateful since I saved your life another few minutes and you would have drowned in your own blood" Dr Hastings told him as he pocketed his pen light and pulled the plex from the end of the bed to make notes.

"It was my aim" Lucas remarked.

"Perhaps your aim needs word considering you're still alive." Dr Hastings said trying to inject some levity into the conversation but failing. "So why do you refuse to eat?" he asked.

"I want to feed myself. I do have one hand left that works" Lucas said gesturing with his head to his restrained hand. Dr Hastings considered him for a moment.

"Well if you want to feed yourself then you can" Dr Hastings said, Nurse Ogawa got to her feet at the comment and looked to the Doctor.

"Doctor, Commander Taylor said-" she started to remind him of the rules Commander Taylor had given them. The guards nearby watched on but Ogawa was cut off with a dismissive wave from Dr Hastings.

"I know what he said but this is my Infirmary. So I'll supervise him as he eats and take full responsibility for any untoward behaviour he might make. Does that work for you Mr Taylor?" Hastings asked.

"Dr Taylor" Lucas corrected seeing how far he could manipulate the man.

"My apologies, Dr Taylor. Nurse Ogawa are you finished?" Hastings asked.

"Nearly sir" Nurse Ogawa said.

Alicia took a photo with her handheld plex of Taylor snoring in bed with the girls lying sideways on his torso. They were also asleep which she couldn't understand as the man sounded like a chainsaw. She placed her plex on the bureau and moved back to the bed and laid down on her side just watching them enjoying the sight before she had to wake up Taylor so he had to go and see Lucas.

She propped her head up and continued to watch them with a soft smile playing on her lips. She loved these moments even with Taylor's loud snoring. She also couldn't wait to start having family dinners again with Kate and Malcolm at the table as well as Evan and his kids as the couple seemed to help maintain the peace between Evan and Taylor. She just loved the fact she had a large family to finally be surrounded in that didn't talk about war and military tactics all the time.

Taylor woke up and turned his head looking at her but careful not to move too much for the safety of the sleeping twins. "Hey" he said before he wiped a hand down his face. He then looked to her seeing her smile.

"Hey yourself, good nap?" Alicia asked.

"Yeah though how did the twins get here?" he asked pointing down at the twins on his chest.

"I put them there" She said with an amused smile, she and Taylor had been lying down talking with the twins between them until he had drifted off. Then she had carefully lifted the twins onto his chest as she couldn't resist a good photo opportunity. She was amazed it worked at all but definitely worth it.

"Very sneaky" he told her.

"I was bored" She said with a half shrug and a playful smile.

"Should of woken me up" Taylor told her.

"If I woke you up it would have ruined a perfectly good photo also needed the rest especially since you'll be seeing Lucas" Alicia told him.

"Speaking of, I don't want you taking the twins to the infirmary while Lucas is there" Taylor said to her.

"I know, it's why I was happy to leave the twins with you this morning" She told him as she gently played with Ella's foot. She loved playing with the twins and their tiny little hands and feet. She didn't want Lucas anywhere near her daughters even if he was strapped to a bed and recovering. If it were upto Alicia she would have had Lucas treated and then sent straight back to his cell but then she knew she was bias as she didn't feel the same sense of attachment as Taylor did.

"I don't know where his mind is at and if this is a genuine cry for help or if he just playing me a fool again" Taylor said lying his back and rubbing his face with his hands. He was careful to not talk too loudly as he was enjoying having the babies weight on his chest.

"Do you want my opinion or for me to listen?" Alicia asked him.

"Both" Taylor answered tentatively. Alicia took a deep breath as if bracing herself and spoke.

"I think you need to make a choice he's either your son or a prisoner. He can't be both because as long as you see him as your son you'll always take a softer hand-"

Taylor opened his mouth to dispute the fact but Alicia held up her hand to stop him. "You know I'm right, there's nothing wrong with showing mercy to him. You did that in sparing his life as you did the same with Fickett but perhaps you need to come up new procedures and practices for dealing with Lucas and his long term imprisonment" Alicia said.

"Draw hard lines" Taylor stated he already thought of that but it was encouraging to know he wasn't alone in thinking that way.

"Yes, so he doesn't start monopolising your time with acting out because he is bored because if this is a game then he is not taking his imprisonment seriously. The sad thing is that you won't be able to ascertain that until speak with him" Alicia said with a sigh. She knew Taylor would be hurt either way if it was a cry for help Taylor would feel it was his fault for being distracted by the colony and if Lucas was just putting on an act then Taylor would feel guilt at how he raised such a man. A common regret of Taylors.

"But even then" Taylor said withdrawing emotionally. Alicia touched his arm and he looked to her.

"Nathaniel, don't punish yourself for his choices. You gave him everything he wanted, the best education at the boarding schools and at that University-"

"It wasn't enough" Taylor told her, Alicia fought to roll her eyes as it was the words that precursored a fight neither of them could win. She always argued that he spoiled Lucas and maybe Taylor didn't hug his son enough but did give Lucas everything he wanted. The point she kept having to drive home was that Taylor was not the sole reason for why Lucas was the person he became. Which was why she decided to cut to the chase and end the arguement before it began.

"I'm not going to argue with you. You know my opinion on that and I believe st some point you have to realise that not everything in regards to Lucas is your fault." Alicia said as she sat up in the bed and looked down at him. Taylor looked to the clock on the bedside table and gave a sigh.

"I have to go" he said, he carefully lifted the twins off his chest and laid them on the bed. The twins moved around for a moment but resettled not waking up.

"I know, I'll make dinner for 6pm?" Alicia asked him as he came round the bed to her side.

"I look forward to it" Taylor said as he leaned over and kissed her before heading to the bathroom to freshen up before going to the Infirmary.

"Father" Lucas said his voice dripped with venom as he looked at Taylor. He didn't disguise his disgust or hatred as there was no point in playing for the sympathy card. Not after what he heard, he knew Taylor and Lt. Washington would end up together but that didn't hurt as much as he thought. His father was a man and thus he had a weakness like any other man and Lt. Washington exploited it with her body. Hell, Lucas wouldn't turn her down if she offered but then he looked through the opaque curtains barely making out the private suite.

He had seen Alicia go into the room earlier that day and knew from overhearing the staff that Kate was in there. The past few months even after Kate had come to visit him, she had scared him but he also found it didn't overwhelm his sweeter memories of her.

Even in the bleakest of moments when he felt entirely numb and frustrated at his existence he would remember their time together. The smell of her sweat and blood, the quiver of her muscles as the drugs wore her. The way she stared at him with such disdain and spirit, the excitement and rush of trying to break her spirit.

But not even that was enough to sustain him as he just wanted his life to end. He wanted to die before people forgot about him, he wanted to die so he could finally be at peace instead of feeling incredibly hollow and raw like he did now.

The pain from within was more than from the healed wound site on his neck. Why couldn't he get anything right? Why was it that some higher power wanted him to suffer through everything he had and now learn that his father who should be miserable as he was not. His Father got to live his life without consequence even married Lt. Washington who popped out twins no less. No wonder his father hadn't bothered with him, he got his second chance at a perfect life while Lucas suffered in his current life. It made his blood boil that his father always came out on top but Lucas wasn't going to allow it. He was going to make sure his father was going to be as miserable as him before he left this world for good.

"You had them clean me up" Lucas continued as he watched Taylor take a seat by the bed, Lucas slowly twisted his hand in its restraint relishing how it was just a little looser than before. It gave him hope that he could get free and if he could then he would be able to stop by and see Kate give her his farewell before ruining his father's happiness.

"They had to so they could treat your wounds. But then I prefer it to your previous look as I like to see a man's face when I'm talking to him" Taylor said as reclined back in the chair.

"I guess you're disappointed that I couldn't kill myself properly" Lucas asked, he saw a flicker of pain and guilt flash in his father's eyes.

"There are a lot of people who are but I'm not one of them." Taylor told him. Lucas hated how his father could make it sound like he cared when they both knew the truth he had two daughters he cared about more. A new family to love and adore.

"I don't believe you" Lucas said.

"That's your choice, you want to talk about it?" Taylor asked.

"You want to talk about why I tried to kill myself?" Lucas scoffed

"I don't think you were trying anything, you're not stupid this is just your way of getting attention. So I'm here what do you want?" Taylor asked.

"That's cold. I'm having a mental breakdown and you think I'm acting out"

"Committing suicide would be an act of weakness for you, something you don't believe in." Taylor said.

"And you know me so well? Maybe I'm tired of this existence"

"I know that isn't it becase as long as I'm alive and kicking you want to make sure my life is miserable as penance for your Mother death." Taylor held up a hand as Lucas had opened his mouth to talk but Lucas closed it. "I also know we can talk until we're blue in the face and never see eye to eye on anything no matter what concessions I give you."

"Concessions" Lucas scoffed as he couldn't see any evidence of Taylor's so called concessions.

"Just shows how much you take life for granted and you don't appreciate the things I have done for you. No, you piss and you moan because it's never enough for you. So no more special treatment."

"There was special treatment?" Lucas asked his eyebrows raised in disbelief as he didn't feel in anyway given special treatment.

"If you hadn't have been my son I would have shot you for treason and buried you in the ground a long time ago. You wouldn't have the luxury of being able to work on any projects in exchange for privileges"

"Oh please, you call my current life a privilege?"

"Trust me compared to other prisons you're living in luxury. So let's cut the crap and all the small talk. What do you want from me?"

"Nothing"

"Petulance, very mature"

"Go away"

"I wish I could but you're my responsibility. So here is how it will be, you will recover and be moved into your new cell. You will complete the calculations with that purple box of yours, don't bother trying to vie for my sympathy or anyone else's because you won't get it"

"So I'm your slave"

"You're a prisoner of the colony. You want privileges? They have to be earned so if you don't earn them I will revoke your privileges one by one until you have nothing but an empty cell and no one to talk to. I can also assure you with round the clock guards watching you that any attempt to kill yourself will fail and I'll keep bringing you back to life just so you can feel what it's like to be a prisoner in your regime. Maybe then it will sink in"

"You can't do this to me!"

"I can and I will but know that there isn't any pleasure in this for me. So now you have a chance to choose how you want your life to be."

"It's not much of a choice"

"It's better options than what you gave the people of this colony. Better than what you gave Kate" Taylor told him.

A couple of days later, Lucas sipped the soup off his spoon. He looked around the room as it was then end of dinner time. There was a skeleton crew of nurses and Dr Hastings was on tonight which was why his hand was freed. The man was either incredibly gullible or setting him up as he released Lucas' hand from his restraint to eat dinner and walked away. So much for supervising him, but then Lucas didn't need to listen to the idle gossip the man prattled on about when he did actual supervise.

Though there were the two guards that were always stationed by the bed who kept an eye on him but really they just practiced their thousand yard stare. He had been halfway through scooping his next mouthful of soup when the doors to the infirmary opened and a flurry of action followed.

"Doc, we have casualities"

"What happened?"

"A couple of nykorapters strayed into the agriculture field. One dead, several injured you better get all hands on deck" Guzman said before he left the infirmary. Lucas looked on feeling an opportunity open to him as Dr Hastings shouted at the soldiers to help him. There was a slight hesitation in the soldiers before helped the doctor. Lucas smiled as he waited a few seconds to see how messy the infirmary would become and just as if the powers that be smiled on him the doors opened and more casualities came into the room. The perfect distraction, he dropped his spoon onto the table and turned his attention to the strap securing his arm and undid it quickly before moving to his ankles.

It all felt like a set up but he was going to take it as he didn't have anything lose or gain but he wasn't going to disappear until he stopped by Kate's room for one little goodbye on his terms instead of hers before he went back to his prison cell.

He got out of the bed and kept to the walls and walked as normally as he could so he wouldn't attract attention but luckily the infirmary was too distracted to notice him before he slipped into the private room.

He was surprised at how quiet it was and realised the walls had to be sound proofed. Who would want to listen to a woman screaming from childbirth, definitely not him. He looked to the bed and saw it was only Kate and idly wondered where Malcolm was but also glad he wasn't there as it gave Lucas and Kate some alone time. He quietly moved toward the bed not wanting to wake her until he had his hands around her neck.

Kate looked so peacefully on the bed with the blankets covering her from the neck to the just the tops of her thighs. Her long legs were completely bare and rested with slightly bent knees to the side. He couldn't help but marvel at how pale her skin with just a few sprinkles of freckles.

His mouth went dry and his heart pounded as he felt his blood heat up with desire. He hadn't expected to feel anything so strongly but with her lying on the bed so unaware of his presence thinking she was safe. It made him want to reach out and touch her, so much so his hand itched to touch her skin. He slowly reached out and sharply inhaled as her eyes snapped open. He had been careful to be quiet he barely moved yet she woke up in a snap and was awake and alert with no signs she had been sleeping to begin with.

Kate's insides immediately turn cold and twisted in fear as she saw his hand extended out toward her like he was about to touch her. Her reflexes kicked in and without thinking she rose her legs and kicked them out her feet hitting him in the chest pushing him back with force. He flew back hard into the glass door where his head connected hard splintering the glass and cutting his forehead before he fell to the floor unconscious.

Kate lost balance from her manoeuvre and fell from the bed landing hard onto her broken shoulder. She cried out from the pain and blacked out before she even heard the door to the room open and someone call for help.

When Kate woke up she first hear Malcolm's voice and then his soothing hand travelling in a comforting manner across her forehead and down the side of her face. Her mind was blurry in a slight euphoria of drugs that were wearing off and pain slowly seeping in.

"Hey" he murmured as she opened her eyes to see him sitting on the side of the bed look at her. His hand moved to the side of her neck gently stroking the side of her jaw with his thumb.

"Hey" she said with a soft smile, she felt exhausted to her bones but glad Malcolm was truly sitting on the side of bed looking at her and not Lucas.

"I think I aged about ten years" he told her. Her eyes went wide as she remembered what happened before she passed out. "take it easy" he warned her but she didn't heed his warning as she tried to sit up but felt a sharp pain shoot through her body which forced her back down onto the bed. Not that it was a great fall as she had probably moved millimetre.

"That's smarts" Kate said as the pain ebbed out of her body.

"Your meds are wearing off" He murmured he had barely moved when her left hand snapped out and caught his arm in a surprisingly tight grip. He noted the slightly panicked look flicker in her eyes.

"Don't go, you just got here" Kate said with smile as Malcolm moved closer to her on the bed still sitting up on the edge looking down at her.

"Actually I've been here for " he informed her as he placed a hand over the top of hers. He felt her grip loosen on his arm before he lifted her hand and held it between his hands.

"I was asleep. It doesn't count. Tell me the baby is ok" Kate said as she tried keep a groan of pain from escaping her lips.

"He's perfect" Malcolm assured her. She smiled for a moment before her expression grew serious.

"Lucas?" Kate asked him, he could see the fear glimmer for the briefest moment in her eyes as she looked to the glass door seeing the fractured glass pane. Malcolm leaned forward blocking her view getting her attention again.

"He's locked up in his cell and unconscious, Commander Taylor assures me he won't be making you anymore house calls" Malcolm told her.

"Good" Kate said. She nodded as she took the information in, she hated to admit that waking up to have Lucas stand over her had been frightening. It upset her that she had such an emotional reaction to him and reacted without thinking first. She could have she tried vainly to contain her emotions as tears blurred her vision. Malcolm's heart twist as he hated seeing her in such a state. She looked so incredibly fragile like one word would break her. He gave her a comforting smile and cupped the side of her face. She turned her face into his palm and closed her eyes taking a slow and deep breath.

"Kate, I should go get Elisabeth to look you over and administer some pain meds. I don't like seeing you in pain" he told her softly, he didn't want to leave her but knew she needed pain medication and for Elisabeth to run a couple of bioscans to make sure everything was ok.

"No, don't go. I've had enough medical attention to last me a year" She said.

"So you plan on having the baby without it?" he asked her incredulously.

"Yeah why not? an at home birth" She said in a convincing tone that said 'this is a great idea'. The idea of a home birth was fair more terrifying to her than waking up to Lucas leering over her. Not that she was going to say so as she liked watching Malcolm wonder if she was joking or not..He narrowed his eyes at her wondering if she was actually serious.

"In the bath?" he asked in good humour.

"Definitely" she said as a smile spread across her lips. He gave a chuckle of relief when he realised she wasn't actually considering an at home birth but just messing with him.

"Right, you nearly had me going" he told her. Kate smiled but didn't laugh as she knew it would hurt.

"I felt the need for levity." she told him.

"You'll need it"

"Why?"

"When you fell, you did your shoulder in-"

"Again?" Kate bemoaned, he gave her a caring smile as he knew she wanted nothing more than to be healed and out of the infirmary. He could give her the latter butthe healing part would take time but at least it wasn't all bad news for Kate or himself.

"Yes, the previous fractured hadn't entirely heald so when you fell you refractured them" he explained to her, he tried to keep his tone even while inside he was afraid of her welfare. He had never felt more afraid in his life than he had tonight,there had to be a limit where her body would give out. He was just thankful that she hadn't gived out tonight and their child was still safe and well inside her.

"How bad? I assume they didn't break cleanly knowing my luck and now I'll be stuck in here for the rest of my life" Kate grumbled with a pout as it explained why she was in so much pain when she moved.

"You're correct about the fractures not being clean but your luck is incredibly good as you will have a speedier recovery now" Malcolm told her.

"I'm sorry I'm a little lost, how does rebreaking my bones make my recovery faster? if anything it means longer recovery, possibly surgery with screws and rods" Kate said she looked at him as if he told her he decided to grow a second head. He smiled at her at how she still thought of things in 21st Century terms.

"Normal practise is to allow the bones to heal but in extreme cases when surgery is required to glean out bone fragments. The doctors opt to regenerate the bones and mend the fractures. the procedure can only be done via surgery with direct application to bones-" he would have continued but Kate cut him off with a wry smile on her lips.

"You were in the operating room weren't you?" Kate said as she could tell he had been there from his expression of fascination and true appreciation of technology used on her. He always talked about his projects with the same expression especially when he made some discovery.

"Of course, I wasn't going to wait around for information about my only family when I can be in the room. Also it's not every day you get to watch human bones grow in a matter of seconds" he said wearing a smile. Kate smiled but scrunched her nose as the idea of bones growing and blood and gore turned her stomach.

"Oh that sounds disgusting" she told him as she shifted slightly regretting at the movement was met with pain.

"That's just the dregs of meds and a very sore and tired body talking. It was quite fascinating to watch, by the way your arm and shoulder fractures are healed. The pain you're feeling is mainly the soft tissue damage but nothing you won't fully recover from" he told her, that bit of news got her attention.

"Does this mean we'll get to go home sooner than expected?" Kate asked with a hopeful tone matched with a slow smile spreading her lips.

"Yes" he told her.

"Mmm I should of fallen out of bed a lot sooner" she said they both laughed until Kate groaned in pain. Malcolm looked at her with deep concern as Kate closed her eyes and shook her head lightly. "I'm fine, just hurts" Kate assured him, Malcolm got up from the bed and placed his hands on the bed beside her shoulders. He leaned in close and brushed his lips across hers in a soft kiss that made her sigh in pleasure.

"Now, I'm going to go get Elisabeth and tell her you're awake. I want you to take the meds" Malcolm told her. Kate gave an apprehensive nod not because she didn't want the pain meds but because she was afraid of being left alone as she felt completely defenceless even with Malcolm's reasurances.

"Please leave it open" Kate said quickly as she wanted to be able to see anyone who came near the door instead of jumping at the sound of the door sliding open. Malcolm gave a nod before he opened the door and left it open, he threw her a smile and winked at her making her smile softly before he left the room.

"How is she?" Elisabeth asked as she and Taylor watched Malcolm leave the door open and walk towards them. He hadn't left Kate's side since she called him The man ran a hand down his face and looked exhausted but comforted at the same time. Taylor found it reassuring after such a long evening. He didn't spare a look at the empty bed where Lucas had been. He couldn't believe Dr Hastings' gall to break Taylor's rules of conduct around Lucas.

As for Lucas well he deserved the head ache he was going to wake up with and since he was in his new cell with a microchip logging his vitals in real time in the infirmary. There was also a nurse and Dr Hastings on standby in the barracks that had been converted for the cell. The cell room stood in the same place as the one that Kate had habitated during the occupation but it came complete with a shower. So Lucas would never have to leave the room except for an hour of exercise and sunlight.

"Ready for you" Malcolm said, she gave a closed lipped smile.

"If you two will excuse me I'll go and in and check on her" Elisabeth said she didn't wait for an answer before leaving the men and disappearing into the room. Malcolm turned his attention to Taylor. Thay had both been put through the ringer getting the call to come to the infirmary.

"So?" Taylor prompted Malcolm.

"She'll be alright but Kate is not in any condition to talk about what happened" Malcolm told him as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Don't worry Malcolm I'm only here because I want to know that she is ok, not to interrogate her" Taylor assured him. Malcolm gave a slow exhale of relief that he wouldn't have to butt heads with the Commander especially at this hour as he was exhausted.

"I didn't ask her what happened, but I don't want to push her. Though Kate was more than happy to talk about when she would get to go home" Malcolm said with a wry smile.

"When is she not?" Taylor asked shaking his head with a smile playing on his lips. Kate was incredibly predictable with what she wanted.

"True" Malcolm said with a chuckle.

"You ok?" Taylor asked Malcolm, wondering if the man needed to talk himself. He knew what it was like to be worried about the woman you loved and have not only her life hand in balance but that of your unborn child.

"Ah honestly? I'm worried about the trauma she has endured during her pregnancy and our child. Today was not a good day" Malcolm confessed. Taylor nodded as a sign of acknowledgment and that he was listening as he held Malcolm's gaze.

"I know but you got nothing to worry about. That kid is the best parts of you and Kate. The fact he's still hanging in there proves it and I'm sure Doc Shannon told you everything is fine?" Taylor asked.

"Yes, Elisabeth did" Malcolm said.

"Then don't worry about it though that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep an eye on Kate. Her emotional and mental state-"

"is a little off kilter?" Malcolm supplied cutting Taylor off from finishing his sentence. Taylor gave a closed lipped smile before answering.

"That's politer than how I would have put it" he said.

"Yes, I know." Malcolm said with a smile of commiseration. "I'm not sure how I can help her, she isn't big on talking about what is bothering her as she thinks it makes her weak" Malcolm said looking to the open door to the private room with concern marring his face.

"You're doing fine, just being here for her, it's enough" Taylor assured him.

"Any other advice?" Malcolm asked him. Taylor gave it some thought before he answered in all seriousness.

"Be very gentle when you- you know" Taylor said he rose his eyebrows so Malcolm understood he was talking about sex. He knew how much he and Alicia liked to have sex as a way to connect instead of just getting off. He couldn't help but inwardly smile as Malcolm looked incredibly traumatised at Taylor's advice which made it all the more fun to impart.

"Ok, yes I'll keep that in mind" Malcolm said quickly. His cheeks went a deep red from embarrassment as he hadn't expected or asked for sex advice and the fact that Taylor felt the need to impart some on him made him squirm like he had when his father tried to give him the 'sex' talk and offered him bedroom tips.

"Hey don't look at me like that, you asked for advice and I know some people find intimacy to be strengthening and consoling to feel that connection. Just don't expect her to- you know and don't push for it either" Taylor said he used 'You know' as his version of censoring what he really meant to say but considering they were in the infirmary with other staff he censored his words where appropiately.

"Ok, I got it and you can stop there as you're making me uncomfortable" Malcolm said while respected Commander Taylor he really didn't like talking about sex with the man. He inwardly sighed from relief as Elisabeth stepped out of the room giving an escape back to his room before Taylor could continue.

"Ok, now I'll let you go back to your wife as I have to have a few words with the soldiers on guard" Taylor said. Malcolm gave a nod and left Taylor disappearing into the room.

TBC- Cya all soon!