This may genuinely be the shortest chapter I've ever written...
Once we were finished with John's 'lunch' in the mess hall, we headed back to his quarters where he sunk back out into the lounger on the balcony. It was getting cooler so I took the throw from the bed and joined him, scooting until he was practically curled up on my lap, his head resting on my shoulder.
"I'm glad Rodney took it as well as he did. Honestly I was quite worried." I admitted to him and he hummed in agreement, Rodney meant an awful lot to the both of us. I kissed his forehead and he sighed quietly, relaxing further into the embrace.
"Are you okay?" I asked in a whisper and he lifted his head to look at me. His eyes were soft and looked a little sad, making me frown a little. "What's wrong?" I enquired and he looked down at his hands. I heard a shuddered breath come out and I tilted his chin up to look at me once again. "John, you can tell me anything, you know that right?" He nodded feebly.
"There's something I haven't told you though - something I can't seem to say. I want to but..." I held John tighter to me, "I uh...when you came back...after we found out I was...you said...you told me that..."
"I told you that no matter what, I will never run. I told you that I'd fallen in love with you." I had to interrupt otherwise John would have stopped talking and tried to drop the conversation. It seems that I had got to know John pretty well recently and I knew what he was talking about.
He's been hurt in the past, he's probably even a little damaged but his inability to show people that he loves them doesn't mean a thing to me because I can see it in his eyes instead. "Yeah." Was all he said.
"What's this all about John?" I nudged which didn't seem to help as he got up and walked over to railings, looking out over the ocean. I slipped out from under the blanket and stood beside him, taking his hand in mine. "Whatever it is John, when you're ready, you can tell me." He squeezed my hand gently and that was enough for me.
Have faith, this is more like the first part of a chapter, because the next one kind of continues on this little part...
If you want to complain about my awful chapters, go for it, but constructive criticism would be much preferred :)