Title: Battered
Author: badly-knitted
Characters: JJ, Drake.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 300: Amnesty 30 at drabble_weekly, using Challenge 289: Apology.
Spoilers/Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: JJ feels guilty for something that wasn't his fault
Disclaimer: I don't own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
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"I'm sorry, Drakey." JJ sat beside his partner, unable to look at him, screwing a crumbling paper tissue in his hands. His eyes were red from crying.
Drake cracked open one eye, wincing at the brightness of the hospital room. It was mid-afternoon, and the sun was shining though the blinds, laying dazzling stripes of light over everything.
"Stop apologisin'," he mumbled muzzily. His head ached, and it wasn't the only thing. Despite the hospital painkillers, Drake hurt all over. His body felt two sizes too big, and every inch of it was registering pain of some description.
"But you're hurt, Drakey! You could've been killed!"
With his white face, and red-rimmed blue eyes, Drake thought JJ looked weirdly patriotic. "Is it July fourth?"
JJ frowned. "What? No, it's still June."
"Oh, right. Fireworks goin' off in my head."
"That's the concussion. Should I call the nurse?"
"No, 'm okay. This wasn' your fault." Drake focused blearily on his lover's face. "You weren' even there."
"But that's just it! I should've been, and instead I took the day off to get my teeth whitened. I put my vanity before your safety!"
"If you'd been there, we'd both be in here."
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The End
