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 Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:27 pm
Her body was cold, and no matter what she did to warm it, it wasn't enough. She hadn't seen Stormy, even in her shared room with the girl. Alaska and Otto had been MIA too...
The only person she could and somehow knew she wanted to go see was Tuck. Of course she was clad in Pajama bottoms and a tank top and had her stuffed penguin that Otto had bought her, but she was outside Tuck's door.
Knocking.
Hopefully he was in.
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:33 pm
Tuck was nine-hundred, ninety-nine percent sure he was dying.
Usually he would nut up and just... will himself better. In fact, he'd had every intent on just overdosing on whatever cold medicine he could get his hands on before heading out to the training fields so he could sweat it out. Anything was better than laying around doing nothing, and he was half-dressed when the knock sounded at the door.
With a groan, Tuck swung the door open and glanced down at Nevada.
"I'm sick."
He looked pathetic standing there in sweatpants and not much else. Suddenly being sick had its merits.
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:50 pm
Nevada peeked up at him as he opened the door, one arm freeing from its death grip on her stuffed penguin to reach ALLLLLLLLLL the way up to Tuck's forehead and feeling it. Fever. Mostly likely from their impromptu swimming trip in the ocean.
"I'm sick too...But I just can't get warm enough." Chills ALL THE TIME, and some sniffling. "I came to to steal some of your heat through cuddles but if we are both sick..." She peered up at him, "Maybe we should raid the kitchen for Chicken noodle soup?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:01 pm
Tuck made a low, garbled sound as he thought about going all the way to the mess hall for some shitty bland soup - and the thought was immediately dismissed. Nope. Not when there was a Nevada there, needing his warmth. He wasn't going to turn her down. "I'll warm you up, sweetheart," Tuck rumbled gruffly, urging the small woman into his room. Well, more like he very gingerly scooped her up and kicked the door shut behind him as he made his way into the room. She felt cool against his bare chest, and that was pretty goddamn unacceptable. "You eat any medicine yet?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:09 pm
She squeaked, clutching her stuff animal against his chest and clutching to him as he picked her up. Goodness, she must be light. Then again, HE WAS BIG AND STRONG AND MANLY.
And his body felt overheated, usually guys ran warm, it was their body system that also made it easy for them to burn food faster or something. Muscles always working. And she immediately latched to the heat.
"No medicine ever." She sniffled, "Medicine is for weaklings. I thought our weapons we're suppose to handle these kind of things." She frowned, "And I don't like medicine." It was a kind of weak voice of protest against medicine because usually her parents gave her that gross syrup s**t and she would not tolerate it when she was living on her own. Which she was...kind of. Sorta. "What about you? Take Medicine, you're certainly hot tonight."
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:14 pm
Tuck settled himself in bed AS THE BIG SPOON OF COURSE before settling Nevada alongside him. The blankets came up and Tuck arranged them around Nevada - he didn't want to sweat everywhere, and if she was cold, hell, she needed the blankets more than he did. He did remain under the flat sheet so that he could stay in contact with her, allow her to leech his heat.
"I was gonna head over to the infirmary to see if they got any ********' alka seltzer or dayquil or some s**t before goin' to the trainin' field so I could sweat it out, but then you showed up n' this is much better anyways."
Tuck sniffled, loudly, before burying his face in Nevada's hair.
"Sorry if I get snot on you."
It was too sexy.
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:22 pm
There would be no issues of who was the big spoon here. It was obviously not the tinier mist huntress who was snuggling a plush toy as well and being locked in a man's arms. Yeah.
She nestled into blankets, finally gaining some sort of feeling besides constant chills. Funny that for a different reason altogether, they'd still probably end up sweaty between the sheets. The personal joke made her giggle inwardly before sobering up.
"You think they got that stuff stockpiled for hunters? I swear our weapons are suppose to help our immune system be amazing and all that jazz..." She frowned, pressing her back into him and enjoying heat. Glorious man heat.
She snorted, which ended up in a small cough before quieting. "If you get snot on my hair, imma have to cut it all off...." She wasn't serious but her tone implied it okay. "Mission was stupid. Worse than repeating time over and over again."
Another sniffle.
"Did you see Alaska though? She just woke up before the mission."
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:40 am
"Hell if I know," Tuck grumbled softly, "then again, we was just on a boat where there was some bugs that was tryin' to kill us, an' we also tried to fight a giant squid monster, so maybe there was somethin' in the water." It made perfect sense to his soggy brains. He let out a low chuckle before nodding against her shoulder. "It was real nice for a while. You looked real pretty." Tuck paused and pulled back enough so that he could look down at Nevada's face. "No s**t? I didn't see another you. That's great news, though. Probably not the best way to wake up, I guess, headin' straight on some sorta ******** up boat. I think it was Heidi's first mission too."
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:30 am
"I really hope it was just something in the water...." Nevada mumbled....then narrowed her eyes, wondering if her thought process was suddenly wonky because of sickness. "You think....You don't think we'll get something right? because we swam in it?" Oh god there better not be spiders in her-
/Body's safe Pidge, ain't no creepies in here.../
"I can't tell if that means that you got snot in my hair already or I won't be pretty after..." She sniffled before chuckling, "I'd never cut it off, pride and joy. I think." She scooted so she could turn to face him.
If he looked closely, instead of her usual purple eyes, they were replaced with vivid bright green ones.
"Well...." She sniffled again, "She doesn't quite look excatly like me anymore. We have the same face and body shape but....she has tattoo's-" Her hands drew out of the bed to run over her arms to show him where, and up to her neck. "All over! And her hair is dyed black and rainbow on the top. And she doesn't wear contacts like I do...." She pointed to her eyes now, "We're actually naturally green eyed...." She nodded.
"And she's a lot meaner then I remember.....to other people I mean...." Thoughtful expression go.
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:54 am
Tuck squinted at Nevada in the low light of his room. "No s**t?" He hadn't noticed the change in eye-color until she'd said something. If he was feeling well, he'd have undoubtedly noticed. It was obvious his powers of observation were a little ... off. "Now that you mention it I think I did see her on the ship," Tuck grumbled, "but I didn't put two n' two together, I guess. She ain't mean to you, is she?" Tuck highly doubted that Alaska would be, considering how devoted Nevada had been to her twin, but Tuck had to check. "An' least you two can't pull no swaps on nobody," was that a sigh of relief?
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:21 pm
"No s**t" she repeated. Her voice muffled against him, "I use to wear the contacts to let people know I wasn't Alaska when she left. S'all they called me after she did." She shrugged. Well there was no point in denying her sister was much different looking. They looked like fraternal twins more then they did identical. "She's not mean in anything but big sister mean." She chuckled, "she pretends like she doesn't want all my hugs and loves and grumbles about it but I know she loves it just as much." She was quiet again besides some more sniffing. And a cough. "It would've been fun to throw you off." There was that devious Nevada streak. "I'm terribly sad we won't be able too....and I am most likely not going to get tattoos or hair dyed..."
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:33 pm
Tuck listened quietly, his arm tight around Nevada's waist. "Yeah. Me an' Gnat might act like we don't never get along real well, but that brat knows I'd do anythin' for her - jus' like I know she'd do anythin' for me. S'just how twins is, I guess." He chuckled, the sound ending on a low groan. "I'm glad you ain't gonna be able to pull one on me. I'da been real hurt." His voice was thick with amusement - he wouldn't have been real hurt, that was made obvious by the humor in his voice. "No tattoos," he rumbled softly. "I like the way you look without 'em. If I wasn't feelin' like hell warmed over I might be convinced t'show you how much I like you just as you is." Tuck proceeded to snuffle, loudly.
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:07 pm
Nevada snorted again, thinking of how Gnat and Tuck were with each other. They were so comfortable with it. It was just like how Alaska and Nevada were, even after Alaska hopped the pod scenary, she had eased right back into their sisterly ways. "Oh?" She giggled, just a little. "And here I thought you might enjoy having two identical twins on ya." She paused, "isn't that like the American boy dream? Nice cars, twin babes and beer?" Hello coors light twins??? The. She laughed against him, followed by small amounts of coughing. "You're such a cutie Tuck, plus I like how we are now." She nodded, yawning. "But being sick is stupid. I miss home remedies for these situations."
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:19 pm
The whole 'nice car, babes and beer' comment had Tuck honking hoarsely with laughter, though it was cut short by about eighteen sneezes in a row. "When I was sick at home ma would always be forcin' tea down my throat." Tuck's voice rose and took on a very creaky, matronly falsetto. "Now, Theodore, baby, you just drink this tea, it has honey an' lemon in it, an' after that we gonna get you out that bed so you can do a salt-water gargle to help with your throat. After you done with that gargle you gonna take this spoonful of molasses an' eat it, then you gonna stand over my teapot with a towel over that big head of yours so you can inhale some steam." He grinned and rested his chin on her shoulder. "I might have been a big-a** baby when I was sick." Tuck nuzzled his face into Nevada's shoulder, silent for a long, long time. "I'm glad you got your twin back, baby." He might've started snoring right after finishing that sentence.
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:46 pm
Good grief. She felt every one of those sneezes and had to stifle the urge to throw the blanket up over him. "god bless you....times a million." She smiled.
Gosh, his mom sounded a little like her mom. Though it was tea, cough syrup and sleep. Oh and some chicken soup, homemade to keep the strength up.
"Molasses!??!" Nevada squeaked. "Oh my gosh, why would she make you take that?" She ha no idea the benefits of molasses ever.
"It's okay, I kind of am a baby." She bumped him wither her body gently, "We can be sick babies together."
Then she flushed, her smile widening again. "Yes I'm glad-" Snoring, she turned her head to see him sleeping. Sighing, she shifted her body slowly to face him, nuzzling into his neck and used his arm as her pillow, the penguin plush between them.
"Sleep time handsome." She rubbed her nose and pretended that his snoring was nothing more than some like....sound outside. Pretty soon, she was actually lulled to sleep about it...and she might've had her own light snore because she was breathing through her mouth.
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