A/N: Short and sweet….thanks to rikuwolrd on Tumblr for the prompt

"Why are you limping, comrade?" I poked my head over the back of the couch and watched as Dimitri slowly made his way through the door.

He shook his head, "Its nothing. Don't worry about me."

Ding ding ding. He might as well have had a glowing arrow pointing to his head saying, 'I WAS INJURED ON DUTY TODAY'

I snorted, "Yeah right. First rule of marriage, always worry about the significant other."

He gave a half smile and then winced as he sat on a kitchen chair.

I stood up, discarding a folder I had been reading from, "Strip."

His eyebrows shot up, "Rose?"

"Pfft, not like that. Well, I always want you like that, but not right now. Take off the pants," my hands went for his belt buckle since Dimitri didn't look like he was going to.

I got the belt undone before Dimitri swatted my hands away, "i can handle it from here."

He stood up and wiggled the black jeans to the floor.

I gasped at the sight of his knee. It was twice the size of a regular knee and mottled purple, black, yellow and green.

"Dimitri! What happened? Are you okay?" I bent down and lightly brushed my fingers over the bruising.

He winced, even though my fingers weren't pressing hard, "Hazard of the job, Rose. I'll be fine in a couple of days."

i stood back up, "Go! Sit on the couch. I'm going to make you soup."

I nudged him in the direction of the couch and started clattering around for a pot.

"Rose, really, you don't have to poison me…"

"Ha ha ha," I tossed a fake laugh over my shoulder, "Just relax. I'll take care of you."

"I know you will."