Day Five

Bo was curled up, her limbs, shaking with fear, were pulled up to her chest. Lauren wanted to move, to work, to fix the problem, but she couldn't. Bo wasn't waking up, instead, she was trapped in a nightmare, terrified. There was no cure, the only thing she could do was wait it out.

Lauren's finger brushed the strands of brown from Bo's face, softly whispering a promise as she watched Bo momentarily relax.

The effects of the spores were...difficult to say the least. However, cross analysis to some of the rarer fae cases. that the Ash had given her access to, proved that everything Bo was feeling now was normal and not deadly or early signs of anything.

The initial moments Lauren had woken up, wrapped around Bo's limbs were terrifying at first. Especially when no yelling, shaking or desperation would awake Bo. She'd researched, her finger had tapped onto the keyboard and eyes scanned quickly over information. Finally, she found it and slowly returned back to Bo.

Now, though, She knew that if she continued to talk, to soothe Bo down, the dream would soften before it lapsed back into the nightmares.

A whimper breathed out Bo's lips and she rolled over. Lauren found herself laying down beside her, uncomfortable on the floor, but not caring as she wrapped an arm around her lover. They'd fallen asleep there and Lauren was too scared to try moving Bo back to the cot. She also wanted to remain beside her.

Arm wrapped around her, Lauren watched, still trying to soothe the succubus by stroking her hair lovingly. Finally, she brushed her hand over the cheek and curled up tighter. Bo instantly sighed at the touch, her breath slowing as she relaxed.

"Lauren," came the quiet whisper.

Lauren smiled, pressing a gentle kiss onto her shoulder. "I'm here," she murmured. She wasn't going anywhere, not until Bo was awake again. Her eyes shut, and slowly, she too drifted asleep beside Bo, waking up only when she felt movement beside her.

Her eyes peeked open to see Bo's head on her chest, deep asleep but comfortably so. The nightmares had finally left her, it appeared.

Lauren reached up with one hand, running it over Bo's head. The succubus moved on her chest, stirring in sleep to slowly open her eyes and look up at Lauren. As her eyes adjusted to the doctor, a smile broke out over her face.

"You're awake," Bo whispered, voice hoarse. She cleared her throat and smiled again. "Morning."

"Evening," Lauren replied, chuckling shortly. "You were out for most of the day."

"Was I?" she frowned. "I had nightmares while I slept."

"I know. I couldn't wake you." Lauren turned away at that moment to sneeze, instantly she felt her eyes water. She'd felt the effects begin to hit her before she'd fallen asleep, her head had already begun bounding and there was an annoying itch in her throat, but she'd hoped...

"Are you okay?"

"Hay Fever," she muttered dryly. Her eyes shut and she dropped back on the ground, only then feeling a pillow beneath her head. "Did you put that there?" she asked, reaching around to touch the pillow.

"Yeah...I woke up before and you were asleep."

Lauren felt her cheeks reddened as she almost sneezed again. Instead, she managed to hold it back and prop herself up onto one arm to look at Bo. "Thank you."

"I should thank you. In my dreams I heard your voice...I think," her nose scrunched up as she tried to think over the dream, but just as she caught a fragment of memory, it faded away. "You stayed with me all day."

"I'm a doctor, that's what I do."

Bo smirked, "I don't think doctor's lie in bed with their patients. But if they do, then perhaps I should start going to visit the doctor's more."

"Mm, you should. You need a regular check-up." She laughed briefly as Bo shook her head at the idea. Quickly the humour turned into a sigh. "Going a little stir crazy?" she asked Bo.

"I went stir crazy a while ago," Bo replied. "But it's okay being here with you." She reached out and entwined their fingers. Lauren stared down at the hands before looking back up at Bo. The dark brown eyes were piercingly staring at her with worry.

"What's wrong?" Lauren asked.

"Are you okay, though? Honestly?"

Lauren took a breath, letting it sit in her chest before she smiled and nodded. "I'm used to being locked up for long periods of time."

"What do you meant?"

Lauren froze momentarily before she deflected the question. "At this rate, tomorrow should be our last day trapped in here." Bo frowned at her unimpressed, but thankfully she didn't push the issue. She was scared of the answer, scared that if she asked again Lauren would pull away and they'd fight and everything would rip apart.

No. There would be time for that later.

Instead she found her fingers tracing patterns on the back of Lauren's hand, idly thinking over what to say.

"What happens then? We get to go home and then what?"

"We'll be decontaminated in a shower, checked over for any residue traces of psychic or chemical connection and then yes, home." Bo smiled, despite herself. She couldn't help but imagine what it would be like to return to her home, her bed. Real food (or at least take-away) but a real bed nonetheless.

"Good. I look forward to being home again." She rolled onto her back and looked up at the ceiling. "Kenzi can't be too happy that I'm not there to bring in my side of the money. And keep up on household chores."

"I'm sure she's doing fine without you."

"Yeah, probably. However, she's probably thankful that she's able to have the house to herself without me bringing...food home..." she trailed off and turned her eyes to Lauren.

"You don't have to dart around the topic, Bo. I'm aware of what you are. I understand that you need to feed, and as long as you do so regularly and healthily I have no qualms. I'm not..." she trailed off, trying to find the words. "I'm your doctor," she ended with instead.

Bo felt the breath come in tight. "Did you...want to be more?" she asked.

Lauren smiled softly. "I think you know what I want." Bo didn't reply. The question weighed heavy on her mind as Lauren rose to her feet and walked away. She'd pushed. Perhaps it wasn't the same topic as before, but she'd pushed and now Lauren was walking away. Bo's eyes dropped to the ground as she sat up and watched the hips walk away.

Only yesterday...

Things never seemed to work out for them. Maybe the universe was trying to tell them both something.