Too Long We've Wandered in Winter

Summary: A series of chapters, circling around pairings from the show 'Band of Brothers'. Pairings include Winters/Nixon, Lipton/Luz, Muck/Penkala, etc. Ranges from PG to NC17. Enjoy and R&R, x.

A/N: These are only in the order of my favourite pairings, not by episodes or anything like that.

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Time of Dying
[Bull/Johnny]

'on the ground I lay, motionless, in pain, I can see my life flashing before my eyes'

Easy Company had settled into temporary accommodation after Bull Randleman had been found, safe and well. He had escaped from Nuenen with only a few injuries, but nothing major. But, Johnny Martin has Doc Roe check him over anyway, before they retired to their shared room for the night.

"Johnny, I'm fine ..." Bull said, chewing on the end of his cigar. "Stop fussin' boy." Johnny just smiled, as he wet a cloth in a nearby water basin.

"You were lucky, Bull. We thought we'd lost you ... I thought I'd lost you ..." he said. Bull looked up at Johnny, who failed to meet the other soldier's eyes. He moved over to the bed with the washcloth, pulling back Bull's tank top to reveal a deep wound on his back, crusted over with dried blood and dirt from the ground. He pressed the wet cloth to the wound, Bull sucking in a breath through his teeth at the sting.

"Sorry, Bull. Can't have it getting infected. We need you in the company ..." Johnny said, cleaning up the wound.

"I thought I was gonna die, y'know ..." Bull suddenly said. "I thought them Krauts were gonna find me, just for a split second." Johnny ceased his first aid, and turned Bull round to face him.

"You ain't gonna die, Bull. Not in this war anyway ..." Johnny said. "Not if I have anything to do with it." He smiled at his friend, before turning him away from him again to tend to the rest of the wound. But before he turned right round, he pulled Johnny towards him, pressing his lips to the other man's. Johnny was unresponsive for a moment before he kissed Bull back, pressing close to the bigger man; lips, teeth and tongue colliding in a heated frenzy, before Bull pushed Johnny back onto the bed pinning him down.

"Bull ..." Johnny moaned, before they kissed again, breaking for air after a few minutes. Bull began to undress Johnny, not looking the other man in the eyes.

"Our secret, Bull. Ours. No one else need know ..." Johnny said, quietly. Bull nodded before kissing Johnny once more.

After those events, neither man spoke of their night, but now and then would share knowing glances and a small smile every time they caught the others eye. Their secret.

Another one of my guilty pairings! XD