"Don't you dare touch them!"
Send âdonât you dare touch them!â to see how my muse reacts to being protected by yours.
âAlright, fellas, why donât we all just settle down and call it a day?â
Jesse held his hands up in surrender, a sheepish grin on his face. Dangling on his finger was Peacekeeper, empty and light. The trio in front of him, thoroughly unimpressed. âWhaddaya sa- Fuck!â
His hand exploded with blinding pain. Jesse crumpled, clutching his wrist, tears streaming. âOh fuck, god- damn- to hell!â Chunky blood was splattered on the wall behind him and it was gushing from the gaping hole in his palm. A gun cocked above him, but Jesse didnât hear it, too fixed on spewing out curses and cradling his mangled hand.
A flash of orange and blue was all his unfocused eyes picked up in his periphery. Two, four, twenty shots all blurred together in Jesseâs ringing ears.
âHiya, love.â Gentle. Friendly. Soft.
Jesse clenched his jaw. âLena,â he growled through gritted teeth. Despite her lithe form, she hauled him up. A bit of a struggle, but with her support, Jesse could push himself to his feet. âChrist alive, thatâs smartinâ, Lena, thatâs smartinâ like hell,â he rambled away, wincing and sucking in air through his teeth, but holding steady as she wrapped his entire hand in a constricting, painfully tight bandage. She kept his hand in hers even when she finished, staring up at him as he let out a heavy, shuddering sigh, and finally relaxed the tension in his entire arm. âItâll hold,â he affirmed, voice cracking. They didnât have the luxury of time right now, but Jesse leaned his head back against the wall nonetheless. âThank you.â