Photograph
Summary: You gift Kix a memorable photograph.
Word Count: 391
Pairing: Medic Kix x f!Reader
Authors Note: We all love Kix :)
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Love in war was a fleeting light.
Kix knew that better than anyone. He was a medic—his job was to save lives, not to love. He had lost too many comrades and held too many friends as they drew their last breath.
But then she came.
And for the first time, he feared what the war might take from him.
She was a Republican nurse. His colleague, his friend, his quiet light in a world of blood and pain.
He had first seen her holding the hand of an injured soldier as he took his last breath. Gentle. Calm. Strong.
And he had wondered how someone could be so beautiful—not just on the outside, but in her heart.
Nights of conversation followed days of loss. They found solace in small moments.
A quiet conversation over a cup of hot coffee. A glance across the field hospital when an operation was successful. A shoulder bump when the day was too heavy to bear alone.
Kix didn’t know when exactly it happened. But one day, he realized he was always looking for her.
In every battle, in every camp.
And whenever he found her, he felt a little more like a human being.
He knew the war didn’t give them time. So he held on to every little moment.
“Here.”
She handed him something—a photograph.
It was a picture of the two of them, taken on a quiet night in the infirmary.
Kix looked at it for a long time. “Why are you giving me this?”
She smiled. “In case you ever need a reason to survive.”
He didn't know what to say. So he carefully closed the picture in his hand—and promised himself he would never lose it.
The next day brought a mission.
She wasn’t there when he left.
But when he checked his bag, he found the photo inside, folded with a note.
"Come back to me."
He ran his fingers over the words.
Then he tucked the picture into his breast pocket, right over his heart.
He didn’t know if he’d ever come back.
But if there was a reason to survive—
It was her.
The picture carried him through every battle.
And one day, he would show it to her again.
With a smile.
With a heart that still beats.
With the love that even war couldn’t destroy.
End
