Dana was exhausted and sore, she should be at work right now, but instead she's in bed with a horrible cold. She doesn't get sick often, her immune system has built quite the defense over her years in hospitals, and yet her body feels like it's full of cement, she's shivering and sweating, a splitting headache nestled into the depths of her mind. She vaguely hears the front door open, then shut. It could've been any of the various people she had given a copy of her keys, but she's way too exhausted to get up, so she just closes her eyes.
When she next opens her eyes, she feels a weight next to her on the bed. She turns to see Heather sitting next to her, reading a book.
"What're you doin' outta work?" Dana asks, her throat burning with each word.
"Taking care of you." Heather says with a playful smile, "I made you tea."
Dana looks over to her side where a TV trey sits by the bed, a mug of tea and some cold medicine sit atop it. Dana manages to sit up, opening up the cold medicine and popping two pills out of the container, then into her mouth, washing them down with the tea. She can't taste much currently, but the warm tea does soothe her throat slightly. Dana settles into the bed, closer to Heather this time with the tea in-between her hands.
"I'm gonna getcha sick." Dana mumbles.
Heather smiles, wrapping her arm around Dana, pressing a kiss to her forehead., "I don't care."
Dana huffs out in faux annoyance, but leans into Heather' touch regardless, sipping on her tea.
"You always take care of everyone else, you deserve to be taken care of too." Heather says, her thumb rubbing circles into Dana's shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Dana's words have no bite to them though, really, she's thankful for Heather always being the one to care for her when no one else will.
Dana's head rests on Heather's shoulder as Heather resumes her book. The two of them sit in a comfortable silence, Dana feeling a bit better that she has someone to help her through this.
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