‘Mean.’
Okay so someone decided to encourage my absolute love of fluff and encourage a little drabble idea I had. The enabled has become the enabler and now we have this little thing here with my sick apprentice giving Julian a hard time.
(In case you couldn’t guess I’m looking at you @samael-bellamorte)
“Oh for the love of- Una lay back down, now.”
Julian’s patience was wearing thin with the apprentice as she stumbled into the shop proper. “I have to get to work...” She muttered, keeping one hand on the wall at all times to avoid falling. “No you don’t, back to bed with you.” The woman was intercepted with a thick quilt she kept folded on top of her dresser. Turning her around easily his arm snaked around her waist and kept her balance steady as he escorted her back into her room. A soft whine sounded from her and she huffed like a child.
Gently pushing her down until she was sitting he sighed, his exposed eye carefully analyzing her condition. “Now you will stay here while I find something to bring down your fever. Be a good magician and let the doctor work.” Just as the redhead straightened his back Una gave a snort. “I don’t have a fever, like I told you its just a bit of allergies.
His eyebrow raised unconvinced as he crossed his arms and stared at her. Her forehead was burning whenever he checked and she’d been having cold sweats for hours now. A soft tinge of pink joined the heat on her face as she looked down. “...okay maybe I’m a little warm but I am perfectly fine. Just let me open shop, please?” Rolling his eye Julian ignored the plea and began to rummage through the bag he had hurriedly packed the night before.
She had been sick for the past three days now but he’d only been able to see how severely since the day prior. Planning to surprise her with an imopea he’d managed to find at the market he’d been shocked to find her doubled over by the washbasin and struggling to stay upright. Leaving just long enough to pack some essentials he’s been monitoring her since and she was becoming increasingly difficult.
Noticing how absolutely miserable, not to mention bored out of her mind, she looked his gaze softened slightly. “Would you like me to sit with you for a while and read to you?” Her blue and white eyes met his and looked at him with as pathetic an expression as she could managed. Sighing to himself he snatched a book from her desk and settled on the bed beside her. After a bit of adjusting she was settled between his legs with her head resting on his partially exposed chest, his arms wrapped around her and flipping through the pages of the book.
Clutching the quilt around her Una began to relax, relenting to his care for the first time and much to his relief. As he began to read she found herself unable to focus on the words, instead listening to his voice as she drifted in and out of a doze. The sound of him talking was so soothing to her and it was only when she heard him chuckle that she realized he’d put the book down and begun to pet her head gently so she would stay sleeping.
Frowning she closed her eyes and nuzzled into his chest, attempting to look as grumpy as possible despite how much she was blushing. She only hoped he wouldn’t be able to tell the embarrassment from the fever. “You are the meanest man I’ve ever met.”
The doctor paused, one hand touching his chest in mock offense with a gasp. “Mean? Me? Nursing you back to health and insuring you don’t die in your sleep is mean?” Even without looking up she could hear the grin in his voice as his fingers ran through her hair. The feeling was maddeningly wonderful and she wanted to melt into his hand. Closing her eyes with a long yawn she nodded. “...yes.” And before he could retort she had fallen asleep completely, chest rising and falling evenly. Smiling as he watched her the fugitive doctor only held her closer.











