The Home I Find With You by Skye Kilaen

Author:Skye Kilaen [Kilaen, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skye Kilaen

Van hated having his skin sewn. It wasn’t the pain that bothered him, it was the tugging sensation. It wasn’t normal.

Dr. Day frowned pointedly as she tied it off, trimmed the thread, and got a cloth bandage tied around his bicep. “You be gentle with this arm for a few days or I will make you wear a sling.”

He’d do whatever she wanted as long as she was done stitching. “I promise.” He picked up the t-shirt Zoe had run to get him and gingerly worked it on.

The doctor called, “You can come in now!”

Hadas peeked around the doorframe. She’d been all business since the attack, and Pace had walked Van here so she could go see to the horses. She couldn’t have gotten everything done by now.

“Hey.” Her voice was scratchy, tense.

Dr. Day finished washing her hands. “I’ll leave y’all to it.” She untied the cord that had held her locs back, shook them out, and patted Hadas on the arm on her way out the door.

Van reached for Hadas. Her first steps into the room were slow, then in a rush she was in his arms. He got organized so the stitches didn’t pull and stroked her hair.

“Hey,” he said. “It’s okay. I’m okay. I love you.”

She shivered when she exhaled. “I love you too. Fuck, though. This is going to suck.”

Going out searching, she meant. Gunfire and blood. “You kept it together. Proud of you.”

Hadas snuggled closer. “Last time I had to see you hurt, I barely knew you. This time when you got out from under the truck...” She took a breath. “What if I can’t do this?”

All he could do was hold her. “You can stay here. No judgment.”

She laughed into his shoulder. “Yeah no. You can’t wander around unsupervised. Fuck knows what you’d get up to.”

Van kissed the top of her head. “Where’s Zelpha?”

“Barn, I think. So I guess I’ll head there. You coming?” Hadas grimaced at the discarded shirt on the floor. “I liked that shirt. Maybe Ximena can patch it.”

He didn’t think he flinched but Hadas caught something. She put a hand to his cheek. “Sorry. Sore subject.”

Van waved it off. He couldn’t avoid Ximena any more than Clark, and truth be told he’d barely even thought about the breakup given everything else, even with Jaime on the road with them. That probably told him something about how invested he’d been in the sex part of their relationship. He still had the friendship. Time to move forward. “I’m over it. For real.”

Hadas nodded sympathetically. “Then can I ask about the Clark thing? I’d love to be wrong, but it doesn’t seem like it’s going well.”

The rush of embarrassment wasn’t as bad this time. Maybe getting shot had given him a sense of perspective. “I figure I’ll get over that too.”

It was probably going to take a while longer than the Jaime thing had. The embarrassment might not be so bad now, but everything else was still there. He’d have to see Clark’s broken-a-little nose and those damn tattoos, listen to him flirt with whoever.

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