MHA # 2 | Tuesday Evening

[knife_bender]

Yesterday was a...success? If one could call beating the shit out of a guy in a stupid looking uniform a success. It hadn't really done a lot to make Diego feel better overall, but at least he felt like he did something other than sit there twiddling his thumbs.

Now he really didn't have much to do until class on Friday (where he was determined not to go down so easily next time!), so he was having a quiet evening in with American Ninja Warrior on TV and a protein shake because his cooking skills were non-existent and that counted as dinner.

[For the gf, but open before she gets there if you'd like! And now NWS]

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[knife_bender]

"Well you haven't seen me play nurse yet," he joked, taking her hand and helping her up. "I could be really bad at it."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"To your as-yet-unproven hands, then," Annie amended lightly, standing and taking the opportunity to kiss him again.

[knife_bender]

"Better," he said, lightly placing his hands on her waist. "It's less pressure on me."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I'll tell you a secret," Annie murmured, going up on her toes a little. "I'm already feeling better, so maybe you're good at this."

Nurse Diego apparently mostly just needed to medicate her with kisses, though a dose of Not Dealing With My Nightmare Life For A Minute would also not go amiss.

[knife_bender]

"Think I missed my calling?" he joked, walking backwards towards the bedroom.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Maybe, but I feel like there are a few reasons you probably shouldn't consider nursing full-time." It would be a waste of his talents. He had, like, no bedside manner with anyone but her. Needles existed. "Like how nurses don't wear leather and I'd miss that."

Or that one.

[knife_bender]

"That's a good point," he said. "I guess I'll only use my skills on you. While wearing leather."

Not that he was wearing leather right now. She had caught him at a casual time.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Or sweatpants," Annie offered, leaning up to kiss him again, leaning very lightly into him. "Or anything."

Or nothing.

"But so far the skills are good."

[knife_bender]

"I left the ice in the living room," he murmured. "So the skills could be better."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Then you should probably go get it," Annie replied, pulling back to raise her eyebrows at him. She trailed her fingertips down his arms appreciatively before taking a full step away to head over towards the bed with a smile. "It's important, right?"

Look, she would have left the ice out there if he hadn't brought it up, but since he had....

[knife_bender]

He sighed. "I guess you're right. Think you can get into bed without assistance?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"If you hear a thump, you'll know I failed," Annie told him seriously, already unbuttoning her jeans.

[knife_bender]

"That's not making me want to leave, you know," Diego said, looking down at her hands. "I mean, I'm gonna, but that's cruel."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"It's not cruel if you hurry," Annie told him with a little smile, now making a point of pulling the zipper down very, very slowly.

[knife_bender]

"Good point," he said, turning and going into the living room. Probably quicker than necessary.

[defenderofdesmoines]

And Annie wasn't cruel, but she was efficient. So she did, in fact, speedily wriggle out of her pants.

And then quickly stretch out on the bed in just her underwear, which she was pretty sure was still going to go over okay with Diego.

Pretty sure. There were legs now, and all.

[knife_bender]

He was very much not going to complain. In fact when he came back, ice in hand, he took a few moments just to enjoy the view (minus the welts).

"That's much better," he said, wandering over. "I wanted to make sure you weren't hit anywhere else anyway."

[defenderofdesmoines]

For better or for worse, the new uniform was helping Annie overcome a lot of her self-consciousness, and she only shifted a little bit under his gaze.

"Only found the two bullets," Annie said lightly, "but I appreciate you being thorough. I did hit the ground pretty hard."

[knife_bender]

"I want to be thorough," he joked, placing the ice pack on the bed. "But in order to make you more comfortable, I'll take my clothes off too."

Sure, that's how it worked.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"That's really considerate of you," Annie told him with a nod, stretching her legs with a sigh both because she wanted to and because she knew it would be distracting. "So far you're taking very good care of me."

Went and got the ice and everything.

[knife_bender]

"It helps you're not a very demanding patient," Diego said as he pulled his shirt off.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I could be more demanding," Annie teased, propping her head up on her elbow as she watched him. "You're also not a very bossy nurse so far, so it's easy to be compliant."

[knife_bender]

Diego kicked off his sweatpants and moved to get up on the bed. "I'm curious as to how you could be more demanding."

Of course he was.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Of course he was, yes. Annie should have seen that coming.

She smiled, reaching out to lightly touch his arm -- she actually was sensitive enough of her own injuries to not reach for him with quite as much enthusiasm as usual, because that would be sort of a mood killer, but she could use her words a little. "Well, I demand more kissing, now that we're a little evened out," she decided, leaning closer.

That was a start.

[knife_bender]

"Wow, what a demand." It was just sooo difficult to lean in and kiss Annie. So difficult.