JD Fenix x Reader

Forty-Four

"I can't believe you blew up the tunnel!", you growled and wiped the cut on JD's cheek clean. "You're a bunch of idiots."

"Lucky idiots, though.", Del said and shook some rubble out of his hair. "At least we got the satellites."

You huffed.

"Yeah, at least you got those... now, all we need to do is get them into position and then get the hell out of here.", Paduk crossed his arms in front of his chest. "You should get going. We need someone to do it from the inside. The launch buttons don't work from afar anymore."

Rolling her eyes, Kait turned her back on him and got to work.

The others followed her.

But as JD wanted to get up too, you held him back.

Confused, he frowned and lowered himself again, to grab your face with both hands.

"What is it?", he asked in a soft voice so that nobody else could hear. "You look troubled."

Sighing, you shook your head.

"I- how am I supposed to tell you without sounding paranoid?", you avoided his eyes. "This place. Something doesn't feel right."

His thumb started rubbing your cheeks.

"We will be gone soon.", he said and placed a kiss on your forehead.

"That's not it. It just... When the Locust attacked me in my lab, I could feel that something was there before the monster appeared. I thought it was you, that's why I reacted too late. But I had this feeling, like a gut feeling, that told me something was off. And I feel it now too."

Concern lit up in his eyes.

"Do you... do you think something is about to happen?"

"I don't know."

"The Swarm attacked us in the hall as we secured the satellites."

"No, that's different. They are just a warning. Not the real thing that's about to happen."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am. Don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not."

"I don't think you are."

Sighing, you squeezed your eyes shut and pressed a hand to your aching forehead.

"Be careful, please.", you pulled him into a kiss. "I love you."

He smiled against your lips while taking in the taste of you.

"I will.", he kissed you again. "Promise."

But as he left the room to follow the others, you still couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. Things were about to happen and it made you feel like a thin layer of ice was growing all over you again.

"Shit...", sighting, you massaged your forehead. "Come on, don't loose your mind now. He needs you... And you need him. Don't be a disappointment."

With an impressed whistle, JD looked up at the huge complex of metal beams and cables.

The launching tower was so high that it was almost impossible to see the top. The sunlight got caught between the construction, making long shadows dance over an iron field which was covered in red sand.

The many years of abandonment had left their traces. Rust was already eating on the metal and some screws looked dangerously loose.

"Do you think it will hold?", JD asked.

Del shrugged.