Multifandom Oneshots Collection

alone with you (game) ~ exhaustion (hurt/comfort) ~ jean/pierre

This was far from the first time that Pierre found Jean exhausted from overworking himself. There wasn't any real judgment, of course. Pierre was far from perfect but at least he wasn't a hypocrite. Jean had found him burnt out and running on nothing but coffee and painkillers more times than he could count. That didn't mean he wasn't worried, though.

"You've exhausted yourself again" Pierre said simply, walking into the Resource Manager's quarters. Jean said nothing in response. He was sat in the rolling chair he kept in his room, too physically drained to force himself across the room and into bed. Pierre sighed, concerned. "You can't keep doing this to yourself, Lumumba"

"Hypocrite" Jean muttered out. Pierre rolled his eyes.

"I need to cut back on it too, I know" the Terraforming Facility Director admitted. "And I'm not trying to redirect the issue onto you, either. It's something we both need to work on. You're just the one suffering more at the moment"

"Need to work..." Jean muttered, turning his chair back towards his desk, even though the movement jostled his sore legs. Pierre took executive action, stepping forward and pulling the chair away from the desk. "Hey!"

"You need to rest" Pierre told him firmly. "You're gonna work yourself to death if you keep this up" he scolded. "Your team needs you. I need you"

"Fine" Jean caved, attempting to stand up from his chair, but his knees buckled from strain and he fell back down into the seat.

"Jesus fucking Christ, Jean" Pierre breathed out, worry for his... Friend consuming his mind. Jean groaned.

"I know" he replied, sounding more pissed off than anything, but Pierre didn't address it. "Look, you're gonna need to help me up"

"Okay" Pierre agreed, seeing how Jean seemed almost a bit embarrassed at the request. He crossed the distance to the other man and picked him up, walking him over to the bed and gently lying him down.

"Thank you"

"Don't mention it" Pierre responded with a small smile. "Now. Sleep"

"Yes, sir"