Young Love (Gabentine Fics)

Snake Bite

(Based Slightly Off Of The Game)
Clementine's POV

"On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again."

"Gabe, I'm going to tell you one last time. Shut. The. Fuck. Up."

Gabe sighed loudly and I gave him a look that shut him up. We had been walking for two days now and my patience had been wearing thin with him. We've been traveling together for about a year now because his family had been killed in Richmond. I felt sorry for Gabe and agreed to let him come with me to get AJ.

Biggest. Mistake. Ever.

It's not like I don't like Gabe because I do. He has matured a lot since I first met him and he has become more attractive. He got rid of his beanie and now his hair falls perfectly over his face. He became more muscular from the side jobs we would do for people we met along the way. Sometimes, at night, he would sing songs to me to help me fall asleep and I fell for him. Hard. I could tell he used to feel the same because when we first met, Gabe would always blush and stutter around me. However, he stopped doing that now that we're together all the time and it makes me slightly worried.

Good job, Clem. You fucked up your chances with a great guy that you actually like. Nice.

I'm torn away from my thoughts as Gabe starts taking off his jacket.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"It's fucking hot and I'm about to die from suffocation."

I roll my eyes at his exaggeration and turn back to the road we were walking on. I do have to admit that it was fucking hot and felt myself start to sweat. I shed my jacket as well and wrap it around my waist and pull out a bottle of water to get a drink. As I took a long drink from the bottle, I turn to ask Gabe if he wants some and find myself choking and coughing it up.

Gabe was shirtless. And sweaty. And shining in the light. But, most importantly, Gabe was fucking ripped. He had biceps that had me wanting to grip them and a six pack that I wanted to touch. Gabe noticed my stare and started putting his shirt back on.

"Sorry, I couldn't breath and thought that taking off my shirt would help."

"Um....yeah it's okay. Really."

"Okay, if it doesn't make you uncomfortable or anything."

"Oh god no."

Gabe looked weirdly at me and cocked his head. I realized what I said and spun back around and continued walking. I shook my head to clear it from the dirty thoughts that left me reeling and thanked God that Gabe couldn't read my mind.

We walked another two hours and decided to stop for the day at a deserted roadside park. We ate a can of beans for supper in silence and set up our tents to sleep in. I said goodnight to Gabe and slipped into my sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep with Gabe and his body plaguing my dreams.

It wasn't even three hours later that I felt something crawling beside my leg. Now, I was still dreaming and thought it was Gabe running his hands up and down my body. But, instead of feeling his warm and soft hands, I felt cold scales. My eyes shot open and I ripped off my sleeping bag. A grayish snake with red marks slithering up my leg. I gave a shout and went to yank it off when it bit the inside of my upper thigh.

"FUCK! GABE, HELP!"

It wasn't 10 seconds later that Gabe was bursting into my tent and giving a glance at the snake before ripping it away from me and stabbing it with his knife. Gabe threw the dead snake out and turned back to me. I was looking at my bite that was turning red and had two little red beads of blood coming from where the fangs pierced my skin. I looked wide eyed at Gabe and took in a shuddering breath.

"Gabe, you have to suck out the venom or I'll die."

Gabe gave me a strange, hard look and placed his hand on my knee.

"I'm not losing you too. I can't."

I blushed a bit at his words and began telling him what he needed and he hastily went into action to collect the items. He needed a cup with alcohol, a knife, and a bandage. While he was getting the supplies, I shimmied out of my sleep shorts and begin to curse that damned snake.

Really? You had to bite me on the inside of my upper thigh? Fuck you, you angry fucking worm.

Gabe came back with the supplies and stopped upon seeing me in my underwear. I cleared my throat and that snapped him out of it and he gave a quick apology and positioned himself between my legs. I walked him through the steps and hoped it would work. Gabe sliced an "X" over my wound and swished some alcohol around in his mouth and spit it out before placing his lips on my bite. I closed my eyes and fell back upon feeling him suck. I was so caught up in his mouth on my skin that I forgot I even got bit by a snake. Gabe pulled back slightly and spit up some of my blood before going back to work. This time I couldn't stop my mouth from opening.

"Fuck. Gabe."

Gabe jerked back and looked up at me in disbelief. I watched him and realized what I had just said.

"Oh Jesus Christ. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to let that out."

His eyes darkened slightly with an emotion I never seen before and he slammed his lips on mine. I returned the kiss with matching ferocity and wrapped my legs around his waist, completely forgetting about the bite. I moaned out loud this time and Gabe gave a groan of his own. Feeling something hard poke my exposed leg brought me back to reality and I pulled back with a gasp and remembered my bite.

"Gabe, wait. My bite."

Gabe gave me a smile and I knew something was up.

"Clem, that was a corn snake. They're not poisonous and it probably bit you because you startled it."

Relief coursed through me and I realized something.

He knew. He fucking knew it wasn't poisonous. That little shit!

I opened my mouth to give him a piece of my mind but, found it occupied by Gabe's mouth.

Well, maybe I'll let it slide this time.