Daughter of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trigger Book 1

Broken or Shattered

I stand in the corner of the lab. Jack lays on the table, although unconscious, gritting his teeth. His pain basically evapourates off him and I absorb it. I can feel his pain. I close my eyes waiting to hear Jemma say that he will be OK. 

Its almost an hour later and nothing has been said. I can't stand the silence any more. 'Is it bad?' Jemma turns with a sad and guilty look on her face. She doesn't want to answer me. I raise my voice angrily. 'Is it bad?'

'Its shattered. But there's nothing I can do. The only thing that can be done is for him to rest. If there is too much movement he could make it worse and it won't heal properly.' Her voice is grave and she begins to get choked up. She turns back to Jack and adds two more stitches to the other four along the side of Jack's injured knee. 'There. He should come around in the next few minutes.' She removes her white sterile gloves and tosses them into the bin beside the table.

'Could I get a moment alone with him, please?' I say. Everyone turns and looks at me. Dad nodds and everyone files out silently. But before Dad leaves he pulls me into his arms and kisses me on my forehead. 'Thank you, Dad.' He leaves without looking back. When I am certain that we are alone, I sit by Jack on the table. I gently slide my fingers down below the jaggared stitches on his knee. He moves his head and sighs heavily. But he stays asleep.

I have to do it. I lean down and kiss him lightly. Instantly after I end the kiss he whispers 'Busted.' 

I smile guiltily and say 'How do you feel?'

He moans in pain as he pushes himself up into a sitting position. 'Like hell. How bad is it?'

'That depends,' He eyes me curiously 'What condition is your heart in?'

He looks away ashamed. 'Shattered.'

'So is that.' I say pointing to his knee. 'I can't fix your knee, but I can fix your heart.' He spins back around. Good, I caught his attention. I thrust my head forward and my lips seal solidly on his. He grasps either side of my face pulling me closer to him. I let him. 

God. What is happening? A week ago, he hit me and fractured a bone. He terrified me. But now, What the hell? 

His tongue slips past my lips, into my mouth and thus begins the slow steady rythmn of passion. I straddle my self over his thighs. He slides one of his hands down my side and along my leg. He hooks my leg around behind him. How am I doing this? Why am I doing this? 

I just shot a guy to save his life. Its because I love him. And I shattered his heart. How could I do that to him? 

Before I know it, a voice, Dad's voice is in my ear. 'Jaimie, we need you up hear. Get Jack up here some how.'

Jack can hear it too. He smiles cheekily. 'I'm sure I can figure out some how.' He says pulling me into another kiss.

It takes us about five minutes but we manage to climb the stair out of the lab and into the debriefing room. I set him down on a chair and he gives my hand a gentle squeeze before lettin go. No one sees it though. Dad begins giving us the boring lecture. At least I assume that its going to be boreing. 

'In the last hour, three people were kidnapped. In broad daylight, the attacker identified as Jarad Cooper.' Dad brings up a profile, I assume is Jarad. 

I look towards Dad. 'And the vicims?'

'Reuben, Kayt and Dahlia Stark.'

My chest tightens. I can't breathe. My heart drops the to pit of my stomach. This can't be happening.