BitterSweet

Cold

You and Reaper walked through the cold night looking for a safe place to wait for Talon, the snow began to pick up and you felt your body temperature drop lower. You looked over at Reaper who was almost collapsing in agony and you knew that the only way to continue this walk is if the shrapnel is out of him.

You see in the distance what looks like a hunting shed, "Can we rest a little in there" You pointed to the shed and Reaper nods. 

You look at the shed, it has a lock on it but Reaper shoots it off and you both quickly go inside as the snowing gets faster and the wind picks up. Inside was a lot bigger then you thought but it will still be a squeeze for both of you, there was a little table and chair as well as a little bed. Reaper walks over to an electric lantern on the table and turned it on and you set your gun down by the door. 

Reaper grunts in pain as he stumbled over the table and you frown "You need to get the shrapnel out or we won't make it, take off your jacket and shirt" You pull a healing creme out of your pocket and look at him,  "No!" He growls, but you push him over to the bed, there was no way he could fight you now anyway. "I am not just going to let you die out here" You snapped, he saved your life so you were willing to return the favor. You begin to take off his jacket as he growls at you but he doesn't stop you until you get to his armor and shirt "I got it!" he snarled. 

You watched as he undoes his armor and then lifts up shirt but he keeps his mask on, you looked over his body, it was a pale greyish white and covered in scars and old burns and you look down at his side that was dripping with blood as a piece of metal sticks out of his side. 

He lays down on the bed as you walk over to him and kneel down, you look at his wound and then to his mask, you were curious if he was looking at you or not. "This is going to hurt, " You said as you looked at his mask and then back down to the metal. Your fingers touched his skin around the wound and he flinched under your touch, it took a lot of trust from him to let you do this. His claw of a hand held your arm as you grabbed hold of the metal, you paused for a minute and then quickly pulled the metal from his side, his metal claws dug into your arm causing you to cry out in pain but at least you removed the shrapnel from him. You looked down at your arm as blood gushed from it, "Sorry" he whispered in a raspy hurt tone.   You nodded your head to show him its fine, You took some cloth and began to wipe the blood from his wounds and then you took out your healing cream and squeezed some into your hand. You gripped your arm again as you smeared the cream onto him but this time he didn't hurt you. You then took the same cream and you applied some to your now injured arm. 

His hand relaxed and released your arm and his breathing calmed down after a few minutes, you kept looking at his body. You hadn't noticed but you were touching his chest with your fingers, his body was ice cold and it amazed you, it was almost as if he was a dead man, you traced his scars until you noticed what you were doing and you quickly pulled your hand away though you kept eyeballing him he didn't say anything. You watched as his wound healed at a rapid speed "amazing" you whispered to your self but Reaper heard you "I heal fast" he growled. You looked up at his mask you forgot he was even there even though you were staring at him. 

He started to get up, "No you shouldn't move yet" you said with a concerned voice, "I'll be fine" he growled as he got up and sat at a chair by the table "You can sleep, ill keep watch," He said as he started putting on his clothes and armor, you didn't argue and you got up and laid on the bed, you lay there facing Reaper in the chair, you watched him as your eyes got heavy and you fell asleep.

Reaper Pov

He was supposed to keep watch but he kept watching you sleep, he wished it was next to him...well next to Gabriel. "This is torture" he whispered to himself as he watched you. He soon heard your snores and walked over to you, he knelt down and took off his claw of a glove and with his hand, he brushed your hair from your face and then he brushed his hand over the claw marks in your arm, they were pretty deep "why would you help me" he said sadly. 

When he was sure you were fast asleep he lifted his mask revealing only his lips and he leaned forward and kissed your forehead "I'm sorry y/n" He whispered as he stood up and walked back over to the chair. As he sat down he heard the radio on his belt started making static noises and soon he heard Sombra voice "Hola", Reaper picked up the radio and brought it up to his mask "about time Sombra" he snarled, he heard Sombra laugh before answering again "We are almost to your location unless you want me to leave you" she laughed, Reaper growled into the radio, "Okay okay, we will be there in 10 minutes" Sombra snickered. Reaper walked over to you. 

y/n POV

You felt someone pushing you a little and you opened your eyes slowly to see Reaper standing over you "We are getting picked up in 10 minutes" He said in a calm raspy voice, you nodded and sat up on the bed. "How is your side," you asked while looking him, his claw moved over the wound "It is almost healed" he grunted as he walked over to your gun and brought it to your hands. You sat there for a few minutes until you heard the dropship and you both walked outside and sure enough, a Talon dropship began to land and you both made your way on board.