Alexandria and Will met when they were part of the same Special Forces Delta Force Unit. Even though it took her awhile to make the guys see her as an asset and not a liability she always had a friend with Will, the one guy in her unit that made her...
It was hard as hell and time consuming but we managed. By the time we were done the sun was starting to set. We had the bags all piled up and we sat leaned against them. I was currently cleaning and attending to Will's wound. he was for sure going to have a nasty scar with how this was bleeding from the continuous abuse. I leaned over searching my pack before happily finding what I had been searching for.
"Yes."
"What?'
"This is going to hurt, a lot." I said looking up at him with sad eyes.
I knew there was nothing I could do to make his pain go away or lessen but he needed it to be closed, even if he ripped it because that's the only way it would get better. Right now it was just basically an open wound barely holding with a clot kit. It was red as hell and knew if something didn't change he'd get an infection soon. I needed to stich him.
"Will baby I got to stitch this."
"Okay." I slid off my jacket taking my shirt and tank top off. I put my shirt and jackets back on rolling up my tank and handing it to him. "
"You're going to need to bite that because you can't scream." I had antiseptic and everything I needed but I couldn't help shakings at the thought of hurting him. I looked up feeling his hand in mine.
"It's ok, I'll be fine." He laid back putting the shirt in his mouth before looking into my eyes and nodding.
"MMHMM!" He groaned as I made the first one.
Looking up I saw him in so much pain it made my eyes watered as I had to continue. He was biting down so hard on the shirt I thought his jaw was going to break, sweat pouring down his face. His knuckles were white from how hard his fists were clenched and his eyes closed harshly in absolute anguish and pain. I kept my hands as steady as possible and with Benny's help had it done in 30 minutes. After I cleaned it and covered it before wrapping it, him rubbing my back as I worked because I had given up the tough act while he was in agony and had started crying. Once I was done I made him some food and handed it to him. I had pretty much lost my appetite so I ate some crackers and a granola bar as I shivered. I had been so focused on Will that I had forgotten how fucking cold it had gotten and fast.
"You could freeze an Eskimo's asshole out here." Will said shivering. His breathe visible in the air as he exhaled. He grabbed me pulling me back into him as I grabbed the emergency blanket from my kit.
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"What the fuck! You got a blanket!" Benny said.
"Yeah, I always carry a kit that has one, it helps from cold or heat."
"Genius." Will said pulling me into his arms and kissing my head. He ran his large hands up and down my sides trying to help warm my shaking body up.
"I demand a fire." Benny said looking at his brother and I. his eyes taking in the shaking my body was doing in the weather.
"We cold camp." Tom said as they huddled together Benny looked at me before bending down and unzipping a bag. He pulled out a stack of money looking to me.
"Fuck you." He said lighting the stack in his hands, the rest of us chuckling. "This is my 'fuck you' money."
"Dude, what the fuck are you doing?" Will asked looking at him.
"She's pregnant with my niece or nephew; they ain't freezing." He responded looking at his brother.
"We ain't got enough men to carry this money, might as well be warm." Tom said sniffling. Benny tossed the bills down grabbing out more and lighting it as we all started chuckling.
"Jesus." I muttered. Part of me couldn't believe we were actually here and he was burning money like it was nothing. We were crazy. Will and I watched as Tom stood up grabbing a suitcase.
"Oh shit." Will said just before Tom turned to dump the contents on the small pile of flickering money Benny has tossed down. The flames greedily licking away at the new bills that had fallen quickly letting the blaze grow as we basked in the warmth.
"Now that's a fire." Tom said laughing as he took a seat. "Better my lady?" He asked looking to me.
"This is shellfish and dangerous but yes, thank you, Benny." I said looking over gratefully at my smiling brother in law.
I snuggled into Will's arms being cautious of his wound as I got comfortable, at least as comfortable as you can get sleeping on the side of a damn mountain. The next morning we woke up, I made me and Will some oatmeal so thankful we had packed a bag of just MRE's, at this point, it was the only thing anyone had aside from a few protein bars and jerky. We had to heat snow to kill the bacteria so we could make more water. I'm thankful Will is so attentive and plans and thinks the way he does because otherwise, I think we may have been eating a donkey. I was helping Will toss bags to the guys; we had a little chain going to help us move the bags quicker. I screamed as I heard a gunshot suddenly ricochet off the mountains surrounding us.
