Opportunity (Micah Bell x OC)

Chapter 13

When Micah opened his eyes, he was welcomed by the sight of Elizabeth, siting on the edge of the bed, brushing her hair with her fingers, and wearing one of his shirt. He admired her a moment before sitting, which made Elizabeth realized he was awake.

"Good morning" she said with a smile as she looked at him above her shoulder.

"Morning. Looks good on you" Micah nodded at her, a smirk already on his lips.

"Oh, I hope you don't mind. I really didn't feel like putting back the dress from last night. It's still damp" Elizabeth explained, showing her dress on the floor.

There was a moment of silence before she heard Micah cleaned his throat.

"Well, you can bring some of your stuff here" he mumbled.

Elizabeth looked at him, a bit surprised. Micah was not looking at her, his hands seemed very interesting at the moment. He quickly glanced at her when she was not answering.

"Like, some spare clothes, y'know..." he felt the need to add, but relaxed a bit when he saw she has a start of a smile on her face.

"Yeah, it's a good idea" Elizabeth simply answered as she looked at him.

She thought it was very endearing when Micah acted that way. She knew he was a bit uncomfortable when it came to feelings, but she also knew he tried hard for her, and she really appreciated it.

She stood up from the bed and walked next to Micah. She sat on the bed and cupped his face before looking at him with a soft look and planting a tender kiss on his lips. Micah caressed Elizabeth's thigh as he answered to the kiss. They then both got dressed, Elizabeth having to put back on her damp dress before switching with clean clothes from her tent. Micah went on guard duty while Elizabeth started some chores around camp.

Elizabeth was helping Pearson by chopping vegetables when Mary-Beth came, looking troubled.

"Elizabeth, have you by any chance seen Kieran?" she asked, her brows furrowed.

"Mmh, now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing him in the last few days" Elizabeth answered.

"No one has" Mary-Beth sighted "I'm getting worried. He's gone missing and no one seems to care. They all think he ran away, back to the O'Driscoll... But I know he didn't. Something's wrong" Mary-Beth admitted, getting more anxious.

"I'm gonna ask Micah, maybe he saw something. Don't worry, I'm sure he ain't too far" Elizabeth said, trying to comfort her friend.

"Thanks" Mary-Beth whispered as she sat at the camp fire, looking defeated.

Elizabeth quickly finished her chopping before looking for Micah. She found him behind the house, walking around with his rifle.

"You good?" Micah asked when he noticed her, surprised to see her wandering around here.

"Yeah. Just wanted to ask if you've seen Kieran those days? No one has and Mary-Beth's worried" Elizabeth asked as she walked beside Micah.

He thought a bit before answering.

"Nope, haven't seen him neither. Maybe he just left" he shrugged.

"Everyone said that too. But I don't think he would have left like that. He would have..." she started but got interrupted by a scream coming from the other side of the house.

They both stopped, looking at each other in confusion before they heard gunshots.

"Fuck! You go hide in the house!" Micah said as he looked towards the house with his brows furrowed.