The lungs of hell

Chapter 13: Cold.

TORRES' POV:

The night after that was rough, she threw up a few time. At some point she never came back to bed so I got up, it was 6 AM. I saw the light on the porch.
"Ellie?" I asked as I saw her outside. "Ellie?"
I came to her and she was sleeping. She was still in shorts and a crop top, in the wind, and so obviously cold as hell.
"Shit!"
I carried her into the bathroom where I sat her, still clothed, in the shower under the hot water.
As soon as the water touched her skin she woke up.
"It burns! Stop it it burns!"
"I know El, but you're gonna die if I don't do this."
"I'm sorry..." she said gripping onto the shower's doors.
"You're gonna kill me with all your thoughts and ideas El..." I said joking.
"I didn't mean to fall asleep but I did."
"I guessed that babe it's okay."
She changed into sweatpants and a sweatshirt and got onto the couch with me.
We were watching a movie when I saw she was shivering.
"You're still cold El?"
"No, nop I'm fine."
"Eleanor Bishop don't lie to me!"
She looked at me like I killed someone. "Come here babe."
She came next to me and I hugged her really tight to get her warmer.
"You're still really cold babe, you really should take another shower."
"I know... I'm going." She said getting up without falling or anything. I felt like a proud husband.
She came out of the bathroom after 10 minutes and went to the kitchen.
"You're hungry?!" I asked in excitement since she didn't want to eat in days.
"Not really... I just want to see if I can eat."
She said getting a carrot and cutting it.
"I'm not sure it's good if you eat but you're not hungry." I said going behind her.
"Yeah you're right." She said dropping the carrot. "I'm gonna go to the couch." She said stretching.
Her shirt went up a little and I could see all her ribs. It was bad. But I kept a face on cause I knew she was already insecure.
"Sorry..." she said pulling her shirt down.
"No! I like seeing your skin babe..." I said hugging her from behind.
"Stop!" She said laughing.
"Your smile..."
"What?" She turned around concerned.
I just kissed her lips.
"I missed this smile, you have no idea."
"Well you got it back now..." she said leaning in to kiss me.
We started kissing harder and the heat got up really, really fast. We ended up in the bedroom where I started to pull her shirt up.
"Nick I..."
I looked at her in the eyes.
"I can stop if you don't want to do it El, it's no problem."
"I want to Nick, I really, really want to try" she motioned at my chest. "this... But I can't, I don't feel like I can be naked right now in front of anyone..."
"It's okay I'll wait as long as you need."
"I'm sorry..." she whispered.
"It's okay." I said kissing her.

A/N Hi!
I saw the NCIS premiere this morning, and it's fire!! Can't wait for the following episodes!
I know I don't uptade very quickly but the French school system changes everyday and I'm struggling to find a good routine so posting kinda comes after school. I know you guys don't mean bad when you ask for an update but I'm doing my best. Anyway, thank you for reading, don't forget to comment and vote plsss!!
-Drey.