trigger_man | (no subject)

Jack's been keeping an eye on Beckett, and he's starting to have to admit to himself that it's not just out of ordinary human concern. He's worried about her, particularly considering the hallucinations she'd had. Which means that he's started to see her as more than an acquaintance. Maybe not quite a friend, yet, but more than just someone whose name he knows.

He's not sure how he feels about this. He doesn't want to get close to anyone; getting close means getting hurt eventually. And it's not himself getting hurt that he's really worried about.

But even with those misgivings he can't not head up to Beckett's room, carrying a tray from Bar with the kinds of things she needs, or should have. Chicken soup, orange juice, ginger ale, kleenex; it might have been Bar's idea, but Jack had been intending to get a few things anyway.

He shifts the tray to one hand so he can knock on the door. He has her key, of course, but he can't be sure she isn't taking a bath to try and cool off or that she wants the company.

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Thanks to the medicine, she's managed to sleep through the night. By the time she wakes up first thing, Jack is gone - probably back to his own room, she figures - and there's some Tamiflu resting on the nightstand. She doesn't get up from the bed right away, though, but lays there still.

Her fever's broken by now, but she still feels a little weak, dealing with the aftereffects of the virus, and she can tell it's not completely out of her system yet, but at least she's here, in Milliways, where she can take some more time to recover before she heads back to work.

She swings her legs over the side of the bed right around the same time that someone knocks on the door. Even though she's no longer feverish, she doesn't want too many layers on, and slips on a pair of slippers before she pads to the front door in her pajamas.

One thing she's forgotten to do is look in the mirror. She's a little pale, but the most drastic thing is her hair. It could use some brushing.