The Accident. A Military Love Story. Closed for romanticelvengirl

[desperado1089]

(OOC: If anyone would like clarification on any of the acronyms or jargon I will be using here, feel free to PM me.)

You know those beautiful, sunny days that just go straight to hell in a hand-basket? First Lieutenant Sean Fisher, US Army, 101st Airborne Division, woke up to such a day in late December. He and a select few of his unit--all medics--had been tapped to augment the medical capabilities of Joint Region Marianas, the US military's presence on the warm tropical island of Guam. Apparently, the base was normally home to sailors and US Air Force personnel, but it seems even flyboys and squids need help every now and then. They had had a string of bad accidents lately, and while nobody had been hurt seriously, the Joint Chiefs had seen to it personally that it stayed that way.

Lieutenant Fisher, of course, saw this as an opportunity to finally tell Lily how he felt. A woman his age had been the object of his affections for years now, first when she came crashing into his life in their last year of college, then OCS, and now they're in the same unit in the 101st. He and Lieutenant Lily Harper were fast friends from the start--but that's all they had been, despite the frequent sexually-charged banter they always seemed to fire at each other.

Anyway, Lt. Fisher had gone out on his usual morning run, and had reached about the halfway point when his phone sounded an alert. He skidded to a stop and pulled up the message. "Medical Emergency. Generator critical failure. All medical personnel to the scene immediately. Sector Two-Alpha." Then a text: "Fisher, a runner will RV with you at RP Bravo. -Petty Officer Johnson". He glanced up at the surrounding area, and realized the Rally Point was only a hundred yards back the way he came. Jogging towards it, the engine of an ATV could be heard revving in the distance. He waited for it to stop, before climbing on back behind the Seabee driving it. He couldn't help but let out a small "Whoo-hoo!" as it sped back towards the base.

About five minutes later, he had his medical supplies all strapped up and was rushing towards the damaged generator. Just when he was mentally triaging the victims, figuring out which one needed his help the most, the backup generator, which was next to the destroyed main generator, started whining and he knew an explosion was imminent. "COVER!" he shouted, taking the time to register that Lt. Harper had heard his warning and covered her patient with her body.

BOOM!

As he shook the ringing from his ears, he looked around, and noticed that nobody was the worse for wear. Except for his ginger-haired friend. As more medical personnel came streaming in, he jogged up to her, noticed a piece of shrapnel sticking out of the back of her pants, and he had to stifle a laugh. It seems they were continuing the Easy Company tradition of being wounded in the ass; their unit could trace its origins back to the company immortalized in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."

"Now, what's a nice girl like you doing with that thing in your ass, there?" he said.

 

[romanticelvengirl]

Lily had got up that morning. She did a quick work out in her room of push ups and pull ups. She showered real quick and the she got dressed and tamed her wild red hair into a bun and got ready for the day. She was a second Lt. she was working with her best friend from collage and could not be happier then to be in the same unit as her best friend Sean fisher.

Lily Harper was a normal person you could say she had to great parents and a sister and older brother who was a caption in the army. Lily always knew she wanted to be in medicine and wanted to follow her fathers and brothers footsteps and so she joined the Army with her best friend Sean.

She looked into the mirror one more time and saw a few strands of her red hair not wanting to stay in place and she put pins in her hair to make sure they stayed put. She smiled and for some reason she felt like today was going to be a good day. She grabbed her stuff and headed off to the hospital.

Lily had been working on wounded and sick patients when she was notified of the emergency and started wondering where her best friend was but knew he should be here soon.
Not sooner then two minutes she saw Sean run in. Not more then a minute later Sean yelled cover. Lily threw her body over her patient to protect them but she felt a very sharp pain hit her ass.

She looked over her shoulder and saw the cause of shrapnel in her ass and she groaned.” Fuck just great and Sean shut up. We all know if it was reversed you would be crying.” In a lot of pain she snapped at Sean a bit but tried to fix it by being playful.” We all know you just want that chance to see me naked.” Lily stuck her tongue out at her best friend.

 

[desperado1089]

"Perhaps, but I imagined we'd at least have dinner first. But now is not the time." He pulled out a set of medical shears and cut away the camouflaged fabric, applying dressings to stem the bleeding and starting an IV drip of a painkiller. Finishing the job with some antiseptic powder, he called for a stretcher to take her into the base hospital, and he accompanied her the whole way, holding the IV bag in one hand and her hand in the other. As they prepared to take the twisted metal out in the operating room, Sean gave his friend's hand a squeeze, saying "I'll be right here once they're done." He gave her knuckles a soft kiss before letting the doctors take her into surgery. It wasn't a major operation, but it was best that she be put under so the pain wouldn't be felt too keenly.

 

[romanticelvengirl]

Lily smiled and joked.” And here I thought you just wanted to see me naked.” Lily was trying to make light of the situation but was failing miserably due to the pain. Believe it or not lily could not handle needles she hated the and when the needle was being prepped she squeezed her hand tight as she felt the pinch. But at least she had an in in and there would be no more pokes.


Lily blushed as Sean’s kissed her knuckles and looked away from him. Lily was in surgery for at least three hours. The doctors wanted to make sure no serious damage was done. Lily woke up later that afternoon and was sick like a dog from the Knock out meds. She saw the dc come in and he told her it was going to be a slow recovery but she would fully heal. The shrapnel had severed a bit of muscle. Lily thanked the dr but was frustrated with the news she had patients to get back to. She didn’t have time to be hurt. But then something else drew her thoughts away. Why did Sean kiss her hand. Yeah the flirted a lot but he’s never been so bold. Could he actually like her. Lost in her thoughts she didn’t hear Sean come in.

 

[desperado1089]

"Hey, Lily." He walked over and sat down by her bed. "You look well, considering. And don't worry about your patients. Some of the others took up the slack. Privileges of rank means they took up mine, too, which means I can focus on getting you back up on your feet. Meet your new caretaker! Although it's a bit irregular, it probably has something to do with the fact that I'm the crack organic chemist that came up with this." He unzipped a medical fanny pack he had on, and bought out an opaque squeeze bottle.

"Something I've been working on for a while now. A massage oil that I hope speeds up tissue regeneration. Not like Wolverine, mind, but the goal is to shave about one-fourth off your recovery time. Still experimental, but no adverse side effects at all in lab tests, so the commander gave me permission to start testing it on people. Will you be my willing subject? I'd say 'trust me, I'm a medic' but the truth is, I've liked you for a while now. Figured I'd end up telling you over pina coladas on one of those beaches out there, but no plan survives contact with the enemy, right? Plus, I'm pretty sure either protocol or at least common decency dictates I gotta tell you that if I'm gonna be rubbing oil on your butt."

 

[romanticelvengirl]

Lily lit up as Sean entered her room.” Yeah I feel fine right now but I know it’s because of the meds. That’s still nice of our crew to pick up slack.” Lily was kinda happy to have no responsibility at the moment she liked having a small break. Lil took a sip of water and as she drank the water Sean told her he was her new caretaker. She spat the water everywhere.” Really commander is letting you do this and I am sure as hell willing. I trust you completely.”



Lil froze at his next sentence. He liked her. She was not sure how to handle this I formation because she had been crushing on this man since they were in collage.” Yeah that is a good thing to know since you’ll have your hands on my ass. But I have to confess something as well. I have been in love with you since collage.” Lily looks down and her hair fell over her face. She was great full for it since she was blushing like crazy.

 

[desperado1089]

As he was blathering on about this thing and that, he noticed Lily's reactions. He grabbed a paper towel and gently wiped her chin when she spat the water out, and refilled her cup. He grinned when she told him she trusted him completely, even though his comment was a variation on the trope of "trust me, I'm a doctor", which is sometimes said right before a pervert feels up an unsuspecting woman under the guise of medical attention.

When she said that she not only felt the same way, but she had been in love with him since college, his heart leapt and did a somersault. He cleared his throat. "Really? That's--that's wonderful, Lily! That's fucking awesome!" He brushed some of the hair away behind her ear, and soaked a towel in cold water, pressing it to her sweaty forehead as he cupped her chin with his other hand. "Remember when you fell off that four-wheeler after we got our commissions, and I carried you to the barracks cause you thought you sprained your ankle? I think that was when I realized I'd fallen for you. But even though it took me longer, the important thing is, we're here, now, in the South Pacific, a tropical freaking paradise, and it's almost Christmas. I can't think of a better way to spend the holidays than by your side. And I think a lot of people are rooting for us. I have it on good authority that the Admiral himself has entered the betting pool for if--not when--we'll finally get together. Five bucks gets you one slot." He held her chin still, gazing into her sparkling green eyes, and he whispered, "Those that don't think we'll get together at all are on latrine duty until Valentine's Day." That Hallmark moment was drawing closer with each second. He leaned down to kiss her--and remembered she was vomiting a while ago. "Umm, no offense, but..." He kissed her forehead instead. Then he burst out laughing, the ruined moment entirely his fault for not thinking ahead.

 

[romanticelvengirl]

Lily thanked Sean’s as he wiped her chin and refilled her cup.” Well it will be a bit before I’m back out on the beautiful beach.” Lily loved how Sean’s eye lit up and had a shocked look on her face at Sean’s telling her that there was a big huge bet going on about them.” Well you can go ahead and tell them you belong to me now.”

Lily smiled and noticed Sean inching closer and started getting nervous she had a secret. She was completely a virgin. She wanted to to everything right and she just hand found the right guy to give up her v card to and she always hoped it was going to be Sean.” Ummm Sean there’s something I need to tell you. Umm well see I’m a virgin completely. I have always wanted to wait for the right guy. I didn’t think I was going to meet him till I met you and there was no real big move to show you were interested then so I stayed in the friend zone hoping someday you would see me a someone other then your best friend.”


Lily turned her head completely embarrassed about her confession. She did not like feeling vulnerable. This made her feel so out of place and she had no idea what he was going to say it was Torture to wait and hear his response.

 

[desperado1089]

"You know, we won't have to worry about making a mess with the oil if you lay out on the beach. There are quite a few isolated spots not far from here. And I will most certainly let them know that I am yours, and you are mine. I will make announcements on the PA system and the email server. I will strap a big speaker to a Black Hawk and let the whole island know." When Lily told him she was a virgin, and looked away all cute and embarrassed, he just gently turned her head back so she looked at him again. "Guess what? I." He kissed her forehead. "Am." He kissed her left cheek. "A virgin." He kissed her right cheek. "Too." He brushed her lips with his, the barest hint of a real kiss, but he wanted to give her a chance to respond.