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Harley walked straight back to her cell. All she wanted to do was sleep for a week, read her books and snuggle with Bruce.
It had been an hour later and Harley was still unable to sleep, her body trembled with the pain it endured at Corto Maltese. She heard the cell door open, Bruce hadn't even bothered to growl as Rick Flag walked in.
"Flag?"
"I thought you could use some painkillers" Flag held out his hand, opening it up to reveal two small white pills.
Harley sat up and brushed away the hair from her swollen face. Flag studied the cuts and bruising on her face. "Here, take this" He handed her a bottle of water. Harley winced as she took it from him. Her ribs still hurting from the electric shocks.
Rick stood in the corner of the cell as he watched Harley swallow her pills. She was dressed in her prison attire and face cleaned from make-up. She looked broken.
It was then when it sunk in, Harley had survived yet another form of torture. Survived another suicide mission.
"Better?" Flag asked.
Harley looked at Flag, her eyes were filling up. She quickly wiped them with her hands.
"Look, it's nice and all that you came to rescue me but we don't gotta be friends or nuthin"
Rick moved to sit onto the bed and sat in silence, looking at her wounds close up as Harley sipped her water.
"Why did you guys come for me?"
"We don't leave one of ours behind" he said as Bruce came up to him, nudging his hand for a stroke. Rick always wondered how Belle Reve managed to keep a hyena in check never mind let Harley keep him.
Harley reached out her arms and hugged him like she once did after escaping the Corto Maltese government but this time Rick embraced it. Flag only hugged two other people. Deadshot and Dr Moone.
Rick held Harley for as long as she needed it. He felt the sudden weight on him as she relaxed, her body no longer trembling.
"You're the only one to give two shits about me" sobbed Harley. "After Joker, I swore that I'd stay away from red flags but you, you came back for me and no one else has ever done that before"
Rick laughed.
"Well now you've got a green flag"
Harley looked up at him, eyes wide open.
"Guess I have a thing for Doctors" He smiled as he wiped a tear from her face and pulled her in for another hug.
The radio on Rick's belt crackled as another soldier requested Flag to come to the office.
Rick let go of Harley and headed for the exit.
Bruce laid his head on the ground, longing for his new pal to come back and give him more cuddles.
Harley looked up as Flag turned his head with a smile on his face.
"Try get some sleep Harley"
And so she did.