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The frozen bag of peas may have helped the ache in your cheek, but it did little to dispel the worry you were feeling because when Valeria saw your face, all hell would break loose. When your front door opened, you thought about hiding, but even in the huge house you two shared, she would find you eventually and that would make it even worse.
"Mi Vida, do you want to order takeout tonight?" She sounded like she was in a good mood, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But the moment you spun around, the smile on her face soured. She ran up to you, wrapping her hand around your wrist gently to pull the makeshift ice pack from your face. "How did you get that bruise?"
"It's not what it looked like." She gave you a pointed look, you were going to have to explain everything in detail if you didn't want her to start shooting people. "It was Jose, he woke with a start when I went to get him his meds, and I didn't move out of the way fast enough. I'm fine and he was very sorry."
Her jaw clenched, the reason she asked you to move from your job at the Las Almas ER was so that you wouldn't be in harm's way anymore, she thought you being the compound's personal doctor would mean you'd be safe. "He wouldn't have been shot in the first place if he had just followed his orders."
You nodded. "I know, but he's young and he still has a lot to learn. For what it's worth, he felt pretty guilty and he's scared shitless about what you're going to do."
She huffed in humour. "Yes, well, he should be." She smiled softly at the look on your face and reached up, brushing her thumb over the colours growing on your face. "I'm not going to hurt him don't worry. He'll just be on supply runs until his hair goes grey."
You smiled and leaned in, rubbing his nose with yours before pressing a kiss to her lips before pulling back just far enough to speak. "Thank you, Mi Amor."
Her other hand found your cheek and she chuckled softly. "Mi Vida, always the bleeding heart. What am I going to do with you?"
"Buy me pizza and watch shitty romcoms with me?" Despite the way she acted in front of everyone else, she was as sweet as cotton candy with you, you knew she wouldn't be able to say no.
"Of course, anything for." You kissed her again and she wrapped one arm around you to pull you close.
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