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"I think it’s the concussion thing," Ty murmured as he unbuckled his seat belt and opened the door with a slight lurch "I been fighting it all ot out of the car and pushed the door shut

Sliding his way out of the seat belt and getting out of the truck, Zaneforward to catch the other ered "Christ," Zane hissed below his breath He slid an arm under Ty’s and helped hi hospital," Ty gruhtly "Jesus At least I didn’t do this in front of the kid," he ht line "Maybe I need to go back," he said doubtfully

"It wasn’t safe at the hospital," Zane answered He tightened his arm around Ty when they stopped at the elevator and he reached out to hit the button "Anyone can walk into those roo so and fever," he chastised Zane could feel the heat radiating off his partner

"Fever," Ty huffed dubiously, closing his eyes and staving off another wave of nausea "I’ve never had a concussion before," he added in a distant voice

"Never?" Zane said in disbelief as he helped Ty into the elevator

"You were Recon in the Marines and undercover for the FBI, and you’ve never had a concussion? How the hell did you e that?"

"I ducked," Ty answered in a childishly honest voice

"You ducked," Zane ainst him as he made sure he had the other man on his feet when the door opened "Think you can make it under your oer to theout into the corridor

"Uh huh," Ty answered with a nod that htened up, closing his eyes and trying to use sheer willpower to force his head to stop spinning "Maybe," he amended

Zane looked over hi right next to Ty as they strolled slowly down the hall to thethe middle of the afternoon, people were sparse He hit the up button

Ty didn’t knoas worse, keeping his eyes open and seeing the rooainst the wall and leaned heavily against it, going whiter as he tried to plow through it

"Which hotel was this?" he asked Zane as he finally closed his eyes again

Zane’s eyes flashed to Ty, seeing hi closer to slide his arm around Ty’s lower back

"So I can crash?" Ty ventured hopefully, leaning into Zane again as the elevator doors opened

"Yeah, you can," Zane agreed, not letting go of him as they stepped into the elevator Five minutes later they were in the rooain," he said with a sigh "Can you sit up long enough for et the Tylenol?"

"Yeah," Ty answered with a deep blush of embarrassment

Zane crouched in front of him and cupped his cheek "Hey It’s not you, okay? It’s the crack on the head Nothing to be asha like shit BelieveZane’s eyes

Zane lifted Ty’s chin "Stubborn jarhead," he en of fondness in his voice Then he stood up and walked to the bathroo in relief as the dizziness began to ebb He hated not having control over his body He hated being hurt at all, but head injuries had always been one of his greater fears

He’d seen what they could do to even the strongest ofback with two pills and a glass of water, Zane crouched down again "Real Tylenol, see? Only two," he joked quietly, offering them palh," Ty commented quietly as he took the pills and downed them

"Just a few minutes," he insisted stubbornly

"What for?" Zane asked

"We’ve gone AWOL," Ty said with difficulty, using the wrong ter done"

Zane frowned "What is it? So," Ty clarified

Shaking his head, Zane settled a hand on Ty’s arm "What you need to do is sleep," he insisted "Then we can do so But we can’t if you can’t even walk"

"Point," Ty allowed as he let hied off Ty’s boots before pushing his legs up onto the bed and pulling up the sheet "Yell if you need ently Ty grunted in answer, already drifting off

Getting to his feet, Zane rubbed his face with one hand and sighed, looking around aimlessly If he left the room, Ty would smack the shit out of hih he pulled off the leather jacket and walked out to the front of the suite to wait

HOURS later, Ty aith a gasp, reaching for a knife he hadn’t slept with in allanced up from where he sat at a s notes on a hotel notepad "Ty?" he said quietly

Ty looked over at him, wild-eyed and tense for a briefwas still labored, though, and he was still taut as a bowstring

Cautiously, Zane laid down the pen and kept both hands above the table,as little as possible The man looked really spooked And a spooked Force Recon Marine with a head injury was not so?" he asked

Ty watched Zane for a long ti for the answer to the question He glanced at the ith its heavy drapes drawn, and he looked down at the toes of his socks briefly before licking his lips and nodding "Okay," he answered cautiously

"Need so closely He thought that the other , steadiness back in his eyes Sort of But no sign of any recognition on Ty’s part sent a cold slice of worry through him

"No," Ty answered in the same cautious tone He reached out slowly and patted his left calf, not finding what he was looking for and frowning as he looked around the bed for whatever wasfor?" Zane asked, brow furrowing