T was right behind him, carrying his stuff. He stepped past Jump and dropped his pack before Blakely could come up with anything to say.
“I’m okay,” Jump said.
T snorted. “He’s fucking lucky it hit his arm.”
She reached up, almost touching his arm, but not wanting to hurt him so she kept her hand off his arm. “What was it?”
“A knife.”
“A very wicked knife that tore the shit out of him. If it had hit a little higher, it would have been lights out.”
Blakely gasped as she stared at Jump, trying to make sure he really was okay.
“T, shut up. I’m fine. The doctors said I should heal fully.”
“Just trying to give her a realistic view of what’s going on.” T met her gaze. “Don’t expect a lot from him right now. He’s also pissed that he’s injured.”
Blakely put her hand on Jump’s chest, wishing she could take the hurt from him. She wrapped her arm around his waist and held on.
“I’m so sorry you were hurt.”
Jump met her gaze and she could see that his eyes looked a little fuzzy. He’d probably taken a pain pill. She needed to get some food in him and get him to bed.
“Whelp, I need to head home.”
“I’ll take care of him,” Blakely said.
“Thank you,” T said before he stepped out and shut the door
She started to lead Jump to the couch, but he stopped walking.
“I need to shower, but my arm can’t get wet.”
She studied him then made her mind up. “We can wrap your arm in plastic and tape it down. I’ll help you get clean.”
Though it was obvious his brain was swimming in a haze of pain and pain meds, he raised his eyebrows. “You’ll help? Are you sure?”
Helping him shower would mean getting naked with him. They had only kissed, and here she was telling him she wanted to get naked with him.
The idea of sex with Jump was exciting, but he was injured and drugged up. She wouldn’t take advantage of him like that.
“Jump, I think you’re sexy and I like when we kiss, but I’m not going to take advantage of you while you’re in this state.”
“I won’t mind.”
“No. I’ll help you, but I’m going to wear my clothes.”
“You make me hard even with your clothes on.”
She let go a sigh. “Tomorrow, after you’ve had some sleep, we can discuss sex and the things we want to do with each other. Tonight, I’m going to help you get clean, and then I’m going to feed you then put you to bed.”
“God, you’re a good person. Seriously, few people would be able to say no to the temptation.”
“I’m not sure how good I am. Now then, let’s get your shirt off and get you cleaned up.”
She would be lying to say she didn’t want him. While he’d been away, she’d thought about what it would be like to have sex with Jump. Thinking about how he would hold her, how he would kiss her had gotten her so hot at night that she’d had to touch herself. That part of herself made her embarrassed, but she had a suspicion that Jump wouldn’t find it embarrassing.
It was hard getting his shirt off because he had to lift his arm and that caused him pain. She thought about cutting the shirt off, but he said not to.