New Fic: Bear With Me II

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Bear With Me II

Fandom: Star Trek Discovery
Rated: G
Category: Double Drabble. Culmets. RickyVerse. (Bearly.) Hurt/Comfort. (Also Bearly). Fluff. Happy.
Time Frame: Open.
Spoilers: General Series Knowledge Only.
Summary: The Stamets stubornness can be quite formidable, but even Paul has his weak spots. Hugh is obviously one of them.
Note: Another Ricky story, because I just can’t help myself. Barely (bearly) RickyVerse, but our bear does make an appearance. This fic shares a title with an unrelated earlier one because I posted it at work and didn’t realize this until later. These things happen. Bear with me? ;)

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Paul rolled over again, with just as much force as the first fifty times he’d done so.

Hugh sighed.

“Sorry,” grumbled Paul.

“It’s fine,” said Hugh.

“I can’t get comfortable,” complained Paul.

“I’m aware,” answered Hugh, frustration creeping into his voice.

Paul sighed and turned back over again.

“I said I was sorry.”

“And I said I could give you a hypo.”

Paul grunted. “I’m fine.”

“Clearly,” said Hugh, as sarcastic as Paul’s best efforts.

“It’s not that bad,” murmured Paul.

“It’s bad enough to keep you awake.”

Paul didn’t argue. He just huffed a breath out his nose.

“Which, I might add, is keeping me up too.”

Paul breathed in deeply, then let it out.

It was all the response Hugh needed.

“Lights to twenty percent,” he said.

Paul groaned against the brightness, but still opened his eyes enough to see Hugh holding up a hypospray.

“Bear with me?”

Paul nodded, and Hugh pressed the hypo to his neck.

“Thank you,” said Hugh. “Now, I’ll be right back. Bathroom break.”

Paul nodded again, and Hugh slipped out of bed.

He returned only a moment later to find Paul fast asleep, back pain forgotten and Ricky tucked under one arm.