xp_logs | Hank, Jubilee, Wednesday Night

(Backdated all to heck, or at least to the 19th) When Jubilee wakes up after setting herself on fire, Hank is there to reassure her that the fire's out and everything's okay. He tells her about his clothes-stealing plan to keep people in bed, to cheer her up.

Hank heard the soft whimper and looked up as Jubilee's eyes fluttered open.
"Hello there," he said softly, moving over to stand by the bed, ready to
prevent any foolish attempts at movement. "How are you feeling?" Burns were
bad, even at the best of times... although Amanda had provided some of her
burn-ointment, which should at least be easing the pain.

Jubilee blinked a couple of times, realising after a moment that the pain
coming from her eyelids wasn't an illusion. They must have been burned in
the fire...wait, there had been a fire. Oh God, the kitchen!

"Fire! There's a fire." she yelled, struggling to sit up.

"The fire is out, and you're safe in the Medlab," Hank said soothingly,
resting a large hand on her shoulder and holding her in place. "Amanda and
Marie-Ange put you and the fire out, and brought you down here. How do you
feel?" Sore, probably... even minor burns could hurt like the dickens for a
while. And her hands had been hit worst.

"Like a marshmallow must when it gets toasted on the fire." Jubilee replied
wryly, licking her lips. Her mouth was dry, and she'd just noticed the fact
that her hands were swathed in bandages. What the hell had happened? "Um,
last thing I remember clearly is tryin' to get my jeans off cause they got
covered in oil, and then they caught on fire and the rest is kinda a blur.
Jeeze, Lorna is gonna kill me if the kitchen's damaged."

"I have no idea. I was rather more busy with you." Hank patted her shoulder,
and noticed the lip-licking. "Are you thirsty? Would you like some water?"
He poured it and held the cup to her lips, since her bandage-muffled hands
probably weren't too steady yet. "You have second degree burns to your
hands, and minor burns to some of the rest of you... mostly your legs... but
you'll be fine in time."

Jubilee nodded, taking a sip from the drink and lying back down again.
"Could've been worse, if Mandy hadn't been there. Thank her for me, hey? I
think I may have taken a swing at her somewhere in there." she replied,
looking at him curiously. "Haven't seen you around much lately, Big Blue.
Where you been hidin' yourself?"

"I've been working," Hank said cheerfully, having no intention of mentioning
the fact that he'd been hiding in his office a lot since the prank-thing had
set off his own deep insecurities. "And, since I'm covering most of Moira's
shifts as well as my own, while she's away, you'll be seeing a great deal of
me while you're here. Which I would like to be overnight, at least.... burns
are painful and prone to infection, and with your hands bandaged like that
you'll have trouble looking after yourself at first."

She was beginning to wake up more now, remembering more of what had
happened. She appeared to be in a Medlab bed, and turning her head, she
could see it was one of the rooms, rather then out on the main floor. She
supposed since she was going to be staying here for a little bit it made
more sense. She focussed on Dr McCoy, smiling back as he raised his eyebrows
at her. Jubilee realised she hadn't answered him before.

"Okay, since I couldn't begin ta even imagine draggin' my butt out of this
bed right now, I'm not gonna argue. Can't feel my hands right now, you guys
give me pain killers?"

"We did indeed. They'll wear off eventually, though... and I want you to
tell me when they do." He grinned. "And may I say, it is a positive delight
to have someone here who actually stays put when I tell them to, instead of
being all stoic and stupid and staggering out again the moment they can keep
their feet under them?" He grumbled a little. "Sometimes even stealing all
their clothes doesn't stop them."

Jubilee laughed softly. "Let me guess, had to be either Haroun or
Nathan."She made a motion toward the cup with her eyes and Hank dutifully
held it out so she could take another sip. "Everyone else knows to stay put
when you're injured."

"Nathan did steal back his pants and escape, yes." Hank grinned
reminiscently. "And sometimes the only way to keep Scott in bed is to strip
him completely naked and firmly attach the sheets to the mattress." He gave
her another sip of water. "And should you have a sudden attack of crazed
stoicism, young lady, I will do the same thing to you... well, have Madelyn
do it to you, since she is of the female persuasion."

Jubilee grinned at him mischievously. "Dude, sure it ain't anything you
haven't seen before. Yer a doctor, right? Not like I'm some blushin' prude.
Still, I'll try not to have any attacks of 'must be strong and manly and get
out of bed before I'm ready'. 'Sides, Mads would give me that 'I'm
disappointed in you, Jubilation Lee' look, and I'd feel all guilty."

Hank laughed. "It's true that I have seen pretty much everything there is to
see... including some interesting mutation-based variations on the basic
anatomy." He grinned. "And Madelyn is dreadfully good at that 'for shame'
look, isn't she? She reduces me to shuffling and muttering in moments."

"Yeah." Jubilee replied, blinking rapidly to keep her eyes from closing.
"Dude, should I be this tired?"

"Probably." Hank set the water-cup aside and smiled down at her, patting her
shoulder gently. "The painkillers would have made you drowsy. So get some
sleep... I'll be right outside if you wake up and need something, just call
me." With her hands all bandaged up like that, she wouldn't be able to press
the call button, but his hearing was quite acute enough to pick up a call...
especially given how loud Jubilee could be when she wanted to.

Jubilee nodded and then stopped as she felt like her head was about to float
off. Must be the pain killers like Hank had said. She closed her eyes,
unable to hold them open any longer and sank down on the bed. "I'll call."
she murmured softly.

He nodded, tucking the blankets up around her shoulders. "Sleep well," he
said softly, and then realized she was already asleep. He smiled, and
tiptoed out of the room.