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Healing A One-Shot Sarah slowly turned onto her stomach and trembling, rose to her hands and knees.  She ached… everywhere, but there was a sharp stabbing pain in her side that she was pretty sure was a broken rib or two.  Carefully, she settled herself down so she was sitting upright, leaning against the wall behind her.  She closed her eyes and tried to take deep calming breaths, but it hurt her side too much.  Grimacing, she rose unsteadily to her feet, balancing herself with a hand against the wall. She couldn't remember the last time she'd been in this much pain.  The sharp stabs from her side; the aching soon-to-be purple brui

Sky laughed quietly as the drunken woman spun around in a circle in the plaza of the old church.  She was laughing as well, her jacket unbuttoned and her blouse not tucked in and her hair spilling around her shoulders.  Her shoes were even sprawled on the stones next to the fountain, forgotten for the joy of feeling cold stone under her soft feet.  This Sarah Brown was looser now, freer after the sweet milk he had ordered for her.  Who knew that a little rum in some milk could make this girl interesting?  This woman was so different from the Sergeant Sarah Brown he had met in the New York mission. Suddenly, she stopped and swayed, one hand f