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Officer Down

Summary:

[Comic] Kim gets shot while investigating with Judit and Jean. Jean pays him a visit while he recovers in the lazareth.

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I drew this a few months ago in a haze. This takes place a few weeks after Kim has transferred to Precinct 41.

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pg 1/5; Jean and Judit sprint away from an off-screen threat while Jean carries an injured and bleeding Kim Kitsuragi. Judit asks "How is he doing, Jean?" Jean asks Kim to talk to him. Kim, in shaky letters, laments "I always wanted a big guy to carry me around. Wish I didn't have to get shot for it." Jean shouts back "YOU ASSHOLE, I'll carry you anywhere you want if you pull through."

pg 2/5; scene change, Kim is in a hospital bed in the precinct lazareth. Harry leans on Kim's bed, laughing "Two weeks and you're already catching bullets for my task force!" Kim says he "Couldn't help himself." Jean waits in the background. Harry leaves, bumping shoulders with Jean and exchanging a quick "Asshole" with him. Kim greets him and Jean asks how he's doing. "Working on some new scar tissue." Kim replies. Jean says "The precinct sucks without you." Kim asks "Is Harry giving you a hard time? I told him-" Jean interrupts to tell Kim "No, I just miss you. I really thought we were going to lose you. You know..." Continues on next page.

pg 3/5; Jean continues "If you had died out there, I wouldn't have come back." Kim takes off his glasses and cleans them while saying "Yes you would." Jean rebukes, "No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't have been able to live with-" Kim interrupts, saying "You misunderstand me. I am giving you an order. There's enough weight on my shoulders. If I'm ever K.I.A. the last thing I want is another officer going down with me. Least of all you. Have I made myself clear?" Jean turns away from Kim's authority eyebrow flex. "Officer." Kim demands. Jean stays silent until Kim grabs his tie and pulls him down to his eye level. "We all know the risks when we take this job. You cannot blame yourself in a situation like that. It helps no one. Trust me."

Pg 4/5; after some hesitation Jean replies "Alright, I get it. I won't." Kim sighs and drops his tie, winded from exerting himself while injured. "But I'd want to." Jean continues. "Yes, well... We all want things." Kim replies and smooths out Jean's tie against Jean's chest. "But I have faith in your resilience." Kim's hand lingers on Jean's chest, and Jean places his own hand over it, holding it closer. "You should too, Jean." Jean doesn't reply, but gently holds Kim's hand up and bows his head a bit, smiling slightly. He looks like he's going to kiss Kim's hand.

pg 5/5; Nix Gottlieb, the station lazareth, opens the door suddenly, looking at a clipboard and announcing "Let's get those dressings changed, Kitsuragi." Jean, startled, switches his tender hold to an aggressive handshake while telling Kim "OKAY GET WELL SOON LIEUTENANT." Hurting Kim's hand in the process. Kim shakes his injured hand while Jean pulls some books from a briefcase he brought in. "Here. I got crosswords for you, before I forget." He explains. Kim thanks him and takes the books, letting his hand rest on Jean's. "I know this is ironic coming from me, detective," Kim says, "But you should take some time off. I'll want you in good shape when I'm discharged so you can carry me out of here." He quirks an eyebrow at Jean. "You didn't forget, did you?" Jean smiles broadly (for Jean) at him and replies, "No, I'll be here." Gottlieb sneers at Jean and asks, "Do *you* want to change his dressings, Vicquemare?" Jean tells Gottlieb to shut up.

a simple 4 panel comic epilogue. Kim looks at one of the puzzle books Jean gave him, thinking "This was very thoughtful of him." Then a magazine slips out of the puzzle book and lands in Kim's lap-- it's a porno magazine titled URSA, featuring a pair of burly pecs on the cover. Gottlieb peers at this magazine and asks, "So when was your last HIV screening, Lieutenant?" Kim frowns, mortified, with his ears blushing so hard they're sizzling.