Page 124 of Cosmic Captain

I arched up and dragged Don down, planting a kiss on his lips. “I am fine,” I whispered against him. To Klars, I said, “Shut the fuck up.”

He simply lifted his eyebrows. “Captain Dontilvynsan, I believe Dr. Muznim said you should be resting.”

I could feel a growl vibrating in his chest, and I tugged Don closer before he did something stupid. Growling at the humans’ personal healer, the one chosen to keep oh-so-precious Seth alive wasn’t a good idea, nor good for his job.

The growl died, probably because of my thoughts. “Come, my Vince,” Don said.

Standing, I grabbed his hand, and we headed out of the med bay. I needed to tuck Don back in bed, then go see Seth; I should probably also call Teddy. He’d been holed up in his room. The captive humans somewhere were probably triggering him too.

“I’ll go with you.”

“Sweetheart, I’m fine.” When Don didn’t say anything, I glanced at him. His eyebrows were furrowed and his tail was near strangling my ankle. He was scared. I stopped and grabbed his face. “I promise not to leave the ship, Donny. I’m going to stay right here with you.”

He frowned.

“You need to nap, and I’m sure go over reports or whatnot.” I kissed him. “I’ll come back.”

Don nuzzled me. “Fine, my Vince. I will do as you say.”

I sat on Seth’s couch. Predictably, he had a live feed of his baby on the TV. The entire station was on lockdown as they searched for the humans. Scans had revealed nothing, but there were humans somewhere. Kal had ordered a full search. Seth was hopeful they would find the other humans soon.

I gripped my necklaces and announced, “I’m going to stay.”

Seth jerked toward me. “What?”

“I’m going to stay here with Don, with you, with Teddy.”

A smile spread over his face. “You are?”

“Yeah.”

He dragged me into his arms. I stiffened before forcing myself to relax. “I mean, Don deserves more than me, but I can’t leave him. I love him, Seth.”

“What do you mean he deserves more? There’s nothing wrong with you.”

There were lots of things wrong with me, and Don was literally the best person I’d ever met.

“Vince?”

“What?”

“Don’s lucky to have you.”

I wasn’t going to fight with him. Seth was way too nice, and he’d never come to my way of thinking. “Anyway, I haven’t told him yet, but I thought about getting him a ring and asking him if he wants to be husbands, I guess.”

“I'm pretty sure, he’ll say yes.”

“Me too.” While Don hadn’t told me that he loved me, he’d said we would be mates if I stayed. That was basically the human equivalent of marriage.

Seth squeezed me. “I’m so happy for you, and me. My baby needs their uncle, and I want my best friend.”

I rolled my eyes. Seth and his kid, who would’ve thought? “How do I get a ring?”

He pointed to the dispenser. “NAID will have Don’s measurements, so making a ring won’t be hard. If you want something special engraved in it, just fool around with a design and NAID will implement it.”

“Oh. Right.”

“I did learn that from you,” Seth replied, looking at his kid again.

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