TW: injury, pain

Pov y/n

Rose's tooth fell out the night she discovered it was loose.

It happened shortly before dinner because she was worried that eating will be complicated and wiggled it a lot and a few minutes later, we heard her squeal in excitement, rushing to us to show us her tooth.

We put it into a tissue and I brought it upstairs with her.

She looked into the mirror and grinned, showing off her tooth gap.

Luckily, it didn't seem to hurt and she couldn't wait to show her mom.

So, we hurried downstairs and Rose ran into the kitchen, proudly showing off her new smile.

I could tell that Scarlett was kinda proud as well of our little girl.

All during dinner, Rose told us about what she could do with the dollar she'll get from the tooth fairy and started thinking about all the money she will make.

Her ideas made Scarlett and me chuckle a bit, her innocence and excitement being adorable.

After dinner, we had a coloring party, meaning we had music playing, only Disney songs, and either had a coloring book in front of us or drew something ourselves.

Rose had a blast and drew a picture of the tooth fairy, the way she imagines her.

We spent the Sunday in the park, enjoying the weather and walking around before stopping at a playground and letting Rose play there.

Monday I have a meeting with my chef at OFI and he tells me and the other three pretty exciting news.

The rest of the day, I am almost buzzing to go home and tell Scarlett because it's really great.

She has a photoshoot today, so she will be home a little later and Rose will stay at a friend's house after school.

I go back to my apartment, getting some things done and taking a shower before heading to Scarlett's house, knowing she will be there by now.

Since I still have a key to her house, I chose not to ring the doorbell and just use my key. I get out of my shoes.

"Babe?" Scarlett calls from somewhere in the kitchen or living room.

"Yes, it's me." I reply, so she knows it's not someone who just broke into her home.

When I walk into the room, she's just standing up and rounding the couch to greet me.

"Why the huge smile?" She asks, already smiling herself at my excitement.

I can't hold it any longer and run to her, jumping into her arms.

She huffs a little and takes a few steps back but catches me, her hands resting under my bum to keep my up as my arms and legs wrap around her body.

"Guess what?" I say, bouncing a little in her hold and she chuckles.

"What?" She asks, playfully squeezing my butt a little.

"I'm going to Florida!" I squeak and excitement mixed with confusion washes over her face.

"I think I need a little more context." She chuckles and kisses my cheek. I'm still super excited and can't keep still.

"I had a meeting with my boss this morning and he told Brooke, Jordan, Brandon and me that we got a new project and that it requires us to go to Florida to collect some samples there. I get to dive again!" I squeal and let out a cheer.

Scarlett's eyes widen and she spins us around with a huge smile on her face.

"That's. So. Amazing. Angel." She says, kissing my face in between words, making my heart skip a beat.

I grin at her and she smiles before peppering my face in kisses. I giggle but couldn't imagine a better feeling.

She stops her kiss attack and walks us over to the couch, sitting down with me straddling her lap.

"When will you go?" She asks, her hands now resting on my hips.

"Next week. We'll take the plane very early on Monday, so we can sleep a little during the flight and then start working there. There won't be any diving sessions on Monday but the rest of the week will pretty much contain of the four of us diving in different areas and collect samples of sand, water and stuff. And on Friday evening, we will fly back. While being there, we'll stay in a hotel in Miami." I tell her, feeling the excitement pulsing through my body.

This is what I always wanted to do, go diving for a job and being able to combine my passion with work.

"Wow, that's really exciting, I am so happy for you, my love." Scarlett says and pulls me into a tight hug. I hug her back, nuzzling my face into her neck.

"But I will still miss you." I mumble and kiss her neck a few times, making her giggle a little at the feeling. She pulls away a little and brushes some hair behind my ear.

"I will miss you too. But it's just five days, we were apart longer than that. And besides, I think you will be way too happy and excited to miss me." She says and bops my nose, making me smile even wider.

The rest of the week went by fast and sooner than I thought, I sat in the plane to Miami. Rose made me promise to bring her a little something from my trip and of course I couldn't say no to that.

I said my goodbyes yesterday on Sunday and it was a little hard but it's only a few days and Scarlett is right, we had longer periods of time where we didn't see each other.

Monday is kinda exhausting though because after the flight, we headed straight to the hotel and brought our stuff there before being driven to a lab in Miami, which will be working with us on this.

We both have our own projects but the results will be put together.

We get to know a few of the people we will be working with and they show us around and give us some insight on where they are with their projects.

During a presentation, I honestly have trouble keeping my eyes open because I didn't sleep very well on the plane and let's be honest, traveling is exhausting. But I keep a smile on my face and do my best to listen.

Slowly but surely the day comes to an end and we head back to the hotel. Brooke asks me if I want to go to a bar with her and Brandon but I decline, way too tired for that and not needing a headache when we're diving tomorrow.

The bed is very comfortable and I almost fall asleep but I remember to call Scarlett and smile when her face pops up on my screen.

"Hey, traveler." She greets me and I smile.

"Hey, bug." I reply.

"Is that Mama?" I hear Rose's voice from the background and smile.

"It is. You wanna say hello?" Scarlett asks and moves the phone, so Rose can see me.

She grins widely and waves at me. I automatically smile wider when I see her and wave back.

"Hey, sweetheart. How was your day?" I ask and she starts to bounce a little in excitement. Scarlett leads her to the couch, so they can sit down.

"A second tooth started to become loose." She tells me excitedly.

"What? That's crazy, baby. Careful or soon you won't be able to bite anymore and then we have to puree all your food." I say with a smile and Rose giggles.

"You're silly, Mama. There will be new teeth soon. Look." She comes closer to the camera and opens her mouth. Her breath fogs the camera and I can't see anything.

"There is already a new one coming." She tells me and pulls back.

"Puh, lucky." I grin and see Scarlett's sleeve cleaning the camera.

Rose nods before telling me about her friend from school who had a new lunchbox with her today and I agree that a dino lunchbox is pretty cool.

Scarlett softly reminds Rose that it's late and Rose says goodnight to me before going upstairs to brush her teeth. Scarlett looks after her for a few seconds before looking back at me.

"She's such a big girl." She sighs, slightly pouting about her baby growing up.

"She is." I agree. "And she is doing so great and is so full of light and happiness."

Scarlett smiles a little, the pout gone.

"She definitely is and I love my little sunshine." She sighs.

The next twenty minutes, she puts the phone down and I can only see the ceiling because she's putting Rose to bed.

I use that time to brush my own teeth and get into my pajamas. When I hear some noises coming from my phone, I grab it again and smile when I see Scarlett again.

"Rose said to tell you, she loves you." She says and my heart melts. This little nugget really know how to make me go soft within seconds.

"I love her too." I sigh and Scarlett smiles as happy as if she was the one getting told Rose loves her.

"How was your day, baby?" She asks and makes herself comfortable on the couch.

"Exhausting. The flight was good but I didn't get as much sleep as I hoped and after that we pretty much hustled around the rest of the day, going from one spot to the other.

I haven't seen a lot of Miami so far but the few things I saw were really beautiful. I've never been here but it's totally worth it." I ramble a little and Scarlett just listens, love in her eyes and not seeming to get bored of it.

"Were you ever in Miami?"

"I was actually. It was for a movie we shot there and I can only agree, it's beautiful. But I think I couldn't live there, too many dangerous animals." She says and chuckles a bit. I smile softly and nod, agreeing with her words.

"Are you gonna go diving tomorrow?" She asks and rests her chin on her free hand that's leaning against the back of the couch.

"Yes, and I am really excited. Brooke and I will start off at the south of Miami beach. We got our diving suits today, look." I answer and turn the camera, showing off the wetsuit hanging on my bathroom door before switching back to filming myself.

"Short sleeves? Isn't that a little cool?" Scarlett asks, a little worried but I shake my head.

"It's 28°C here, so it would be pretty warm if we had long sleeves." I explain and she hums and nods.

"I bet you look great in that suit." She grins and I blush slightly at the compliment because even though we're together for over half a year now, she's still Scarlett Johansson and who wouldn't blush at that kind of compliment from her?

"I just know that if I was with you, you'd definitely squeeze my ass." I laugh a little and she snickers.

"Oh, for sure." She agrees, making me laugh even more.

"What is it with you and your obsession with my butt?" I ask and she shrugs.

"I can't help it, it's just attractive and sexy. And as if you're not obsessed with anything of my body." She points out and I grin a little.

"Maybe but I don't go around squeezing your boobs all the time." I hold against her and she smirks a bit but surprise shows in her eyes.

"You're obsessed with my boobs?" She asks, this seeming to be new information to her. I grin and nod.

"Yes. They are so hot and beautiful." I explain and now it's her turn to blush.

"Well, thank you and I keep that in mind." She replies, winking at me. I let my head drop back into the pillow and she laughs.

We talk a little further about our days and plans for tomorrow before we end the call and fall asleep.

"Ready?" Brooke asks and I nod. We pull our goggles over our heads and slowly walk into the water.

It's only a little chilly but a nice contrast to the warm sun that's shining down on us.

We both wear our diving gear and little bags in which we can store the samples we will collect.

The beach isn't too full luckily because it's noon in the middle of the week and all the children are at school. There are some families with smaller children, who play in the sand or in the water with their parents.

Brooke and I walk further into the water until we have to swim, which takes a bit more energy because of the diving gear that's quite heavy but just the feeling of it makes me excited.

This is my very first time diving in the ocean, even if it's not very deep.

We swim a little while until we reach the spot from where we're supposed to get the samples.

Both of us adjust our mask and test if we can breath with it and we can.

I nod to Brooke and we slowly dive down.

It instantly feels as if I'm in a completely new world, all the sounds from above the water are gone.

I feel very light and for a moment I forget that I have work to do.

We dive further down to reach the sand. When a few fish swim past us, I look after them, fascinated by them as if I've never seen fish.

But I catch myself again and grab a little bottle out of my bag.

I move a little further down and wave my hand through the sand, making sure I won't accidentally trap a living creature.

Then I open the bottle, holding it downwards, so as less water as possible can get in before I pull it through the sand. I put the lit back on and stuff it into my bag after checking that I chose the bottle with the right sign.

Since we're going to different spots, we labeled the bottles before because we can't really do that underwater.

Brooke signs to me that she is ready as well and we slowly dive further away from the beach.

More and more fish swim past us and also one or two stingrays.

Once we arrive at the second spot, I dive to the ground again, which is a bit darker now since it's deeper and a little less light shines through the water.

I get another little bottle out and collect some more sand.

Later on we will compare the water and sand quality in different spots and depending on the results, suggest for certain rules to be introduced to visitors.

I put the bottle back into the bag while swimming a little up again, to look to Brooke.

Suddenly I feel a sharp stinging in my arm and hiss into my mask.

I look at my arm to see that I got in contact with a jellyfish.

Shit, it's a portuguese man o' war.

There are also usual jellyfish swimming around and I wonder a little how they got here this fast.

The sting hurts more and more and I bite my lip, trying to concentrate on something else.

I maneuver around more tentacles to get up and almost cry out when another sting burns on my arm.

A normal jellyfish touched me that was barely visible from underneath.

I grind my teeth, trying to ignore the burning sensation on my arm and swim further up where I can see Brooke. She is already over the surface, waiting for me. I swim up, hoping she has something to get these tentacles off me because it gets worse with every second.

Since I'm not allergic, the stings won't kill me or anything but it hurts like hell and removing them with my hand would just be dumb because then my hand would also get stung.

I reach the surface and Brooke looks at me and her brows furrow a little at my expression and when I lift my arm, her eyes go wide and she searches for something on her wet suit.

Trying to control my breathing to ease the pain doesn't really work and tears prick in my eyes because it hurts really bad.

Luckily Brooke seems to have found something and pulls out tweezers. She looks around us before looking at me and I know what she's thinking.

We are quite a bit away from the beach and staying in one spot is more exhausting than moving.

It's obvious that we won't continue this diving trip because I need to clean the stings.

We have to move further to the beach sooner or later. But right now I am honestly not sure if I can bare the pain any longer because the longer those tentacles are on my skin, the worse the pain and sting gets.

Moving would only pull the jellyfish with us and I really don't need to risk anything right now.

I shake my head and Brooke understands and comes closer.

While she reaches out with the tweezers, I hold my breath and watch as she carefully removes the usual jellyfish because it's only one tentacle.

The portuguese man o' war kinda tangled around my arm with two or three tentacles.

Brooke looks me in the eye and I nod, giving her the go, even though there is the possibility of the tentacles touching other parts of my arm.

I really need it to be off because I'm not sure if I can take more pain, tears already dripping down my eyes.

Being a marine biologist comes with it's risks and I'm not afraid of it but right now it feels really bad and I just want to get to the beach to take care of the stings.

Brooke carefully unwraps the tentacles from my arm and I can already see my skin turning red.

The tentacle does touch a few spots that were unharmed before and I breath out sharply at the pain but eventually the tentacles are all removed from my arm and Brooke gives the jellyfish a gentle push with her foot to get it away from us.

On the way back, we are very careful not to meet any other jellyfish and I have my lips pressed together the whole time, trying to ignore the burning in my arm.

Luckily, we are both quick swimmers and it doesn't take too long to arrive at the beach. I pull off my mask and goggles and so does Brooke.

"Shit!" Is the first thing she says.

I nod, suppressing any sounds and holding my arm.

When you get stung by a jellyfish, you are supposed to remove the tentacles quickly and clean the spot with vinegar directly, which we both weren't able to do.

My skin is bright red and you can clearly see where the portuguese man o' war had its tentacles because the skin looks as if I was whipped there and it feels like it as well.

Okay, I never felt the hit of a whip but I imagine it to feel this way.

The spot where the normal jellyfish stung me is just bright red and pretty much my whole arm is swollen and hurts like a bitch.

"We should get you to a doctor." Brooke says, quickly walking onto the sand. Luckily, we are not wearing fins, which makes walking a lot easier.

"Vinegar and a hot towel should be fine." I press out between grinded teeth and for a moment Brooke looks at me as if she wants to shove me right back into the water.

"We both know that's bullshit. Of course, those help but just look at your arm. There most definitely should look a doctor over. We will clean it on the way with vinegar but you won't get around seeing a doctor, y/n." Shesays almost sternly and I nod, giving by.

I know she is right but I don't want to make a big fuss about it, even though it is really not nice.

We hurry to the car we took to drive here and Brooke only throws a towel over our seats before hopping in.

She only makes a quick stop at a small store to buy some vinegar while I wait in the car, getting off my belt with the bag.

Our air tanks and stuff are in the backseat.

When Brooke comes back, I open the car door and position my arm above the ground.

Carefully, Brooke pours the vinegar over my arm and it instantly feels a little better.

It still burns but not as badly anymore. And I know what most of you probably think and no, pee doesn't work as good as vinegar.

I've seen the episodes of F.R.I.E.N.D.S as well but I know vinegar helps more. Pee may also help if there's nothing else there but vinegar is definitely more helpful and less disgusting.

After the short break, we drive further and I now see where Brooke is driving me, to the building we visited yesterday. They are our partners in this and also have a medicine level in their building, which will be cheaper than going to an actual doctor, even with insurance. And from there we can also inform our chef about the outcome.

Brooke leads me through the building, apparently knowing exactly where to go.

When we reach the medical bay, I am positively surprised that they agree to treat me instantly.

I am led into a room which has a certain resembles with a nurse's room in a school.

A middle-aged man enters and introduces himself shortly while putting on medical gloves.

He takes my arm into his hand, careful not to touch it.