Warm, Scooby Doo: Mystery Begins-verse
Title: Warm
Summary: Written for my schmoop_bingo prompt. He's desperate to keep her safe, to keep her warm.
Author: dj_rocca
Universe: Mystery Begins
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,075
Chapters: one shot.
Character(s)/Pairings: Shagma. Daphne/Freddie
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers: Curse of the Lake Monster
Warnings: Mild nudity.
Beta: This is mildly beta'd by my boyfriend, shigeki_jkp
As Velma Dinkley sat shivering in the back of the Mystery Machine, shaking so hard Shaggy Rogers was sure her glasses were going to fall right off her nose. One more mystery solved, at the expense of Velma falling into the frozen lake. Straight through the ice and didn’t resurface. He had been so scared he couldn’t move, thankfully Daphne had gone in after her. He was sure if he had, he would have forgotten how to swim and they’d both drown.. But in the end, they got their man and they were all safe now.
Fred Jones looked from Daphne to a quick glance to Velma in the backseat. Both girls were pale with blue hued lips and the heat in the Mystery Machine wasn’t as good as it could be. At most it was blowing lukewarm air.
“Velms, you live the closest as soon, we’ll get you hom-“
“N-n-n-n-n-n-O-o-o-o-o-o! I-I c-c-can’t go ho-o-ome!” She chattered, “M-m-m-my p-pa-par-ents would-d-d never l-l-let me se-eee-e yo-u-u gu-u-ys a-a-a-ga-in!”
“Stay with me!” Shaggy answered immediately, and he couldn’t tell if Velma was nodding or shaking.
“Ok, hang on Velms we’re almost there,” Freddie said, then placed his hand on Daphne’s ice cold knee, she’ wasn’t as bad as well given Velma was under longer. He’d be going with her, to ensure she would be alright. They may not be dating but he still loved her as much as he did the moment he laid eyes on her.
As he pulled up to the Rogers home, he parked and hurried to help Velma out of the Van. She was shaking so badly she could hardly walk. Shaggy had his arm wrapped around her waist, just about carrying her towards the basement entrance. As Freddie and Shaggy placed Velma on the edge of Shaggy’s bed, just to sit, Velma attempted to remove her shoes and missed twice before giving up.
“I juss may hath hypothurmiah,” she slurred, she knew it was bad but couldn’t do anything.
“Zoinks! Let me get you into the shower,” Shaggy was about ready to lift her and bring her into his bathroom when she stopped him. Lifting up her phone she tapped at it then lifted it out to Freddie.
“Move the person out of the cold, remove wet clothing…oh! Don’t apply direct heat!”
“Why not?” Shaggy asked, Velma was just blinking tiredly.
“It says that it could be fatal if heat forces cold blood back towards the heart, lung or brain,”
“No! Not her brain! We’ll be stupid without her! Besides its her most attractive feature,” Freddie tried to hold in a laugh as Shaggy uttered his thought.
“It says don’t use hot water, heating pad or heating lamp. Apply skin to skin contact or warm compresses to the center of the body. Head, neck, chest wall and groin. And not to attempt to warm the arms and legs.. Warm drinks can help if the person is awake.”
“What’s a groin?” Shaggy asked and Freddie laughed.
“The groin area is the two creases at the junction of the torso with the legs,” Velma said before falling back on the bed and remaining there.
“I’ll get her from here Freddie, go check on Daphne!” Shaggy said, Freddie nodded and headed for the door.
“Call me later and give me the heads up on how she’s doing!” he called as the door closed behind him.
Shaggy went into panic mode for a moment then remembered what Freddie had just told him. This was going to be hard but Velma was in possible danger so holding his breath he reached for her shirt.
“I’m sorry,” he told her, “I’ll try not to look,” she just chuckled and attempted to lift her arms to help him take off her shirt.
After he took off her clothes, he looked at the wall as he helped her scoot into his bed and under his blankets. Step two, warm compresses...no, Mom will ask why I’m bringing water bottles…can’t get caught…not now, not with naked Velma in my bed.
“Shag…” she called softly, breaking his thoughts. “Just come here,”
He gulped and looked at her, her eyes were no longer open, her glasses were on his nightstand and she was still shaking. He had to help her, he couldn’t lose her. Not when he could have saved her, not when he could have protected her. He remembered the skin to skin contact and although he felt nervous and shy that this would be the first time a girl would be naked with him, he had to do it. Quickly shedding his clothes he hurried in beside her, though he scold himself as he jostled her since without her glasses she couldn’t see anyways.
He gently turned her on her side and spooned her to him. He kept his arms around her waist and gasped at the cold contact of her skin. He didn’t know how long they laid there; all he did was listen to her breathing. As it began to sound better, he sighed in relief. Her skin felt a bit warmer, still cool to the touch. He had the urge to kiss her, and gently brushed his lips to her cheek. She stirred gently and a small smile appeared on her lips.
“Thank you,” she whispered, he smiled.
“Anytime, V, it’s what I’m here for. To be your big warm compress,” she chuckled
“Doesn’t hurt that you’re a cute one,” she said, and his smile widened.
“Like, Do ya mean it?”
“Of course, but could you do me one favor?” she asked, and he was also thankful to realize she was no longer chattering her teeth or slurring her speech.
“Like, whatever you want!” he told her, she rolled over, burying herself into his chest and he felt a blush creep into his face.
“Sing me our song,” And with that he began to softly sing, Velma lay there enjoying the rumbling in his chest as he softly crooned to her.
” By the light, of the silvery moon,
I want to spoon,
To my honey I'll croon love's tune.
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in June.
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams,
We'll be cuddlin' soon,
By the silvery moon.”
“You have a lovely voice, Norville,” she whispered, as she began to sink into sleep once more.
“Like, thanks! You just sleep now, ok?” she would have said ok, but instead she just drifted into a blissful sleep.
---End---
I hope you liked it! I may have a follow up story to my "Wild Card" on my schmoop table.