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"Babe, I'm home." Brittany calls out upon entering the door. Placing her jacket over a chair swiftly before walking further into the house. "Babe?" She calls again realizing she never got a response. Frowning the blonde walks up the stairs into their darkened bedroom.

"Santana?" she calls out once more only to be ambushed in a warm embrace.

"Brittany! What took you so long?" The smaller girl quickly jumped into Brittany's arms that quickly found their way around Santana's waist. As she inhaled the familiar scent of her raspberry vanilla shampoo, she smiled to herself realizing why her girl was so flustered.

"Did the lights go out again?" she asked pulling back a little to look at the embarrassed girl in her arms.

"Yeah."

"Awwww is my little Sanny boo bear scared?"

"Psh, no I'm not scared." She scoffed crossing her arms over her chest. "I ain't never scared."

"Mhm. Sure so I guess I can leave you here all by yourself while I go get started on dinner?"

"No." she says quickly and wrapping her arms around Brittany's neck once more. "It's just..."

"That you Santana Lopez scared of the dark."

"No."

"Santana."

"Ok, maybe just a little. It's creepy in this house, Britt. Especially when I'm here all by myself and then the fucking lights go out." To emphasize her claim she tightens her arms just a bit more to be closer to her.

"Uh huh, well I guess the Brittanator will have to protect you."

Santana smiles up at her girlfriend before leaning up to plant a kiss upon pink lips. "Just don't leave me alone Britt."

"Never."

"UNO and UNO out." Brittany yells triumphantly slamming the card down.

"Britt, calm down your gonna make the fort cave in."

"Santana you know if you'd have won the fort would have been destroyed the second you said 'uno out'." she said poking the small, tan strip of exposed skin showing beneath Santana's shirt. "Aww don't be such a sour loser."

"Sore Britt and I'm not."

"Okay."

"Really."

"Okay." Brittany says again sticking out her hand. Santana smiles at her before shaking it. "Good game."

Santana smiles wider tugging gently on Brittany's hand, "C'mere."

Brittany hovers over Santana before slowly fusing their lips together in a sweet kiss. As their lips slide expertly against each other hands begin to roam slowly.

Suddenly they are interrupted by the sound of the shrill doorbell announcing food has arrived. "I'll get it, you just stay right here." Brittany said getting up and giving Santana one last peck. Carefully she removed herself from their fort made of sheets, chairs and pillows.

"Britt." she hears right before she's reached the door of their bedroom.

"Hm?"

"Don't take long ok?"

"I won't and while I'm gone, Barry the bear can protect you from the dark." she said nodding to the fluffy, golden stuffed animal right outside the fort."He can get promoted from guarding the fort to personal guard duty for the time being. Barry you better take good care of my girl while I'm gone."

"B." she hears once again as she's almost to the door.

"Yeah?"

"You are the Uno queen." she says with a smile.

"So I was thinking..."

"Yeah, about what?"

"Those garden gnomes the lady has next door." she pauses shifting to prop herself on her elbow looking down at the blonde. The blonde who was listening intently started to trail her long, slender fingers up and down Santana's arm lightly.

"Mhm."

"They really freak me out. We should break all of them or something."

"Santana, that's mean." Her hand stops instantly as she looks at Santana's serious face.

"And they're nice, you just have to get to know them. Especially Ernie, the one with the red hat."

"Oh my, Brittany he's the creepiest one with that crazy ass smirk. Like he's up to something."

"Santana, you can't just go and mess up Dolores's gnomes."

"Okay, well maybe but who says that there can't be just an accident that occurs and all those freaky gnomes fall over and accidentally break."

"But Dolores is so nice, that wouldn't be fair to her or the gnomes. She'd be heartbroken like if I left you here in the dark."

Instantly Santana hand shot across Brittany's waist to hold her in place. "That's not the same thing though. I'd be terrified, scared being in the dark alone...without you. But Dolores losing those gnomes, she wouldn't be scared shitless or anything like that. She'd just be sad. It's not the same." she said shaking her head a little.

"So you admit it?" Brittany ask as her fingers return to Santana's skin.

"Admit what?"

"That your not just 'maybe a little afraid of the dark'?" A smirk appears on the blondes face.

A huff through her nose and a roll of her eyes Santana caved. "Okay Britt, okay I admit that I am not just maybe a little afraid off the dark but am deeply terrified of it and think that those freaky ass garden gnomes next door are going to try to capture me or some shit and I need you and your nice strong arms to protect me from them and all the other creepy ass shit that may or may not lurk in the dark."

"Nice strong arms, huh?" Brittany asks with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah I'd say those countless years of dancing paid off. You really think I could take down all those garden gnomes if they ever did plan an attack?"

"Yeah, I know you could."

"But why wouldn't you just go all Lima Heights on them?" she asked grasping Santana's free hand, as she started playing with the tan, delicate fingers.

"Because to be honest Britt, those damn things probably have lasers that come out of their eyes and razor teeth and super strength. Think about it, I hate to say it but I wouldn't stand a chance."

"Well I guess it's a good thing I'm on good terms with them. They won't be coming for you anytime soon." she said while wrapping her arms around her, and resting her forehead on Santana's to look into the warm brown eyes."and if they do, I got you."