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A/N: first Brittana story go easy :)
The figure slows down when she looks down to her phone Santana Lopez she hesitates for a few seconds starring at the phone as puffs of cold air come out in clouds from her mouth she's dressed in sweats, a hoodie, and a hat she pulls off one of her gloves and puts the phone to her ear
"Mitchells" there's a soft murmuring and sniffling on the other side of the phone she let's out another puff of air and rubs the back of her neck "where are you now?" she looks down the street and softly shushes the distressed girl "I'll be there in 10 minutes" she takes a breath the cold air burning her lungs "it's gonna be OK" she murmurs softly before hanging up and turning off on a side street she sprints as hard as her legs will allow when she gets back she see's the girl sitting on the stoop outside her building. She looks down at her for a moment before stepping past her to unlock the door and turning back around grabbing 2 of the girls suitcases and walking in the building Santana follows with her back pack, cheerios bag, and laptop bag. When they get inside she leads Santana up to the third floor and knocks on a door as they pass it opens slightly to show a girl in her mid to late twenty's peering out "safe and sound" the younger of the two says taking her key to unlock her door across the hall the women smiles seeing Santana she replies "we'll reschedule dinner" waiting for a nod before closing the door sending a small smile towards Santana. Once both Santana and the other girl are inside she turns taking off her hat to show blonde hair tied back in a ponytail she has sparkling green eyes and wipes her face on her sleeve before looking at Santana properly her face is flushed slightly from the cold and has tear stains on her cheeks there's a small cut on her left cheek which is starting to swell. The blonde walks into the kitchen motioning for Santana to follow. She takes an ice pack out of the freezer wrapping it in a dish towel and puts that on the counter she then wets a paper towel and grabs a bandaid from one of the small drawers by the sink. When she turns Santana is standing near the counter looking lost the girl sighs getting the Latinas attention she motions her closer when Santana is in front of her she's a couple inches shorter and more petite while the other girl has more defined muscles she puts everything down by the sink behind her and lifts Santana by her hips onto an empty space next to the sink. She wipes at the cut softly before putting the small white strip across it and walking to the garbage can next to the counter picking up the ice pack as she walks the 3 steps back placing it softly on the swollen cheek. Santana winces and the blonde eases the pressure a bit "sorry" she mumbles softly before turning on the sink and wetting her sleeve slightly looking at Santana's face and carefully wiping away the tear stains when she looks back in the Latina's eyes her face crumples "Mitch" she whimpers pitifully the blonde pulls Santana's head to her shoulder as the smaller girl curls into her shoving her face into Mitch's neck and sobs. Gut wrenching, heart breaking sobs echo through the apartment and Mitch pulls her in closer rubbing her back comfortingly and head bent muttering words of comfort close to her ear. She lifts Santana who wraps her arms and legs around her and carries her to her bed she eases them down and lays on her side rolling the cheerio closer who curls int a ball gripping at Mitch's sweatshirt until they drift off to sleep. Santana wakes up a few hours later after midnight and looks up to see Mitch holding her and blinking her eyes slightly awake. She feels a weight and heat against her feet and looks over to see two cats curled up one on either side when she looks back up Mitch is rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and beginning to stretch she looks over at Santana and smiles slightly cupping her cheek lightly and wiping at the bruised cheek softly. She whispers "you hungry?" Santana nods slightly. Mitch's hand wraps around to the back of her head and hugs her for a long second before placing a light kiss on the girls head she then rolls out of bed and stretches twisting and popping her back. She walks out of the room depositing her sweatshirt in her dirty clothes basket to reveal a damp t-shirt the cats having been disturbed form their slumber scamper after her meowing for attention. Santana sits up and shrugs off her coat hearing Mitch fussing slightly over the cats "are you guys hungry too...hmm?" as she stands carrying her coat with her she walks out of the bedroom passing the bathroom a guest room and small workout room. She deposits her coat on a chair in the living area she walks over to the cats and scratches the back of one's head. She hears beeping and looks to the microwave where Mitch pulls out a Tupperware container of Lasagna and puts it on 2 plates before walking to Santana handing her a fork, they sit at the table. Mitch looks at her a a moment as they finished eating before asking "what happened?" Santana lets out a heavy sigh before recounting the events Finn outing her, Sue's office, the commercial, the slap, and finally coming out to her parents. "He was so mad and my mom was just crying and praying and my abuelita" she choked back a small sob "she just looked at me and when I finally just told them I was the same person I'm still who they raised he smacked me" Mitch grabbed her hand and squeezed it comfortingly "I think he was shocked more than me that it happened, but then he just left abuelita told me to leave and never come back." She sniffled again and looked into Mitch's eyes for the first time during the story "Mami wouldn't even look at me." Santana looked down and Mitch got up kneeling down in front of her ducking to meet her eyes she pressed a soft kiss over the injured cheek and tasted the salty tears she pulled back looking into the smaller girls eyes "you can stay in my room tonight we'll sort everything out tomorrow. OK?" Santana nodded Mitch stood and kissed her on top of the head before taking the dishes to the sink. She turned back to see Santana gabbing the three bags she brought in Mitch grabbed the other two and followed her to the guest room they dropped the bags on the bed "I'm gonna take a quick shower you can take one after me" she started for the door and turned back to Santana who had grabbed her arm smiling sadly "thank you." she told her sincerely Mitch smiled "it'll take more than that to get in the shower with me Lopez" she said walking out. Santana called "it took less to get in your bed." Mitch chuckled shaking her head.
It was around two in the morning by the time Santana walked back into Mitch's room in a tank top and sweat pants to see her in a t-shirt and flannel pajama pants reading. Santana lifted the covers and slid under them rolling over looking at Mitch who closed her book and placed it on the shelf above her bed and turned off the lamp she looked over at Santana who was looking at her phone smiling sweetly the soft glow illuminating the room when she put it on the shelf as well she looked to Mitch who opened her arms and Santana turned cuddling into the warm embrace "Brittany?" she asked as Santana nodded her head in Mitch's neck who smiled squeezing her for a moment wishing as they drifted to sleep that Santana could just be happy and be able to stay happy.