Thanks for checking it out! I bring to you... The first chapter, featuring Nikita!
Alex slowly woke up, unsure of why she felt so light and happy. She hadn't felt like that in a long, long time. Not since Sean had left... As soon as that thought crossed her mind, she felt a body stirring behind her, pulling her back against a warm chest, and suddenly, everything came flooding back. The dejected feeling she got when Sean said he came back for Michael alone. Her fear for his life when all the agents around him were killed. The feelings of bliss and happiness she had experienced last night and still did. It was she first time she had slept with someone for her own pleasure. Scratch that – it was the first time she had slept with someone who knew all about her and still loved her for her own pleasure. Nathan hadn't really known her. He was the Daniel to her inner Nikita – someone so caring, so normal, that she had been unable to resist the love he was offering. And it had ruined his life.
"What're you thinking about?" Sean's sleepy voice came from behind her. Alex smiled.
"You. Us. Last night." After all, she couldn't very well say that she was thinking about her ex-boyfriend whose life she ruined. She checked the little alarm clock on the side table and sighed. "We should get up. It's 11 am already! People will be looking for us all over Division soon..."
"I don't care. I missed you. I love you." He sounded like a whiny kid. She laughed lightly.
"What if someone was to walk in on us?"
"Nothing if someone was to walk in on us... I bet they've by now guessed where we are anyway."
He was right, Alex decided. The world could do without them for a few more minutes... or hours. She snuggled back into Sean's chest contently, and although the sheets were rough and the mattress less comfortable than a plank, she had never felt more relaxed in her life. Slowly, her eyes closed again and she faded into a dreamless sleep.
Nikita had been looking all around Division for Alex. Sure, Birkhoff had warned her not to ("The princess AND our Navy SEAL are missing... You sure you want to see what they've been up to overnight?"), but she was concerned. Alex, though on the right track, was still recovering from her most recent relapse. Whenever she was absent for more than half an hour, Nikita got a bit jumpy.
Nikita had ignored the signs of a relapse, hadn't even noticed them until it was too late. She had neglected Alex just as much as Michael was now neglecting Nikita herself. Now she understood fully how much it hurt to be lonely. Also, she felt guilty. If she had noticed it sooner, paid more attention to Alex...
She opened the umpteenth door and poked her head around the corner, expecting to see nothing but another empty room. What she saw instead was Alex facing the door, sleeping like a baby, and Sean behind her. One arm was slung across the girl's waist, fingers splayed across her belly, and the other was beneath Alex's head, serving as a pillow. Nikita smiled a little and closed the door quietly before heading back to Ops. Clearly there was no need to worry about her protégée, Alex seemed well taken care of.
They grow up so fast...
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