yoyoyo! I'm back lmfao. I kind of really planned on making that Choni CF AU just because i loved five feet apart and i love claire wineland, the youtuber who passed away bcos of CF but uh, i kind of hit a wall 50% into it.

And i just kind of thought of this while i wait for my sister's highschool graduation to be over. Idk. So yeah. It's a series! Yay.

also, slight smut warning in the beginning. (Not slight) ;)

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"Shh shh...you'll wake up the neighbors, babe. Old lady Bridgett still gives me those judgmental stares whenever she sees me..." Toni giggled, scratching her nails on her wife's abdomen beneath her shirt. She hugs her closer, planting open-mouthed kisses on the redhead's shoulder.

Cheryl moaned again at the feel of Toni sucking vigorously on her left shoulder. She tries to focus on the task at hand, which was unlocking their apartment door, instead of the bruising mark her wife is currently leaving on her pale skin. The two came rushing back home after Toni had picked up Cheryl from the university after her shift at the Wyrm. They had been married for over a year now, with Cheryl still finishing her final year of business school and Toni deciding to pursue her photography career. It's a tough industry to break into but as long as it makes Toni happy, Cheryl is happy. Plus, she has complete faith in her wife and her talent.

Getting married at twenty two didn't exactly made both their families jump with joy, especially Clifford and Penelope Blossom. But being Mrs. Cheryl Topaz was number one on her priority list and so the two were saying "I Do" before the Blossoms could even say "Maple Syrup Business". The redhead walked away from a multi-million dollar company holding the love of her life's hand, and it has been the best decision that's she's ever made in her life.

They've been together for a total of five years now. Five years of nothing but love and passion and pure bliss.

"Well if you could just give me a little space so I can unlock the door, TT…" And right then the struggle of the redhead was over. With one final click, the door opened, Cheryl's squeals echoing as Toni yanks her, turns her around and picks her up by her thighs. She silenced the giddy redhead with a forceful and needy kiss.

"I told you...be quiet." Toni mumbles in between heated kisses as she kicks the door shut. Her hands cupped her wife's full ass, squeezing tightly as they stumble around the dark apartment, Toni looking for a flat surface to plant her wife on and fuck her senseless. Because yes, it's that kind of night. She knows how much they both need it, especially after a day full of teasing through text. They can make love after, but right now she lets herself be rough with her.

Cheryl whined both at the pain and the pleasure of having Toni pressed up against her after slamming her down on the study table. Her hands reach out blindy, swatting everything on her desk. At this point, she couldn't care less if her laptop was included among the things that fell off. God, she needs Toni.

"Someone is eager." The cocky brunette smirked, hiking the redhead's skirt up with both hands before continuing her assault on the spot she had previously worked on.

Cheryl grunted. "Baby, please. No teasing." She entrapped Toni with her legs, grounding her hips on her to produce some kind of friction. "I want you."

Toni's head spins at the tone that her wife is using. She knows just how much power she has on her, knows what kind of things to say and what kind of voice to use to put Toni to her knees, literally. And truthfully, Toni doesn't mind. She loves Cheryl, with all that she is. And so she doesn't even think twice as she drags her wife's panties down her legs, and then runs her fingers through her folds.

Cheryl bites her shoulder to suppress a loud moan as Toni hissed. More at the wetness that she found in between the redhead's thighs than the pain on her neck. Toni kisses her wife's jaw, leaving a few bites there on her own as two fingers continued to trace Cheryl's entrance.

"I love you, Cher." She mutters near the redhead's ear.

"Show me." Cheryl pants.

Toni pulls back slightly, her eyes adjusting to the darkness to find Cheryl's, only to find out her wife is gazing back at her intensely. She withdraws her hand slowly, maintaining eye contact, before putting two fingers in her mouth.

The two moaned simultaneously at the gesture. And Toni dropped to her knees immediately, deciding she needed more, more of Cheryl, more of her taste. She doesn't even need to open her eyes to know where her mouth should land. She's memorized Cheryl, all of her, the way she sounds, the way she smells, and god, as she flattens her tongue on her wife's clit, the way she tastes. Oh shit, it's even better than she could remember.

But even as though she's mastered all of this already, she couldn't quite get enough of seeing how her wife's face would contort while she's going down on her, how her eyebrows would furrow, her jaw would drop, and her chest would heave.

Standing up in one quick motion, she reaches for the spotlight that's thankfully still sitting at the corner of the table. Cheryl groaned at the loss of contact, confused as to what her wife was up to.

Toni matched Cheryl's groan when the light didn't open. She flicks it again, and again and again. Her frustration could only grow as she tries for a solid minute. She checks the chord if it's plugged and whined when she saw that it was.

Cheryl was still perched on top of the desk, trying to catch her breath and looking at her wife impatiently. "Babe, what the fuck…"

Toni growls. "Son of a bitch."

"Me?!" Cheryl snapped.

"What? No, baby. Not you." The brunette lets out a frustrated sigh. "I asked them for one more week."

Cheryl licks her lips, trying to discern what Toni could possibly be referring to.

"Fuck." Toni whispers.

Oh.

"Hey, babe...it's okay." Cheryl bites her lip, squirming uncomfortably on the table as Toni stares blankly at the distance. She knows sex is a none possibility now, judging from Toni's current mood. She tugs her skirt down, jumping from her desk and stepping closer to the frustrated brunette.

She could feel Toni's anxiety just by standing near her. She reaches for her wife's hand, releasing it from the tight grip on pink strands and places soft kisses on it. "Hey, it's okay."

"It's not okay, Cher. We don't have fucking electricity."

Cheryl gulps at the sharpness in her wife's voice. "I know that. But can we please calm down?" She says softly, tugging the brunette closer to envelope her in a hug.

Toni sighs again, letting her forehead fall on Cheryl's shoulder. "This isn't the life that I envisioned for us."

"Yet." Cheryl answers. "It isn't the life yet. But we'll get there, okay? I know we will."

Toni groans again. "When? I—I'm so sorry, Cher."

"What are you sorry for?"

"This! Everything."

"You mean our marriage?"

"No. It's just—god, it's so hard, babe." Toni shakes her head, tightening her hold around the redhead's waist.

"Don't ever apologize for marrying me again, Antoinette." Cheryl says firmly.

"No, I'm not sorry about that. I guess I'm just sorry for this shitty...whatever this is." Toni sighs again. She thinks about their life, as happy as they are together, this isn't the life that Toni had wanted for her and Cheryl. "Maybe you should go stay at Jason's until I can get them to give me a few more days."

"No."

"Cheryl—"

"No, Toni. I'm not going anywhere." Cheryl said with finality, removing her arms from her waist and walking towards the kitchen. She pulls out a drawer, retrieving the set of candles that they had used once before.

She hates when Toni tries to send her off to Jason's or Veronica's. She hates when her wife tries to solve their problems on her own. She is half of this marriage, dammit. She's not going anywhere and that's final.

A few seconds more and she could feel Toni hovering behind her.

"Let's just go, have dinner." Toni says silently.

Cheryl continues to light the candles, pulling her hair in a ponytail.

"Baby."

"Don't baby me, Toni. You can't always do this."

"Do what?" Toni winces. She wonders how they could go from being so passionate to this that quick.

"Pretend that I'm not a part of this marriage." The redhead answers, her back still facing the brunette.

Toni leaned on the island counter for support, sighing while folding her arms. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way, Cher. You are a part of this marriage. You're my other half."

Cheryl's shoulder's sagged, turning around to face her wife. "Then let me stay here...with you. And let me help you."

"I just—I know where this conversation will lead. You're just going to insist on taking my job at Pop's and I can't have you do that. You're still in school. And I want you to focus on that, on graduating."

"You are a waitress by day, a bartender at night, and an assistant photographer in between! Toni, let me help you." Cheryl's voiced raised a little in frustration.

Toni steps closer, running her hands on her wife's arm to soothe her. Because god knows how much she hates when they argue. And upsetting Cheryl is the last thing that she could ever want. "Baby, you're already helping me with you focusing on graduating. Please, can we just drop this?"

"Toni…"

Toni leans in, placing open-mouthed kisses on the redhead's shoulders again in an attempt to distract her. "Where were we?"

Cheryl bit her lip to suppress a moan. "You can't...you can't always do this. T-Treat me like I'm—" She stutters.

"I know…" Toni whispers, a smug grin on her face at the feel of Cheryl's legs trembling under her touch. "I know...I'm sorry." She cups her wife's face, planting their lips together to release Cheryl's bottom lip in between her teeth. "You're my wife."

Cheryl bites back a smile. "We're not—we're not done with the conversation." She tried to sound tough, but the look on her wife's face was enough for Cheryl's resolve to break down completely.

Toni pushes her forward with a smirk on her lips. The brunette's hand planted at her sides, gripping the counter top as Cheryl's butt hit the counter. Toni's fingers landed on the button of the redhead's blouse, snapping them open one by one and placing kisses on every exposed skin. "Are we done with it now?" She whispers while trailing her lips at the valley between the redhead's breasts, licking her lips at the sight of her favorite red lacy bra.

Cheryl swallowed, looking down at her cocky wife while slightly shaking her head.

Toni chuckles, tugging the lapels of the blouse and pulling it away from Cheryl. Her fingers found the hook of the redhead's bra and toyed with it. She then trailed her lips on her wife's clothed breasts, while her fingers danced around the hook. She feel Cheryl's breath hitching whenever she would tease its release. "What about now?"

Cheryl clenched her jaw. "You know you can't sex me up every time you want to get away with something. One day, you won't get away with it."

Toni raised an eyebrow at her. Bingo. "One day is not today, though. Giddy-up!" In one swift motion, she picks up the resisting redhead and propped her on her waist. She lands a solid slap on the redhead's butt eliciting a laugh from the two girls.

Cheryl squeals, wrapping her legs around the brunette. It always does surprise her whenever Toni does this. Her wife can be so strong for a small woman.

Toni holds her thigh in one hand, and held a candle on the other before running straight to their bedroom.

And god, as Toni strips down in front of her eagerly, Cheryl thinks she couldn't fall more in love with her. She loves Toni. And they could be living in a gutter somewhere with all the mice and cockroaches and all the vermin in the world and Cheryl would be the happiest woman in the whole universe, as long as she's got Toni.

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Cheryl has been staring at the papers carefully spread over her study table for an hour now. She adjusts her glasses from the bridge of her nose before removing it completely to rub her eyes. She places them back on and then jots down on a piece of paper.

She tries to record all the money that goes in and out and tries to think of a way to solve their money issues altogether. She feels guilty that Toni has to work literally three jobs to provide for them while she just finishes her degree. And she glances down at the couple of hundred bucks on her hands. It's nearly not enough. They need to pay rent, groceries, and she has grossly expensive textbooks to pay for.

She runs a hand over her hair, putting all the bills down. She glances over her phone, puffing to see the battery on 9%. But then an unstoppable smile crept up her lips at the sight of her lockscreen. It never fails to do that every time she checks the time either. It's a photo of her and her wife at their wedding. There was nothing fabulous or extravagant about it. It was just the two of them in their wedding gowns, their faces only millimeters from each other, both their smiles brighter than the sun.

She unlocks it unwillingly, scrolling through the bunch of unread text messages. A few of them were from her mom and dad, which she deletes immediately not even bothering to open it. One was from Jason.

JJ [ 7:58pm ] : Dinner tomorrow at my place. Jun and Dag misses their aunties.

Cheryl smiles at the text. She reads the time. 12:47am. It has been almost five hours. She wonders if her brother is still awake.

Me [ 12:47 am] : as long as there are no mom and dad

She puts her phone down, glancing over to the pieces of paper scattered around the desk. She was then surprised to see the typing symbol, meaning Jason was awake.

JJ [ 12:48am ] : no i promise. but i've also invited everyone so…

Me [ 12:48am ] : that's nice of you, dear brother of mine.

JJ [ 12: 49 am ] : i'm surprised you're surprised. i'm always nice.

Cheryl smiles at that, because yes, Jason is nice. He's always been nice. He's the only family she's had at their wedding. And it was a dream come true to Cheryl.

Me [ 12:50 am ] : that you are, twinny.

JJ [ 12:50 am ] : cher, how many times have i told u not to call me that. Stop making it happen. It's not gonna happen.

Cheryl rolled her eyes at her brother's foolishness.

JJ [ 12:51 am] : why are you up this late anyways??

The redhead snorted, thinking of the perfect way to annoy her brother.

Me [ 12:51 am ] : why are you up, jj? ;)

He took a minute to reply.

JJ [ 12:53 am ] : ew okay, no. as much as i love tiny t, baby sister's sex life is not something that i want to discuss or even think about for that matter

Cheryl giggles audibly. Jason is so easy.

Me [ 12:54 am ] : and yet, you understood what it meant. i dont wanna talk or think about your sex life either, jj.

JJ [ 12:54 am ] : this conversation is over go to bed, babysis.

The redhead rolls her eyes at the nickname. Although she lowkey lives for it. She loves it when Jason big brothers her, even though he's just technically three minutes older.

She sighs before typing. Cheryl contemplates before hitting send.

Me [ 12:53 am ] : i cant :(

Jason's reply was instant and unhesitant, which made her heart clench.

JJ [ 12:53 am ] : what's wrong??? did tiny t do something? whose ass am i throwing???

Me [ 12:54 am] : god no. it's not toni. she's been amazing actually. but we're having money troubles, you know, but idk we'll be okay.

JJ [ 12:54 am ] : i'm so sorry, cher. you know i'll do anything for you, right? both of you. mom and dad can suck ass.

Cheryl sighs, looking at the wall of photographs before her, all of them taken by her talented wife. Her life with Toni has been the best, something that she couldn't ever imagine happening to her. It has been a dream come true. She looks at her wife at the photos and couldn't help the warm feeling that spreads in her chest. Toni deserves the world. Toni deserves to have her dreams come true as well. And it breaks her heart to see the love of her life struggling like this.

But if being with Toni taught her one thing, it's faith. Toni had faith in her, when she was still a horrible human being. It's her turn to have faith on her wife. She deserves it.

She deserves more.

Toni Topaz deserves everything in the goddamned world. She deserves to be recognized for her amazing talent, her pure heart and her strong mind.

"Come to bed…" she hears her whisper, and then feels a soft kiss behind her ear. "I miss you."

Cheryl shivered at Toni tracing her collarbones from behind.

"Hey you." She tugs on the brunette, pulling her on her lap.

"What are you doing up? Homework?"

Cheryl gives her a sheepish smile, before shaking her head. "I'm trying to see what bills we can pay."

Toni's eyes furrowed, looking at the paperwork in front of her.

"I'm tracking the ins and outs of money. You didn't marry a business major for nothing." She says caressing the brunette's inner thigh.

Toni squints, humming. "Why does that turn me on?"

Cheryl laughs, biting the shell of Toni's ear playfully. "Get your head out of the gutter for once, babe. And I'm also talking to Jason. He's inviting us for dinner tomorrow night, with the gang."

"Ugh, yes. I swear to god, your brother knows exactly what I need. I'm blown away right now. Is it too late for me to marry him instead?"

The redhead slaps her wife's bare thigh followed by a loud gasp from the brunette. "We have twintuition, remember? It works for other people as well. And no! No! No! Nooo! I'm the one you get!" Cheryl exclaims, wrapping her arms tightly around Toni's waist.

Toni chuckles, trailing her fingers into red hair. "Marrying you brother is like, marrying a male version of you. Which is…"

"Be very careful with your next words, Antoinette…" Cheryl glares.

"Weird! I was gonna say weird. He's like…I don't know, you with a penis. Which is weird—not because he has a—Like I'm not—mean, I'm gonna shut up now. I love you." Toni laughs at the expression on her wife's face, cupping it before pressing their lips together.

And they kiss until Cheryl had to pull back for air.

"I love you." She says, tucking a piece of pink hair behind Toni's ears. "You make me very, very happy. And I'm very proud to call myself your wife."

"Come here." Toni comments before diving in for another peck. "Tomorrow's kind of perfect. I'm going to ask Jason about that job that he wants to offer me."

"At Blossom Maple Farms?"

"I mean, yeah…"

"Toni."

"Cher."

"I'm just thinking maybe it's time…"

"Time for what? No. You're not giving up on photography. I'm not going to let you."

"Cher, I'm exhausted. It's really tough work. And I'm juggling three jobs at once, I can't."

"That's why I want to take your place at Pop's."

"Not this again, please." Toni stood up, pacing in front of Cheryl.

The redhead could feel Toni's frustration over it and she thinks it's too late to argue about it again, and so she takes a deep breath, softening her facial expression. "I just don't want you giving up on your dreams. Look at this," she gestured towards the wall, "it's amazing...you're good at what you do. And I want to help you because...you helped fulfill mine. This...this right here, our own little world, no matter how cheap or how small you try to make it seem, it's my dream come true, TT."

Toni glances over the wall, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "Okay."

"Okay."

Cheryl squeezes her wife in a tight hug before resigning both of them to their bedroom.

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