Finding Sanctuary

Taking Charge

I know, I know; I promised this months ago. Needless to say I got caught up in playing Fallout 4 and then I got caught up in writing other things. Regardless here is my first successful attempt at getting something standalone done for this pairing. I have various other ideas in various stages of completion sitting around in the doc manager. Anyways I hope you like this. I was listening to American Girls by Counting Crows while writing this.

As Maya walked into the Crimson Raiders HQ she noticeably shivered. Her girlfriend was having it out with some soldier and by the sound of things it was getting worse by the minute. With a sigh she gathered herself and proceeded upstairs.

"Do you think that just because Jack's dead our work is done," Lilith yelled at the poor man.

"No ma'am," he said gingerly. "Me and the boys were just blowing off a little steam."

"Just blowing off a little steam," she repeated. "And what if a Hyperion attack had came just as you and "the boys" were blowing off your steam."

"And that's not even accounting for the possibility of an attack from someone else," she continued. "Can the people of Sanctuary seriously count on you and your friends for their safety?"

"Yes ma'am," he said. "It was just a little R and R break."

"You have scheduled off time already," the fiery woman shot back. "Anything extra is nothing more than a risk to you, me, and everyone else that calls this place home."

The sound of someone clearing their throat brought any further lecture to a halt.

"Lilith," Maya said calmly. "Can I have a word?"

"Now's not really a good time," Lilith said cautiously.

Maya shot her a glare.

"Fine," Lilith caved. "You're dismissed Jenkins but don't think I've forgotten about this."

"Never ma'am," he said quickly as he bolted out of the room.

"You know it's not good when you undermine me like that in front of people," Lilith said before finding herself quickly pressed against the wall.

"Sh sh sh," Maya said calmly waving a finger in front of the other woman's lips.

"Now what seems to be the problem," Maya said when it was clear the other woman would remain silent. "Did that man really deserve all of that?"

"N-no," Lilith stuttered out.

"Then why were you laying into him like that," Maya questioned.

"I-I," Lilith stuttered again. "I just want to be a good leader."

"You are," Maya assured her. "Why would you think you aren't?"

"Not as good as Roland," Lilith breathed out.

"Roland would be proud of what you've been able to do in his stead," Maya said.

"Is it enough though," Lilith said. "Roland had these men's respect; all they see when they look at me is the replacement."

"And they're all just too afraid to say it because I'm a Siren," she continued tears beginning to brim at her eyelids. "If I wasn't a Siren they would probably kick me to the curb at the first available opportunity."

"Hey," Maya said moving to wrap the other woman in a hug. "You know that's not true, most of these men have known you since before you became the Firehawk; you're not as much of a stranger to them as you assume."

"That was different," Lilith said. "Sure I had some authority before and they knew me, but Roland was still in charge."

"They didn't trust me," she continued. "They only trusted Roland's judgement that I was the best person for the job."

"You can't seriously believe that," Maya said. "You're a total badass that was part of the group that found not only one but two vaults, defeated the monsters inside, and brought down a egotistical tyrant in the process."

"How can they not respect that," she continued.

"I don't know," Lilith said noncommittally.

"Well I do," Maya said. "So you're just going to have to take your hot girlfriend's word for it."

"Now sit down," she continued pointing in the direction of the map display in the middle of the room.

"There," Lilith said confused.

"Yes," Maya said. "Now get that sexy ass of yours moving."

Lilith sat with her legs dangling over the edge. She was surprised when she felt Maya kneeling down behind her.

"What are you doing," the fiery woman questioned.

"Well, it's obvious you need to work out some stress and I know that if I suggest meditation you'll just tell me to fuck off," Maya said in an increasingly seductive tone. "So I'm going to do the next best thing."

"What are you," Lilith began to say as she felt her jacket being removed, but quickly let die on her tongue as she felt the other woman's hands on her shoulders.

"Like I said," Maya said as she continued rubbing her girlfriend's shoulders. "Just removing the stress."

"Someone could walk in," Lilith said nervously.

"Someone could have walked in on you belittling poor Mr. Jenkins too, as a matter of fact they did," Maya said never ceasing her motions. "This will be a much better show."

"You're a powerful Siren," Maya began rubbing a little more firmly eliciting a gasp from the woman in front of her.

"You're a sexy badass," she continued.

"You're such a great leader," she said as she moved her hands lower. "Roland would be so proud of you."

"I'm proud of you," she added as her motions began to make the other woman moan.

"You're the best friend and girlfriend one could ask for."

"So kind and caring, but still confident and strong."

"Not to mention the sex," she added with a smirk as the other woman moaned louder at the mention of their bedroom activities.

"So tender and loving, but still passionate at the same time."

"And the things you do with your tongue are the stuff that girls' wildest fantasies are made of," Lilith noticeably shuddered at this comment.

"Now I don't want to see you treating the men like that," she said continuing her motions.

"You may have the reputation as a hardass but you and I both know the truth don't we."

"Now go apologize to Mr. Jenkins so that we can get on to the main event," she said halting her motions.

"What," Lilith said still in a daze.

"You're going to go apologize to that poor man and then I'm going to show you a few more interesting methods of stress relief when you make it back to our room," Maya said her voice still taking on a seductive tone.

"Oh," Lilith said with a conflicted look on her face.

"Now go," Maya said shooing her off the table.

Lilith made her way methodically down the stairs and out into the bustling community that was Sanctuary. Maya followed her shortly after to go make a few preparations back in their room. Neither one noticed the visibly flustered Dr. Patricia Tannis trying to go about her work but not accomplishing the feat.

"Damn," was the only word that left her mouth as she tried unsuccessfully to get the sounds she heard and mental images she had conjured out of her head so she could focus on more important things.

On a side note I'm taking a creative writing class now so that's exciting.