Lauren was lost deep in her medical text. She had read the line over and over again but couldn't quite make sense of all the pieces. She was muttering to herself.
"Disorientation, the smell of burning hair…" she was interrupted by Tamsin.
"Sounds like a tickbelang." She said as she let herself into Lauren's apartment.
"Albert Einstein!" Lauren exclaimed.
"Your door was open." Tamsin replied.
"What is it called? A ticklebang?" Lauren asked.
"A tickbelang." Tamsin corrected her as she reached forward to wipe away an eyelash on Lauren's cheek. Lauren furrowed her eyebrows.
"Eyelash." Tamsin explained. Lauren's face softened.
"You're not really a fan of me are you?" Tamsin inquired. Lauren looked up from her book but didn't answer right away. She opened her mouth and then closed it again.
"I wouldn't necessarily say that but I have had my doubts about you…" Lauren trailed off.
"Is this about the kiss?" Tamsin asked quietly. Lauren looked up at her, confused again. Tamsin hesitated.
"Between Bo and I." She clarified. Lauren closed her medical text and looked up at Tamsin, not wanting to believe what she just said. She stood up so she could look Tamsin square in the eye. Her face changed as Tamsin's words registered. A look of hurt flashed through her eyes.
"What?" she said in disbelief.
"It wasn't really that big of a deal. She didn't even feed off of me." Tamsin reasoned. She was trying not to crack a smile as she remembered her kiss with Bo. Lauren had no emotion on her face as she reached her hand out to slap Tamsin. Her palm landed squarely on her cheek. Tamsin slowly turned her head to look at Lauren again. She had a mischievous smirk on her face. Lauren couldn't stand the way Tamsin was looking at her. She reached her hand out to slap Tamsin again. Right before Lauren's hand made contact with Tamsin's face, Tamsin reached up and caught her by the wrist. She took a step closer to Lauren, still holding onto her wrist.
"How dare you!" Lauren exclaimed as she pulled her wrist free. Tamsin stood firmly in front of Lauren.
"I thought you should know and I had assumed Bo already told you." Tamsin stated plainly.
There were a million thoughts racing through Lauren's head. How could Bo keep this from her? Why was Tamsin even here? How would she get everything sorted out? She had so many things she needed to talk to Bo about. She was becoming increasingly aware of how close Tamsin was standing to her. She became annoyed with her proximity.
"Tamsin, what are you even doing here?" Lauren asked with an edge in her voice.
"I don't really know…" Tamsin hadn't really come to Lauren's apartment with a plan. She just knew she wanted to talk to Lauren. As soon as she saw Lauren sitting there wrapped up in Bo's case, she knew she had to say something about the kiss. But she had expected that Lauren already knew about it. She was not expecting this reaction from the doctor. Lauren shifted her weight from one foot to the other. It was clear that she was becoming increasingly more annoyed.
"So you thought you could just let yourself into my apartment, drop this huge piece of information on me, and then what?" Lauren demanded answers.
"I didn't have a plan but the moment I saw you, I knew I needed to bring up the kiss and try to apologize. But I thought you already knew." Tamsin explained.
"Yeah, well, I didn't." Lauren replied shortly.
"Lauren, I…. I'm… I'm so sorry." Tamsin looked pleadingly into Lauren's eyes as she took another step towards Lauren. The doctor tilted her head quizzically at Tamsin. Tamsin had the most pathetically apologetic look on her face. Lauren softened seeing Tamsin so exposed and vulnerable. It was clear she was grasping for something but Lauren was not quite sure what.
"I just…." Tamsin trailed off as she reached her hands up to Lauren's face. Tamsin kissed her softly. She offered the last piece of her apology in this kiss. Lauren was the one to break the kiss. There was so much happening at once. Bo was in the back of her mind but Tamsin was here in front of her, completely vulnerable and open to her. There was something in Tamsin's fragility that Lauren could relate to. She longed for a connection like that. A connection where she felt equal to the other person, like they met each other in the same place. Tamsin had a broken and complicated past. So did Lauren. Tamsin was on the outskirts of their group of friends because she was dark. Lauren was often on the outskirts because she was human. They were both in service of someone else. Tamsin could understand Lauren in ways that the others could not.
Lauren wrapped her hands in Tamsin's hair and pulled her in for a more passionate kiss. Whereas their last kiss was tender and apologetic, this one had fire and desire to it. Tamsin was responding to Lauren's fervor with the same enthusiasm. Tamsin wrapped her arms around the small of Lauren's back. She applied a bit of pressure to Lauren's back, closing any remaining distance between their bodies. They were perfectly cradled in each other's curves.
Lauren wrapped her fingers deeper into Tamsin's hair as she slipped her tongue into the Valkyrie's mouth. Tamsin flicked her tongue along the inside of the doctor's lower lip.
Lauren released her hands from Tamsin's hair and slowly let her fingertips trace down her back as she slipped her hands into Tamsin's back pockets, cradling her cheeks. Tamsin's traced along the doctor's back to the top of her jeans and came to rest in her front belt loops. Their tongues were dancing around each other, teasing and twisting, building the intensity. Something in Tamsin's kiss ignited something deep within Lauren. She walked forward, guiding Tamsin toward her desk, never breaking their kiss. She swiftly lifted Tamsin up and onto the desk, gracefully sliding her hands out of Tamsin's pockets and up the back of her shirt.
The Valkyrie pulled away and began kissing along Lauren's jaw line. She nibbled softly right behind the doctor's ear. Lauren let out a loud breath. Tamsin pulled back to look into Lauren's eyes. They never broke eye contact as Lauren shimmied Tamsin's shirt up and over her head. The corners of Lauren's mouth slowly spread into a smile as she reached forward and undid Tamsin's bra with one hand. She pulled away to see one of Tamsin's eyebrows raised. Lauren nodded slightly with a look of pride on her face before she pulled her own shirt over her head. She unsnapped her bra and tossed it over her computer. She pulled Tamsin's lips up to hers. The spark was quickly reignited. Lauren used her knee to spread Tamsin's legs apart. She could feel the heat of Tamsin through both of their jeans. It had been a while since Lauren had felt so in control of someone else's desire. She had driven Tamsin this wild all on her own. They continued to kiss as Lauren undid Tamsin's belt and jeans. She broke away to kiss Tamsin's neck as she slowly slid Tamsin's jeans down her thighs. She used one hand to gently lay Tamsin down on the desk. She then tucked both hands behind Tamsin's knees and swiftly slid her closer to the edge of the desk. Their eyes met. Tamsin's eyes burned with desire. Lauren wanted to take her all the way to the edge. She climbed on top of Tamsin, kissing her neck. She planted kisses on her chest and down stomach, stopping short of what she truly desired. Tamsin was squirming underneath of her, breathing more and more rapidly. Lauren slid off the desk, standing above Tamsin. She slid both of her hands under Tamsin's back, lifting her hips slightly. She took a deep breath as she flicked her tongue over Tamsin's clit. Both of them let out a moan. Lauren increased the speed, taunting the Valkyrie. Tamsin was moaning Lauren's name. She slipped her fingers inside of Tamsin. Both of her hands were gripping the sides of the desk, knuckles white. With each flick of Lauren's tongue, Tamsin rolled her hips towards the doctor. Lauren was moving her tongue and fingers with a consistent rhythm. Tamsin pushed herself into Lauren, wrapping her legs around Lauren's shoulders as the waves came crashing all around her.
"Oh my god, Lauren." She whispered. Lauren smiled coyly.
"They don't call me doctor for nothing." She replied.