Random slice-of-life
Lightning opened her eyes to find the bedroom still dark. A glance at the alarm clock showed it was just past midnight. She sighed and slid a hand under her face, sensing that going back to sleep wasn't going to be easy. She watched a few more numbers tick by on the clock before sitting up. She looked to the other side of the bed.
Fang was sound asleep, turned on her side and facing away. She wore a tank top, one bare arm bent atop the blankets. Wavy hair was a mess about her head.
Lightning reached a hand out to touch her. She brushed fingertips along her arm, half hoping it would wake her. It didn't.
Lightning shifted back under the covers and moved closer. She brushed aside some of Fang's hair so she could kiss the side of her face. It wasn't so much a kiss, actually, as simply resting her lips and nose against her. She moved some more of her hair and lowered her head so she could bury it into the side of Fang's neck.
She stayed like that for a while, savoring each breath she took as it carried the scent of Fang to her. She curled around Fang's back, molding against her. She brought an arm out atop the covers to rest over Fang's and take her hand. Her legs curled and aligned with hers, and she took a few moments to rub her feet along the Pulsian's calves.
All the while, Fang continued to sleep.
There was just one problem now, and it was becoming very clear to Lightning with each second ticking by that she would not be able to ignore it much longer.
With a quiet huff, she decided the sooner she took care of it, the sooner she could come back. She reluctantly pulled away from Fang and got out of bed, immediately padding toward the bathroom. It didn't take her but a few minutes before she opened the door again and came back to the bedroom.
Fang had already moved. Lips slightly parted and still as sound asleep as when she'd left her, the Pulsian had turned over toward Lightning's side of the bed. One hand was stretched out to where the soldier had been moments before.
Lightning carefully eased the blankets back for her to slide under them. She took Fang's hand and threaded their fingers, holding it between them. With an elbow propped so her head could rest up on her hand, she went about observing Fang as the woman slept.
It happened slowly. Perhaps over the course of an hour, Fang began to shift closer. Lightning watched, slightly fascinated. She smiled a little each time Fang moved, and waited with anticipation for the next time it happened. It could take quite a while sometimes, and most of it was subtle.
But Lightning wasn't keeping track of the time at this point, as much as she was keeping track of the steady rise and fall of Fang's diaphragm and each time her hand was involuntarily squeezed just slightly. Lightning listened to the change in breathing and watched the twitches in Fang's features as she talked softly to her, as she leaned down every so often and brushed a feather-light kiss to Fang's temple.
Eventually, Fang was close enough to almost be nuzzled into Lightning's chest. Lightning had come off of her propped elbow by this point. She shifted lower on the pillow so she was able to tuck Fang's head into her neck. The Pulsian murmured something unintelligible, her warm breath tickling across Lightning's throat.
Then Lightning wrapped her arms around her, curling her head down so she could press her nose into the dark hair. She eased a leg over Fang's and idly rubbed her foot along her calf again.
When Fang woke in the morning, she found herself wondering how she'd ended up so far on Lightning's side of the bed, trapped in a pleasant cage, with the soldier sound asleep.
Author's note:
I've been posting a bunch of little things over on my tumblr for a while. I haven't posted them here because I thought they were just silly and short and whatnot, but a friend requested to see them here so here they shall be.
Also, please be aware that these are, for the most part, written simply for my own practice, so the quality of them could be a bit lacking since I'm really just trying to put words on paper and only a few have been edited by someone other than me (and sometimes not edited at all because brain failure).
None of these are in any type of order, they are completely random as ideas pop into my head. Some, like the Shapeshifting AU pieces I'll post soon, may be used later in a full story, but for now they're just for fun.
Also, if you'd rather read them on my tumblr (which is the first place I will continue to post them) here is the place to go: freestylesmiles tumblr com/tagged/freewrites (you'll have to add the periods into the link).
Last but not least, I would really appreciate any ideas that people have and are willing to offer (especially anything slice of life, those are my favorite to write). Sometimes I get stuck and have no idea what to do next.