Disclaimer: Olivia, Natalia and the rest all belong to other people that are not me. I am just borrowing them, gratefully. The first little bit of this FF is taken straight from the episode and not my own words but i hope this is okay. I mean no infringement and earn nothing from it, financially.

Authors Note: This is just a little extension of a scene i am sure we all know and love. This DOES include intimate and deep love between two women (as was canon in this magnificent show!) If not to you liking please don't read it.

If Sex Never Happens

"If sex never happens, I won't love you any less."

"Well it will, I… I want it to. "

"You do?"

"Do you?"

"Yeah … just… I want it to be… I want it to be okay."

"Oh I … it will, I mean… I'm not afraid, are you afraid?"

"I'm terrified."

Natalia moved closer, Olivia's hand gently stroking her back was driving her crazy, she needed more, wanted more, so much more. She had always thought it would be Olivia that led the way with this but seeing the other woman confess her fear Natalia knew that it was going to have to be her to move them into this new and terrifying element of their relationship. Natalia understood the fear Olivia felt, she knew what it was, Natalia felt it too. What if it didn't work? What if they didn't work? What if one of them didn't feel what they thought they would feel? She was sure they would, she knew they would and she was tired of waiting, tired of fearing what she was sure would be the most wonderful thing she had ever felt.

They sat holding each other, foreheads together, breathing each other in.

"Olivia" Natalia barely breathed the name before she gently stroked Olivia's cheek, running a thumb over the soft lips. Slowly, without taking her eyes off the lips in front of her Natalia moved closer to touch her lips against Olivia's in the most delicate, life altering moment of her life.

It was barely a kiss as both of them trembled with the emotion running through them. Olivia was hardly breathing, unsure how to move. She wanted so much to lean in, to capture those soft, full warm lips brushing against her own and deepen the kiss, deepen the connection between herself and the woman she loved. But even with the gentle touch of Natalia's lips against her own she was too afraid to act, too afraid to show Natalia how much she really wanted her.

"Olivia,' Natalia breathed 'I want you, I want you so much. I'm so tired of waiting,"

Natalia's words seemed to speak to a part of Olivia she hadn't even known was there, a part that responded without thought and without fear. Without opening her eyes Olivia pulled Natalia to her and pressed their lips together. Gone was the tentative touch to be replaced by a pressing need that was matched entirely by the woman with her. Within moments Natalia brushed her tongue against Olivia's lips requesting entry, needing to taste her, fully, finally.

The two women sank into each other and let all barriers fall, at last allowing each other in, allowing each other to see, feel and know just how much they were wanted, completely by the other. The world they had known melted away and new world began, a world in which nothing could come between them loving one another again.

So lost in each other, the couple were oblivious to the lone figure watching them in the distance.