Author's Note: Gosh, this week has been way too busy so far. Hence why I only post this now instead of on Monday as promised. This one was fun to write, and as you can probably guess, it was inspired a bit by The Walking Dead ;D The title comes from a song of the Finnish band Insomnium – check them out :)
Disclaimer: None of the characters used from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer are mine. Just borrowing them for a bit :D
Death Walked the Earth
The room was mostly quiet, and almost fully dark, the only light coming from the scented candles which had been put up on various flat surfaces, the only noises being the soft rustling of the bed sheet which came up whenever one of the two women on the bed moved, and the even softer sounds they involuntarily produced every now and then, either by kissing or due to the tender touches they were exchanging.
"Mmmm", Willow let out after a while, forcing her eyes open as she just had been lying back for a while, feeling her partner's hands move over her body while they had been kissing deeply, "that's so nice. Finally we got time for that… for us."
"About time, too", her lover rumbled in reply, her lust making her voice even deeper and hoarser than usual; smirking, Willow pulled her down for another kiss, then moaned into her mouth when the taller woman's hand slid between her legs, the redhead almost automatically arching her back to give her easier access.
Pulling back from the kiss, she let out another, this time slightly louder and longer moan as her partner continued her tender touch; her nails dug into the black haired woman's back as a shiver ran through her, the way she panted out her lover's name making Pat's good eye glisten with passion.
"Goddess, yes", the redhead groaned after a few more minutes had passed, minutes during which the demon had given her best to make her explode with what she was doing between her legs; her nails dug into the taller woman's back again, then she grit her teeth as she pressed out her final moan, slumping back down on the mattress afterwards, her whole body glistening with sweat.
"Oh wow", she finally managed to pant out, giving her lover a tired, but happy look, "you tired me out."
"Just what I had in mind", the demon smirked, moving so she ended up lying next to her girlfriend and grimacing a bit when she now felt the scratches the witch had left on her back, "now you'll be relaxed tomorrow at campus, right?"
"More than that", Willow giggled, snuggling up to her and smiling when she was immediately taken into a loving embrace, "I'll be so relaxed, I won't even care if they give me dire news."
"They won't", Pat gave back at once, moving one hand to play with her partner's hair idly and making her smile widen, "come on, you know that."
"Yeah, but I was gone for a long time", the redhead reminded her of her lengthy absence, "I mean, first I was in England, then that crazy guy was after you and then we had that whole trouble when his spell hit you. I should have gone there like a week ago already."
"Yeah, but you're one of their best students", Pat shrugged, clearly not as worried about this as her loved one was, "they're not gonna do anything that might make you leave and go somewhere else."
"Once again you demonstrate that you have much more confidence than I do", the witch giggled in reply, making her partner chuckle throatily as well; then, Pat shrugged and leaned closer to her for a quick, but gentle kiss, making her smile once more afterwards by asking if she should pick her up from the campus once she'd gotten done talking to the professors there.
"Of course", the witch replied at once, "you know I love it when you pick me up. If only so I can giggle at the stares of the freshmen when they see petite, cute me getting picked up by a tall scary woman with an eyepatch."
"Yeah, they stare in the drollest way", Pat dryly replied, then smirked, her next words making the redhead giggle once again. "Hey, remember that one guy who just was about to ask you out when I strolled up to you and gave you this big fat smack right on the mouth? For a moment, I thought he'd faint."
"Oh Goddess, yes", Willow managed to say between giggles, "that poor guy, I felt really bad for him. He couldn't look me in the eye for two weeks after that. And when he finally was able to do that again, he apologized to me, because he thought he offended me somehow."
"Well, I would have been offended if he had made another try to ask you out after he saw that", Pat smirked, "because I'm selfish and don't want to share you."
"I don't want that, either", Willow reassured her, claiming and receiving another kiss afterwards; then, she snuggled closer to her partner and contently closed her eyes, letting out a small sigh when the demon's fingers started moving through her hair again.
"I love you", she mumbled sleepily after a while, her eyes already halfway closed; still a smile curled her lips when the taller woman told her in a low voice that she loved her, too, then advised her to get some sleep and wished her a good night, prompting her to return that wish before she let her eyes slip close fully and quickly drifted off into dreamland.
In the next morning, the couple got up together, something which mildly surprised Willow, since usually, her partner preferred sleeping in when she didn't have any obligations; this gave her another chance to witness the grumpiness Pat always displayed in early mornings though, and she was honest enough with herself to admit that she even had missed that while she had been off in England.
"I better get the coffee machine started", she smirked at her partner, watching how Pat flopped down on the nearest chair and nodded in silent agreement, then snatched the pack of cigarettes from the kitchen table and lit one of them up, looking a tiny bit less grumpy after the first few drags.
"Oh my", the redhead observed at the same time, after she had finished getting the coffee machine ready and the dark liquid was starting to run through, giving her time to peer into the fridge, "we really have to go buy groceries today. There's no eggs left, and I wanted to make ham and eggs…"
"Sucks", Pat grumbled, making her partner smile while she nodded; figuring that, if ham and eggs were not an option, toast would do, she found several glasses of jam in the fridge and put them on the table, then moved to put the bread into the toaster, amused by the way her girlfriend kept watching the coffee machine, as if staring at it would make the coffee get done faster.
"You know, you didn't have to get up with me", she pointed out as she moved over to where the taller woman was sitting and taking a seat on her lap, even managing to make her smile weakly by putting both arms around her neck, "you don't have to go to the Magic Box or anything, right?"
"Nope", the demon grumbled in reply, taking another drag of her cigarette and giving the coffee machine a baleful glare, the appliance clearly taking too long for her liking to finish its job, "but I wanna be ready and awake for your call. To pick you up."
"How cute", Willow smiled in reply, moving one hand to ruffle her hair, "you know I appreciate that. I know how much you hate to get up so early."
She only earned another grunt in reply, giggling again; then, a mischief glint entered her eyes and she leaned closer to the taller woman, her voice a low purr when she spoke on, her words prompting the demon to perk up. "And I'm gonna show you how much I appreciate that, exactly, when we're back home after you picked me up."
"Sounds tempting", Pat mumbled, then smirked, the witch's promise clearly having helped to wake her up, "will I get something extra if I go grocery shopping while you're gone?"
"Sure", the redhead winked, eliciting a low, rumbling chuckle from her girlfriend; she smiled at her again, then kissed her briefly before she got up again, realizing that the coffee machine had fallen silent and that thus, the coffee was done.
"Here we go", she stated, moving over to the cupboard and finding two cups inside, "this should help wake you up fully, I made it strong, just the way you like it."
She had been expecting Pat to remain where she was, and thus was mildly surprised when she turned around and found the demon standing right behind her; with a little smirk at the look on her face, the taller woman took one of the cups from her, then moved to the fridge and got a bottle of milk from it while Willow got their sugar tin from yet another cupboard, knowing her girlfriend wouldn't drink the coffee without the ungodly amounts of sugar she always poured into it.
"That's the stuff", Pat mumbled after she had done just that and had added a splash of milk, looking content after taking the first sip of the coffee; a second later, the bread was popped out of the toaster, being done as well, and the couple sat down to have a proper breakfast, the demon by now capable of proper conversation, as she proved after wolfing down the first slice of bread with a generous portion of jam on it.
"So", she started, making Willow look up from her own food and at her, "you're gonna talk to all your profs today? Or just a few?"
"I thought I'd have to", the redhead replied, "but I asked the dean, and she said it'd be enough if I have a meeting with her first. I guess they want to make this easy for me, they probably worry I'm gonna drop out after being gone for so long."
"Told you so", Pat smirked at once, "they don't want that to happen. You're like their poster child."
"No, I'm not", Willow protested at once, "I'm just a good student, that's all."
"You're good at selling yourself short", Pat replied, unimpressed by her protest, "I mean, come on, Honey, is there any other student there right now going not for one, but two PhDs?"
"Well, I guess not", the witch sighed after thinking about this for a moment, "at least none that I know of."
"See", Pat shrugged, figuring that she had made her point, "no way in Hell they'd wanna lose that. Looks good in their yearbooks or whatever."
"I'll just believe you now", Willow decided in reply, smiling slightly again, "because then I'll feel confident and secure of myself when I go in there to face this woman. I know I have no reason to, but I still feel awkward whenever I have to deal with such authority figures, you know…?"
"You're right, you have no reason to", Pat agreed at once, giving her a loving smile that made her heart still beat faster, even after all those years, "but in case you freak out, or this woman gives you grief after all, just call me and I'll come running, okay?"
"Of course", the witch nodded at once, the taller woman's smile widening momentarily in reply; then, holding her partner's gaze, the redhead added "thanks" in a much softer and more serious voice, reaching over the table to grasp her partner's hand, this sudden change of her mood surprising, but not disturbing the other woman.
"You always find the right words to make me feel better", Willow let her know, reaching up with her free hand to caress her cheek tenderly, "no matter what I'm bothered about."
"That's part of my job description", Pat smirked, making the redhead smile as well; she nodded, then leaned in for a tender kiss, both of them focusing on finishing their breakfast afterwards, the mood now relaxed and happy again, just as both of them preferred it at such an early hour.
