Disclaimer: I don't own the Defiance universe.
Characters: Irisa, Tommy
Relationships: Irisa x Tommy
Rating: T
Summary: The moment Irisa falls for Tommy.
Word Count: 316
Notes: Spoilers for "The Serpent's Egg."
Lovesong
Irisa could pinpoint the exact moment when she fell for Tommy. Not then, when it actually happened. But later, when she was lying tangled in his strong arms and the pile of their clothes on the jail room floor. He held her tight. Then pressed a kiss against her hair. Sweet, tender. And she knew.
It took her by surprise.
There had been plenty of guys before Tommy. Well, not "plenty" exactly. That made her sound bad. But, there had been enough guys that she knew how it went.
First came the brawl. There was always a brawl, usually in a bar or an alley somewhere. Some guy who was standing up for her so-called honor. Irisa supposed that she had a type.
Because after the brawl came the sex. Hot and fierce and wild. All lips and sweaty skin, pressed against each other. Desperate and needy. There was no hint of affection. Just a passionate hunger that had burned itself out before dawn had broken.
Everything was different with Tommy. Sure it had started with him hitting a man. And Irisa was almost sure that it had something to do with her, too. Just like the others. But he had claimed that it had been his own nightmares that had driven him, only seconds before she'd knocked their teeth together in a too-intense kiss.
Between the kissing and the hitting, though, was when Irisa fell. When Tommy had stopped, his first still in the air. Not because he'd wanted to, necessarily, but because she had asked.
No one, not even Nolan really, had ever done that for her before. Put her feelings first, even when they didn't understand them.
She didn't understand this, herself.
So later, when they were clothed again and back to worth, Irisa acted like nothing had changed. When Tommy had looked hurt, she looked away and pretended it didn't hurt her.