Lightning sighed when she searched for the keys for the house in her pockets, patting over her clothes as an attempt to find the hard objects. Honestly she didn't know where she put them in her jacket when she left work, her mind was way too cloudy to remember that. So many things blocked every other thought she had she was surprised she arrived home in safety instead of involving everyone on her way home in a car crash.

Finally she found the keys, fumbled a bit until she got the right one and opened the door, immediately embracing the cozy warmth that radiated from inside.

Yes, finally home where she had her peace and quietness, away from any colleague that got on her nerves today. Just because she was an important person and somewhat a celebrity didn't mean she could do every work that needed to be done as fast as possible. Yes, she was a fast worker and yes she really liked her job, but sometimes …

"Hey Light."

The sudden and yet familiar voice made Lightning looking up from the ground, searching for the reason she actually was glad to come home to.

Fang leaned with her shoulder against the door frame from the living room, her head slightly tilted and with a small warming smile on her face. Their eyes briefly met and Lightning returned the smile with a "Hey" before she began to unbutton her jacket and kicking off her boots, getting rid of everything that reminded her of work.

The way Lightning sighed again when she placed the boots on the designated place stirred something in Fang and let her push away from the door frame, walking over to Lightning who was finished with undressing in the meantime. She wrapped her arms around the soldier, feeling the stiffness in Lightning's posture when she snuggled up to her and held Lightning's head close as she slightly soothed over her back. An incredible warmth and comfortableness embraced both and Lightning sank in Fang's arms, her stiffness slowly fading in the arms of her girlfriend.

She chuckled when Fang placed a kiss on her temple; getting this kind of affection right after she came home was something she treasured much and wouldn't trade anything for it, especially not after such a day.

Fang must have read her right about her well-being, because Lightning didn't let go of her like she usually did after a while, instead she returned the embrace and laid her hands on Fang's back, slightly clawing at it when she placed her chin on her shoulder.

"Bad day, huh?"

The words were whispered against the pink hair and Lightning only nodded, exhaling in a puff of air as she slowly removed her arms around her to get some space between them and looked up to her.

"Very."

They held eye contact once again and Lightning felt herself losing in them, feeling a wave of calmness rushing through her sore muscles as they shared this moment between them. Almost every thought about work was gone from her mind and tranquility took place; she definitely felt way better already than a few minutes ago.

"So … should I make your day better?"

Fang grinned and tucked a lose pink strand behind Lightning's ear, grabbing her hand and leading her down the hallway, waiting for her reaction at this request. Lightning raised an eyebrow at Fang's odd behavior, not exactly knowing what Fang had in mind.

-x-

That she would find herself in just a top and some shorts lying on her stomach
on her bed a few minutes later she hadn't imagined. Combined with the fact that Fang lied right beside her in equal clothes, brushing her fingers over the fabric of the top and drew various shapes on her back, this was the best thing she could have hoped for.

Fang's gentle hands moved up and down her back, occasionally finding sore points when Lightning slightly jumped at the touch from there, immediately massaging it away in slow circles, and Lightning hummed at the tender care Fang gave her.

It was the perfect outcome of this stressful day and with Fang's constant caressing all her stiffness and inner tension got rubbed away and a calm state took place. So calm that she had trouble keeping her eyes open and Fang noticed that the humming got lesser and lesser with every stroke she made on her back.

"Don't you fall asleep on me." She chuckled and Lightning gave a breathy mumbling as response, drowned in the pillow below her.

But it was way too late for her to notice and Lightning fell asleep under Fang's caressing touch; Fang just shook her head with a smile on her face and drew the blanket higher to wrap it around the sleeping woman's shoulder, letting her doze away the stressful memories of that day.