"Do you want more of this? Isn't it glorious?
I can't believe that it's free.
I will adore you, I'll only live for you, just say that you belong to me."
- You Belong to Me, Cat Pierce
3 months later…
"Tamsin…"
It came again, in a pleading groan, right into the slumbering valkyrie's ear. Most nights it was the same scenario, the pregnant succubus would lean up against her shoulder, plant her pouty face to her neck and hassle her until she couldn't pretend to be in Morpheus' realm any longer. Tamsin tried extra hard, hiding her cheek into the pillow and swatting lethargically at Bo's hand when it tugged on her white vest. "Dude, I'm asleep." Yes, her slurred response was very paradoxical, but she didn't care.
"I really, really want some vanilla fudge ice cream. Can you get me some?" The unaligned love machine wouldn't be stumped, she knew that some keen persistence would get her what she wanted. "Pleaseeeee?" She bumped Tamsin's earlobe with her nose. Her cravings were out of whack, she couldn't control them, much like her hormones. When she had first accepted her pregnancy, she neglected to fully consider the changes that would course through her – despite the many times Lauren had sat her down to explain it fully. Poor Doctor Lewis had her hands full and everyone in the fae community knew it.
"Which part of 'you're giving me sleep deprivation' do you not seem to understand?" Tamsin grumbled and lifted her face, ordering one weighty eyelid open to check the time as she snatched her watch from the dresser. "It's three in the morning, Bo, go back to bed." She let her cheek collapse into the pillow again and shut her eye.
Until…
Oh no, did she hear sniffling?
The detective didn't have the conscience to ignore it, she paid a slow and unsteady glance to the young fae propped up on her shoulder and felt her stomach curl inwardly when she saw her bubbling up with tears. "Crap." Tamsin shuffled under the covers, disbanding her sleepiness as though it was inconsequential. "Don't cry." She sat up and rubbed at Bo's arms. "I'll get the ice cream for you, okay? I'll get it right now; you know that I'm not good with crying."
"No." The succubus turned her chin up stubbornly as she blubbered. "I don't want it anymore. You've put me off, well done detective, good job."
Those blasted hormones gave Tamsin mental whiplash every time, she still didn't know how to deal with them. The erratic look on her face showed as much, her eyebrow twitched as she stared at her lover as though she had been released prematurely from an asylum. She even stepped outside of her comfort zone to purchase a book on it: How To Support Your Partner Through Pregnancy. She started it and ended it at chapter one. And then she accidentally destroyed it when she used it to shield herself from a fire-breathing underfae that attacked her last week (no, she hadn't told Bo). "Come on, don't be like that. I'll get you two tubs of ice cream."
Bo pulled away when Tamsin reached out to touch her cheek, wiping the tears with her knuckles. "No." She wriggled down onto the mattress, rolled steadily onto her side until she was facing away from the valkyrie, and stole most of the covers. "I'm going to sleep, so quit keeping me up. I'm exhausted."
"I'm keeping you up…" The blonde would have doubted anyone else into oblivion. But in the instance of her hormonal girlfriend, she just glared at the back of her pretty head and made a gun gesture with her hand. Sometimes she drove her close to the brink and she still loved her for it, she'd even changed her name to 'Miss Moodyboobs' on her phone (no, she hadn't told Bo about that either!) Tamsin sulked and returned to her previous position, head touching down to her pillow once more. She shut her eyes, controlled her breathing, and composed herself. Falling back to sleep wouldn't be easy if she was agitated.
A solid two minutes went by until the succubus twisted around and sprung up against the valkyrie's shoulder again. "Did you say two tubs?"
"No?" By this point, Tamsin pulled the other half of the pillow into her face, convinced that suffocating herself would be the more merciful option to her problems. She must have been in love; it was the only explanation as to why she could endure this. With a huff of surrender, she twisted to the succubus and patted her cheek. "Alright, two tubs of ice cream it is. You win, succulette." Tamsin hated the little heart flutter she got whenever Bo beamed into a bright smile, it never failed to weaken her knees, and these days she was particularly beautiful now that she was glowing. The detective heaved her tired self up from the mattress and fetched her jeans from the floor while her girlfriend scurried behind her and kissed innocently at her shoulder, reminding her of how much she treasured her. It made it more bearable to know that she was genuinely making her lover happy, plus she kinda owed it to her for knocking her up. There were many trips to the 24-Hour ice cream parlor that she and Dyson used to hit whenever they had a stakeout, only tonight it appeared as though the succubus was putting in the effort to join her for the drive across town. Tamsin laced her boots and smirked when she saw Bo getting dressed. "You're tagging along tonight? That's a nice alternative to you barking at me to get you food and then falling asleep by the time I actually bring it to you."
A sheepish aura surrounded Bo, she struggled to control the emotions raging within her, but she was very aware of them. "I love you?"
Snorting, Tamsin rolled her eyes and pushed her broad arms into the sleeves of her red leather jacket. Then she whisked the keys to her truck and led her girlfriend by the hand to the stairs. Bo was no longer surprised to find Kenzi on the couch, immersed in whatever new video game she had stolen. And equally so, the human shared no shock that her two friends were up so late again. She tilted her head back on the couch, staring at them with an upside-down view. "You're heading out? Sweet. Can you bring me back a strawberry slurpee?"
"Do I just take orders from everyone now?" Tamsin's own moodiness still outshined the pregnant succubus whenever it reared. "Does anyone even remember that I'm a shieldmaiden? Odin's finest? That I stop-"
"Stopped battles with the blink of an eye," Bo finished for her and pulled her to the front door, "we know sweetie, let's go."
"Don't forget my slurpee!" Kenzi called from the sofa.
If the constant nagging hadn't fully woken the detective up, the cool breeze outside did. They left the crack shack behind and she opened the passenger door for her girlfriend, ensuring that she got in safe and sound. Then she hopped into the driver's side, and the mission for ice cream was fully operational. Bo scooted over and snuggled into the valkyrie's side as she reversed onto the empty road, she pulled one of Tamsin's arms around her to keep her warm, confident in her ability to drive sensibly with one hand at the wheel. The trip consisted of them talking about their baby and battling over the names that they wanted, they came to a mutual agreement that they wanted it to be unique, but their definition of 'unique' was very different. While Tamsin was determined to want their child to take after the name of strong warriors, Bo wanted something that was a bit easier to pronounce. What should have been a lovey-dovey conversation became a usual squabbling session between them.
In actual fact, the valkyrie dare say that she believed she had won when the love machine fell silent for moments on end beside her. Of course, that was until she paid her a shit-eating smirk and then let it drop back down again when she noticed a very familiar look on her face. "Oh no. No, no, no, don't you dare."
Bo sunk into her seat, looking squeamish, and trained her gaze only in front of her. "Tamsin…"
"Goddamn, roll the window down Bo! Don't you dare throw up in this truck or so help me-"
"Pull over!"
"Roll the window down!" Tamsin suggested again, even more frantic.
"No way! Have you even seen Hereditary? That shit will get you decapitated! Pull over!"
"Where?" The valkyrie gestured. "On the middle of the road?! Hold it together succubus, we're almost there."
Unfortunately, Bo couldn't repress the churning of her stomach. Her pregnancy had developed a bad case of travel sickness within her. She lurched against Tamsin and hurled the contents onto her lap without warning. A litany of cusses flew from her girlfriend's mouth as she swerved in frustration before rapidly regaining control of her truck. The succubus was glad that her unborn child protected her from the sound thrashing she would have received otherwise. "Hey, are those my sunglasses?" Wow, the young fae wondered how long it had been since the detective had cleaned the floor of her truck.
Tamsin hurried to wrestle out of her precious leather jacket when a tiny – tiny – spec of vomit had landed on the zipper. "Ew, ew, ew! No way!" She would have moved less desperately if she had been set on fire, she flailed with the succubus against her lap and tossed her jacket to the back seat to safeguard it from any future attacks. She didn't even want to look at her lap, she could feel how warm and wet it had become. Unlike her girlfriend, she cracked open the window immediately to let fresh air in. "Jesus Bo, remind me next time to leave you on the couch with Kenzi. Ugh, I try to do one good deed and get dragged into The Exorcist."
"It's not that bad." Bo was still woozy, but she shut her eyes and breathed slowly, in through her mouth and out through her nose.
"Try telling that to my lap. You could have aimed anywhere else."
"I can't control it, T."
"So you say." Tamsin remarked immaturely, her nose wrinkled as she centred her focus onto getting them to the parlor in one piece. The annoying part was how close it was, if only her partner's sickness had hit her a couple of minutes later then there would have been one less reason for her to feel primed with tension. "This is not my night." She parked steadily in one of the many vacant spaces and shut the engine off. The valkyrie's face softened drastically as she saw the succubus lean back and rub at her forehead. With a small sigh, she reached down for her knee and gave a supporting squeeze. "How're you holding up?" She asked and then she motioned to a bottle of water in the cup holder. "Take a drink."
"I feel better now that we've stopped." The unaligned fae tried for a small smile, still regaining the color in her cheeks, she took her girlfriend's advice and indulged in a generous mouthful of water to soothe the burn in her throat.
They took their time in departing from the truck, the valkyrie fell into her line of duty by winding straight to the succubus' side the moment she stepped out, their hands locked, and their fingers interlaced. However, Tamsin didn't take any further steps towards the parlor until Bo convinced her that she was ready to move. Whatever they did, they did it together. More than anything they wanted the pregnancy to sail as smoothly as possible, regardless of how many check-ups it took, or how often Bo needed to feed, be it chi or human food. They wanted to get it right first time. The building only had a few fellow patrons as they entered, the detective immediately ignored the wandering eyes that found her girlfriend. Maybe she should've gotten used to it years ago, but there would always be a residual bite of envy within her. Tamsin's first stop wasn't the counter, she grabbed an excessive number of napkins from the dispenser and used them to clean the crotch of her jeans.
"Stop being so aggressive." Bo schooled her lover and stole the napkins from her hands when her impatient rubbing stressed her out, she took command and dabbed her lap with a gentler approach. Everyone was pretending not to watch the pair, but their discretion wasn't anything to be admired. "There, looking better already."
Tamsin was as stroppy as a child, crossing her arms over her chest and frowning, she didn't enjoy having an audience watching her girlfriend clean her. "Was this all an elaborate ruse of yours to get me out of my pants?"
Laughter rumbled in the young fae's chest. "You sound like Kenzi." She replied and then saw the confused look that her partner shot her. "She said something similar to me a long time ago, although it wasn't about her pants." Bo tossed the used napkins into the trashcan next to her and kindly returned the remainder of them into the dispenser. Well, they didn't fit in quite as neatly as they had come out, but it was better than throwing them away when they hadn't been needed in the first place.
"Uh huh." Tamsin was already on her way to the counter so that she could fulfil her promise to her lover. The discomfort of having her partner throw up on her had increased her urge to want to retreat home as fast as she could. It wasn't even so much actual vomit as it was a tiny mouthful of water, but still, she had a tendency of exaggerating with her reactions.
With one look, Bo made the mistake of letting her gaze drop to her partner's firm posterior, she had a strut that hooked the succubus straight in. This instance was no different, the young fae was drooling for more than just ice cream as she followed behind the detective, fully hypnotized by her curves as though they were somehow calling to her from beyond Tamsin's knowledge. 'Don't touch. You're in public. Control yourself.' She reprimanded herself as she stood behind her girlfriend, eyes still on her ass. 'Do. Not. Do. It.' Poor Bo, her self-restraint just wasn't quite there yet, she reached out and brazenly ran her hand over the detective's left ass cheek.
The valkyrie stopped mid-order and stiffened, was Bo groping her? Even though she could feel it, she had to double check. Tamsin twisted, looked over her shoulder, and sure enough there it was: her girlfriend's hand was right on target. Her intention to question her backfired when she saw the coy little smile she was giving her, biting down sensually onto her plump bottom lip. Whatever communication she shared with the shop attendant severed fully. A ripple of arousal zinged through her as she received a heavy-handed squeeze. It shattered most of her composure and had her failing to return to the order with a clear head. "Um, can I just take two tubs…uh, cartons of ice cream…" Her cheeks were flushing as she pointed to the flavor on the menu. "This one here."
"Tamsin, I need to go to the bathroom." Came the younger fae's 'innocent' confession, she let her hand drift over her partner's hip as she walked by her. And she couldn't stop herself from taking a couple of the complimentary mints next to the cashier to get the unpleasant aftertaste out of her mouth. The spearmint was a refreshing delight to her taste buds as soon as it hit them.
A very fidgety detective was left by the counter as the man serving her bagged her items, she grabbed a couple of bills from her back pocket and gave them to him. "I'll be right back for these." Tamsin had no social graces, nor the patience to talk any longer, she chased after her lover without the decency of subtly. Because when you were in love with Bo Dennis, there was just no space for that secretive bullshit. "I've arrested people for this." She husked as she found her partner waiting for her by the sinks, she stole her into her arms without a shred of thought and planted her lips on her in a ravenous kiss, where she too tasted the joyous mint. Bo's arms snaked around her neck, mouth parting to welcome her eager tongue in, their kissing always became so intense whenever the succubus got one taste of her. It seemed to rally all of the hunger in her belly and transformed the valkyrie into a five-star meal.
They took handfuls of each other at a time, but with the extra kick of strength from the pregnancy, Bo always had an advantage. Her beguiling blue eyes sparkled mystically as she boxed Tamsin to the farthest wall from the door, her fingers played with the button of her jeans which prompted the valkyrie to kiss her harder, hands vanishing into her luscious dark hair. Wisps of chi flowed between their lips, stealing the breathiest of moans from the blonde. She was needy – too needy. Her hips jumped in response; Bo's fingers dipped below the waistline of her jeans. Tamsin bit on her lower lip and tugged impatiently, demanding more than just thorough teasing and when the succubus didn't respond fast enough for her liking, she asserted command and took her hand, guiding it beneath her flimsy excuse for underwear. The skin-to-skin contact was all consuming, the valkyrie dropped her head to the tiled wall behind her and groaned wantonly as her lover explored her silky folds of flesh. Bo delighted in Tamsin's rigid body language, she licked a perfect line up the column of her throat and ended with an artful flick at her chin.
"I could eat you right up." The succubus was ever so sultry with her announcement, fingertips targeting that glorious bundle of nerves with agonizingly slow strokes, the valkyrie was ripe with arousal and ready for the taking. Stimulating her took less effort every time, they could skip leagues of foreplay at a time. She grinned against Tamsin's jaw, enjoying the little shift of movement from her hips, she was much too proud to beg her to claim her, but her body would always betray her urges.
Madness rung through the blonde-haired fae, she cursed herself for reaching breaking point so fast. Nobody had made her pine so badly before, and here she was with the most insufferable fae in the world, a stone's throw away from beseeching her to end her silent suffering. "Bo." She growled lowly, warning her.
"Yes?" Her girlfriend mocked her, feigning ignorance. "Yes, detective?"
Liquid heat spread through Tamsin, her nerve-endings screamed at her, her desires went into overdrive whenever Bo purred at her. "C'mere." She grasped her lover by the face and dragged her in for another messy kiss, she collapsed with all her weight against the wall and relied on it for support as she held her girlfriend to her. Their lip locking went from 0 to 60 in a second flat. The valkyrie no longer had a functional brain when the succubus' fingers invaded her where she was most desperate. Lightning zapped through her at the strong-building 'in and out' rhythm her partner worked her into. Tamsin abandoned all sense, gyrating herself into Bo's expert hand, chasing after those glorious fingers with an urgency to keep them sheathed within her for as long as possible. Their moans filled the restroom as they let their passion run loose. The detective gave a tiny grunt when the succubus latched onto her neck, chewing and worshipping it in tandem. She held a hand to the back of her head and nearly lost herself as she stared at her reflection in the mirror across from her, although it was less about watching herself and more about seeing Bo all over her. It was enrapturing, to have the most beautiful woman in the world craving to screw her brains out until she was satisfied. Because make no mistake, Bo was in charge, and even when Tamsin could no longer feel her legs, Bo would still be in charge and it would remain that way until she was content.
And apparently 'contentment' for Bo Dennis didn't arrive until several intense orgasms later. She emerged from the bathroom with a gooey-eyed, mush-brained, numb-legged, hair-dishevelled, Tamsin staggering unsteadily behind her. They took their bag from the counter and exited from the parlor, leaving many blushing humans in their wake. The valkyrie retained a little fraction of common sense as she unlocked her truck, she opened the door for her lover as she did every time, and then she climbed back into the driver's seat. Late night trips and mind-blowing sex had not been on her 'to do' list tonight, but was she complaining? Hell no. As she commenced the return journey home, she was blatantly distracted by how adorable Bo looked scooping the ice cream from the tub with her finger, she didn't have the patience to wait for a spoon.
The little sensual noises she made to compliment her liking for the taste were driving Tamsin to ruin. "I swear, you can make anything sound sinful."
"What? I just really wanted ice cream. You should try some, it's so good."
"I'm not really a massive fan of ice cream."
"Boop." Bo put a tiny piece on the valkyrie's nose.
"You are lucky that you are so cute...and pregnant. Nobody 'boops' me."
"Pretty sure that I booped you to heaven just now." The succubus commented slyly and sucked on her index finger far too slowly to just be savoring the taste of the ice cream.
"Babe, I came so hard that my wings popped out, I'm pretty sure you took me above heaven."
"I did, didn't I?" Bo sighed gloriously. "I didn't even know that could happen."
"…neither did I…" Tamsin mumbled lowly, not wishing to feed into her girlfriend's ego any more than she already had tonight. "And I've still got ice cream on my nose." She shook her head and wiped at her face with the back of her hand.
"Thanks for taking me out tonight, Tamsin. I know these hormones have been a real pain in the ass for you to deal with."
"Really? You think?" Now Tamsin's sarcasm had entered the game. "Just because you've made me sleep on the couch three times? And thrown your corsets at me because you can no longer fit into them? Or because you hog all of the bed covers? Or because I now need the stamina of an Olympic gold medallist to keep up with your insane sex drive?"
"I don't think you can really complain about my 'insane sex drive' when you are the one who forces your chi down my throat whenever my eyes turn blue." Bo pointed out and licked at her finger again. "Hey, do you remember the time you wore a red bow on my birthday?"
"Let's maybe not talk about that, please." Tamsin cringed.
The succubus chuckled at her lover's shyness. "Why? It was the best present EVER. You do realize you're going to have to try and beat it this year, right? It'll be hard to top."
"What're you talking about? I've already given you the best present this year." Tamsin smirked and rubbed her hand over her girlfriend's small, protruding bump. "Maybe we'll have twins."
"Don't get greedy." Bo held her hand over the valkyrie's and watched her with utter adoration. "I love you, so much."
"What's not to love?" Of course, the detective always made a joke out of it, she still struggled with the mushy stuff. "I suppose I kinda love you too."
"Oh, you 'suppose', huh?" The younger fae teased.
Tamsin's smirk broadened as she kept her eyes on the road. "Well, I did put a baby in you, so I might as well see this through. I better delete all of those other girls from my phone."
Gasping, Bo pretended to be offended and whacked her lover's arm. "Jerk."
"Ouch, that caught me right in my feelings. Wah, wah, wah."
"Wait, you HAVE feelings?" The succubus covered her mouth.
On cue, the valkyrie pulled her truck to a stop outside of the crack shack and glared playfully at her partner while she undid her seatbelt. "I'll give you three seconds to take that back."
"And if I don-"
SMASH!
The detective's lips collided into Bo's hungrily, she ran her hands along her waist, and then to the bag on her lap. She pulled it from her and dropped it to her seat while she worked on dragging the succubus to the back of her truck. "I'll show you just how many feelings I have." She laid her panting lover onto her back and admired those baby blues of hers when they were on show again.
"The ice cream is going to melt." Bo pulled on Tamsin's vest so hard that it was stretching.
"Fuck the ice cream, you are the only thing I want in my mouth."
Kenzi lifted her head from the sofa after the door opened. "Jeez Louise, what took so long? Was there a long line?" She glanced at her two friends and eyed them very suspiciously. The girl looked them up and down. Bo's hair was a mess, Tamsin's neck and shoulders were covered in scratches and hickeys.
Their faces were flushed.
Sweat shone on their foreheads.
The fly of Tamsin's jeans wasn't even buttoned, nor properly zipped.
Bo's top was hanging off one shoulder.
But none of that registered with Kenzi, there was only one thing that did. "Hey, where's my slurpee?"
Tamsin and Bo glanced to each other in unison: "shit."
Happy belated 2020 everyone! I hope that this year brings you everything that you hope for, and that it is filled with love and kindness. I do apologize for the stretches of hiatus at a time, but I love returning to this story whenever I get a chance. I checked the word count for it just now and it still blows my mind! Thank you to everyone who has congratulated me on the release of my book, it means the world. I've got big plans for it, but we'll see how it goes!
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