Author's notes:

Hi everyone! (She says in the hopes this ever gets read)

Firstly, I don't own the characters or Lost Girl, I'm only frolicking in their proverbial paddock. All mistakes are mine (and I'm sorry)

This is my first ever fanfic, so please be critical (constructive would be helpful!) The main ship is COPDOC - while I love Doccubus, there are so many amazing stories already written that with my lack of creativity, any story I would try with them for my first would just be noise.

This is the only chapter I have written, if it's not very good, I won't continue with the story. If you have ideas on where to go from this chapter, please rate, review and let me know - totally open for suggestions and input!

Thanks so much for reading and any rates and reviews are much appreciated. I'm new to all of this - if you want to catch up with me on tumblr you can find me at Under-These-Stars.

CHAPTER 1

"Hey Doc, what's up?' No.

"Hello Dr. Lewis, how are you today?" Fuck. Way too formal. I'm not asking her to prom. Although... No! Focus.

"Yo yo Hotpants! What's a-crackin?!" Ugh. Too 'gangsta's paradise'. Shit. Get it right.

"Hi Lauren, how's it going?" That might work.

Back and forth the tall blonde valkyrie paced practicing the perfect greeting to use. For at least half an hour she hovered outside the large oak doors leading to the new dark fae digs of one Dr. Lauren Lewis. No matter how many times she internally scolded herself to just suck it up and walk through the door, she couldn't bring herself to place her hands on the handle and push.

"C'mon. You've lived through two millenniums, spanning across multiple realms. not to mention you're a fucking warrior fae, you will NOT be intimidated by a human, albeit a very beautiful human who maybe sort of hates you because you kissed her succuslut of a girlfriend and rubbed it in her face... Okay, dick move, but if she can forgive the succucunt for fucking everything that moves, surely she's forgiven me, right? Maybe not. Surely yes! She's human, she doesn't have long to live, she can't afford to hold grudges. Right." Tamsin continued to march the same short stretch of worn carpet lining the hall outside the lab, muttering her motivational speech to herself, ignoring the judgemental looks she was getting from the others roaming the dark fae compound.

"Okay, you're just going to take a deep breath, walk in there, say hello and let her know that you're her new security detail. If it all goes well, maybe you can casually inviter her to..."

"Is somebody waiting there?" Lauren peeked her head through the cracked open doors of her lab interrupting the next idea coming out of Tamsin's mouth.

"Shit!" Tamsin screamed, in her head of course. Praying to any god that would hear her that Lauren had not heard what she was saying, she looked up and her breath caught in her throat at the sight of the beautiful blonde doctor with only her shoulders and one arm leaning through the gap in the door. Tamsin tried to scold herself away from noticing her hair, that beautiful hair cascading freely over the front of her shoulder giving only small glimpses of her crisp white lab coat.

"Oh. It's you. Can I help you?" Lauren straightened and stepped out of the doorway as she addressed the former detective standing in front of her. All hints of friendliness were gone and replaced by an icy demeanour that Tamsin was confident could freeze the halls of hell.

After the valkyries rebirth, The Morrigan had seen fit to fill her position at the human police station with another of her fae subjects, leaving Tamsin out of a job and Dyson unimpressed with the fact that the partner he was just starting to work well with was replaced with a 'vertically challenged' ogre named Edgar. The wolf shifter had never heard of something so ridiculous and it certainly didn't help that his hew partner seemed to have learned all of his detective skills from watching 'Training Day'. Tamsin had since been on the receiving end of many an irate call from her old partner regaling her on the latest mess he had to clean up because of his new partner trying to emulate Denzel Washington. The valkyrie however, found the whole situation rather amusing, to the unending irritation of the shifter.

Well, not the whole situation. This new assignment put her in an awkward position having to face the doctor. While the prospect of spending time with a gorgeous doctor excited her, this particular gorgeous doctor terrified her considering their awkward past. She had never felt this nervous around anyone, and yet here she was, averting her eyes and gripping her palms together to push down the unease rising within her.

'Uh, yeah, hi Doc, can we talk in your lab?' Definitely not how the taller blonde had wanted the greeting to go, as evidenced by the rising crimson in her cheeks.

Allowing curiosity to capture her, Lauren opened the door fully and signalled with a flick of her head for Tamsin to follow behind her. She did as directed, but not before taking a deep breathe to calm herself, she also couldn't resist the opportunity to fully appreciate the Doctor's form from behind. The valkyrie unconsciously bit her bottom lip as she noticed the muscular form of Lauren's calves in her skinny black jeans that were only aided by the high heels she was wearing. She was instantly thankful that the lab was empty aside from the two of them, she didn't want an audience for their conversation.

"Ahem." Lauren cleared her throat yanking Tamsin from her internal dialogue. Shit again. She had been caught ogling the other blonde, although to her surprise, the doc seemed to have relaxed ever so slightly. Curious.

"What is it that I can do for you Tamsin?" The coolness had not left her tone at all. This wasn't getting off to a great start.

"Hi. How are you Lauren?" Tamsin spat with far more sarcasm laced in her voice than she had intended. Her pride was hurt despite having fully expected this kind of reception.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't realise you were here to hang out" Lauren's words dripped with disdain "well! Let's see, ruined any other relationships lately? Come here to gloat some more about what you can do that I can't?"

"Alright... I deserved that" Tamsin replied, humbling her tone significantly as she positioned her eyes anywhere away from the Doctor's gaze. "I might as well get this out of the way first." She took a large gulp of air to prepare for the next part of what she was going to say. It didn't help. Lauren was still staring daggers at her with one eyebrow raised waiting to hear what she could possibly have to say for herself. Despite being the taller one, Tamsin definitely felt a lot smaller under the Doc's angry stare.

"I guess, I'm sorry" she got out as fast as she could as though the words might poison her if they lingered on her tongue.

'You guess?' The dark blonde was not going to let her get off that lightly.

'Okay, I know. I'm really sorry Lauren. I've got a lot to make up for after my role in Odin's kidnapping of Bo' Lauren visibly bristled at the mention of the wanderer, the last 'Big Bad' the gang had dealt with. Turns out he wasn't as nice as recent blockbusters might have lead mankind to believe. Thankfully, they had dealt with his attempt at world domination without anymore heartbreaking losses, even managing to retrieve both Hale and Kenzie from the halls of Valhalla in the process. It hadn't been easy, but it was all behind them now and the happy sunshine gang were back together and on their way towards healing. "I understand you were one of the people most hurt by all the shit I did, you didn't deserve any of it."

Tamsin paused and looked up ready to continue, noticing that Lauren's shoulders weren't as hard set as a minute earlier. She even looked mildly surprised at the current turn of events, although she made no moves to reply to the older fae's admission of guilt. "I totally understand if you hate me, but I need to at least try to make things right with you."

At this, Lauren scoffed causing the valkyrie to grimace, almost invisibly. Noticing how the taller blonde's eyes looked glassy, Lauren decided to soften her approach. Slightly. She wasn't letting her off the hook. "Right. Well, if this is going to take much longer, how about we talk in my office" she said indicating towards the door that was positioned on the opposite wall of the door they had just entered through. Again Tamsin found herself following the doctor as she led her across the lab around equipment that she couldn't even try to name to the closed door.

This time, Lauren opened the door and allowed Tamsin to enter first, closing the door behind them both.

The office did not look at all like what the light blonde was expecting. It was a large room with dark red carpeting, the long wall on the opposite side of the door was lined with massive dark wood bookshelves brimming with what looked like most of the dark fae archives. Positioned by the large glass window that used most of the wall and overlooked the meticulously manicured grounds was a large mahogany desk with a high backed black office chair that faced away from the window. On the other side of the desk were two black plushy arm chairs giving the impression that this space was meant to be used for meetings as well. Tamsin wondered what kind of meetings the scientist would take in this place. There was also a rich brown leather lounge that looked more comfortable than most beds that sat against the opposite wall the the bookshelves and was positioned behind the door they had just entered. To Tamsin it actually looked very out of place, a worn comfort amongst all of the other rich furnishings, decorations and art works surrounding it.

Lauren noticed Tamsin staring at the couch, anticipating her question, Lauren stated matter of factly "The Morrigan decorated most of the office. The couch is mine. I wanted a bit of comfort in my space, considering I spend most of my hours here."

Tamsin nodded in reply and made her way to one of the two arm chairs in front of the desk, settling in and waiting for Lauren to take her seat. To her surprise, Lauren took the seat beside her and turned the seat to face the fae.

Tamsin mirrored the gesture before deciding to continue the conversation the were having moments ago. "So. I guess I should start with the night I came to your apartment" she paused trying to gauge how receptive Lauren was to hearing her out, seeing no indication either way, she steeled herself and continued "as you know by now, I was there for more than just to rub your face in a meaningless moment between me and the succucunt"

"Her name is Bo!"

"Right. Bo. Sorry." It was obviously still a sore point. While Bo and Tamsin had made progress in their relationship, including a few rounds in the bedroom at one point, there was still tension there. What was interesting was that it wasn't Bo that the tension was coming from. She had completely forgiven Tamsin for her actions, it was Tamsin who was having trouble getting past Bo's behaviour. She thought it was unfair for the succubus to expect everyone to love her and wait for her. By her count, she had the wolf, the doctor, Rainer and even her as string alongs in the love epic of Bo. Despite it going against all of her fae instincts as a succubus, she always said she wanted monogamy and yet would never really choose one person or the other. Tamsin had been mildly burned but had moved on rather quickly deciding to only pursue a friendship with the prophesied 'Queen of the Fae'. Her wolf friend had not been so lucky on account of his mate bond and by the looks of it, the doctor hadn't fared much better. Rainer may have been the worst off, dying and all, but at least he was released from the damn love hexa-fuck-agon.

"Anyway, as I was saying, you know I was there to gather what I needed to trap Bo. I shouldn't have used you like that. It was fucked up."

At this point Lauren decided to speak up "Fine. You're sorry for what you did to Bo. Fantastic. Is that all you came here to tell me?"

Tamsin shocked herself by reaching out and putting her hand on Lauren's knee. It was quickly withdrawn when Lauren's eyes darted towards the unexpected contact. "No! That's not what I'm saying!" Lauren straightened her posture and Tamsin averted her eyes in response to the awkward moment they had shared. Tamsin was thankful the Doc didn't say anything so she could continue, concentrating on calming herself before she spoke "That's not what I'm here to say at all. I'm apologising to you. I hope you'll hear me because I don't really want to have to say this more than once, it doesn't feel great. Lauren, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to have been another person to come between you and the succu - Bo. I'm sorry for the things I said and the things I did that may have hurt you. After my rebirth and all we've been through, I'd like to think that I've changed a bit this time around. I hope that while we work together I can prove that to you."

"Wait, what?! Work together? What the hell do you mean? I'm not working with you!"

That was not how that was meant to come out. "Shit. Yeah Doc. That's the other thing I came to talk to you about" Tamsin cursed herself silently for her slip up. "You're my new assignment."

"Assignment? What is that supposed to mean?" It was obvious from the way her voice was raising and becoming higher pitched that Lauren was not thrilled at what she was hearing.

"Calm down Doc. Now that everything in the fae world is relatively calm, The Morrigan believes that some of the light might try to... Take you back or get rid of you. Either way, it's bad news. I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen. I'm going to be here with you at the lab and I'll be right beside you on any call outs you have to do and..."

"Like hell you are!" Tamsin couldn't finish as Lauren was up out of her seat and rounding to the other side of her desk. Tamsin thought better of interrupting and just sat watching the doctor freak out. "I may be human but that does NOT mean I am weak! I managed to turn Evony human for fucks sake! And then I turned her back! I DO NOT NEED A BABYSITTER!"

Tamsin was going to speak up, but before she could Lauren had the phone on her desk at her ear and was obviously waiting for someone to answer. The warrior fae thought it might be best to just remain silent for now.

"Pick up dammit!" Lauren held the phone tightly to her ear while glaring down at Tamsin from her standing position on the opposite side of the desk. Tamsin did her best not to squirm under her fiery gaze. "Hello?!"

"Lauren! Darling! To what do I owe this lovely interruption to my afternoon?" Evony's voice could be heard clearly on the other end. Tamsin knew she shouldn't be listening in, but it's not like she could turn off her fae hearing.

"Evony, what the fuck is this?!"

Laughter could be heard on the other end of the phone before The Morrigan composed herself to reply "Ah, so I see you got my little gift. Just a precaution darling, must keep up my end of the bargain with your protection!"

"Are you protecting me or trying to protect yourself?! I do not need a shadow while I'm working!" Lauren all but yelled the last sentence into the phone with a growl that would make Dyson proud.

"Calm down. Firstly, it's not just while you're working. Tamsin will be with you at all times. Why do you think I gave you a three bedroom apartment? Honestly dear, sometimes I wonder if you really are as bright as they all say"

At this both Lauren and Tamsin's eyed widened. Tamsin shrugged slightly and gave the doctor and apologetic grin - she hadn't gotten to that part yet.

"WHAT? No! Just. No. I am not living with her. Uh-Uh. Nope. Not happening." Lauren almost sounded like she was pleading. Tamsin tried not to look as offended as she was becoming.

"Lauren, sweetie, I assure you, this isn't personal. We're past all that. There has been chatter picked up on the underground from some of the light resisting the treaties we are working at. Your name keeps coming up as a target. I promise you I'm not doing this to get back at you for my foray into humanity, although that is a nice little benefit for me" Evony chuckled before continuing "You're a very valued employee to the dark and I'd hate to see you go back to being a slave to the light or worse. Tamsin is now your protector and as much as I am loathe to say it, she is very good at what she does. If you would like to remain in my employ as well as a free and living woman, you will accept my protection. Ta darling!" And with that the line went dead.

Lauren dropped defeated into her office chair. Both women were still and silent for what seemed like an eternity although in reality was no more than a minute.

"So" Lauren finally spoke with narrowed eyes "when are you... ugh. When are you moving in?"

"Um... Now. All my stuff is in my truck - I'm ready to go when you are." Tamsin tried to sound apologetic, it didn't seem to help.

Lauren responded with a single nod before pushing herself off the chair and making her way to the door not waiting for Tamsin to follow. Tamsin remained seated for a moment shaking her head.

That didn't go quite as planned. This is going to be... Interesting.

So that's the start of my little story! Thoughts?

I figured I'd let the show flesh out what happens with Bo's dad and just skip ahead - a quick google search of the wanderer shows that he's most likely Odin, so I just went with it. I also thought it would be nice to remove some tragedy, ergo the return of Hale and Kenzi.

Again, thanks so much for reading. I'll wait for a few reviews before going ahead with the story - much love to you all 3 I adore our fandom!