Just wanted to say thanks to those who have written reviews so far. Your comments make me excited to keep writing. This story is turning into my version of Season 4 so I hope to keep things in the vein of the show. Oh and those who are wondering about Bo's behavior, I definitely have an explanation so all will be revealed... eventually. Enjoy!
Tamsin awoke hoping to find Bo still lying on top of her. Don't let that have been a dream, she thought as she opened her eyes. Instead she found Kenzi standing over her nudging her arm.
"What Kenzi?" Tamsin said her voice raspier than usual.
"Oh nothing except I've been trying to wake you up forever. You sleep like you're dead. I used my awesome names for you and everything, no response. I called you Tammers, Tams, Tamalocity, Tamalicious,Ta,..."
"Dear God Kenzi enough. Where's the off switch?" Tamsin said pointing a pretend remote in Kenzi's direction.
"Whatever. What I want to know is what's with that big ass hickey on your neck? Did you hook up with a vampire last night or something?"
Tamsin touched the side of her neck and the memory of Bo kissing her there flashed in her mind. I want to mark you all over.
Instead of answering Tamsin jumped out of the bed.
"Whoa, whoa whoa there partner. You need to cover up, no one wants to see all of that," Kenzi said gesturing towards Tamsin's naked body while covering her eyes.
"Stop being such a prude Kenzi," Tamsin said throwing on her crumpled clothes laying by the foot of the bed.
"Me, a prude? No ma'am but I could live without seeing my friends in all of their naked glory, m'kay?"
Tamsin pulled her shirt over her head and stopped to look at her,"Oh Kenzi, you called me a friend. Come here," she said reaching out for a hug.
"Okay, now you're creeping me out. Get away," Kenzi yelped while running out of the room.
"Get back here you adorable little human," Tamsin yelled as she followed her out.
Tamsin caught up to Kenzi downstairs hugging her and planted a kiss on her cheek much to the human's protest. They both froze when they saw Hale staring at them, his cup of coffee frozen halfway to his mouth. A smirk appeared on his face.
"Something I should know ladies?"
"Nope, nothing going on here,"Tamsin said pushing Kenzi away and going to fix a cup of coffee. She leaned over to Hale, "Let's just pretend you never saw me being that nice. Ever."
"No problem Blondie," he said as Kenzi snuggled up beside him. They gave each other a knowing glance.
"Damn it, I'm never going to live this down am I?"
"Nope, never ever Tamalicious," Kenzi said sticking her tongue out at her. "Anyway why are you in such a good mood ? I was expecting to find you all surly and stuff because I couldn't get in contact with you last night."
"What do you mean why? Isn't Bo here?"
Hale and Kenzi both looked confused.
"Tamsin, Bo hasn't been home in over six months. Why would you think she was here?" Hale said furrowing his brow.
"But last night, and... ," her hand strayed to the mark on her neck.
Hale's phone rang and he stepped away from them to answer. A bewildered look came over his face then he smiled at Tamsin." We'll be right there. Getting in the car now," he said hanging up.
"What's up babe?" Kenzi said with a look of concern.
"Oh nothing, except Bo is back. That was Trick. She left early this morning to go to the Dal and see him"
Kenzi screamed and grabbed Hale into a hug. "Guess you're not crazy after all Tammy," Kenzi said lightly punching her in the arm.
"Well, thank the Gods for small favors," Tamsin said in her usual deadpan delivery.
"Come on people, I gots to get to my bestie pronto," Kenzi said grabbing her jacket.
"You guys go ahead. I need to shower and stuff," Tamsin said waving them off.
Hale and Kenzi waved goodbye as they bounded out the door. As soon as they left Tamsin went back to Bo's room and began collecting her belongings. Most of what she had fit into a duffle bag, she was never one to own too many things due to her nomadic lifestyle. As she had been talking to Kenzi and Hale, Tamsin made the decision that it was best to leave the house. The fact that Bo had left without so much as a word didn't bode well for them. She had no idea what version of Bo she was going to run into next and despite last night she had no illusions about their relationship. Bo was attracted to her but anything beyond that she couldn't be sure of. And she didn't want Kenzi caught in the middle of the weirdness that was happening between them.
After cleaning up and changing her clothes, Tamsin headed out. Her hand hesitated as she pulled the keys to the house out of her pocket. Maybe she would need them, something could happen to Kenzi or Bo and it would be necessary to access the house. They won't need you, she thought. She dropped the keys onto the kitchen counter and took one last look around.
"It's been real," she said out loud to her first home in years.
As she walked out she tried to pretend that the water clouding her eyes wasn't tears.
Tamsin pulled up to the precinct where she worked and sat in her truck for a while people watching. Her hand tugged at the top of the turtleneck she was wearing. The last thing she wanted was an interrogation from Dyson about the mark underneath. She already expected comments about the fact that she didn't go to the Dal. The Valkyrie had decided to avoid it out of fear that the Bo she fell asleep with last night had morphed back into the bitch before. She was angry that her emotions were turning her into someone she despised.
"Fucking coward," Tamsin mumbled to herself as she got out of her truck.
"Hey Tamsin, come with me. We got a case," Dyson said jogging towards her. "You weren't at the Dal earlier, I assume you heard about Bo."
"Yeah, I was actually at her place when she got home last night so I thought I would give her time to catch up with you guys," Tamsin said avoiding his eyes.
"Told you she was coming back. A wolf knows these things," Dyson said as they walked over to his car.
"Well then, a wolf should know that I will kick his furry ass if he throws an I told you so in my direction," Tamsin said looking at Dyson out of the corner of her eyes.
Dyson just smirked and made a zipping motion over his mouth. Tamsin socked him in the arm anyway as he broke into a grin.
"Told you so. Now do I get a hug for being adorable," he said batting his lashes while dodging away from her to his side of the car.
"I'm going to kill Kenzi," Tamsin said yanking open the passenger side door.
Tamsin and Dyson pulled up to an area that looked like it had long been abandoned.
"What we got Mike?" Dyson said as they walked over to one of the crime scene investigators.
"Dead Caucasian male, early 30's , looks like the body has been here for a couple of days. Some kids poking around the building found him," Mike said eyeing Tamsin. "Hey Tamsin, how are you?
Tamsin responded by grunting a hello in his direction and proceeded inside the building. She scanned the area taking in the architecture of the structure.
"This used to be a beautiful place," she said stroking the decaying column next to her.
"Old opera house, was the place to be at one time. Owner went bankrupt and it just set abandoned for years. Became a favorite spot for drug users until one night someone set it on fire. Pretty sad," Dyson said as he walked over to the body.
"It's always sad when beautiful things are neglected," Tamsin said snapping on gloves.
"Speaking from experience?" Dyson said with an eyebrow raised.
"So what do you think we got here?" Tamsin asked ignoring the question as she bent down to examine the man..
"Not positive but judging by what I can see superficially, this looks like a.."
"Succubus kill,"Tamsin said as she touched the man's cheek. "He definitely looks like he was drained by one."
Dyson sat back on his heels and stared at Tamsin. "You don't think this was Bo do you?"
"I don't think anything. What's your take?"
"Well you have to admit, it's an odd coincidence. We haven't found anything like this since before she disappeared and now she comes back and suddenly a body," Dyson said as he got up.
Tamsin got up as well and pulled off the gloves. "Did Bo seem okay to you when you saw her?"
"Yeah, I mean she did seem a bit more serious than usual but we don't know what she went through where she was. How was she with you last night?"
Tamsin hesitated, "Things were..off. She wasn't herself, there was a coldness about her. But then by the end of the night she was nicer," Tamsin said, feeling a blush creeping up her cheeks. "I don't know, maybe it's nothing."
"Tamsin, you're a detective. If you sense something is wrong then maybe it is. We can have Lauren do an exam on her, see if maybe she can find anything. And I'll talk to Trick, see if he knows what her father could be capable of," Dyson said placing his hands on her shoulders. "We all want Bo back but if she is a danger either to herself or anyone else, we need to figure it out before things get bad."
Tamsin shook her head in agreement, "You're right, I'm letting my emotions mess me up. I won't make that mistake again."
"It's fine, that's what I'm here for,' Dyson said smiling. "Besides, loving Bo has a tendency to cloud things."
Tamsin opened her mouth to protest but Dyson had already walked away.
Tamsin managed to keep herself busy enough that she didn't have to worry about running into any of the gang for about a week. She avoided most places they would be which wasn't hard when she stuck to dark fae hangouts. Of course she worked with Dyson and Hale, who had become a sergeant, but they didn't push her about the absence outside of work. Her conversation with Dyson had really put things into perspective. She loved Bo but she couldn't lose herself. Even while Bo was gone she had been on a weird downward spiral. She knew part of it was that she was approaching the end of her life cycle and no longer had a task to focus on beyond police work. But even if she was going to die it needed to be on her terms for once.
The self imposed exile ended when an especially pissed human made it her business to find Tamsin.
"What the hell Valkyrie?"
Tamsin looked up from the bar at Kenzi's face and smirked.
"What are you doing here Kenz?" Tamsin said finishing off her drink. She gestured toward the bartender to refill.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe I decided to find out why the hell my friend who until last week was my roommate just up and left."
"Bo is back, you don't need me there anymore. And I have some stuff on my mind, I need the alone time," Tamsin said trying her best to reassure.
"You couldn't just tell me that?"
"I just did," Tamsin said, with a hint of sarcasm.
"I was worried and..."
"Shouldn't surprise you Kenzi. It's how she deals," Bo said coming to stand beside her.
"What is she doing here?" Tamsin said to Kenzi trying not to look at Bo.
"She didn't want me coming to a dark fae spot alone. And what is going on , I thought you two had resolved your shit?" Kenzi said looking confused.
"Ask her, I'm not the one holding a grudge," Tamsin said gulping down her drink. "I have to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back and then we are out of here. I don't want anything to happen to you," Tamsin said making a point to look Kenzi in the eyes.
Tamsin got up from her seat and headed into the bathroom. It was normally crowded but had emptied out. After finishing her business Tamsin exited the stall and wasn't surprised to find Bo leaning against the sink. She ignored her and went to wash her hands. When she was done Bo handed her some paper towels with an amused look on her face.
"Thanks," Tamsin mumbled.
"Your neck looks all better. That's a shame, I wanted to see my mark on you. Are any of the others still there?" Bo said sliding her finger into the loop on Tamsin's jeans and pulling her closer.
Tamsin could feel her pulse speeding up as their bodies touched.
"I'm not doing this with you succubus," Tamsin said trying to pull away.
"And yet here we are," Bo replied as she brushed her hand against Tamsin's collar bone.
Feeling the slight twinge of heat emanating from Bo's hand ignited the desire Tamsin was fighting so hard against. She grabbed onto Bo's hips and lifted her onto the counter. She gathered the hair at the back of her head and brought their lips together in a hard kiss. Bo brought Tamsin in even closer with her thighs and slid her hands under the Valkyrie's shirt clinging to her back. Someone entered the bathroom but the two didn't break their embrace. Their tongues busy dancing in and out of each other's mouths.
It was Tamsin who broke the kiss , trying to catch her breath as she pulled Bo off of her. She moved from between Bo's legs and fixed her clothes. Her eyes roamed over the succubus as she sat there still panting, her eyes fading from blue back to brown.
"You really need to stay away from me," Tamsin said
Bo laughed, "It's so obvious you want me to do just that. You can't fight this anymore than I can."
"Maybe as a succubus you're driven by your desires but I'm not. As much as I love you, something is wrong and until I figure it out this is not going to fucking happen."
Bo jumped down from the counter and slowly clapped her hands." Bravo. Did it take you all week to come up with that?"
"Fuck you Bo. You don't get to use my love against me or when it's convenient for you. Either you feel the same or you don't and if you don't then let me be."
Bo walked up to Tamsin smiling and leaned into her."Now you tell me where's the fun in that," she said kissing her cheek.
Tamsin watched Bo walk out and reluctantly followed behind her. All she wanted to do was get Kenzi and be done with the night. She caught up to Bo and was about to tell her just that when the succubus turned around, a look of panic on her face.
"I think we have a problem," she said pointing across the club.
Tamsin followed Bo's direction and could see Kenzi being held by none other than The Morrigan.
"Well this night just keeps getting better and better," Tamsin said as she and Bo pushed their way through the crowd.