A/N: This is part of a whopping 2 chapter update, so if you are not following, and just always go to the last chapter, you may want to go back by one, or it won't make sense.

At the last moment, Bo decided to break up the tension and mentioned to the brave Valkyrie, "So you saved the day again. I assume that by looking at the date on the clock I was out for about 2 weeks."

"Yep," Tamsin huffed out a light hearted laugh. "Yea, no need to say that I am totally awesome. Which I am."

"Help me out of all these leads and IVs?" Bo asked.

"Well Lauren…" Tamsin began looking towards the door.

"No Lauren. Please just help me with this ok?" Bo asked sincerely.

Tamsin just nodded and proceeded to turn off the monitoring gear.

Bo tried to sit up and it was hard, so Tamsin helped her get up the rest of the way.

It took some time, but Tamsin removed all of Bo leads and IVs and the most humbling part of the experience, with Bo now nude, the catheter.

Tamsin felt bad for Bo. She had never seen her so weak and needy. A tinge of guilt hit her knowing that she was not there when Zeus struck her but what's done was done.

Bo needed to ask Tamsin that same question she asked Lauren and Dyson, but needed some extra time to pitch it correctly to the skittish Valkyrie.

Tamsin helped Bo back into her hospital gown.

Finally, when all was said and done, Bo sat at the edge of her bed a little weak, but fine. She could not feed and was still getting use to that fact and would probably need to check in daily with Lauren.

"Soooo," Tamsin asked with a click standing in front of Bo, "I hear you don't suck anymore."

Tamsin of course could not help but to setup Bo in a trap.

Bo just replied with her guard down, "No I can't suck …. Chi that is… No Tamsin, I don't suck ok. I mean in bed… crap you SET me up."

Tamsin huffed out a laugh and coyly added, "You can always blow."

Bo laughed and reflexively then latched onto Tamsin's hand. She missed Tamsin's sense of humor.

A tense silence followed and Bo didn't let go of Tamsin hand.

Tamsin bit her bottom lip hard and knew what Bo was about to ask her. As such, she tried to pull her hand back nicely to no avail saying, "As much as I love to stay, I gotta go."

Bo threw caution to the wind and just asked, "I love you. Really I do, probably even more than you know. Do you love me Tamsin?"

Tamsin looked away and pulled harder to get Bo to release. She was about to forcefully remove Bo's hand but Bo comforted and clarified.

"Tamsin PLEASE just stay for a moment. Can we define love?" Bo asked.

Tamsin just growled and glared at Bo's hand holding on hers. Bo gently let go.

Bo pat the bed next to her for Tamsin to sit but realized too late that it had a double meaning. Bo didn't want to feed, nor could she.

Tamsin's jaw went slack as she backed up a little and sarcastically scolded, "Calm your hormones succubus. You and I both know that's NOT love."

"No Tamsin," Bo mentioned sheepishly. "Take away the flowers, the candle lit dinners, the romance, lust, and sex. Add in the bad times, times we get on each other's nerves, the fights, and the times we literally despise one another. When you take all that into consideration, what's left?"

Tamsin shrugged, "Nothing. It's better to part ways unless they are family in which case you just tolerate them at family functions."

Bo smirked, raised a brow and added, "And what if you still cared for the other more than anything else in the whole universe?"

"I'd say, they're messed up in the head and need to see a shrink PRONTO," Tamsin scrunched her face and cocked it to the side.

Bo replied, "Then you are telling me that half the world has to see a shrink?"

"Hey who said the world was perfect?" Tamsin clicked. "Besides, that's not love. That's a perverted type of love only suckers fall for. It's not true love either. It's more like a dysfunctional type of love."

Bo retorted, "So if I have that, you'd call me a sucker?"

"Well," Tamsin murmured glancing up, "I didn't say THAT, but if you try on the shoe and it fits….. " Tamsin basked in the moment she was able to one up Bo.

Bo then clarified, "It's called unconditional love. Will you allow me to love you in that way?"

Tamsin backed up a little but calmly replied with a click, "You got your harem waiting outside, so thanks but no thanks. I don't need to be an addition to your trophy case."

Bo replied with zeal, "You are NOT a trophy! I love you. MORE THAN YOU KNOW."

Tamsin put her hands up like cat over her ears briefly, "STOP saying that!"

"Do you love me Tamsin?" Bo asked directly.

Tamsin shook her head at the succubus and pointed at her nearly yelling, "You said it yourself. You'll love everyone but end up with NO ONE. You can't HAVE me Bo! You fucking blew it. I have nothing left for you Bo, so let me the frack go!"

"You're beating around the bush!" Bo said stumbling out of the bed walking to Tamsin. "Do you LOVE ME TAMSIN because I'm in LOVE you!" Bo felt her heart cracking. Now she knew what Tamsin felt.

Humiliation.

She got a dose of her own medicine and it hurt. Why would Tamsin give her another chance? If places were reversed, she might even answer no.

Tamsin turned around and took a couple steps away, and stopped abruptly since she felt her heart start to constrict in pain but she held her ground.

It was the bond Tamsin realized. Bo was yearning for her. WHY out of everyone she could have, why HER? She probably yearned for everyone else too.

Tamsin heard Bo's breathing, it was erratic. Bo was crying over her. WHY?

No matter, Tamsin wanted to move on as she said over her shoulder, "Dammit Bo! I can't believe this."

Tamsin twirled around to see a succubus in tears but bravely marched forward, "I'd rather live the rest to my life time in pain than to be your stupid fashion accessory! Unlike YOU, I don't need love. The last time I showed my love for someone, it almost killed me. Now I get the chance to rebuild and here you freaking are asking me to slink back to you like some dumb pet. NO."

Bo just stood there and turned away slightly covering her face with the streams of tear hitting the floor. She never knew the full gravity and impact she had on Tamsin. Tamsin was once a proud and strong woman. Her feelings and love made her unique and alive. What had she done wrong?

Bo just stuttered out, a loss for words, "I… I do love you m.. more…"

Tamsin felt her heart constrict even more and throb in near excruciating pain then jabbed her index finger at her yelling, "You had it right the FIRST time and don't give me that MORE than you know crap! We live together! We take cases together! I'm just a convenient lay and feed when we SLEEP together. FUCK! You made me doubt myself and think that I wasn't good enough. NEVER again."

"No… No.. Tamsin… please," Bo cried not shielding her eyes anymore trying to hug Tamsin.

Tamsin push her back and her heart felt like it was on fire as she yelped in pain but she had to do this taking a couple steps back, "You stay away from me bitch! It turned out that I am too good for a succubus that can't keep her legs closed! Get it through your thick skull. I *HATE* YOU!"

Tamsin strode away strongly to the door and was about to open it when her heart already in unbearable pain, but dulled by Freya's necklace and her 3 doses of elixir, stopped for a couple seconds.

Tamsin yelled in agony collapsing to the floor. She was going into cardiac arrest.

Bo yelled for Lauren as she hobbled over as fast as she could. She knew deep down this was her doing. The bond was punishing Tamsin for showing her love to a succubus incapable of true love.

Lauren ran in and accessed Tamsin.

Kenzi and Dyson followed.

Tamsin reached into her pocket with the swirl of activity around her and pulled out a small vial of Freya's elixir but lost a hold of it when another more powerful wave of pain hit her. Bo wanted her and there was no escaping her pull.

Bo just wept and told Tamsin, "Please Tamsin. I love you… I love you. How do I make this stop!"

Lauren heard the vial clink away and picked it up analyzing it.

"GIVE IT TO Meeee!" Tamsin screeched in utter suffering and torture. "I need… need it…"

Lauren realized what it was and also saw Freya's necklace glow brightly on Tamsin's neck and yelled back, "Tamsin! How many of these have you taken in the past 24 hours?"

Tamsin tried to grab it but Lauren held it away, "Fucking human! You give it to me doc or I'll KILL you!"

"HOW MANY!" Lauren forcefully put forward.

"3!" Tamsin yelled. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Lauren put the vial away in her pocket and chided to Tamsin, "NO! 2 is bad enough, but 4 WILL kill you Tamsin. I need to prepare you a sedative and pain killer combination."

Kenzi held Tamsin's hand but knew this was of little help as just she murmured, "Hang in there T-Sam."

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo," Tamsin grunted to Lauren convulsing even more. Bo had that strong of a hold on her. "SO BE IT! I'd rather… rather … DIE than lick Bo's boots!"

Bo, in utter shambles, knew that was her fault and ordered Lauren with Dyson behind her, "NO prepare a sedative for ME."

"But.. but… No Bo," Lauren stammered in disbelief and shock, "You just revived and giving one to you may put you back into a coma and worse."

"Is preparing my sedative faster?" Bo asked seriously.

"Maybe since it is a single purpose dose … but.. but that's not the point… I still need to turn tests for both of you…" Lauren mentioned but was cut off.

Tamsin just kept yelling in agony.

Bo then yelled at Lauren with tears streaming down her face, "It's just so fucking EASY for you to go experimenting on Tamsin. Hasn't she paid ENOUGH because of my thoughtless actions?!"

Everyone including Tamsin briefly registered shock.

"Tamsin woke me and she has EVERY right to put me back! Now do it!" Bo barked.

Tamsin screamed. Her heart felt like it was being torn apart. Her bonded partner was in danger and the bond wouldn't let up. Knowing what Bo was contemplating made her misery that much worse. She wished death would come sooner to rid her of this misery or was it something else as well? Would she sacrifice her last and final life for Bo?

Lauren hesitantly nodded and ran over to her crash cart in the corner quickly rummaging through the drawers and setting out several vials.

Dyson held a teary eyed Kenzi.

Kenzi could not believe this was happening as she thought:

LOVE demanded so much from Bo, her sister. It was what awoke her just to face the music: To deal with the consequences of her actions. It was now asking for her life for messing with people's hearts so carelessly. Sure she was a succubus, but it didn't give her the right to be inconsiderate to others peoples feelings and disregard them so callously. Bo knew that Tamsin's heart was fragile but she was slightly narcissistic when it came to that subject.

LOVE demanded that Tamsin be true to who she gave her heart to. It too made her face the music and painfully so. BRAVERY meant that she didn't run from battles or from problems for that matter. She was a Valkyrie, and never feared. She never ran until love turned out to be a formidable monstrous beast. It too was now asking Tamsin for her life for her careless actions.

Kenzi noted two star crossed lovers that just didn't seem to get the stars to align for them. It was as though love played a cruel joke on them. At least Dyson and Lauren got to be with her Bo Bear for a time.

Tamsin and Bo were no longer killing each other with love. Love was killing them in the most sadistic and emotionally painful manner possible.

Now Tamsin realized she had to face the horrid beast of love head on. There was no running this time and she cowered in dread knowing that it demanded her life for foolishly giving away her heart. Once she thought she understood love but was proven wrong. She couldn't outrun love's sharp talons and vise like grip. FEAR, PAIN and HEARTACHE was what love was to Tamsin for getting involved with someone, Tamsin noted, could not return true love, much less unconditional love.

She was a succubus that slept around after all.

Lauren rushed to make the dose for Bo but was second guessing herself. This was her Bo that just got out of a coma. This was messed up. Bo was going to put her life in jeopardy for Tamsin. Was she doing this because she was family? Was it love? Could she LIVE with the fact that if she made the dose wrong, Bo would slip back into a coma only to pass away. Her lover's life was in HER hands literally.

Tamsin felt her entire body burning as if it was on fire yelling obscenities. She could no longer hear Bo over her own yelling as Bo barked what seemed like orders at Lauren, probably to hurry up. She never saw Bo like this.

Bo, Tamsin noted, was a total mess showing, concern, anger, pain, and frustration, utmost caring and maybe even love.

Tamsin saw Lauren load the syringe and observed the same feelings from her as she was shaking slightly. A tear rolled down her face.

Kenzi was in the same boat Tamsin realized as well. She was her daughter and Bo was a sister Kenzi never had.

Dyson was the only one holding it together but deep down she knew he was concerned.

Tamsin had a couple more seconds of hell to deal with as Lauren rushed over wiping a tear from her face with her sleeve.

Bo pulled up her sleeve to give Lauren better access.

This was it, Tamsin told herself. No more pain from Bo. No more love. She would be free.

BUT Tamsin asked herself again after seeing her whole family in shambles over this course of action. Did she love Bo UNCONDITIONALLY? Could she forgive? Could she open her heart up to Bo again after Bo set it on fire? Was she just being naïve? Was she being selfish?

Lauren hesitated delivering the injection into Bo's upper arm. She was having problem focusing with the tears in her eyes.

Bo didn't flinch gazing deeply into Tamsin's eyes even when death could very possibly be coming for her.

Tamsin noted that Bo wasn't lying when she said to Freya that she would kneel before Tamsin and set down her life for a fallible and sinful Valkyrie.

Through all the hurt Tamsin finally answered all her questions with one word.

YES.

Tamsin quickly grabbed Bo by the gown and pulled her to her as she yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss Bo! YES!"

Lauren and everyone in the room stopped even with Tamsin writhing and convulsing in pain.

Bo gazed at her trying to figure out, probably as well as everyone else, what she meant.

Tamsin just weakly stuttered, "By.. .By your definition of l…. love, I… I … I con… concur."

Bo just stopped in her tracks and knew immediately what she was referring to as a wave a joy came over her.

Tamsin felt a little better, but knew in order to get it to go away, she needed to say 3 words, however, Tamsin wasn't ready.

Finally Tamsin stuttered, "I …. I am …. yours Bo. Always have been."

Tamsin raised the white flag to love and that hurt, but not more than the pain and consequences she would have subjected everyone including herself to had Lauren given Bo the sedative.

Tamsin looked away ashamed that she was now stuck with Bo. For better or for worse.

Bo was still crying as grief now overtook her. Bo hugged Tamsin and brought her in tight.

Tamsin weakly returned the hug stroking her back to comfort her succubus.

Bo found that Tamsin DID love her after all. While that was great, Bo knew that it was at great cost.

The cost was Tamsin's pride and independence. She knew through her tears that her beautifully strong Valkyrie was coerced into admitting her love and that was a bitter pill to swallow.

Tamsin felt a lot better and her pendant stopped glowing but at least it worked.

Bo just whispered into Tamsin's ear still a mess, "I'm … I'm so freaking sorry Tamsin. I'm s… sorry. Please forgive me…. for … for forcing this upon you."

Tamsin hated this feeling of being fawned over and Bo getting her all wet, so she helped Bo up then guided her back into the bed.

Tamsin knew Bo felt miserable since she tucked her head in tight into Tamsin's chest to hide what just happened to the world.

Bo flashed back to Dyson when they split. She vividly remembered saying that she would MAKE Dyson love her. Now here she was going through with it in a sense.

Did she MAKE Tamsin love her?

Tamsin lighted up the mood and tucked her back in as Lauren hooked up a blood pressure cuff, "Hey, any Dark Belch in the fridge at your place?"

Tamsin knew that reconciliation as to their status had to come later. At the very least, she felt like she was back to her old self and it was good.

Bo just wiped away her tears mentioned with a slight smirk, "Yea. I always keep it stocked just in case a Valkyrie comes looking for trouble."

Tamsin bent at her knees slightly soaking in the compliment with a grin, "Oh Bo, you know that is probably your BEST defense against me. Just keep it stocked and you'll live to see another day."

Everyone erupted in laughter.

Dyson and Kenzi showed Tamsin to a bed as well so she could get checked out too.

Tamsin winked at Bo in the bed next to her and Bo blew a kiss back.

Bo with new zeal wanted to make things right with Tamsin. Whatever it took, she wasn't going to be bound to her species or this curse of not being able to hold onto a relationship. She was going to make good on her word of unconditional love to Tamsin.

As for Dyson and Lauren, Bo did loved them BUT as family. Their time with her was past and their respective chapters were now closed. She knew they would move on and find another because Dyson's and Lauren's love came with conditions which she didn't want. Tamsin's didn't originally. Tamsin accepted Bo for who she was and not make her into something she was not or put her in a box.

Tamsin was a little uneasy, but trusted Bo just enough to allow them to start over. Maybe with time, she would grow into loving Bo once more.

Oddly enough, Bo and Tamsin being strong fearless women were both scared, but hoped that after all their up and downs, love, unconditional love, would keep them afloat.

The family was back together again.

Lauren realized glancing at the flirty couple, that while everything was going to be just fine, she may have won several battles for Bo's heart, but Tamsin looked like she may have won the war.

Dyson was happy that Bo, Tamsin and everyone else was safe. He did feel slightly alone and out of place in this scene when his cell phone rang.

The caller ID showed it was from another human precinct adjacent to his which he dealt with before when he had to 'clean things up'.

He walked away from the happy commotion and talked onto the phone tersely, "Dyson."

A woman with an Australian accent announced, "Hey Dyson, I got a problem here you might be able to help me out with."

"Kendra?" Dyson smiled. He had not heard from her for years.

The End?

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