Alex Vause has a tough exterior. She's cool and bad in all the right ways. She's very confident.
If you are the one she unclothes herself to, all blood and truth, the one she wouldn't hesitate to confess her deep, dark secrets to, confess to you how she feels, her in a vulnerable state, well, you are considered the lucky one. If she opens up her heart that she has guarded with brick walls and blades to you, you are the first and undoubtedly the only one to experience such a thing. Such a beautiful, remarkable thing. If you are the one Alex Vause is head over heels in love with, you will never know a love that could hold a candle to this one.
And Piper Chapman? Piper Chapman grew up as the popular and pretty blonde. She wanted to be the good in the world, when there was so much bad. She's always wearing a million dollar smile, even when she wants to curl into a ball and cry her heart out. She's also very confident, but her insecurities get the best of her a lot of the time. Her only dream since she could remember, was to be happy. Be happy and be with someone who feels genuinely for her, as she does them. And Piper Chapman got that. Because she was the lucky one who resides in Alex Vause's heart and home.
Ever since they met, they had an inevitable spark, and it showed, and it was magical. It started as a one-night stand, and then Alex called Piper for dinner at the most beautiful restaurant in all of New York. They would look at different places online, and venture out to find them and experience it for themselves than a bunch of critic reviews. The weeks were filled with work, work, and more work, but when the weekends came, they took full advantage of free time and spent it hand in hand, experiencing life. Their time even bled into the week, and Alex would pick Piper up from her late shift at work and they would go to her place to watch movies and eat pasta and make love until they were worn out enough to sleep.
They didn't exactly do things routine. Everyday was different. Some days they would go on adventures, some days they wouldn't get out of bed, some days the other was so sad they couldn't stop shaking or crying, but it was okay because they were together and they knew each other like they know themselves. Alex knew the right places to touch Piper and what happened when she didn't. Piper knew the stories of all of Alex's scars and why she's scared of other people's showers. They knew how to make each other feel safe. You can't cure depression by being with someone, but you can always still be there despite it, and help whenever you can.
Alex was known for throwing exceptional parties every now and then. The first time that Piper got to experience one, was 4 months into their relationship and it was New Year's eve. It was insane. There were a variety of people, and a variety of alcohol that Piper got lost in.
Around 11PM, Alex had already smoked two blunts, by herself, and was stoned out of her mind. She got off of the balcony and went to find her girl. She felt the urgent need to look at those baby blue eyes. A lot of people were gone, some were passed out on the floor and couches, too far gone to even notice it's almost 12, just like Alex. She finds Piper hugging a bottle of Tequila and watching the New Years countdown on TV. She gets lost in the beauty that is Piper Chapman and looks at Piper dreamily for a few minutes before finishing her walk towards her and sitting directly in front of her on the coffee table.
Alex cups Piper's face in her hands and holds it there and stares at her with so much love. "This is it right here. This is my favorite face of all the faces," and kisses Piper on the forehead and then on her nose. After giggling at the fact her red lipstick made two perfect lip-shaped marks on Piper's beautiful face, she wanders off.
Piper couldn't tell if she did that because she was high, or if she was in such a lovey mood but it made her blush deep red anyways. She looked in her phone and saw the lip marks on her face and threw her head back with a big grin on her face. She doesn't think she has ever been this happy and this in love before. Because she hasn't.
And right before the ball drops, she runs to the balcony and puts her arms around Alex's neck and kisses her hard. There's cheering, there's fireworks, there's so much noise but if you asked them what they heard when the clock struck twelve, they wouldn't have a clue because all of the background noise vanished and all that existed in that moment was Alex Vause and Piper Chapman. And it was the best damn thing they've ever known.
Note: Hi! It's your angsty Vauseman shipper bringing you a short little story and a bit of happiness. Thank you all for reading my stuff, and taking the time to follow/fave/leave reviews. I've been so stressed out with school that I haven't been able to update as much as I would like, but I haven't forgotten about this, or Ethereal, and I'm working hard on getting a schedule to update both of these regularly. But hope you enjoy this little bit because I seem to make everyone cry a lot. Love you. xo