A/N: Welcome to Chapter 12 of Little Games. If you look under your seat, you will find a sealed container labeled 'Valkubus Feels'. In order to enjoy this experience to its full potential, it is strongly recommended that you break the seal and ingest all contents of said container. Turbulence is to be expected when experiencing any Valkubus fic so please be sure to follow all safety regulations. Thank you for joining, please enjoy your reading.
In other words:
I woke up from a dream about cannibalistic infants so naturally the first thing I decide to do is write Valkubus. Love me.
Disclaimer: Lost Girl. Not mine. (seriously running out of creative ways to disclaim things...)
"Back off, doom baby! Those are mine!"
"Nuh uh, Tam Tam made them for me!"
"Get your grubby little paws off my pancakes!"
"No fair!"
"Hey!" The Valkyrie's voice echoed through the crack shack over the noise of her bickering roommates. Bo chuckled to herself at the sound of Tamsin yelling at Kenzi and Lorelei in the kitchen. The succubus sighed from the top of the stairs and began her descent, deciding to intervene before anyone lost an appendage.
"That plate is for Bo so both of you can shut it before I-"
"Morning," Tamsin jumped when the brunette's voice sounded beside her right ear. Bo chuckled, proud that she was able to catch the usually very aware blonde off guard and wrapped her arms around the detective's waist from behind. To further baffle the startled fae, the succubus placed a brief peck to Tamsin's cheek before prancing over to Kenzi and Lorelei at the island with a smirk.
Tamsin grinned and went back to preparing her breakfast. "Is it still morning at eleven thirty, succubus?"
"It is for someone who was up as late as I was." Bo smiled impishly as memories from the previous night flooded her system. Her smile grew when she noticed the blush staining Tamsin's cheeks.
"Guess what, BoBo," Lorelei stared up at the brunette, pulling her attention from the alluring blonde. "Kenzi said she and Dyson would take me shopping today!" The little fae bounced in her seat with excitement.
"She did? I mean...they are? Dyson? Shopping?" Bo raised her brow in mild disbelief and glanced at the human beside Rune.
"Yep! Hale found a place for detective mood-swings so D-man and I are taking the doom baby out while you and blondie scope the place out." Kenzi popped a piece of dry cereal into her mouth at the end of her explanation. She nearly choked as her eyes found the massive dark mark on her best friend's neck. Her eyes widened, darting to the brutal scratches on the Valkyrie's tank top exposed shoulders as everything clicked in her mind.
Her jaw dropped as she stared dumbstruck at the succubus. Bo shot her a look that said 'if you say a word I will personally remove your lungs from your body with my bare hands' and the human decided it best to close her mouth and save the interrogation for a better time.
"Hale found you a place that fast?" Bo asked, trying desperately to distract Kenzi. She turned to the blonde who had just started eating, standing opposite the younger girls at the island.
Tamsin nodded slowly, unsure of what to make of the exchange between the best friends. "Ehh, yeah. They're getting it furnished right now. Apparently everyone's favorite Siren has a soft spot for kids."
He's not the only one around here with that soft spot. Bo grinned as she watched the blonde move around to the other side of the island to stand beside Rune and brush a stray hair out of the small girl's face.
Kenzi noticed Bo gawking goofily at the Valkyrie and quickly put an end to it. God, she's like a school girl. "Okay doom baby. Wolf man will be here any minute, go get the jacket off my bed or you'll freeze your little fae tail off." The human pointed demandingly at the stairs and sent Lorelei scampering to her room.
"Oy! Earth to wondersnatch and blondezilla," Kenzi tapped her palm against the island top, successfully harnessing the attention of the two women having eye sex in front of her. "I don't know what's going down wi-...wait, bad word choice." Tamsin raised her eyebrow at the little goth, clearly enjoying her discomfort, as the girl corrected herself. "I don't know what's happening between you two, I don't even think my brain could stand to find out, let alone my stomach. But the eye fucking every five seconds makes me mega twitchy so I don't even want to think about what it will do to D-man."
Tamsin smirked openly while Bo did her best to hide her grin as she absorbed everything her best friend was saying. "Does anything I do not make you twitch?" The Valkyrie scrunched her nose in the human's direction and Bo stifled a snicker. Kenzi rolled her eyes at the two obviously distracted fae before finishing her mini rampage.
"My point is," Kenzi glared at the blonde. "You need sleeves and you need concealer. Now, scram before Dyson gets here." The little human ordered.
The blonde chuckled and made her way back around the island. "Yes mother." She paused when she reached Bo and smiled mischievously, grabbing the succubus' wrist and tugging her towards the stairs, with the brunette giggling hysterically. Kenzi rolled her eyes again as the girls disappeared up the staircase.
They made it to Bo's bathroom before Tamsin suddenly spun on her heels and pulled the brunette's body flush against her own, smiling down at the younger fae.
"What is with you today, Valkyrie?" The succubus giggled again and gazed up at the blonde. "Why are you so happy all of the sudden?"
Tamsin sighed and dipped down to catch the other woman's lips in hers, gently at first but increasingly heated. She strung her fingers through Bo's brown locks and massaged her tongue over the brunette's. Bo wrapped her arms around Tamsin's neck tightly and pulled herself up on her toes to be closed to the Valkyrie. Just as she did so, the blonde pulled back and smirked at her.
"You wanna know why?" Tamsin pointed to the wall beside them. "That's why." Then she walked away, leaving Bo very hot, bothered, confused, and hungry in the middle of the bathroom.
The succubus turned to look at the spot where Tamsin had pointed and realized that she was looking in the bathroom mirror. She saw her reflection smile before continuing into her bedroom. She slid to Tamsin's side as the Valkyrie was pulling on a navy blue leather jacket. The brunette moved her fingers to stop the jacket from covering the blonde's shoulders and proceeded to place sweet, gentle kisses on her lover's scratched skin.
She glanced up to see Tamsin's eyes half closed and a hint of a smile threatening her lips. Bo grinned and twisted around to lay one more kiss lightly on the blonde's cheek before pulling the leather over the rest of the detective's shoulders. "Likewise, Valkyrie," she breathed into Tamsin's ear before pulling back to finish getting ready, herself.
Dyson and Kenzi had already left with Lorelei when the women got back downstairs. They grabbed their phones from the counter before heading towards the door.
"Hale says the house is ready. We should head over there." Tamsin read her text from the siren.
"Okay," Bo nodded as the two exited the clubhouse and started down the stairs to Tamsin's truck. "Dyson said he'll meet us there when they're done shopping for Lori."
"The house is right down the street. We decided it'd be best if you were near by in case something happened." Tamsin paused, smirking as she started the truck. "Looks like we're neighbors, succulet."
After driving for no more than two minutes, Tamsin's truck pulled to a stop in front of a little red house beside the railroad tracks that ran behind Bo's place. There was a few big trees behind it and one towering over its left side. There was a sidewalk that lead to a small porch and a sun-bleached black front door. Visible from the front of the house, there were two windows to the left of the door and three to the right, each with freshly painted white shutters.
Bo turned to Tamsin and smiled like a child on Christmas morning. "Can we go in?"
Tamsin rolled her eyes and laughed. "Well, that's kind of the point of us being here. This is my house, after all." Bo grinned and hopped out of the truck. She grabbed Tamsin's hand and dragged her to the door. When she tried to open it, it was locked. The brunette pouted and turned to Tamsin.
The Valkyrie chuckled and reached behind a post on the porch, withdrawing a key. "You're exhausting, you know that?" She shoved the key into the lock and pushed the door open. Bo smiled, kissing the blonde's lips quickly before shuffling into the house.
They stepped into the living room. The floors were hardwood with a basic tan area rug covering most of the space. An inviting light brown couch faced a TV hanging from the left wall. A long distressed bookshelf stretched along the same wall, filled with a generous collection of books that looked to be as old and informative as Trick's. A basket in the far left corner of the room was overflowing with mexican style throws and plushy blankets while the floor surrounding it was strewn with piles of pillows. The basket sat beside a door on the back wall, leading to the kitchen.
Directly in front of the front door, was a long, recycled church pew with exotic pillows stacked on each end. The pew was pushed against the right wall; an accent wall, made of light colored bricks.
The girls walked wordlessly along the wall to round a corner to the right down a hallway. The first door on the right of the hall, opened to a bathroom. The walls of the bathroom looked like recycled barn-wood with a single window, while the floor matched the rest of the house. There was a bathtub nearly identical to Bo's on the right wall and an antique dresser-turned-sink on the left.
The next door on the right was the door to what could only be one thing: Lorelei's room. The walls were a deep burgundy with two windows on each out-facing wall, each draped with thick white curtains. A small wrought iron bed, topped with a big white comforter and a ridiculous amount of black, white, and burgundy pillows, was pushed against the left wall and an old wooden wardrobe stood against the far right corner. A floor length mirror, similar to the one in Bo's bedroom, was positioned between the two windows on the back wall. In the far left corner hung an upright hammock, flooded with cushions. The rest of the room was filled with stuffed animals to a sickening degree.
The last room in the house was the door across the hall from Lorelei's. Tamsin's room was very basic, very simple, with three brown walls and one grey, a wrought iron bed, one size bigger than Lorelei's, and a long, cherry wood vanity. A door on the left wall led to a master bathroom with a glassed in shower and a claw-foot bathtub.
"Wow...Hale really outdid himself." Bo breathed, walking back through the house again. Tamsin followed her into the living room and the two fell onto the couch.
"I'm surprised. I didn't exactly take him for the decorating type." The blonde smirked, looking around the room. After a moment, she sighed and turned her attention back to the brunette beside her, leaning back against the arm of the couch and motioning for the succubus to come closer.
Bo crawled towards Tamsin's outstretched arms. The brunette positioned herself between the detective's legs where she was pulled back against the Valkyrie's torso, resting her head on the blonde's shoulder. She tilted her head up to look curiously at the older fae before stretching her neck to kiss her lover. The kiss lasted a few seconds before Bo pulled back to stare at Tamsin again.
"What are we, Tamsin?" Bo hated to ask the question, afraid she would spook the skittish Valkyrie and lose any chance she had. In the past week alone, she had grown unnervingly attached to the ballsy blonde and the thought of losing her was devastating. That was just the problem, though. She had grown so fond of Tamsin, so attached to her, that she couldn't stand the idea of anyone else's hands on the beautiful detective, let alone the blonde's thoughts on anyone but her. She had to know where they stood or she would go insane trying to find out.
Tamsin's body tensed. She inhaled deeply, thinking of the best way to answer the brunette's nerve wracking query. She knew what she wanted and it was laying in her lap. She had never felt so vulnerable with anyone at any time than she did right now with Bo. But instead of doing what every logical, rational bone in her body was telling her to do by running, she squeezed Bo's hand tighter, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke.
"We are...we are Tamsin and Bo. We are fae, a Valkyrie and a succubus. I might even go as far as a Brangelina and call us Valkubus," Tamsin chuckled nervously. "We're us. We're a thing..."
Bo kept her composure, ready to explode with relief. "So, we're together? A couple?" She felt her voice shaking with excitement.
"If that's what you want." Tamsin said softly, clearly nervous. Bo smiled widely and pressed her lips to Tamsin's again, harder this time, but shorter. She pulled back, still grinning.
"So...does this mean I'm your girlfriend?" The brunette bit her lip and looked up at Tamsin innocently.
The Valkyrie chuckled and placed a kiss on Bo's forehead. God, she's adorable. "You're impossible, succubus. Yes, this means you are my girlfriend." Both girls felt butterflies shoot through their abdomens when those words were said out loud, followed by contagious blushing from each.
Just as the blonde was about to initiate what was sure to be a headed make-out session, Bo's phone rang loudly.
"Fuck..." Tamsin cursed, snatching the phone off the table behind her head and handing it to Bo. The succubus groaned as she put the device to her ear.
"Yeah," she answered, annoyed. Her demeanor changed promptly following the voice on the other end of the line. "Kenzi, calm down. I'll be right there, just grab her, find Dyson, and be careful." Bo sat up and ended the call, turning to her lover with panic on her face.
"Lorelei's powers are kicking in," Bo spoke urgently as she rose from the couch. "We need to go. Now."
A/N: I've gone soft. I made them a couple. I couldn't resist. I'm sorry. Get over it. You love me. Shhhh.
xRiver