"I'll Hold You To That"
"What do you think about laboratory technician?" Alex suggested and it made Piper laugh uncontrollably." I mean I already know all the drug names! I would be good at it don't you think?" Alex poked her tongue at Piper and brought the blonde closer to her.
They were lying face to face on a mattress bunk in the middle of Red's greenhouse, cuddling up underneath a knitted blanket. Although the smell of all the soil around them was a little too similar to the smell of animal excrement, (and she wouldn't be surprised if there was some in it considering they got the cheapest kind there is) Piper was more than happy that the Russian had let them borrow it for the evening. Of course they risked getting a shot, but it was worth it since it might be one of the last night they have together before Piper returned to her freedom again.
Alex leaned forward and captured Piper's bottom lip between her own, sucking delicately on it. They smiled. "And I would get to wear a lab coat," Alex continued with a wink.
Piper laughed. "Only if all you wear is the lab coat then yes you have my blessing."
They stayed silent for a while; enjoying each other presence and touches until Alex spoke again. "It could be interesting you know, to have a real career," Alex admitted in a more serious tone. "But that would mean going to college, and I'm not getting any younger you know. Plus, it's not like they would hire an ex-con in a drugstore." She sighed. "Especially not one that has been incarcerated for drug trafficking. "
"I'm proud of you Alex Vause." Piper's slipped her hand under Alex's shirt and gently scratched her nails on her back.
"For what, not being able to figure out what I wanna do with my life? I suck Piper." Alex looked away, sighing, and Piper could see the desperation on Alex's face. "I just want to make you really proud."
"Alex… I told you, you already make me so proud for even considering getting a real job. This is huge and I know it's not easy for you." Piper lifted Alex's chin, forcing the other woman to look at her. "Whatever it is you'll find it."
Alex laced her fingers with Piper's and placed a kiss on her knuckles. "I love you," she breathed and it still made Piper's heart race like a teenager having her first kiss. She wondered if one day that feeling would disappear. She didn't believe in her heart and mind that her love for Alex would fade. She fitted perfectly in Alex's arms like two different pieces of puzzle that matched perfectly together, and Alex was that last piece that made her completely whole. She saw forever with Alex as easily as seeing tomorrow. There was no more doubt, no more fear; however her life would play out it would be by Alex side.
"I love you too," Piper replied softly. "Now let me show you just how much." Piper rolled over on top of Alex and began to plant kisses over her neck and collarbone, using her talented tongue and teeth to make the woman squirm below her. It didn't take long before all their clothes were scattered around them and their bodies melted together, heat on heat. Piper was the one to go down on Alex first, not wasting time before wrapping her mouth around her fiancée's swollen clit, knowing how much her lover was wet and eager to feel her between her legs. She felt the other woman shiver above her head. She pulled the blanket over her head and covered Alex's exposed chest before placing her hand on her breast and squeezing the hardened nipple between her fingers. The blonde withdrew her tongue from Alex's bundle of nerves to explore her slit, licking the sweet nectar that came in her way. Finally she pushed her tongue inside Alex, and the dark haired woman lifted her hips to meet her thrusts. With her free hand, Piper circled her clit with a fast motion, and it wasn't long before Alex was screaming her name and bucking hips unabashedly, riding a long and powerful orgasm.
Piper's head was resting below Alex's stomach. "Come up here baby," Alex demanded. Piper did as told and she crashed her lips on Alex, slipping her tongue between her lips to make Alex taste herself.
"Fuck," Alex almost growled when their lips parted.
Piper flashed a grin. "You taste so fucking good Alex Vause."
"Get your ass up here," Alex commanded in a tone that made Piper so wet, and she squeezed her ass in encouragement.
Piper didn't like to be told what do with men, or any woman for that matter, but Alex had this way or making her do anything. Their past had proven that this occurrence was a bad thing sometimes, but tonight it definitely wasn't. She crawled up to Alex's face in haste, driven by the heat threatening to burst inside her. She pressed her sex on her fiancée's mouth and rode it as Alex pushed her on the edge with every lick and suck. Piper never more wished that she was in a bed because there was no headboard to grasp and keep her from falling apart. Alex must have sensed it because she reached for Piper's hand and laced their finger together. It gave Piper something to hold on to as her body gave into the pleasure.
"I'm coming I'm coming I'm coming!" Piper screamed, her fingers tightening around Alex's, and she could almost hear her girlfriend saying 'show don't tell'. Alex was right: it was prison after all, and telling always did more harm then showing, especially with sex. As she was pushed to the edge, Piper gave up trying to verbalize anything. She moaned instead, concentrating on every sweep of Alex's tongue of her clit, drawing every bit of pleasure possible, savoring the moment, as it might have been the last.
Alex didn't have to tell Piper to come back down so that she could hold her in her arms. Piper always did, and that despite the fact that Alex wasn't known as the hugging type. She really wasn't. She didn't come from a family of hugger, of parents that was big on the display of affection, and yet, inevitably and without any discomfort, having Piper in her arms even in the most platonic way broke down all the imaginary walls she had ever built around herself. Holding Piper was like holding the key to the meaning of life: it gave her a purpose, a reason to breathe—like everything was meaningless compared to that, and she wondered how she survived for 10 years without having her near her. Maybe that was the whole problem, she survived but never lived. Now she was, completely and utterly.
Piper was silent in her afterglow, tracing back and forth a gentle path on the other woman's arm with her fingers.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Alex broke the silence but kept her voice low and gentle.
"And where would you find that penny?" Piper teased. Alex rolled her eyes.
"A stamp for your thoughts then, damn prison ruining all the popular expressions," Alex joked. "Seriously though, something seems to be bothering you." She trails her hand down Piper's arm and watched her ponder an answer.
"I have been here for what? Like a year or so and now the thought of going back in the real world scares the shit out of me," Piper admitted. "I'm not the same person I was before I came here. I'm not the person that used to attend boring cocktail parties and fake a smile and pretend everything is fine. It is not fine. I've been through hell and back and I'm no longer gonna empathize yuppie people that complain because their career is not exiting anymore or that their children take too much of their time. You know why? Because they fucking made those decisions and they should shut the fuck up and live with them like everyone else. I made the choice to carry that bag of drug money and now I'm paying the price and you don't see anyone saying 'oh poor innocent Piper she's in prison'. And I don't want them to. Decisions and their consequences belong to people who makes them." Piper took a break and Alex waited until she spoke again. "After I left you I was surrounded with those people—my mom, Larry. Prison might have been the best thing that ever happened to me. I would have end up to be a pathetic housewife that makes organic soap and sell it to Farmer's market and barely make one grant a week all while distracting myself from the fact that my marriage is falling apart by gossiping about my neighbors and argue about stupid fences or cladding colors… Fuck no." Alex couldn't help but laugh at that last one. "I want 69 on a beach with you in the middle of no where and Mojitos and not giving a fuck that were drinking that at 10 in the morning. And then I wanna come to our house in New York or wherever it will be and do something positive with ours lives and be surrounded by people who see past the mistakes we made."
Alex's smile grew wider. If she needed any more proof that Piper was fully committed to this relationship, this was it. She waited all her life to hear her say that because she knew that was who Piper really was. This was her Piper. The Piper she fell in love with. The Piper that made her heart race unlike anyone else.
"You manage to make me feel like home in a foreign country ten thousand miles away and that's everything I have wanted," Piper added and it became harder to be coherent as emotions formed a lump in her throat. She fought the tears in her eyes from falling. "I just love you so much Alex. And sometimes this completely terrifies me because I'd do just about everything you'd ask me to do. You have this hold on me and no matter how hard I try to fight it you always win."
"Piper, I promise that I will never, ever use that against you ever again. I lost you the last time." Alex took a deep breath, remembering the day she lost Piper because she had ask her to carry another bag. "And the thought of losing you again is too painful."
"I trust you Alex. With my life," Piper assured her when felt panic stirring inside her lover. It was completely heartfelt though, and she truly hoped that Alex believed her.
"Good," Alex said simply as she threaded her fingers through the blond locks. "Because I vow to take care of you for the rest of our lives."
Piper giggled. "Talking about vows already are we? Save it for the wedding babe."
"Oh don't worry about that I've got plenty other promises to make." Alex wrapped her arms completely around Piper and embraced her completely, and she breathed in scent and made sure to memorize it as much as possible.
"Well I'll hold you to that," Piper said and lifted her chin from Alex's chest to look at her before sealing their lips together.
Alex hummed into the kiss. "And I'll hold you to that."