Chapter 20: That Was Weed and You Were Making Out

"You think he might be able to?" Sara asked over the phone while pacing back and forth next to the pool "Well, ask him, Felicity" she looked up at the bright stars adorning the sky "You live with him, it's way faster if you do it now" using her foot, the blonde aligned one of the lounge chairs to the others "Just tell him it's for Nyssa, apparently they're friends now or whatever" rolling her eyes, she sighed loudly "Yes, we're friends, too"

Nyssa walked silently out the back door, sliding it back closed carefully. She smiled at her fiancée when the woman spotted her, and moved to the end of the pool area, resting her forearms on the railing and leaning forward staring at the ocean.

"Look, talk to Thea about that, okay?" she kept pacing and sighed "Because she is in charge of it" huffing loudly, she stopped pacing a looked up at the sky again "I don't know why, she talked to Nyssa"

The brunette smirked and shook her head, not even trying to guess the other side of that conversation.

"Why would I do that?" the blonde chuckled "No, I don't care, but if he acts like an ass, he's gonna get treated like an ass" she ran her fingers through her hair "Look, it's late and it's been a really long day, I wanna go to bed" biting her lip, she nodded to herself "Okay, thanks" some more nodding "Cool, night"

Sara sighed pocketing her phone and moved to stand next to Nyssa "How is he?"

"Sleeping after you sedated him again" she paused and sighed, rubbing her temple "I called for reinforcements"

"Good, we need them" the blonde nodded and frowned when she realized something "Did you notice that every time he snaps you're nowhere near him?"

"Care to elaborate?" Nyssa asked confused.

"Like, in Nanda Parbat. When we found him you weren't with us. Then while we were away in our room during our flight. And now here, right after you and Lourdes went to the store, he went full on crazy on me" she looked ahead at the ocean and shrugged "It's the only constant I can find"

The brunette remained silent for a few minutes "Do you think my presence prevents those episodes?"

"I don't know what's going on with the guy, but I do think you are helping him keep it together. For all we know, he spent a whole year in crazy-land"

"We can test that theory" Nyssa nodded "I can stay relatively close to him while we are here and see if it makes a difference. However, provided it works, that would be a temporary solution; I cannot be around him at all times"

"I know, shit will get awkward if you have to" Sara smirked and moved to rub her fiancées back "Relax, Felicity is already on it"

"Did she agree?"

"Yeah, we should have some news about it tomorrow. She'll talk to Oliver tonight and see if we can reach him"

The brunette nodded and turned her head to look at the other woman "Tell me, beloved, do you believe it will work?"

"Actually, yeah" her fiancée shrugged and asked "You don't?"

"That is not it" Nyssa sighed "My lack of knowledge on the matter is what makes me feel insecure; there is not much I am entirely ignorant about. It is a topic my father purposefully avoided and forbade due to Mr. Darhk's practices"

"We don't have to do anything if you're not sure, babe" Sara said, reaching for the other woman's hand and rubbing it softly with her thumb "If it makes you feel uncomfortable, I'll text Felicity right now and tell her to forget about it"

"No, no" she answered shaking her head "I do believe we should at least try. We discussed it and I have to admit, as foreign as it sounds to me, the end result is standing right before my eyes and I cannot say I am displeased" Nyssa explained smiling softly and tucked a loose strand of hair behind Sara's right ear "If Mr. Constantine was able to retrieve your soul, chances are he will also be able to help my brother"

"Sup bitches?!"

"Oh, God" Nyssa closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead.

"Yep, definitely still don't like that word" Sara decided, narrowing her eyes.

"Who is this?" Saracon asked frowning when he felt something in his chest start to vibrate and a soft growl escape his lips. He looked around, starting to feel on edge, but no one seemed to notice. When Nyssa looked back at him, she smiled reassuringly and he felt himself starting to calm down.

Lourdes laughed, staring curiously at the young woman who walked out the back door.

"Holy—" Thea paused when she spotted the shirtless man sitting by the pool with his feet in the water. She looked around and noticed that both former assassins and a slightly older woman were occupying some of the lounge chairs on one side of the pool, while two other men and a woman sat on the other side. The men she didn't recognize, but the woman she had seen fight alongside Nyssa when they took the title from Merlyn "You've gotta be freaking kidding me. This is your brother, Nyssa?!"

"Oh, dear God" the brunette repeated.

"So, what? You all just forgot to mention every single Raatko is hot as hell?" the young woman asked "Hi, I'm Thea, by the way" she added "You look kinda like Nyssa. Strong jaw and the look in your eyes. Hair style aside, I don't see her rocking that look like you do. Are you their mom? You look way too young to be their mom. Are you?" she asked bluntly addressing Lourdes.

"I am"

"Excellent job!" she observed giving her two thumbs up.

The older woman laughed again and shook her head "Thank you…?"

Sara shivered and closed her eyes "Thea, please don't"

"What? I'm just stating the obvious" she explained moving one hand in the direction of the light brunette, blue eyed, muscular man "You, of all people, should be agreeing with me, Sara! You're marrying one of 'em!"

"Hey, guys! We're here. What's going on?" Felicity asked walking out the door.

"I believe Thea is slightly infatuated with my brother" Nyssa explained with a pained expression.

Realization hit the blonde hacker and she exclaimed horrified "Oh, gross, Thea!" both Lourdes and Saracon stared at her with their eyebrows raised "Oh, no—no! I didn't mean you are gross…" she trailed off, tilting her head to the side and staring at the man for a few seconds "...you're obviously very not gross. Not gross at all, mister. Sitting there in the sun, all muscly and shirtless…" she sighed contentedly "...so shirtless" then remained silent.

"Um, yeah, that's Felicity" Thea explained, using her thumb to point at the woman.

Saracon smirked "Nice to meet you, Felicity"

"And now I'm insanely jealous"

"Aren't you dating Roy?" Sara asked.

"So? I'm not blind! Look at him!" she said looking at Sara, then back at the man "Are you for real?! You definitely made it to my yummy list"

"That's so inappropriate" Felicity commented, grimacing.

"Thea, please, stop!" Nyssa shouted, unable to witness the situation any longer "He is your brother"

They all fell silent for about a minute, trying to process what just happened.

"I'm sorry, he's what now?" the young Queen finally asked, taking off her sunglasses "I'm pretty sure I didn't hear you right…" she said frowning "...'cause that just sounded like you said he's my brother"

Saracon removed his feet from the water and stood up to fully face the young woman. He frowned and turned to look at his mother, then at Nyssa, who nodded.

Sara got off the chair and moved to stand in front of Thea, placing on hand on the girl's left shoulder "He's your half brother"

"Um…" she frowned, confusion written all over her face "...yeah, no. What?"

The blonde smiled "He's Merlyn's son"

Thea moved to the side to be able to look first at the man, then at Lourdes, and finally Nyssa before focusing back on Sara "You sure?"

"Yes"

The young woman stood completely still, clearly in shock and barely blinking, starting to worry all of them. Then all of a sudden she turned around and almost ran back inside shouting "Tommy!"

"So, these should help until Oliver get's here and we find a permanent way to help you" Felicity said looking at Saracon and handing Nyssa a transparent pill container filled with small orange pills.

"What are these?" the brunette woman asked examining the medication bottle.

"Some enhanced sedatives. A friend hooked me up with some stuff" she bent her knees and tucked her bare feet under her legs to get more comfortable on the couch "Figured we would need to up our game"

"A friend?" Sara asked frowning.

Her fiancée turned the bottle in her hand to show her the S.T.A.R. Labs logo at the same time Felicity answered "Caitlin"

"Oh, then yeah, we're cool"

"I've been thinking, you know, trying to come up with, um—" Felicity started, but interrupted herself "Has Ray ever been exposed to the effects of the Lazarus Pit?"

"Why?" Sara asked slowly, cautiously, narrowing her eyes at the other blonde.

"Well, you see, he's the only one who doesn't make any sense"

"What kind of sense? Felicity, you know we can't read minds, right? I mean, I don't know if he can..." Sara said jerking her head in Saracon's direction "...but I'm pretty sure the rest of us can't"

The hacker shook her head and decided to ignore her, focusing on Saracon instead "Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but has Thea triggered your murderous side, too?"

The man looked down ashamed and nodded "I'm barely keeping it together, and I don't even know why. The pull is too strong right now; like it was in Nanda Parbat"

"I knew it!" Felicity exclaimed triumphantly, then flinched "Oh, no, don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about that!" she added panicking "It's just that it takes us a step closer to confirm my theory"

"And what is your theory? 'Cause I would like to know the reason why my brand new big brother wants to fucking kill me!"

The blonde hacker looked at Sara again "Sara, if you know something, you need to tell me. Has Ray been exposed to the Lazarus Pit?"

Sighing loudly and nervously rubbing her hands together, the woman nodded "He's been accidentally exposed to a Lazarus Pit, yes"

"Wait, 'a Lazarus Pit'? You mean there's more than one?" Thea asked frowning.

"Yes" this time it was Saracon who answered "There are several scattered around the world. The one in Nanda Parbat was only one of many"

"I've been doing some research on The Hidden and the Ashkiri" Felicity started to explain. She made a point to look first at Lourdes, then at the woman's son. Both of them nodded and she continued her explanation "I couldn't find much, but what I did find, was about the 'Sacred Waters' of the Askiri; or what we know as Lazarus Pits" she frowned deep in thought, licked her lips and sighed "There's a legend about the Askiri Temple. It says it was guarded by Snow Leopards"

"That is not a legend, dear" Lourdes clarified "I was bit by one of them"

"Wow, really? That's—"

"Not relevant right now" Sara interrupted the hacker before she could get off track.

"Right…" Felicity nodded and pushed her glasses up her nose "...anyway! It's believed that the waters are protected, and its properties are solely reserved for Ashkiri people. Which would explain the less than desirable effects they had on some of you" she made a point to look at Sara and Thea "So! Ashkiri people believed that a god of darkness and a goddess of light lived in snow leopard form. And now that I know that's actually true I'm getting way too excited about this" she looked at Lourdes before saying "You and I. Later. We're gonna talk about this" the woman Laughed and nodded, so the blonde decided to continue her explanation "So, god and goddess kept the world in balance for a while, until eventually the goddess was killed and darkness started to spread. Miraculously—and I'm using that word 'cause there was no explanation whatsoever—a new snow leopard was born, and balance returned to the world" she nodded to herself, satisfied that she didn't forget about any important detail "Now, and I think this is gonna ring a bell for some people: the hearts of the gods were buried in the Ashkiri temple"

Nyssa sighed exhaustedly, rubbing her forehead before looking at her brother "Dear God, Saracon" she whispered.

Her brother looked at her apologetically and shrugged.

"I think somehow, after the… let's call it 'heart incident', Saracon can sense the remnants of the Pit's effects in those who have 'profaned the waters' at some point; and some part of him is trying to 'balance the scales', to put it nicely"

"Those were a lot of air quotes for one sentence. Anyway, it would explain why the pull is so strong right now" Laurel observed nodding "Sara and Thea in the same room together, must be too much"

Her sister nodded pursing her lips "Same thing happened in Nanda Parbat, I was with Talia there"

"Question" Sin said raising her hand "Why isn't he freaking out now, then? No offense, dude, I actually like you an' all, just honestly wondering"

Saracon laughed and shrugged "It's a valid question"

Sara and Nyssa exchanged a look, and the blonde decided to point it out "I might've noticed that he doesn't freak out when Nyssa is around"

Felicity directed her full attention to Nyssa "That's interesting"

"Coincidence?" the former leader of the League of Assassins suggested weakly.

"I don't believe in those" the hacker dismissed the theory with a wave of her hand. She pursed her lips, her brow furrowed in concentration "Have you ever been exposed to a Lazarus Pit?"

"No"

"Why not? You used to live there, it was in your father's possession, so it was practically at your disposal. I can imagine there have been times where you could've benefited from its healing properties, I've heard the stories"

"The Pit was never mine to use, Felicity; and even if it was, I've seen the side effects of the waters. I've witnessed things you cannot even begin to imagine. I was never reckless the way my father was, I understood from a young age that the waters demanded respect, so they got mine. I vowed to never let them corrupt me the way they corrupted others"

"There you go" Felicity said smiling, motioning with her hand in the brunette's direction as she looked around at the rest of the group "She gave the Ashkiri what they demanded: respect. So she got their respect back" she focused on Nyssa again "I think something inside Saracon is recognizing that, and it's making him able to trust you" she looked at the man with a smile "Am I right?"

"Actually, yes. That's why it was so confusing for me in Nanda Parbat. Something inside me screamed that you could be trusted, even without knowing who you were, but—"

"Talia and I didn't make it easy" Sara said smiling apologetically.

Saracon chuckled and shook his head "Not particularly"

"Sorry 'bout that"

"It's alright, Sara. It's not your fault, if anything it is mine. I subjected myself to it, I consciously decided to become this. I have no one else to blame but myself" he looked up at Felicity, frowning deep in concentration "Do you believe the pills will help me?"

"Absolutely"

"Are they legal?" Lourdes asked concerned.

"Well…" the hacker pursed her lips and pushed her glasses up her nose "...define 'legal'"

"I have a brother" Tommy's voice drew everyone's attention back to him for a second, but then they all ignored him and resumed their previous conversation. He kept staring at the floor, his eyes wide with shock, completely oblivious to the rest of them.

Laurel sat on the armrest of the armchair her husband was occupying and rubbed his back soothingly "How are those supposed to help, anyway?" she asked looking at Felicity "Not like we can wait till he gets one of those episodes and then make him pop one"

"Oh, no" Felicity shook her head "He needs to take them regularly to avoid the episodes altogether" she explained "Think of them as anxiolytics. If you administer them correctly, they'll inhibit the part of his brain that's making him go all 'gr, argh, stabby-stabby' and still be completely functional. Maybe a little sleepy, but that will go away eventually"

Nyssa frowned looking at the pills "Are they safe?"

"Totally" the blonde hacker nodded "She said they used them with this crazy-meta-freak…" she looked at Saracon with a panicked look on her face "...no offense!"

"None taken" he answered with a smile before asking "How should I take them?"

His sister handed him the container and asked "Are you certain you want to do this?"

He shrugged "It's not like I have any other option, Nyssa. I refuse to stay here with all of you if I am going to be a risk; especially to your fiancée and my sister" he started reading the small label "It is a good alternative until we find a more permanent solution"

"Yeah, and maybe next time…" Sara said smirking at him "...think twice before eating some heart you find inside a weird ass cave"

"I'm gonna have to second that one" Thea stated pointing at Sara "And also: super gross"

"Cait said one every eight hours should do the trick" Felicity explained ignoring both Thea and Sara "But if you start feeling like you might lose it, you can, like, take half in between your regular takes"

"Good" the man said removing the cap and immediately taking one "Thank you" he added slightly embarrassed "To all of you"

The blonde hacker smiled and patted his shoulder "Any brother of Nyssa, Tommy and Thea is our friend"

"I have a brother" Tommy stated again in disbelief.

"So, what now?" Sin asked leaning back on the couch "We chill and enjoy the beach till the rest gets here?"

Both Lance sisters exchanged a knowing smile and nodded "I say we chill and enjoy the beach" Laurel agreed.

"Well, we have new family members" her younger sister added "I say we give 'em a proper introduction to our family"

"Wait a minute!" Thea said holding her hand up and looking at Nyssa "This new situation makes us family? 'Cause that kinda messes with the plan I was already plotting in case Sara left again"

Sara walked down the stairs that led to the beach and sat down next to the brunette woman who was already sitting on the sand in a slightly dark and secluded area "Hey"

Nyssa moved her gaze away from the two men that stood talking several feet in front of them, and smiled at her fiancée "Hi"

"You okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

The blonde smiled and jerked her head in the direction of the two men "I know you were nervous about them meeting"

"They seem to be getting along quite well" she answered, looking back at them.

"See? Told you, babe, you had nothing to worry about. Tommy's a pretty decent guy"

"He is a good man"

"I would've killed him before he married my sister if I didn't think he was"

Sara's honest statement make the brunette chuckle and nod in agreement "And I would have assisted you in your mission"

"Appreciate it" she smiled and looked at the other woman again "Babe, you need to relax, that's what we all agreed to do, remember? The pills are working, he says he feels like his old self, and the guys will be here any day now to help him"

"I am trying, beloved"

"Well, lucky for both of us, I have something that might help" she leaned her body back a little and reached inside the front pocket of her cut out shorts. Grinning widely, she took out a small, metallic cigarette case and a matching lighter.

"Dear God, Sara"

"What?"

"I thought you had lost that"

The blonde scoffed and slid the case open "I can lose my keys, license, phone, and even the car in a full parking lot, but there's not way in hell I can lose this"

Nyssa laughed wholeheartedly and leaned back on her elbows, looking at her fiancée as the woman took one out and lit it.

After taking a long drag, Sara passed it to her fiancée "We are safe here, no need to be on constant alert, we have backup" she encouraged her with a wink.

Nyssa took it with a smile and took a long drag, too, before giving it back. She blew the smoke out slowly after a few seconds and stared at the stars, smiling softly "I have missed this greatly, habibti"

"What?" the blonde asked, her voice sounding overly nasal, before blowing out the smoke and looking down at her "Pot?"

"No" Nyssa answered, shaking her head and laughing "Being with you like this. Away, together, somewhere nice, with you attempting to convince me to relax while being a bad influence"

"Hey! I didn't make you grow your own back in Nanda Parbat!"

"True" she conceded and they both laughed.

"I've missed this, too" Sara nodded; then, smiling dangerously, she leaned down over Nyssa, slowly blowing out the smoke close to the other woman's lips.

The brunette, familiar with the action already, breathed it in at the same time she placed one hand on the back of the other woman's head and leaned all the way down. Sara grinned and kissed her softly, pulling back a second later to let her blow it out. She rested her weight on her left elbow and leaned down to kiss her again, taking more time with that one.

A few minutes passed and both women laid there, alternating between slowly making out, whispering to make each other laugh and smoking, until someone clearing their throat pulled them out of their private little world.

Sara looked up ready to tell whoever that was to go away and leave them alone, but as soon as she saw the woman's face she sat up abruptly, putting some distance between her body and Nyssa's. Her fiancée half sat up, too, leaning back on her elbows again.

The blonde noticed what she was still holding and her eyes opened twice their regular size "I—um, we—it's not what it looks like"

Lourdes laughed, looking back and forth between both of them, shaking her head when Sara put it out in the sand and tried to hide it "It is not?"

"No" she insisted "That was—We were—"

"That was weed and you were making out" the older woman interrupted her, laughing again "I have been young once, too. And, back then, my life used to be very similar to the lives you have led for years now. Don't mind me, I know first hand that need to unwind and I have never been opposed to using 'incentives' as long as they are natural"

"Oh…" Sara held the case and lighter up for the woman and offered "...want one?"

Lourdes laughed amused at Sara's boldness and shook her head "No, dear, thank you. I came here to say goodnight before I go to bed"

"Goodnight, mother" Nyssa said smiling softly.

"Have fun" the woman winked at them "Try not to be too loud" with a knowing smirk, she turned around and walked back to the house.

"Sara, did you just offer a joint to my mother?"

"Um, better question would be: did your mom just basically told us to go have sex?"

The brunette half smiled and tangled her fingers in Sara's hair again "Considering the position she found us in, I do believe that was the case, yes" she pulled her fiancée down with her "And one should always listen to their parents" she whispered against her soft lips.

Sara licked her suddenly dry lips and nodded, leaning down the rest of the way to kiss her softly, resting her weight on her left elbow and sneaking her right hand under Nyssa's tank top, tracing soft, random patterns with her fingertips against the soft skin of her fiancée's stomach.

Nyssa deepened the kiss, pulling on her hair softly, eliciting a soft moan from the blonde that vibrated against her lips and sent shivers down her spine.

In turn, the blonde shifted her weight, placing her right leg between the other woman's and laying half on top of her, while slowly but deliberately moving her hand further up as their kisses became even more deep and passionate.

"Found them!" Laurel's voice, sounding dangerously close, startled them "Looks like they're ten seconds away from having sex right here in the open"

Both former assassins groaned in frustration and pulled their lips apart "You've gotta be fucking kidding me" Sara mumbled, resting her forehead against her fiancée's shoulder and retracting her hand.

"It also smells like pot, so I think they're kinda high!" Laurel added looking at Thea, who was now standing at the top of the stairs looking down at them.

Nyssa chuckled and used her nails softly on the blonde's scalp while looking up at Laurel "You have the most terrible timing, Dinah Laurel Lance"

The woman grinned proudly and nodded, bending down to grab something that was laying on the sand by their bodies "You dropped…" she started, examining both items "...oh, this night is about to get a lot better" she slid Sara's cigarette case open and took one out, but before lighting it up she frowned and stopped "Very crappy of you, not sharing with your sister, assface" she said addressing her younger sister, then discretely put the joint back in the case and tossed both items back to them, making her way to the stairs "You can continue dry humping or whatever later, poker now. Get your asses inside, your League friends are full of shit and I'm dying to teach them a lesson"

"Which ones?" Sara asked over her shoulder.

"The two guys" her sister shouted back.

"Oh, it's on!" she jumped to her feet and pulled Nyssa up with her "Fucking Michael still owes me"

As they walked inside the house they noticed the big dining table had been mostly cleared up after dinner; it only held various bottles and glasses now.

"Ah, finally the League Royalty decided to join us! Excellent!" one of the men exclaimed clapping his hands and rubbing them together.

Laurel, who was sitting next to him, just rolled her eyes and kept shuffling the deck of cards she had in her hands.

"Shut up, Michael" Sara responded glaring at him "You still owe me from last time" she reached for the bottle of Nyssa's favorite scotch and poured two glasses, handing one to her fiancée and keeping the other one to herself.

"Well, let me try to win it back, your highness"

"I hate when you call me that"

"I know" the man responded grinning.

The blonde smirked and looked down at him "I will break your legs this time if you can't pay"

"As you wish, Ta-er Al-Asfer" he smirked back "Considering I lose to you again, which is not about to happen"

Sara looked at a smiling Nyssa and shook her head "Your people never learn" and following that statement, she ran upstairs.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Michael shouted "Are you really that scared?"

"Michael" Nyssa said half smiling "After so many years, have you learnt nothing?"

"Meh…" he waved his hand and took a sip of his beer "...I just like getting on her nerves"

"I won't tend to your wounds this time" the woman, Mesi, stated seriously.

"Relax, Talibah, it won't be necessary"

Nyssa stood up straighter to portray an air of power and utter seriousness "Michael, this is not a League matter. In fact, there is no more League. As your former team leader and close friend, I shall ask you to stop addressing all of us by our League names"

"As you wish, Ra's al Ghul" the man responded bowing his head but smirking.

"Stop" she said more forcefully "These people were once your brothers and sisters when you all were part of my team. We held the utmost respect for one another, unlike any other team. I would like to believe we can all be friends now; equals. Do you believe you can adapt to our new dynamics?"

"Yes" he said seriously now.

"Very well" she nodded shortly "I appreciate it"

"Were you really like royalty?" Felicity asked from the couch, where she was lying with Sin nursing a couple of beers, after a few seconds of silence.

"Yes" the handsome man who had remained silent until then nodded "Nyssa was born League Royalty"

"But what about my sister?" Laurel asked curiously.

"She was the Heir's beloved. According to Nyssa, they were equals in every single aspect"

"Zeddmore is right, Laurel. But in addition to being my beloved, she fought and worked hard to achieve a high rank position in the League. So, not only was she considered royalty, but also an outstanding warrior who all new recruits admired and all of her brothers and sisters undoubtedly respected"

"Stop talking about me as if I wasn't here" the blonde grumbled walking down the stairs wearing her worn and slightly torn Rockets cap backwards. She took a seat next to Zeddmore and patted his shoulder "Ready to lose all your money, Z?"

The man smirked and said in a mock-serious tone "I see you're wearing your lucky hat; logic dictates we don't stand a chance"

"Boy, are you gonna be sorry for saying that in a little while"

"Nyssa? Mesi?" Laurel asked "You want in?"

Mesi scoffed "I've seen the way this scene plays off many times and I do not look forward to getting hustled by Sara"

"Fuck" the blonde mumbled to herself as her shoulder hit the doorframe, making her stumble. She walked into the master bedroom, a lit joint dangling from her lips, and closed the door behind her. Once inside, she tossed the obscene wad of cash of assorted currencies she had in her hand on top of the dresser, and snort-laughed when it bounced off the surface and hit the floor.

Not finding her fiancée in bed, as she supposed she would, she quickly scanned the room, noticing that the sliding door that led to the balcony was open. Walking outside, carefully avoiding the doorframe this time, she found the woman sitting comfortably facing the ocean.

"Are you alright, beloved? I heard you curse" Nyssa asked turning her head to look at the other woman, the moonlight illuminating her striking features.

"Yeah, fine" the blonde dismissed the question "My aim seems to be slightly off, tho"

The brunette chuckled and pointed at Sara's lips "Do you believe it might have something to do with that?"

"Probably" she smirked taking a long drag and holding it out for her fiancée.

Nyssa laughed again and took it, doing the same and readjusting her position when the blonde moved to straddle her lap "How high are you?" she asked, wrapping one arm around Sara's waist.

"Enough"

"Enough as in 'I desperately need to sleep it off', or as in 'I desperately want to have sex'?"

Sara giggled softly and bent down to kiss the other woman's shoulder, then slowly moved those kisses up her neck "What do you think?" she mumbled between kisses.

"I feel inclined to say the latter" the brunette sighed and took one last drag before putting it out on the floor and wrapping both arms around Sara.

"And you would be correct, Ms. Raatko" she softly licked up her neck, ending with a slightly open mouthed kiss on the base of Nyssa's jaw "I wanna finish what we started before" she whispered, making sure her lips brushed against the brunette's ear.

"You do not play fair, Ms. Lance"

"Never said I did or promised I would" Sara mumbled and started kissing her fiancée's jaw, nipping at her chin "You gonna tell me you don't wanna?"

Nyssa chuckled and shook her head "I can't in good conscience say that"

The blonde leaned forward to capture the brunette's bottom lip between her teeth and nibbled on it as her hands found their way to the back of her neck.

Nyssa moved her hands up Sara's back, the tips of her fingers brushing softly up her spine, deepening the kiss at the same time the blonde arched her back and hissed "Too sensitive?"

Sara nodded and kissed her again, clenching her fists and pulling on her hair.

The brunette smiled into the kiss, tracing random patterns on her shoulder blades now "Is it too much, beloved? Do you wish for me to stop?"

"Fuck no" she answered breaking the kiss to catch her breath; action the other woman took advantage of and moved to kiss and lick up her neck "Shit, Nyssa, you have the most amazing tongue"

"Do I?"

"Yes" the blonde hissed when she felt a soft flick on her earlobe "Bed?"

"Why wait?" she made sure her hold on Sara's shoulders was firm enough, and got up in one quick motion, lifting her up and flipping their position, with the other woman now occupying the armchair.

"Holy shit"

"Are you comfortable?" Nyssa asked while kneeling in front of her and undoing the button of her shorts. She waited for the blonde to nod enthusiastically before pulling them down her legs along with her underwear. When goosebumps erupted all over Sara's legs, she looked up again, but frowning in concern this time "Are you cold?"

The blonde smiled and shook her head "Different kind of goosebumps" then reached over with her right hand, placing it on the back of Nyssa's neck and pulling her closer.

Nyssa smirked and wrapped her arms around her fiancée's thighs as she got pulled closer, feeling that hand move to her hair as the tip of her tongue darted out to tease the already squirming blonde.

"Oh, fuck, babe"

"You need to be quiet, beloved"

The blonde sighed and leaned back, biting her lips and nodding.

She nearly jumped and tilted her head back when she felt Nyssa's tongue press harder, not just teasing anymore, but managed to keep—mostly—quiet.

"Fuck, Nyssa, yes" she moaned as her fiancée set a steady, almost torturous rhythm, making sure to never lose contact.

The brunette moved her left hand up, cupping the other woman's jaw and used her thumb to softly trace her bottom lip "Quiet" she instructed again, moving her right hand up the inside of her thigh "Bite if you need to" and after saying that, she moved her hand all the way up Sara's thigh, using two fingers to add to her tongue's ministrations, slowly pushing them in.

Sara moaned loudly and bit down on the other woman's hand, pulling on her hair and coming hard after a couple of steady, incredibly effective thrusts, combined with the fast flicking of Nyssa's tongue.

Nyssa waited for Sara's body to calm down before daring to move any of her hands, and even then, the movement made her hiss. She smiled proudly when she noticed the small droplets of blood that coated the brand new bite mark adorning her left hand, and pushed her fiancée's shirt up to leave soft, smiling kisses all over her waist and stomach.

The blonde sighed and smiled happily, still leaning back with her eyes closed and running her fingers through Nyssa's hair. After about a minute, she opened her eyes frowning and looked down "I taste blood"

"Plausible"

She reached for the brunette's left hand and saw the reason "Fuck, I'm so sorry, babe"

"Do not be, beloved" her fiancée assured her, straightening her posture so they would be eye level "I encouraged you to do it" she ran her hand down the black tank top she was wearing and smiled "There, see? It was nothing"

Sara smiled and kissed her softly "We have had worse, I'll give you that" following that, she stood up, taking Nyssa's hand in hers to pull her up and lead her into their room "C'mon, I'm still super high and wanna see if you can bite hard enough to make me bleed"