Eight Years Ago

"Alright, that's enough."

Tess froze and gave Mouse a confused look, fake because she knew exactly what he was annoyed about, holding back a snicker when Jay just raised his brow at his friend. "What?"

"Do you think I don't see those?" He asked with a wave to their laps, where Jay's hands had slipped under the blanket and were teasing her inner thighs. "Either you two go into your room and leave me to watch my movie in peace or we make this a group event."

She didn't try to hold back her laugh this time, especially when Jay narrowed his eyes, both annoyed and intrigued. The last time she'd been home they'd finally crossed that line, after two years of joking and slowly but seriously thinking about it, and they had said it wasn't going to be a one-time thing. She sure didn't want it to be. Being with Jay was always incredible, mind-blowing was the way she described it but being with Jay and Greg? Having two sets of lips on her, two sets of hands, two… Well, suffice to say it had been a lot of fun. And a lot sweeter than she'd expected. And she could see Jay was thinking about that too but before either of them could say anything a knock came at the door.

"Did you order more food?" Jay asked Mouse when he stood to get it, then pulling her tighter when she giggled as Greg shot her a wink.

"No. Maybe Mrs. Harrison lost one of her cats again."

"I don't understand how they keep getting out."

"That's because you don't understand cats."

"I don't recall you ever complaining about my understanding of a pussy." Jay whispered, grinning at her shocked gasp not just at what he said, he was very good at dirty talk but it still often caught her off-guard, but where he put his hand to prove his point.

But they didn't get to enjoy the lesson because Greg's worried voice snapped them out of it. "Are you okay?"

They both jolted upright and the second Tess saw the flash of red hair behind him she was scrambling out of Jay's lap and rolling over the top of the couch, intent on getting to her best friend.

"It's stupid." Vivienne whispered but her tear-streaked face showed it was anything but and she quickly pulled her into a tight hug, her heart breaking at the way her friend trembled; she'd never seen her this upset, not ever, but she still knew there was only one thing, one person capable of hurting her this badly.

"It's not." She said quietly, briefly flicking her eyes to Jay and Mouse who'd gathered around but stood back, unsure what was going on or what they could do to help. "He's your dad. He's a dick but he's still your dad."

A shudder rocked her friend's body and she tried to pull her even closer, her own pain quickly turning to anger. "Not anymore. He said he-… He said he didn't want a faggot as a daughter. He disowned me. He- he had papers."

"Fuck him." Greg said violently and before either of them could so much as snort or cry he had wrapped his arms around them both, Jay following suit slower but no less intently.

"We make our own families."

"We are your family." Tess said firmly, butting her forehead against Vivienne's since her arms were squished behind her back against Mouse's chest, waiting until she looked at her before she continued. "Me and these two and Lydia and John and Michael and Nysa and Coulson. We love you exactly as you are and anyone who doesn't is fucking dumb."

Viv just nodded and squeezed her tighter, it was easy to say those words but a lot harder to believe them, but she'd see to it she did. Her best friend was one of the most amazing people she'd ever known and she would do whatever she had to to show her that.

"What an absolute dick. I'm so sorry sweetheart."

Vivienne just smiled and nodded but though her crying phase was over, it had only lasted for a few hours last night Tess could tell she was touched by the way Lydia took her hand. By the support all of them were giving her, something she sadly, horribly and unfairly wasn't used to. If Tess ever got five minutes alone with her friend's pathetic excuse of a father, which she'd already started contemplating how she could arrange, she was going to make the most of them.

She may be court-martialed for it but it would be worth it to hurt the man who'd hurt her friend so badly.

"What about your mom? Surely she can't be okay with this."

Her anger boiled even hotter when Viv shrugged but she bit her lip; it wasn't her feelings that mattered right now and her friend had a hard enough time sharing hers on a good day. "I know-… I think she loves me but it doesn't matter. She does what he tells her to. She believes what he tells her to. And the Bible says homosexuality is a sin."

Fucking bullshit Bronze Age 'philosophy'.

Her friend and aunt's snorts told her she'd said that out loud but she didn't care. "It's true. The Bible is full of outdated and immoral opinions, not to mention contradictions- does he realize his uniform is made of more than two materials, which is also a sin? Or that football, the sport he loves so much is based around touching 'unclean' pig skin? He's picking and choosing what he wants to believe in and if he's not picking you then he can go straight to his hell."

"I would pay to see you say that to him."

"Done."

Vivienne grinned but there was still too much hurt in it, a pain she didn't know how to take away. Not only had her parents been fervent atheists Canada, at least in her experience, had never been as religious as the states and definitely not a state like South Carolina where her friend was from. On top of that while she had witnessed homophobia before, in high school she'd once cussed a boy out for using 'gay-dar', it hadn't ever been directed at her. Tess didn't know what that felt like, how it sat in your soul or changed your worldview. She didn't know what she was supposed to do here, how she could help.

But she knew how to hug her.

So she did, tightly, sharing a look with Lydia over her head as she placed a comforting hand on her shoulder; they'd only met a few times but her aunt was always good at connecting with people. And adopting adult children.

"Tess is right. I wouldn't have said it like that, but she's right. You are a strong, smart, beautiful young woman and if your parents aren't willing to accept you, that is their failing, not yours."

"I know that." Vivienne said with a sniff, pulling back to wipe her eyes and then huffing another sad laugh when she gave her a look for rolling her eyes at herself. "I just keep hearing his voice. 'Blood is thicker than water."

"What a dick."

They both laughed again, only a tiny bit lighter but it was something, but Lydia gave them something even better.

"You know that's not the full quote. The actual saying is 'the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb'."

"Seriously?" Vivienne asked, straightening when Lydia nodded before she looked back to her.

"You're my coven bitch."

Now her laugh was bright and when she tackled her in a hug Tess knew that while her pain wasn't completely gone, and probably wouldn't ever be she was going to be okay. She had a family of her own making, John and Michael and Nysa and Coulson.

And her.

Her and Lydia and Jay and Mouse.

To whatever end.

Despite letting her friend know firmly that she was a part of her family here in Chicago just as much as she was their team it had been incredibly difficult to get her to agree to stay with her, Jay and Mouse. Her first, and strongest excuse, had been that they didn't have the space but after a bit of back and forth between her and Mouse over who would get his bed and who would get the couch they'd eventually decided to share his room; they were both adults and it wasn't like either hadn't been in close quarters before. And as she'd reminded them it wasn't like they hadn't fucked before. That had happened the first time her friend had come to visit her, though whether it had happened in the last two weeks she'd been here Tess couldn't say for certain, but she'd bet money on it. It was a little weird for her, she wasn't a prude but until recently she'd only ever been physical with Jay whereas her friend was a lot more sexually liberated. Both her and Greg were firm that it was only stress release but while she believed that they didn't have any romantic feelings for each other they'd definitely become more than friends with benefits, a relationship that allowed them the comfort of a partner without any of the confines. And that was fine, it was great really it just… it made her think.

When Tess first brought up bringing Greg into their bedroom, a conversation that had happened with her face half buried in the covers Jay had quipped whether that meant they would bring in her best friend too. At the time it had been a joke but even when he'd realized she was serious about wanting to try being with two men, and they'd both agreed the only person they'd be comfortable with joining them would be his best friend he'd never brought it up again. Still, it had always stuck in her mind that allowing him to be with Vivienne would make things fair. Even if the three of them had come to enjoy this new change in their relationship it had still been an adjustment, for no one more than Jay and making him feel respected was important to her. And maybe… maybe she was curious about what it would be like to be with a woman. What it would be like to be with Vivienne, a woman she trusted and loved and who was definitely fucking gorgeous.

And watching them all together?

Seeing the easy banter her friend had with Mouse, the quieter but still deep camaraderie she'd found with Jay… That made her heart really full. And maybe it was the tequila talking but it also made her pussy throb. Something that did not go unnoticed.

Vivienne sat on the second couch with Mouse, shaking her head with a smirk at whatever it was he was saying but when she looked over her smile quickly faded. Right before her brows shot up. For what felt like forever they just stared at each other, doing that silent communication best friends were known for, which was her friend asking if she was just having curious thoughts or if she actually wanted to do this.

And she was pretty sure she did.

"Someone want to tell us what this is?" Mouse asked, startling them both until Vivienne grinned again, looking him and Jay over thoroughly before she looked back to her.

"She wants to share."

"Share what?"

"Share us."

Both men furrowed their brows in confusion before it clicked, Mouse quickly returning her grin while Jay looked her over, the growing heat in his eyes making her toes curl. It also made her heart start beating a thousand miles a minute to think that this was really going to happen but any fears or insecurities she had were pushed back by his thumb brushing her cheek, and that throbbing intensifying.

"Does she?" He asked lowly and since her throat was too thick to speak she just nodded, but she should have known that wouldn't be enough for him. "Out loud."

"They have a thing with him giving orders." She heard Mouse saying to Vivienne and a glance out of the corner of her eye showed his hand wrapped around her waist, slowly stroking a strip of exposed skin while her friend leant into him and smirked.

"So I've been told. Personally I prefer to give them."

"Don't I know it."

"Look at me." Jay whispered but she could tell by his smug smile he'd heard them too. "Do you want this?"

"Yes."

He loosed a quiet but heavy breath right before his lips swooped in and took hers, a soft moan from a few feet away echoing her own. They were really doing this. The confirmation ignited the fire that had been stoking in her belly and she quickly threaded her fingers through his hair to bring him closer, looking over through her already heavy-lidded eyes when he moved to her neck to let her breathe to see Greg doing the same thing to Vivienne. She didn't know when but clearly the men had been doing some silent communication of their own because as one they carefully slid them off the couches and onto the floor, Greg pushing back the coffee table while Jay grabbed some blankets.

"Oh that's right, you didn't like picking a bedroom last time." Vivienne said with a grin, winking at Greg when he stopped what he was doing to ogle her when she took off her sweater.

"She likes things to be fair." Jay replied huskily, his own eyes flicking between them hungrily but when her friend crawled over to him Tess knew she could see the nerves in his gaze.

"I think you and I should make her feel better then."

Her throat moved in time with Jay's as he swallowed but when he looked back at her she nodded and then they were kissing. Softly at first, getting used to each other and testing the waters but it didn't take long for things to heat up, his arm sliding around her waist as Vivienne cupped his neck; she'd been prepared for the sight to stir something in her, some kind of jealousy but it didn't. It was like the first time she'd kissed Mouse. Yes it had been strange and the world had felt like it had shifted but it also felt… comfortable.

Normal.

Like the second set of lips that started brushing against her shoulder, the hands that settled on her waist and turned her so her back rested against his chest, soothing some of the jitters that ran through her. "Can I watch you kiss her now?"

"Yes please." She couldn't help chuckling when Vivienne answered for her, but she also couldn't help shivering when she crawled over, relaxing slightly when she twined their fingers. "You sure you want this?"

"Yes. I'm just… what if I'm not good? I don't know what to do with a vagina."

"You told me he taught you exactly what to do with yours." She said with a glance at Jay who gave her a look that was a very hot mixture of sweet and cocky.

That helped to calm her but what really did it was looking in Vivienne's eyes. The emerald green that was so close to his moss and hunter, with such a similar look of lust and love so without before she could give into her doubts Tess leant forward and pressed her lips to Viv's. They were soft, and sweet, like cinnamon sugar with a hint of the rose flavoured lip chap she favoured and before she realized it she was slipping her tongue further into her mouth, trying to see how far that taste extended. At first Vivienne let her set the pace, each of them learning the other until she got tired of exploring and grabbed her face, pushing her into Greg as she started taking what she wanted. Judging by the groan he and Jay let out they wanted that too. Their hands started spreading out, Greg cupping her breasts and pinching her nipples while Jay took Vivienne by the waist, running his hands over her ass before he too grabbed her breasts; the next thing she knew Viv's mouth was ripped away as Jay took it, fiercely, the sight making her breath catch until Greg took the rest of it away. She could feel his hardness against her hip but when she turned to climb into his lap a hand grabbed her arm and tugged her in the opposite direction, Vivienne shooting her a wink as she crawled past her into Greg's arms.

"You are so fucking amazing, you know that?" Jay said as he yanked her into him, grabbing her face as his mouth devoured hers. "So fucking amazing and so fucking hot."

She was.

Her skin felt like it was on fire, a burning that went deep into soul but before she took off her shirt she ripped off his, desperately shoving herself against him to feel as much as she could. It was a wild mix of emotions, a desire she hadn't realized could ever be so intense. Tess didn't know what to do with it, what to do next, but thankfully a slimmer pair of hands settling on her hips told her.

She broke away to stare at Vivienne as she smirked and started pulling her pants off, laughing when she saw Greg behind her taking off hers, already down to his underwear himself. But that wasn't enough. She didn't want anything between them. So when she grabbed Jay's jeans she took down his boxer briefs too, all of them letting out husky chuckles when Greg let out a whoop as he whipped off his. A minute later she and Viv were naked too, all of their eyes dark with lust as they looked each other over.

But what did they do now?

She knew she wanted to try being with Vivienne but she also wanted Vivienne and Jay to be together, and she had to be very careful not to leave Greg out, not though he'd allow himself to be judging by the way he was gripping himself. Still she didn't know what to do, what to do first anyway, so thank fuck her friends decided for her. With a hand trailing between her breasts Vivienne pushed her onto her back, giving her a few gentle, soothing kisses before she started moving down her body. Jay and Greg followed her lead, coming around to each side of them, covering both of them in kisses and caresses, Jay taking her mouth to swallow her cry at the exact moment Viv licked a line up her pussy. The first time Greg had touched her down there it had been entirely different from what she was used to with Jay and although the sensations that rushed through her were the same the way she moved her lips and tongue again was totally different.

But good.

Really fucking good.

Her hips started moving in circles, her thighs going slick as she felt her friend chuckle against her, her head moving from Jay to Greg and back again, her hands reaching out to stroke their cocks, the feeling of them straining to get closer spurring her on. It didn't take long for her orgasm to crash through her and the aftershocks were still running through her when she surged up, pushing her friend on her back and tugging Jay over to her, watching just long enough to see Vivienne take him in her mouth, Jay groaning as she sucked him before Viv moaned when she sucked her clit. She'd been worried she wouldn't like her taste, all she'd known was her own, and only on Jay's tongue but her fears were unfounded; she liked the taste of her friend, sugar and spice and sex. Tess probably wasn't that good but she did her best and by the way Vivienne's fingers trailed over her, tugging her closer she liked it. She also liked the fingers that slid up and down her lips, teasing her before they thrust in, hard, pumping her faster and faster, pushing her the same way she pushed Viv until they came together.

She almost collapsed with her face in her pussy, would have if it weren't for Greg holding her up, he and Jay giving that sexy chuckle as they laid them next to each other, grinning down at them even as their hands soothed their tremors. But they didn't last long. As sated as Tess was there was a hunger inside her that wanted more, more, more, more. And judging by her smirk Vivienne felt it too, in time with her as they rolled over and pushed up to their knees, pushing their asses out towards the men. Their men.

Her men.

Because as much as she loved her friend and as willing as she was to share… they were hers.

Two pleased growls answered them and with the same synchronicity Jay took Vivienne's hips and Greg took hers and they slid inside, slow and smooth and right to the fucking hilt. And then they fucked them. Greg got right to the point, solid thrusts that had her eyes rolling back in her head and her arms shaking and the most delightful flutter building in her pussy, an aching that demanded to be satisfied. If it had just been them she was sure he would've driven her into the floor to give it to her but he was keeping pace with Jay who was taking his time, learning her friend as almost as intently as he once had her. Still there wasn't an ounce of jealousy that rose in her. Tess liked seeing him with Vivienne, who was not being taken the way she was but who was giving just as much back, inspiring her to do the same. And it wasn't just because it was hot as fuck.

It was the same way it had been with Mouse. Sharing their intimacy with the people they were closest to brought them all closer together.

The blood of the covenant.

That thought threw her over the edge and she clenched around Greg's cock so tightly his control snapped, curses spilling from his lips as he started pounding into her, his own release coming shortly after. Jay and Vivienne lasted a couple minutes longer, Jay actually flipping her friend on her back, an added intimacy she could tell made her friend just slightly uncomfortable, which she was pretty sure the reason he did it.

Her Ranger might be bad with words sometimes but he always knew how to show someone they were loved.

When they were finished they all cuddled up together, long enough that they caught their breath and Vivienne got uncomfortable, demanding they get more blankets if they were going to continue the slumber party without a bed. So they did. Jay and Greg grabbed their blankets and pillows while they grabbed water and a few snacks, settling themselves in until one by one they drifted off. The last thing she remembered thinking was that she would die for this family.

And kill for it.