Aife
The Succubus had a fun night after going after the Fae the kids had played with. Toyed with, she laughed. They were smart beyond their years and their grandmother was loving every minute of it. She was kind of hurt when she learned of Charlotte's birth from someone that wasn't Bo. But that's the Fae life. Keep it a secret until you are sure you can trust someone with the news.
Now the young Succubus has a full family, and for that Aife is proud. She kicked off her boots, peeled off her clothes, and showered.
Slamming a glass of wine, she laid down in bed and closed her eyes. The house was quiet, and nothing could be heard, but nature outside and clocks ticking.
"I'll finally bust your ass if you try it". Aife laughed never opening her eyes. She smiled again when her threat was ignored.
She felt a shift in the bed, and her instincts were precise. Charlotte had come into her room, and jumped on her bed.
Keep your eyes closed and she will get bored and leave, Aife laughed, and thought internally.
Charlotte jumped over her grandmother, and back again. Aife cleared her throat as her last warning. Charlotte continued on. Finally tiring of the bed moving, Aife gently reached out and caught Charlotte by her little neck.
"What is it now? Aife laughed. Charlotte gritted her teeth, but couldn't move much under the Succubus hold.
"A closed mouth never gets fed, so if you're hungry, tell Nana". Aife laughed.
"Succubus". Charlotte said as Aife loosened her grip.
"You want to see Nana's Succubus? Aife smiled softly.
Charlotte nodded her little head.
Aife smiled but thought about Bo as a baby, she always tried not to show her Succubus to her baby. Even when she needed to feed, she closed her eyes so the blue wouldn't frighten Bo.
She popped her lips contemplating if she wanted to do that with Charlotte. Bo and Lauren would be highly pissed off. But perhaps their baby Succubus was having issues with her own and wanted to see Aife's to see if something was off with hers.
The woman closed her eyes a few times, and she wasn't quite sure of what to do. Going with her first instinct she opened her mouth.
"Stay on the bed". Aife said as she gently set Charlotte down.
She dressed quickly, put on some comfortable shoes, and quietly walked out of the house carrying Charlotte in her arms.
Bo and Lauren.
Bo turned over in the bed. "Did you hear something?
"It's probably Aife going back out for the night". Lauren said pulling the Succubus closer to her.
Bo nodded and turned back over. They had only gone to bed an hour ago. She allowed Lauren to make love to her, but never took her turn because she wasn't sure they were ready for kids again yet. Charlotte, Dillon and Ethan were more than enough for now. They mutually agreed to wait another year before they tried again. Bo blushed at all the possibilities she would face trying not to make Lauren pregnant again. But at least with Ethan and Dillon, they knew. But Charlotte was a total surprise.
Bo had no way of knowing she could make Lauren pregnant like that. They had made love plenty of times, so how was it possible, she suddenly had those capabilities? Possibly because Lauren was once a human, and the Una Mens seed turned her Fae. She puked in her mouth when she thought of how Dyson could have made her pregnant too, but thankfully never did. She didn't want that kind of family with Dyson. She wanted it with Lauren. Now they have one. A growing, and ever changing one.
She smiled to stave off her arousal when a whiff of Lauren's scent hit her nose. Just the Doctor alone was enough to make her want to devour her for hours. But thinking of their family again, she knew she needed to get some sleep because the kids would be up in a matter of hours.
Lauren felt Bo tense and flinch in her arms for the rest of the night. Bo had always been that way since the day they came home with Charlotte. Always the protector, now she was a constant worrier. Lauren worried too, but knew their kids were well equipped to take care of themselves and each other. That wasn't ever going to ease Bo's mind, and that was a beautiful thing to see in a mother. Especially one that never thought she was going to actually be a mother.
The Doctor silently let some tears loose. She was sharing a life and a family with Bo. She had seen how the Fae treat their chidren. Trick to Aife, and countless others. Some killed, denounced, or flat out ignored their children. Aife was the only one she ever heard of to give their child up as protection. Far different than what Trick did to the Succubus. It all fell back on Bo's paranoia that someone was going to kill one of them, or take one of them, never to be seen again. But that wasn't possible. For as sick and as painful as it was what the Una Mens did to Lauren, they saved her life even in death. Bo wasn't going to allow her to stay dead, and when she came back, she came back for good.
The kids were going to grow up and lead their own lives. Charlotte will always stay in contact with her brothers even when they have their own prides. They were going to be fine, because they would always have each other.
Which led Lauren to thinking about how she was supposed to be with a Lion, if she succumbed to what Tau once tried to force on her.
He didn't know who and what Bo really was for the longest time. But Lauren was already in love with the Succubus and knew nothing was ever going to change that. After Aife returned to town, he suddenly backed down. Nobody wanted to screw around with either Succubus. Nobody but the nuts that tried to take the kids. Only Mikayla succeeded in getting Dillon and the rest is history.
"We won't lose them Bo". Lauren whispered pulling the Succubus even closer.
"I know. I'm trying not to worry". Bo said quietly.
Lauren kissed the back of Bo's head and used her shifter strength to squeeze her. As a show of support that they were strong enough to stop whatever came their way.
Aife and Charlotte.
"Now you will have to do everything that I say ok? Aife asked softly. Charlotte nodded her head and stood in the spot Aife had set her down on.
The Succubus looked around. She needed a victim. Since it was late, there weren't many people on the streets. Even the bars had closed.
"He will do". Aife smiled as she read an aura of a man walking. He wasn't human, which meant he was ripe for the picking.
"Aren't you a pretty thing? The man beamed as Aife strutted over in his direction.
"That I am". Aife winked as the man got closer.
Once the man reached her, she kicked him in the stomach and he bent over from the force.
"You bitch. You will pay for that! The man screamed as he stood up.
"Ooo I'm scared! Aife laughed. The man managed to land a blow, but soon regretted it as the Succubus had him in a choke hold.
"We're coming Jack! Hold on! Some men screamed as they ran up to the Succubus.
Aife laughed as she dropped Jack to the ground. She licked her lips and nodded in Charlotte's direction. The young shifter never moved.
Kick, punch, kick, punch. Aife was landing blow after blow until they were all heaving over in pain. She laughed at how the mighty Fae men were getting their asses kicked by a woman. One she never saw punched her in the back of the head. That did it. She growled as her eyes turned deep blue.
"I hope you little bitches had a nice night because you picked the wrong side of town". The Succubus said in a deep voice. Charlotte's eyes widened as she watched her grandmother dispose of the men in a matter of seconds. Once she dropped the last man to the ground, trails of Chi could still be seen entering the Succubus mouth. She nodded to Charlotte again so she would see what she was about to do next. She pushed Chi into the men and pulsed them as they came back to life.
The Succubus turned and saw Charlotte standing where she had left her.
"Good baby". Aife cooed as she scooped her up. Charlotte purred in her grandmother's arms as they walked the short distance back to her car.
"Now you understood all of that right Charlotte? Aife asked.
The shifter nodded as Aife strapped her into her car seat.
"Those men won't ever come for me again. In fact, if they are married their wives will never know their touch again, because I thralled them to walk the earth like robots". Aife laughed.
"Bad". Charlotte said.
"I am. But your Succubus doesn't have to be that way. You can be good like your mothers, only fight when you need to. To protect the family. I will fight for our family in a minute without thinking of the consequences. Bo and Lauren don't think that way. You don't have to think like I do either.
Be your own woman Charly and never let a man or a woman rule over you, or try and make you think you are less than you are". Aife smiled gently looking back at the shifter as she drove them home.
The Succubus laughed when Charlotte's eyes turned blue, and then brown and blue again.
"Shit". Aife whispered when she noticed it was almost five. Lauren and Bo would be up soon to count their kids.
She would do this with the twins when they are older. But they have to ask her like Charlotte did. She would never openly expose them to violence they weren't ready for yet. Even though they had already killed.
She cut the motor as she pulled up to the house and hurried in. She put Charlotte down and told her to find somewhere to sleep and to be quick about it. Snore if she had to, to make it seem like she had been there all night.
She wiped the security cameras clean of the image of her leaving with Charlotte. Lauren would surely be pissed off, which would piss Bo off. But this was a grandmother/grandchild moment. She'd do it all over again too.
She tossed a blanket on top of Charlotte and collapsed on the couch.
A few minutes later
"Charlotte". Lauren whispered trying to wake the shifter and not her grandmother.
Charlotte opened one eye and looked at Lauren, and closed it again.
"Want to go outside and play before breakfast? Lauren cooed quietly.
Charlotte lifted her head, opening both eyes this time. She was pretty sure she had just laid down, and now here was her mother waking her up to go outside when she had just been out there.
Charlotte suddenly stood up and ran over to the patio door. Lauren smiled as she grabbed some nerf balls out of a nearby barrel and opened the door for Charlotte. Ethan and Dillon raced out behind her, and they were already running around, and jumping over everything before Lauren had even taken a seat.
Lauren watched Charlotte run to the farthest corner of the backyard and took off running at full speed. Lauren shook her head no, knowing what she was about to do, but it was too late to say anything. Charlotte had jumped over both castles and stopped her brothers when they were about to do the same.
Charlotte ran over to a large trunk that was sitting near the door, and nudged it with her head. She shifted to human form and waited for her mother, and brothers.
Lauren nodded and pulled some jeans and a tshirt out to dress Charlotte in. The boys followed and she dressed them too.
Once they were dressed they returned to the yard. Charlotte picked up a ball and threw it to Ethan, and he threw it to Dillon, who threw it back to Charlotte.
"We should take them to some batting cages when they get older". Bo said quietly taking her seat and handed Lauren a cup of coffee.
"We should. But with their strengths, and velocity of the ball, they would likely bust a few bats and balls". Lauren laughed.
"True Dr., but I think they would enjoy it too". Bo smiled looking at Lauren.
Lauren nodded and laid back on the patio chair.
"Hey are you ok? Bo asked taking one of Lauren's hands.
"I'm fine. Just getting amped for another day in the Dennis-Lewis household". Lauren smiled.
"Lewis-Dennis". Bo mock pouted.
"I should be asking how you are, you didn't sleep much last night. Even after going back to sleep after I pulsed you". Lauren said shaking Bo's hand.
"I'm fine. I'm just worried about you. I don't think we finally finished our conversation about you know what". Bo said staring out at the kids.
"Not so hard Charlotte". Lauren gently screamed.
Bo laughed as Charlotte huffed at Lauren for the first time in a long time. She was glad they were growing closer, even if it felt like she and Lauren were growing farther apart.
"I'm fine Bo. Really I am. I know you didn't mean for this to happen. But now that is has, I am just taking it day by day. I am sure I will have relapses, but I'm trying, I really am. Besides I can't let my kids see resentment in me. They'd know something is wrong and try to fix it". Lauren said.
Bo cringed. "Your kids?
"I meant mine because this is something that happened to me. I never meant they weren't yours". Lauren said gently shaking Bo's hand. The Succubus had never let go since she first grabbed the Doctor's hand.
"I just feel like we are drifting, even after last night. I feel like we are drifting so far away from each other, that I might not be able to fix it". Bo said seriously.
"I know you aren't a patient person. I know this will get better. We just need to give it time". Lauren said softly.
"Ok". Bo said quietly.
"Lets go out tonight. For dinner and whatever we find to do after that". Lauren suggested.
"We'd need to find a babysitter. I'm not sure mom doesn't have plans". Bo said looking into the house.
"As late as she was getting in last night, she probably doesn't have any plans". Lauren smiled.
The women jumped when the patio door opened.
"I heard it through the grapevine that you call a baby monitor that you want me to baby-sit". Aife laughed holding the gadget in her hand.
"Can you? We need this". Bo said tearfully.
"Go. Spend the day together. I got these little badasses". Aife laughed.
"Are you sure? Bo asked.
"I'm sure. I'm sure. By the looks of you two, you look tow down from the flo down". Aife smiled.
"Mom". Bo groaned.
"I'm serious. Shower and get the hell out of here". Aife said seriously.
Two hours later, Bo and Lauren were dressed in casual dinner clothes. Aife laughed as they kept bringing up things that could go wrong.
"Go! Aife said.
Lauren jumped in the driver's seat and let the top down on the convertible. Bo let her hair down to blow in the wind. It felt fantastic to just get out for them.
The women had brunch first since they skipped breakfast.
"Can we just walk? Bo asked as they left the restaurant.
"Sure". Lauren said as she took Bo's hand. The women strolled slowly down the street. Making conversation about whatever they saw.
They walked from one end to the other before they climbed back into the car. Aife said they could take the day and they aimed to do that.
To ease Bo's mind. They drove by the PI business to make sure Kenzi and Hale hadn't burned the building down. They even checked on the hospital Lauren had built in Bo's grandmother Isabeau's honor. It was tall and beautiful. It even had crowns adorning the outsides of the building.
"They are doing quite well". Lauren said squeezing Bo's hand.
"Thank you". Bo said tearfully kissing Lauren's hand.
"You don't have to thank me Bo. But you're welcome". Lauren said drying Bo's tears with her free hand.
They spent the next several hours driving around the city. Stopping only to get gas and stop lights.
Night finally fell over the city and they decided to have a quick bite for dinner and then sped away to find a drive-in. They didn't care what was showing. Just to sit outside and actually go to a movie was a treat in itself.
Lauren parked and grabbed a blanket from the trunk. She sniffed it to make sure it was still fresh, and it was. She climbed into the back seat snuggling up in Bo's arms.
"I love you Lauren". Bo said softly.
"I love you too Bo". Lauren said as they cuddled and watched the movie. Halfway, Lauren rested her head on Bo's shoulder.
"Are you ready to go? Bo whispered.
"No I'm just getting comfortable". Lauren smiled.
Bo smiled and kissed Lauren on the forehead. The Doctor raised her head and kissed the Succubus. Bo smiled as she pulled back. Lauren laid her head down on Bo's shoulder again as they watched the last of the movie. After the movie was over, they stopped for ice cream and found a place to park and watch the stars.
"I don't know which one it is, but one of those is for you". Bo said quietly.
"One what? Lauren asked.
"Those stars". Bo nodded. She never pointed because Mary Dennis always told her it was bad luck.
Lauren looked at Bo.
"When I was on the run, the stars were the only thing that kept me company night after night. Kill after kill. I just wished on one hoping I would find someone that would understand me someday. Love me like you do. Even when I never thought I would have a normal life, I always wished for someone to care. To sit and do this with me. I wished those stars would protect you long enough for me to find you. To shine on you if you were having dark days, and nights like mine were". Bo said quietly.
"Bo...". Lauren said.
"It's ok. I just wanted you to know that I thought of, and wished for you long before I ever met you". Bo said kissing Lauren's forehead again.
"You know that's the same for me right? I always hoped a Fae would come into my lab and take me out of there. Of course I was there to heal Nadia. But I wanted to be free for once in those five years. Free to go outside without an escort. Free to take a breath that wasn't choking me like that necklace was. Then you came". Lauren smiled as tears fell.
The women dried each other's tears as they fell. They were falling too. Falling in love again. Lauren started to feel some relief of the pain she had carried so long after the Una Mens took her.
"We should go before Charlotte starts thinking that we left her again". Bo said gently untangling herself from Lauren's strong arms.
Lauren nodded as Bo took the driver's side. They held hands as they drove back to their home. Their lives. Their loves.
Bo sighed internally. She was finally starting to relax from thinking Lauren was going to leave her. She needed to work harder. Do more. Be more. She had a lot to make up for.
TBC