AU: Annabelle and Tanya

[aeons_crackshot]

What do you do when you realize you're in love with your best friend? Your female best friend, to make things worse.

Annabelle sighs, staring up at the dark ceiling above her bed. She's never felt this way about a woman before, the warm and tingly feeling of desire tagging along with what she knows is love. Tanya Adams is an exception to all the rules, and she doesn't know why.

Sexual attraction doesn't work like that, does it? Annabelle thought people were built to prefer one side or the other, no exceptions. Hell, she's not even sure how sex works when both partners are female. Perpetually waking up aching and frustrated, longing for things she's never known would be bad enough...

....but it's not just sex she wants. She wants to be with Tanya through good and bad, to be her PARTNER in every possible sense of the word. She doesn't know how to say it and make Tanya believe it. (She's afraid that Tanya doesn't really want her that way, that this will wreck everything between them.)

Annabelle ruthlessly attempts to squash those feelings down, to try and hide her nerves and desire as much as possible. Tonight is their night. (Can you have a date night when you're not dating?) Time to curl up together on Annabelle's couch, get a slight alcohol buzz, and "watch" an action movie. (Mostly they take them apart, rolling eyes and making smart-ass comments at Hollywood stupidity. Or topping whatever is happening on screen with stuff they've actually done.)

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[aeons_crackshot]

They do indeed, but it's an enjoyable, if tiring, process.

Annabelle curls around Tanya, almost spooning. Her libido may be spent for the moment, but Tanya is still very much wanted.

[alertcommando]

It's still spooning if they are face to face? Because Tanya wants to kiss and tease Annabelle's neck, breath in her scent and soak up warmth. "Marry me."

She's joking.

Probably.

[aeons_crackshot]

Maybe, maybe not. Annabelle's not going to complain either way.

She does blink at the comment, but only because she's not sure if Tanya's joking or not. She grins, "I didn't think I was that good," she jokes.

[alertcommando]

"You are awesome in many ways, silly." Tanya laughs, kissing her throat. "Lovemaking feels even better with someone you love."

There, she said it.

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle is surprised for a moment, but it's the good kind of surprise.

She blushes, warm red spreading down her throat. "I'll have to take your word for that," she replies with a sheepish smile. "I've never been with anyone but you, and I don't plan on changing that."

Yes, that is a round about way of suggesting that she loves Tanya too.

[alertcommando]

"Oh, sure." Tanya can't help but tease. "Until you find someone with bigger breasts and cuter overall?"

[aeons_crackshot]

Tanya may not believe it, but Annabelle is very serious.

"Not a chance," she replies with a smile that's slightly sad. "I learned the hard way the perils of judging a book by its cover."

[alertcommando]

"Oh, good to know you don't like me just because of my amazing body..." Well, if you like toned girl-abs and a perky small bosom, nice legs and rear... yeah, if you like athletic strong women, pretty amazing.

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle is attracted to Tanya, full stop. "Your amazing body is a very nice perk that comes with the Tanya package," she says with a low chuckle.

Annabelle sneaks two fingers to a very sensitive spot for a long, slow stroke. "I'll just have to make sure you enjoy the perk as much as I do," she teases.

Bad Annabelle?

[alertcommando]

No, very good Annabelle: Tanya likes the ego-boosting.

She also likes mirroring the gesture, a grin on her face. "If you say so, I'm not going to... argue..." And she lets out a small pleased sigh.

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle shivers a little when Tanya mirrors the gesture, making a small pleased sound of her own.

Annabelle smiles back, somehow wriggling even closer to Tanya. "This is very nice," she says softly. The cuddling, that is.

[alertcommando]

"Very much so. And we might just get used to it." They could, really.

"As in, wanting to be like this every night?"

[aeons_crackshot]

"You'll spoil me," Annabelle replies with a blush.

Then, she grins. "But I could use a little spoiling."

[alertcommando]

Tanya gives a nod: it was not exactly what she meant, but... no reason to rush more, right? There will be time, and maybe Annabelle wants something else.

They are together now.

There's time to worry about more.

[aeons_crackshot]

It honestly didn't occur to Annabelle that Tanya might want something permanent. She's never allowed herself to think in terms of 'till death do us part, because love has always meant people being taken away from her.

But there are worlds enough and time, here at the End of the Universe.