sink your hands into my chest. grasp my heart and pull it out. it doesn't belong with me, it never has. this foreign beating object has been yours from the start.
“Careful now… I might try and come home with you, Agent.”
A smirk of her own tugged at her lips, perfectly shaped brow raising. “Not that you would protest it.”
~ suffering.” the taller woman wasn’t sure whether she should tell Mellie or not, incidents like that were sensitive topics, and even with what had happened to her, the agent didn’t know what way Mellie would flop. Reactions could always be calm or volatile.
“Jerry didn’t die of a natural heart attack.” Xena purred out, cupping the woman’s cheek and staring directly into the deep pools staring back at her.
“It was long and painful. Six plus hours of
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The president leaned into the touch without even thinking, eyebrows knitting together. The longing and yearning was finally coming to an end, she hoped.
Over a decade of needing this woman, and she was standing in front of her, saying she still wanted her.
“Tell me, please. —
“Mm, of all people to fully accept me for who I am, I am grateful that it is you. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Xena reached out, stroking a few loose strands of Mellie’s hair behind her ear and smiled a small smile, one that turned into a pained one.
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“I know you have skeletons in and out of your closet, Xena. I’m sure there are plenty more piled up since we last saw each other. But I know you, and I know you always have a reason.”
The woman took a sip from her drink, if only to make her throat a bit less dry. “You never —
“Well, that’s not a quick fix unfortunately, you are presently about two hours from your place of work. And…” Xena paused, not wanting to stress the younger woman out any more than she already was.
“You need to come with me, your class and students are safe
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@Agent_Xena The woman slowly moved towards her, only close enough to take the identification that was offered and then she stepped three steps back once more.
“Okay… Agent Xena. How do I get home? Why am I even here? I’m just a schoolteacher, I have work today and I really don’t want to —
Xena let out an exasperated sigh.
“You made the right decision for you, and in turn you made the right decision for this country, if anyone should hold this position it is you. However, you are very lucky I flew under the radar, very lucky that all my
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“So… you would have me, even now? I’m older… and less desirable. Even after everything. I should’ve fought harder to keep you. I should’ve just ran away with you.”
It was like decades worth of revelations were hitting her one after the other, her chest rising and falling —
~ I did all of the things I said I would do, and more.” The agents brows quirked together as she thought about her next words.
“I am a monster with self control, so if you still want me knowing that I have done those acts. Then yes, I would take you up
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