The Power Of Love. 4/4
Chapter Four:
Sugar Rush.
The Next Day.
Early Evening.
Their journey to the Ice Nation had been an incredibly long and tiring one.
Once they got their they had been greeted by hostility and violence from most of the male soldiers and they had received bullets wounds and swords cutting through their bodies.
The women and children begged for mercy, and for sanctuary in Polis.
"We don't care that you lie with a girl, we just want safety for our children, to take them out of this constant darkness."
Lexa had given in, had allowed them into their lives but under strict conditions, they would be watched closely for a long, long time until they could be fully trusted.
Clarke was pleased with Lexa's decision to allow them to walk with them, but agreed that they were to stay living in a different part of Polis until they were worthy of their trust and place in the Capitol.
They were now on their way back, and Clarke was lost in thought about how much her life had changed drastically for the better in such a sappy, romantic way.
"Woah girl, woah girrrl!" Lexa loudly said, stopping her horse suddenly, pulling Clarke from her mind.
Clarke had to act quickly as her horse was right behind Lexa's and they nearly walked into one another as she wasn't used to this horse yet. "Lexa! You told me you would let me when we would have to stop!" she spoke, as her horse enjoyed ignoring her commands.
"I'm sorry, Clarke, but I just saw something and I had to stop."
"What did you see?" Clarke asked, looking around. "I don't see anything dangerous."
"It's nothing dangerous." Lexa replied, rolling her eyes.
"Then why have we stopped? We still have an eight hour jou-"
"Krispy Kreme's." Lexa cut the blonde off, pointing to the run down, half burnt out building that somehow was still standing.
"Donuts? You're seriously thinking about donuts right now? I just want our bed!" Clarke whined.
"I can't help it, Clarke!" Lexa replied, standing down from her horse.
"Oh my god."
"I've read about them. They sound... they sound to die for..."
"What? Better than me?!" Clarke joked.
Lexa's face flushed causing Clarke to smirk. "No! That's not what I meant!"
This caused Clarke to chuckle. She loved stirring and working Lexa up.
"I have to look inside." Lexa replied, tying her horse to a tree.
"What are we doing?!" Abby asked, coming to a stop next to Lexa's horse.
"My wife here wants to go into Krispy Kreme’s and make imaginary donuts!"
"Who says they have to imaginary?" Lexa frowned, pulling something out of her bag.
"Oh my god, and she carries cooking oil just in case!" Clarke laughingly said after Lexa pulled out the two large bottles fellow Grounders had been carting for the Commander.
"Clarke!" Lexa responded. "I told you about this! Stop stirring me!"
Clarke continued laughing. "Baby I can't help it! Mom tell her!"
"She really can't." Abby smiled.
Lexa simply sighed exasperatedly as she began walking towards the building.
"Well, hold up, I'm coming with you." Clarke replied, getting down from her horse and handing over the reign to her Mom. "See if the backup generators work." she replied, knowing that some of these buildings might be salvaged.
Clarke followed Lexa into the kitchen who was studying the room.
"How do these work?" Lexa asked, looking at the deep fryers.
"Power for one thing." Clarke responded, continuing. "Kane is seeing if he can get that on. Even if he does these might not even work anymore. It's been years since they've been used."
"Will you help me?" Lexa questioned.
"On one condition."
Lexa simply raised an eyebrow.
"We have to make out before we leave. I'm soooo horny for you." Clarke whispered, putting an arm around Lexa and kissing the brunette soundly.
"Oh." Lexa was taken aback by those words however she shouldn't be surprised, she knew of Clarke's sexual appetite. She licked her lips. "You'd have to be quiet."
Clarke laughed heartily. "Says you!"
"Shof op." Lexa replied, but grinned and kissed Clarke once more just before her stomach rumbled. It had been six hours since lunch and her dream donut would be the perfect snack.
"Alright, let’s see if this old machine works so we can make your donut dreams a reality." Clarke replied, winking at her wife. "I'll go and see Kane about the backup generator. If it's fried then maybe we can hook the one up that we took from the Ice Nation."
"Thank you, Clarke." Lexa replied, kissing Clarke's cheek.
"Anything for my baby." Clarke replied, squeezing Lexa's arse just before Kane came into the room.
"Bad news. The back-up generator is fried and I don't think we can hook the other one up. The building is far too run down."
Lexa pouted. "There goes that idea."
"Good news is there's enough ingredients in here to make the donuts." Abby replied, walking in from the back-storage unit. "We can boil the oil over a fire."
At those words Lexa's eyes lit up beautifully.
"I should've thought of that." Clarke frowned.
Lexa squeezed Clarke's hand. "I'm going to get to have a donut?" she asked, unable to believe it.
"That you are." Clarke replied, continuing. "And then I'm going to get to have you."
"Let's get the dough made up?!" Abby asked, rolling up her sleeves and getting to work.
Lexa's eyes widened. "I couldn't ask that of you..."
"Don't be silly." Abby replied, continuing. "I want to help. It's the least I could do after all that you've given Clarke."
"Let her help." Clarke whispered, knowing that her wife, the Commander, wasn't one who liked asking or accepting help. She was strong, and incredibly stubborn, but that was one of the reasons why Clarke has fallen in love with her.
~*~
At the first bite of the doughnut Lexa's eyes fluttered closed and a small moan escaped her parted lips.
Fellow Grounders watched in surprise. They never saw their Commander in such a light, but since being with Clarke the brunette was a much more open person.
"Why have you never made donuts like this before?" Clarke questioned, trying her own and also moaning, but unlike Lexa it wasn't her first time eating them. They'd had them regularly up on the Ark.
Lexa looked at her. "I'm honestly not sure." She shrugged, and then smiled. "I guess I was meant to have my first donut here with you."
Clarke smiled, leaning into Lexa. "I'm glad to be a part of your experience. I can only hope it's as good as you imagined it to be."
"It's better than good, Clarke." Lexa licked her lips.
"I only wish I could give you the full Krispy Kreme experience and take you back 150 years..." Clarke said, staring at the building. She knew how the building once looked having seen pictures and she also knew the donut Lexa was eating was nothing like the Krispy Kreme unique recipe.
"That thought is surreal... what all this-" Lexa stopped, looking around them. "Must have looked like. It's hard to imagine those times... just going to the City of Light was strange enough... I never thought to eat there. I always wanted to come home, it never felt right there."
"Mmm." Clarke hummed, finishing her donut whilst Lexa savoured hers. "That's because none of that whole, strange, place was right."
Lexa took Clarke's hand. "But back to what you said, it doesn't matter. The fact we are experiencing this now, that's what matters... in this moment, together."
Clarke leaned into Lexa, kissing her cheek. "Now that you've finished your donut should we go and do that other thing?" she asked, waggling her eyebrows.
They were sat around lots of people and even though she knew they couldn't hear what had been suggested her face still flushed a deep red. "Lead the way."
Grinning Clarke bounced up from the log and held out her hand for Lexa. "Toilet break. Back in a few." she said, looking over at her Mom and Kane. "Then we'll be on our way." she added as they walked around the back of the building to where there was a back door.
Walking inside she spotted the restroom sign on the green door. Pushing it open she pulled Lexa in and as soon as the door shut behind them she had her wife up against it and their lips met in a heated passion.
They got down to business quickly with Clarke kneeling in front of Lexa whose pants were around her ankles. She had her own pants unzipped and was touching herself whilst she enjoyed Lexa.
"Wait, stop." The Commander said a few seconds later, and when Clarke did she groaned in disappointment and continued moving Clarke's hand between her legs.
"Stop or don't stop?" Clarke asked, staring up at Lexa from where she knelt, wondering why they had stopped in the first place.
"I don't know, I thought I heard someone outside the door." Lexa replied, leaning into Clarke's fingers, mouth opening in a silent O.
Clarke leaned closer to the door then shook her head. "I don't hear anything." she replied, and continued moving her fingers inside of her wife.
"Oh, Clarke." Lexa whispered, leaning her head back against the wall and arching herself into that talented mouth which replaced the fingers. "I love how you make me feel."
Clarke grinned. "I love making you feel like this." she replied, licking Lexa's clit.
"Ohhh!" Lexa cried, cupping her mouth, knowing that the others were just outside.
"Don't you love it, how risqué it feels doing this, knowing that everyone is right out there... through this wall." Clarke said, and continued. "What do you think they would say, knowing their Commander was being taken up against the wall of a rundown building?"
Lexa simply moaned, and rocked into the blonde's mouth. "Clarke!" she softly cried, her wife's words causing her heart to race. Her face was a deep red. It was true, she never thought she'd do something as risqué like this, but with Clarke she seemed to turn into a completely different, incredibly mushy, person.
"Do you like this?" Clarke asked, encouraging Lexa to be more vocal.
"You know I do." Lexa whispered, rocking into Clarke's mouth. "Fingers, fingers..." she cried out through her hand which was still over her mouth, she was loud enough for Clarke to hear and her wife did exactly as was asked. Instead of the usual three her wife slipped in all four of her fingers to knuckle length. She felt so full and it felt divine. She couldn't help but moan and it was louder than it should have been causing Clarke to laugh in delight. "Shof op! We really, really shouldn't be doing this!"
"We could always stop." Clarke replied, stopping her fingers.
"What?!" Lexa cried out, looking down to Clarke with wide eyes. "I didn't say that! You can't stop, not now, you have to continue."
Clarke bit her lip, slowly moving her fingers in Lexa again. "Are you close?"
"Yes, so close." Lexa replied.
"Mmm." Clarke hummed, and continued but with a slow pace.
"What are you doing?" Lexa asked.
"Drawing it out."
Lexa glared at her but it didn't have the firm Commander gaze the brunette was going for. "Please don't tease."
"Well..." Clarke lipped her lips, pushing up from her knees and staring into Lexa's eyes, kissing her tenderly. "Seeing as you asked so nicely." and with those words began moving her fingers fast and hard and as expected Lexa responded loudly and she slammed their mouths together again, swallowing her wife's cries. "That's it, baby, let it out."
"Clarke." Lexa gripped onto the blonde. "Ohhh." she was trembling now as she came undone.
Clarke grinned, watching the beautiful sight, as she held Lexa through her orgasm. "I love you." she said, kissing and nipping Lexa's neck, her wife leaning into her.
The brunette remained quiet, still trembling in her arms and gripping onto her tightly, connecting their mouths in a slow kiss. "I love you too, Clarke."
When Lexa got her emotions under control she pushed Clarke against the wall and began taking her just as slowly even though she knew the others were patiently waiting to continue their journey home.
Even though she made love to Clarke slowly it still didn't take long for Clarke to climax and moan her name into her mouth.
They kissed as Clarke's trembles disappeared and soon they had their pants pulled back up and they began fixing their appearances.
Clarke watched in the mirror as Lexa touched the scar on her arm that she had gotten from the battle the other day. "It's healing nicely just like I told you it would, no infection." she broke the silence in the small albeit dirty restroom, watching as Lexa touched her softly.
"I still don't know how I feel about you being in battles with me." Lexa replied.
"Good thing there aren't too many people we'll be battling with these days."
Lexa looked relieved at her words. She then pulled her hand away and straightened her shoulders, her Commander face back in place.
"Mmm, again with turning me on." Clarke replied, pulling Lexa into her. "So sexy."
Chuckling Lexa kissed Clarke before pulling away and opening the door. "Let's get the rest of this journey over and done with."
"Right behind you." Clarke replied, fixing her hair one more time before exiting the restroom and the old Krispy Kreme building.
"Ready to leave?" Abby asked, standing up from the log as they walked on over.
"Yep!" Clarke responded, feeling refreshed and ready to get the last leg of their journey over with. She couldn't wait to get back home, and to see what her next adventure with her wife would be as they continued to live their sappy little fairy tale.
~*~
One Month Later.
"I have something to show you."
Clarke took Lexa's hand and followed her out of the tower and over to their horses. "Where are we going?"
"It's a secret." Lexa replied just as Abby and Kane came back through the gates after having been out hunting with Indra and Octavia.
"My wife is taking me out on a surprise adventure. We'll be back later." Clarke informed her mother.
"Alright, be safe and have fun." Abby responded, watching as the two girls went riding off.
Once they got to their destination Clarke jumped down from her horse, Lexa took her reign and tied their horses up, as the blonde looked around. "It's beautiful, like another world."
Lexa smiled as she stood next to her wife, looking around the cliff top however it saddened her to see that the trees which normally surrounded the cliff and water below them had been burnt to the ground. Hopefully one day they will grow back bigger and better for a new generation of children to enjoy. "I came here all the time as a kid, jumping off into the water..." she replied, as she began taking off her clothes. "I haven't jumped off the cliff in such a long time, but I dreamt about it last night, and it only makes sense my first time back here since being a child is with you."
"You know I was born in space right..." Clarke trailed off.
Lexa rolled her eyes. She didn't even need to answer the obvious as she kicked off her heavy boots.
"We had no swimming pools which means I don't know how to swim."
"So? I'll teach you. It's not hard once you get the hang of it." Lexa smiled encouragingly.
"It looks really deep." Clarke replied, memories of nearly drowning when she fled Mount Weather with Anya resurfacing in her mind.
Lexa stopped what she was doing. She took Clarke around the waist, pulling her girlfriend into her. "You don't have to do anything but sit here and watch."
"No. I'd love for you to teach me, so I can experience this special place with you like you used to." Clarke responded, and undressed to her underwear before taking Lexa's hand and following her down the rocks to where they walked into the water.
~*~
There had been no jumping off the cliff for Clarke today, she had chickened out, but she knew that next time it would happen. She had watched on joyously from the water as her wife took that leap, splashing into the water, and surfacing with full laughter bubbling up inside of her.
It had been a memory to savour forever, her wife's laughter was music to her ears.
Now they lay, side by side and hand in hand, as the moon slowly made its way above in the night sky after the sun had warmed them up, drying them off.
"What are you thinking?" Clarke softly asked, breaking the silence as they stared at the twinkling stars.
"What it must have been like... living up there. What does Earth look like? I've seen pictures but seeing it in real life must be..." Lexa trailed off, there were no words as to what it must look like.
"Bizarre." Clarke responded. "Now that I think of it, but when I was growing up I didn't think anything of it. It was normal. It wasn't until I got to the Ground when I realised the true beauty of how lucky I was to have been able to witness all of those wonders up in Space." She turned to Lexa. "Wondrous things I wish you could see it."
"What about the colourful lights show... they start with A..."
"The aurora?" Clarke smiled.
"Yes. Did you see those?"
Clarke nodded. "I saw it every day. Maybe someday the both of us can see it too." she replied, knowing of all the spots in America where they can be seen. Possibly they could travel to one of those places, and this thought was an exciting prospect.
"I'd love that, Clarke." Lexa whispered, resting her head on her chest as they continued to stare at the stars in wonder and silence.
~*~
Abby looked up from what she was working on smiling as her girls walked in. "I was about to send out a search party."
"Sorry, we lost track of time." Clarke replied, picking up a piece of fruit thanks to the loads of baskets Lexa's Grandfather had his people pick for them. "You didn't have to stay up."
"I couldn't sleep anyway, Markus won't stop snoring." Abby responded, and they could hear him from down the hall.
Clarke laughed. "You're lucky you don't snore." She said to Lexa.
"What would you do if I did, Clarke?" The brunette asked with a raised eyebrow. "I'm too irresistible to you to kick me out of bed.
At her wifes’s words and cheeky smirk Clarke loudly laughed, the sound of Markus's snoring down the hall way stopped from it, and she pulled Lexa into her. "Up yourself or what!" She said, slapping Lexa on the ass.
The Commander also laughed. "Look at you, you've just proven my point!"
Abby laughed as she walked past them. "You fell right into that one, sweetheart."
Clarke bit her lip. "Shof op." She replied to them as Lexa continued laughing and staring fondly at the her.
"You're just as irresistible to me too." Lexa added, leaning forward to kiss Clarke seeing as they were alone. "I love how you taste. My Clarke." She whispered.
A shot of arousal went through the both of them.
Clearing her throat as she walked back into the room Abby put down folded clothes.
Clarke bit Lexa's bottom lip causing her girlfriend to let out a shaky breath. The brunette loved when she does that.
"Here are some of your clothes. I'll do the rest of the washing tomorrow." Abby informed them.
Face flushed and heart racing from all the things Clarke made her feel Lexa walked over to pick up their combined clothes. "I did the rest of the washing today. I put them on the chair just inside your bedroom." she told Abby.
"Oh, you didn't have to do that Lexa." Abby responded, picking up her book and cup of moonshine.
"I had nothing else to do." Lexa replied, shrugging.
"Mmm." Abby hummed, understanding that. The new world they were in was a very quiet one. There wasn't much to do, no battles to fight, no dramas, it was simple life; a normal one.
The sound of Markus snoring floated down to them again.
"Just when I thought there was a possibility I might sleep tonight." Abby shook her head, chuckling softly.
Clarke shook her head. "He's terrible!" She commented as she walked over to the table. "So, I found something today."
"Oh?" Lexa asked.
"SCRABBLE." Clarke grinned, holding up the box.
"What is SCRABBLE?" Lexa asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It's a fun word game. Mom and I used to play it with Dad all the time." Clarke replied, looking from Lexa to her mom.
Lexa watched as they smiled fondly at the memory.
"Now it can be our tradition." Clarke smiled, Abby nodded her agreement. "You'll love it."
Smiling and walking over to the table with the mother and daughter Lexa sat down and as she watched the others set up this interesting looking game she realised how she felt, that she was a part of a loving family again. She hadn't felt like this in a very long time and it was incredibly overwhelming, but because of her years of training her emotions, she stopped the tears from welling as she didn't want to cause concern.
Taking her parts for the game she settled into the chair and into her new family as Clarke laughed at something Abby spoke and it was like music to her ears.
It was then on the chair next to her she saw Clarke's sketch book. She picked it up, and looked over to Clarke for permission. "May I?"
"Oh." Clarke replied, and Lexa was surprised how nervous she seemed. "Sure." the blonde shrugged.
Smiling Lexa opened the book and there were many pictures of her and then there was one of the two of them lying in bed; Clarke laid on atop of her back, both their arms dangling down the side of the bed. It was exquisite. She flipped to the next page which was a picture of their tower. She shook her head in wonder and awe. "You're an artist, Clarke." she looked at her wife who bit her bottom lip. "Yesterday you said wished you could take me back 150 years ago so I could have my Krispy Kreme moment well my moment with you is that I wish I could see you open your own art gallery... to be able to show off your talent to the world."
"Stop it, you'll start making me tear up." Clarke responded, shyly smiling.
"I'm being serious." Lexa responded, reaching over the SCRABBLE board for Clarke's hand. "Tell her how talented she is." She looked to Abby.
"I tell her all the time." Abby smiled. "She needs to start to realise this herself. I agree with you as well, I hate that her talent is wasted in this life... no one will get to see it but us..."
"Another art you have is your instinct... it's incredible." Lexa commented. "You amaze me every single day. Not to mention you pick things up on certain things that I wouldn't..."
"Shof op." Clarke blushed, squeezing Lexa's hand as Lexa leaned over to kiss her.
Abby smiled, watching the lovely moment in front of her. She still couldn't believe it, Lexa in the flesh was back with her daughter and they could finally love each other like they were supposed to. It was extraordinary. She would be forever grateful to how Lexa survived.
"Love you so much." She heard Clarke say, nuzzling herself into Lexa's neck, kissing as she did so.
"I love you too." Lexa replied, leaning in to Clarke, eyes closing and forgetting they weren't alone.
Just as Abby was about to interrupt the beautiful moment Kane came walking in.
"What am I missing out on?"
"A beautiful love story, for one." Abby replied, continuing. "And a game of SCRABBLE we're about to start."
"Ahh, the snorer has awoken." Clarke said, from where she laid her head on Lexa's shoulder, grinning Kane.
"Your laughter will do that." Kane replied, smirking. "Coming to bed soon?" He asked, putting a hand on Abby's shoulder.
Clarke watched as her mom’s eyes connected with Kane's, a smile forming on Abby’s face, and staring at him fondly as their hands connected. She was so happy for her Mom.
"I am growing more tired by the minute." Abby replied, looking to the girls. "Maybe we can start this tradition tomorrow?"
Clarke nodded. "I don't see why not." she replied, and they said their good nights and watched as they walked away leaving the love birds to themselves.
"I think it's time for bed too." Lexa softly chimed in, placing a hand on the inside of Clarke's thigh, running her fingers up and down suggestively.
Clarke grinned. "I think so too." She leaned over to kiss Lexa again.
"Let's go?" Lexa whispered.
"Gladly." Clarke replied, taking Lexa's hand and standing from the table as butterflies swirled in her stomach. She was so lucky. She would always count her lucky starts in the Universe for Lexa being back in her life, alive, safe and happy with magic flowing through her veins.
FIN.
Notes: Thank you so much for reading! I truly hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to drop me a comment below =)