Title: Devil Ride
Author: xenalvr
Fandom: Guiding Light
Pairing: Olivia/Natalia
Rating: NC-17
Warnings and Disclaimer: CBS, P&G, Telenext et. al. own these characters, not me.
This story is set in an alternate universe, where Natalia Rivera's history and timeline are greatly altered. Most of Olivia Spencer's history remain intact. It contains adult themes and language, and deals with the sex industry, which might not be to everyone's taste, so please do NOT proceed if you are not of age or if any of that might offend you.
I've decided not to worry too much about pre-Otalia plotline discrepancy as this is an AU after all.
45
"Don't you need to get to work?" Natalia asked amidst tangled limbs and sweat slick bodies.
They had curled up against each other on the floor, and Natalia had wrapped her arms around Olivia from behind, cradling her and listening to her heartbeat slow down and even out. Natalia touched a finger to Olivia's shoulder and began trailing it down her upper arm and across her forearm, smiling faintly at the fine hairs it stirred on its track and the goosebumps that rose in its wake. She shifted a little and placed a soft kiss on Olivia's shoulder, lingering slightly as she breathed in the scent of Olivia's skin.
"In a minute. Can't move," came Olivia's disembodied voice. Natalia smirked softly and rubbed her cheek against Olivia's back. "C'mere," Olivia said, slowly turning herself onto her back and stretching out her arm. Natalia snuggled into Olivia's embrace and tucked herself in a padded, shallow groove just beside Olivia's heart. She smiled when she heard Olivia's sigh of contentment rumble through her body.
"I think I'm gonna call in sick today," Olivia announced after a long while.
Natalia gasped. "What would your boss say if she found out!"
Olivia chuckled. "I'll tell her my girlfriend rendered me useless for the day. Put strain on my heart when she touched herself in front of me, then made me run around chasing her like a loon, then sucked up all my energy while she put up a fight against me, then..." Olivia's voice dropped as she trailed off.
Natalia could hear the smile in Olivia's voice. She raised her face slightly with a mischievious glint in her eyes. "Then what?" she prompted. She couldn't resist planting a light kiss on Olivia's nose as she waited for her answer.
"Then she made my knees weak and caused me to lose my senses, so that I'm now reduced to a languid mess, completely unfit for work," Olivia said, making Natalia's smile widen at her less than graphic description of their intercourse. "Did you have any plans today?" Olivia asked, changing the topic.
Natalia shook her head, then stopped and thought. "I'm meeting Paul later to talk about paying for his tyres. I feel really bad about that," she said in a small voice.
Olivia blew out a breath. "It's unfortunate, but it's not exactly your fault," she reasoned with a frown.
"Well it kind of is..." Natalia said, sitting up. "If I hadn't seen him that day, or gone back to his place to see the room," she started saying, pushing her hair behind her ear.
"Then you virtually can't see or talk to anyone," Olivia cut in. "Because anyone you have any contact with is potentially in danger."
Natalia fell silent as the ugly truth of Olivia's statement hit her. It wasn't that the thought hadn't crossed her mind prior to this, or that she didn't worry about Olivia's and Emma's safety. In fact, the thought was ever present in the back of her mind, repressed because she had selfishly allowed herself to indulge in the newfound feelings of passionate and familial love. She hated that her association with them was putting them in danger, and that there was nothing she could do to keep the people she cared about safe. And now that Olivia had given voice to the repressed thought, a wave of guilt washed over her and her stomach lurched sickeningly.
She had inadvertently taken advantage of them; her seeking refuge in their warm and welcoming embrace had forced Olivia to halt her plans in life. Olivia couldn't move Emma and herself out of the Beacon like she had wanted to, and was afraid to spend too much time outside of the hotel, all because of her association with Natalia. Was this what her love boiled down to? Had she merely become a new and evolved version of Maria?
"Natalia?"
Natalia instinctively slid on her working persona and pasted a smile on her face. "Yes, you're right," she murmured agreeably. She touched a hand to her temple under the pretext of scratching it, but she was really trying to shield her eyes from Olivia. "Did you want to do something together?" she asked lightly as she pushed herself up from the floor.
"Well yes, unless you don't want to..." Olivia said, sounding a little uncertain.
Natalia flashed Olivia a quick smile and stretched out a hand to help her up. "Of course I want to," she said softly when Olivia's naked body slid up against hers, and the mask that she had just slid behind shifted a little. She cradled Olivia's face between her hands and tried to smile while something twisted in her chest. It was an odd and conflicting experience which she had no explanation for. "I just have to meet Paul later in the evening, that's all. You're welcome to join us."
"That's all right," Olivia said with a faint smile, relaxing visibly. "Have fun with Paul and let it not be said that I hog all your time."
Natalia raised her face and brushed her lips against Olivia's lightly. "So what do you wanna do now?" she asked, turning from Olivia to pick up their discarded clothing.
"Let's go for a drive out of Springfield," Olivia suggested, much to Natalia's surprise. "You must be sick of being stuck in the Beacon. We could pack a lunch and go somewhere, anywhere, for the day. We just have to be back in time to get Emma from school."
Natalia's other persona disintegrated in the warmth of Olivia's love and consideration. She took a deep, shaky breath and smiled sweetly. "That sounds absolutely wonderful."
*
Natalia's mood had lightened in proportion to the distance that they had put between Springfield and themselves. Olivia lifted the stick of olives from her martini and brought it to her lips thoughtfully. It had been a stroke of brilliance to have suggested the impromptu field trip. They had taken silly pictures of each other and of their surroundings--pictures, Olivia knew, that were going to be looked at repeatedly by them both, as well as by a complaining Emma when she found out that they had gone on an adventure without her.
Paul had come to meet Natalia at the Beacon, and they were hanging out somewhere in the hotel. Emma was with Jane, using the indoor pool. And Olivia, well, she was having a lonesome drink, trying to think up of a plan to rid them all of Mallet's malevolent presence. But her mind kept skipping back to her day with Natalia, which they had spent laughing and running about in the cold, crisp air, seemingly without a care in the world. It put a smile on her face.
"Thank you for being so good to me," Natalia had said quietly at one point, after they had exhausted their playfulness. They had been sitting on the bonnet of the car, looking out at a random body of water that they had stumbled upon along the way.
That Natalia no longer questioned why Olivia was good to her had gladdened Olivia.
Then Natalia had turned to her and said, "I've never been loved the way I'm loved by you." The seriousness of her look and simplicity of her statement had robbed Olivia's breath for an instant, then sent her heart tripping over itself.
She hadn't known how to respond to that, so she had smiled and leaned back on the car windshield instead, soaking in the bit of sun that had peeked out from behind the clouds and enjoying the peace that loving and being loved by Natalia had brought her, despite the circumstances. It was like being in the eye of a cyclone; everything around them could be smashed into smithereens, and Olivia's heart would still be thankful if she had Natalia next to her.
In a way, Olivia could imagine how Mallet felt. She herself couldn't be sure that she wouldn't go a little crazy if Natalia suddenly decided that she didn't want to be with her anymore. While it was true that Natalia had never been in an emotional relationship with Mallet, she had shared a part of herself with him, and him with her--so much so that he had fallen in love with her.
But he wasn't fully rational. And while Olivia would rail out and possibly self-destruct if Natalia did leave her for someone else, she would ultimately want Natalia to be happy and endeavour to move on with her own life. No, there was no way she could compare Mallet to herself.
Olivia finished her drink and motioned for another. Then her cell went off and she put it to her ear. "Hey Gus," she greeted smoothly. "I'm at the Beacon bar." She nodded her thanks to the bartender who placed her drink before her and listened intently to what Gus was saying. "Sure, I'll be here," she said finally before snapping her phone shut.
Blowing out a breath, Olivia took a sip of her drink and steeled herself for what was coming. This was one of the few times in her life where she knew what she wanted and who she loved, and she was prepared to do whatever it takes to protect what was hers.
TBC