RPF Big Bang - Better Days, Part I
TITLE: Better Days
AUTHOR NAME: lulebell
ARTIST NAME: lediablaa
BETA: lo_duclavier
FANDOM: Misc. actors
GENRE: Femslash
PAIRING: Anna Torv / Elizabeth Mitchell
WORD COUNT & Rating: Part One, PG - 1948 Words
Part Two, R - 11,124 words
Part Three, PG - 2573 words
WARNINGS: Femslash, explicit sex
SUMMARY: Anna Torv, Elizabeth Mitchell, one glorious night and a unicorn: No matter how good an actress you are, reality is always quick to surface. If only fantasies were real!
LINK TO FIC: ( Part One )
( Part Two, One )
( Part Two, Two )
( Part Three )
LINK TO ART: ( Here )
Part One:
Friendship is magic.
It was a strange summer - pouring rain one minute and burning hot the next. Temperatures were higher than normal, higher than people could remember in recent history and even the rain is slightly different. Big droplets that fell from the sky warm and heavy, that is, when it finally did rain. It was almost as if it couldn’t rain. It tried so desperately hard to let everything out, let everything go, but it just couldn’t, instead holding on to everything it had. Eventually the clouds all give up on a morning shower and disperse into the atmosphere.
Not a cloud in the sky until the late afternoon and even when they gather up, they do nothing but seal everyone into the heat, even though they block out the sun, it’s hotter still. No one can breathe and with the heat comes the unpleasant warmth and humidity; the mugger it gets, the worse they feel. Begging for release, the first of the clouds turn dark grey and a light shimmers across them. A low rumble travels through the clouds, gentle at first but then rolling up, growing larger, faster, until the earth is shaking and finally drenched in a warm, wet magic, relaxing for a moment before the next one starts its build up.
//
The last time they met, it was only for a few hours and they hadn’t seen each other since that day, but Anna remembered Elizabeth well: a tall goddess with a golden waterfall of hair cascading over her shoulders, in a short, black, sleeveless dress that showed off her long legs. She was just as beautiful and now, as she was that day, walking towards Anna quickly, waving her hand and bursting into a wide and happy smile when she saw Anna. She took a deep breath and smiled back at Elizabeth.
“Hello,” Anna said happily, when Elizabeth was standing in front of her once again. She stretched out her hand. “It's nice to see you again.”
Elizabeth returned the smile and took Anna’s hand, shaking it gently but firmly. “Yeah, last time was at Comic Con. That was so long ago.”
Anna laughed, her eyes shining at the memories. “It was just last year!”
Elizabeth thought for a moment and then laughed herself. “You’re right, it was. Time definitely flies.”
“I know, hey?” Anna said, reaching out and touching Elizabeth’s elbow with her fingers briefly. “But, I had so much fun that day.”
Elizabeth nodded. “I did too. Those women were all so fantastic.”
“I thought you were fantastic.”
Elizabeth looked slightly taken aback by Anna’s comment. She didn’t seem offended, just surprised and Anna gave her a mischievous half smile from the corner of her mouth. smiled and looked down for a moment, slightly embarrassed. She pushed her hair off of the side of her face and behind her ear; Anna was still smiling at her when she looked back up.
//
“It’s so hot,” Elizabeth said, closing her eyes as her and Anna left for the day, walking towards their cars into the hot July evening.
“Yeah. I don’t remember last summer being so hot,” Anna said lifting her hair off the back of her neck and tying it up into a ponytail. “I think It’ll probably rain later,” she said absently.
“I hope so.”
“You want it to rain?” Anna asked, slightly amused at the joy she heard in Elizabeth’s voice at the mere idea of rain.
Elizabeth shrugged. “I like rainy days; rainy nights too. The nights are cool and comfortable, the mornings are sleepy and you can lay in bed all day and not feel guilty about it. Plus I like the sound that it makes against the window pane.”
Anna smiled. “That does sound like magic.”
“It is,” Elizabeth said, turning to Anna and smiling happily. “But I like it best when I have someone to share it with.”
Anna smiled back at her; the tip of her tongue poked out and she rolled her bottom lip into her mouth, raking Elizabeth’s body with her eyes. She let one hand brush past Elizabeth’s as innocently as she could make it happen.
“Are you busy tonight?” Anna asked coyly, not bothering to move her hand. She was enjoying the feeling of Elizabeth’s skin brushing up against her own, sending sharp pings throughout her body.
“Um, no, I don’t.”
“Great,” Anna said. “Let’s go to a bar.”
Elizabeth laughed. “You know I don’t drink that much.”
Anna wrinkled her nose and grinned a little. “Yeah, I know,” she said and this time, grabbed Elizabeth’s hand without a second thought, leading Elizabeth to her car. “C’mon, I know a great little place.”
She followed Anna willingly, without another word, watching as the clouds turned dark and rolled in over the city.
//
The bar had too many people in it, all of whom looked like they should be starting up their next year of university in the coming weeks.
“Isn’t the crowd a bit... young?” Elizabeth said as the two walked in and made a bee-line for the only empty table left. Anna slammed her things down so hard, the little wooden table shook with displeasure. “You’re lucky that didn’t break!” Elizabeth cried but Anna merely shrugged.
“What are you drinking?” Anna asked, catching Elizabeth slightly off guard.
“Um... I’m not sure...”
“What? What do you mean?”
“I’m really not kidding when I say that I’m not a heavy drinker and to be honest, it’s been awhile since I went to a bar.”
“Oh,” Anna said, sounding slightly disappointed. “Do you want me to just get you something then?” standing up.
Elizabeth laughed and rolled her eyes. She waved Anna way with her hand, watching as she walked off, smiling as Anna disappeared into the crowd of bodies. As Elizabeth sat by herself waiting for Anna to come back, she suddenly felt a little awkward. The bar was busy, loud, and filled with people who were younger than her by several years. Never one to be uncomfortable about her age, she was a little surprised at herself and shook her head, trying to make the feeling go away. She took a deep breath and pulled the empty chair closer towards her, as to feign off the countless youth who were eyeing it as if it was a prize to be hold.
“Hey,” Anna said when she slipped back to the table between the throngs of people and slide right into the chair that Elizabeth was holding on to. She passed Elizabeth a yellow drink with some ice in it.
“Thanks!” she said, eyeing it carefully. “What is it?”
“Just drink it, it’s really good.”
“Really?” Elizabeth said skeptically, picking up the drink and holding under her nose - it smelled sweet. She took a sip and raised her eyebrows at Anna. “Oh, that is good!” she said and took another, longer sip.
“I know right,” Anna said and took a swig of her own drink. “Hm! That’s what I needed,” her eyes were shining as she watched Elizabeth stick her tongue out and lick the drops of drink off of her lips. She smiled as Elizabeth took another sip; Anna took another drink, but this time she was slower, relishing in the taste as it swirled around her tongue and burned her throat when she swallowed it.
Despite all of the noise, all of the distractions, the occasional body that bumped into hers,
Despite all of the noise, all of the distractions, the occasional body that bumped into hers, she was completely on her game, plan organised and ready to fall into place. She knew it would take alcohol (lots of it for both her and the other woman) and a few carefully placed words that would hopefully inspire a line of thinking that would favour her plan for seduction. And it wasn't going to be sophisticated seduction, just what came natural for her to do and say.
“I wanna be your bra!” she shouts over the din in the bar.
“You what?” Anna cried out of sheer disbelief and incomprehensibility.
“I wanna be your bra!” she says again, just as happy and carefree as the first time.
“I think your drunk!”
“Are you going to let me?”
“Be my bra?” Anna looked confused but highly amused at the prospect.
“Yeah.”
“I haven’t decided yet.”
“Then you’re not drunk enough,” Elizabeth pushed her way through the crowd, over to the bar and ordered Anna another drink.
"She wants something pink! Or has pineapple in it!" she says with a cheerful smile to the bartender.
With a new found confidence, she wraps an arm around the Aussie's waist, pressing her hips against Anna's and moving them to the loud beat of the music, holding her own drink carefully. She realised she might be over doing it, but Anna seemed to be enjoying it, even if she was a little confused. Well, she wasn't resisting the impromptu dancing. No, to everyone else they probably just looked like two drunk besties, which warmed Elizabeth's cheeks slightly--she couldn't even fathom how awesome it would be to be best friends with this kindred spirit.
Anna's drink appeared from the bartender and suddenly she was openly participating in the dancing, her hips swaying and moving in sync with music. She tilted her head back in a cheerful laugh as though she couldn't believe she was actually half-drunk with someone who'd only just asked to be her bra. Elizabeth found a lopsided grin on her lips, wondering if she was imaging Anna taking the lead with her movements.
"This is really fun!" Anna yells as a new song takes over and they continue bumping and grinding like two fifteen year olds at a school dance.
"Yeah? You think so?" Elizabeth asks hopefully.
The other actress nods enthusiastically and in that moment, she's all Elizabeth can see. There was a strange attraction between the two of them: they would talk and touch each other on the arms; hands that gripped elbows when one wanted the other’s attention. It wasn’t particularly unusual, but a little strange given that they only met each other once before. No one said anything, but a few knitted eyebrows met with two women standing close together, quiet whispers and hands upon hands between the two.
But then, she and Anna were "Hollywood", where anything weird goes, though that kind of thinking made Elizabeth feel even more like an outsider to the celebrity world. Which made being with Anna, who was not the "Hollywood" type, even more special, more important. Suddenly feeling very out of place, she leaned in and said,
"This place is getting kinda lame."
Anna nodded. “Come on. You didn’t bring your car, not to mention the fact that you’re too drunk to drive.”
She felt her cheeks flush again. “Oh, no, it’s fine. I can take a cab.”
Anna smirked and wrapped her arms around Elizabeth’s shoulders, hoisting her up from her chair. “No, it’s not fine,” she said, leading them both towards the door.
“It’s not like you can drive us there either. Where are we going anyway?” Elizabeth asked, half amused and half excited as her feet carried her out the door willingly.
“My place,” Anna said lightly, expecting Elizabeth to laugh or to protest or to argue but she didn’t.
She just let Anna lead her outside and push her inside a cab. They were quiet on the way there, both looking out the window, letting the alcohol swim in their bodies; time threatening to sober them both up.
AUTHOR NAME: lulebell
ARTIST NAME: lediablaa
BETA: lo_duclavier
FANDOM: Misc. actors
GENRE: Femslash
PAIRING: Anna Torv / Elizabeth Mitchell
WORD COUNT & Rating: Part One, PG - 1948 Words
Part Two, R - 11,124 words
Part Three, PG - 2573 words
WARNINGS: Femslash, explicit sex
SUMMARY: Anna Torv, Elizabeth Mitchell, one glorious night and a unicorn: No matter how good an actress you are, reality is always quick to surface. If only fantasies were real!
LINK TO FIC: ( Part One )
( Part Two, One )
( Part Two, Two )
( Part Three )
LINK TO ART: ( Here )
Part One:
Friendship is magic.
It was a strange summer - pouring rain one minute and burning hot the next. Temperatures were higher than normal, higher than people could remember in recent history and even the rain is slightly different. Big droplets that fell from the sky warm and heavy, that is, when it finally did rain. It was almost as if it couldn’t rain. It tried so desperately hard to let everything out, let everything go, but it just couldn’t, instead holding on to everything it had. Eventually the clouds all give up on a morning shower and disperse into the atmosphere.
Not a cloud in the sky until the late afternoon and even when they gather up, they do nothing but seal everyone into the heat, even though they block out the sun, it’s hotter still. No one can breathe and with the heat comes the unpleasant warmth and humidity; the mugger it gets, the worse they feel. Begging for release, the first of the clouds turn dark grey and a light shimmers across them. A low rumble travels through the clouds, gentle at first but then rolling up, growing larger, faster, until the earth is shaking and finally drenched in a warm, wet magic, relaxing for a moment before the next one starts its build up.
//
The last time they met, it was only for a few hours and they hadn’t seen each other since that day, but Anna remembered Elizabeth well: a tall goddess with a golden waterfall of hair cascading over her shoulders, in a short, black, sleeveless dress that showed off her long legs. She was just as beautiful and now, as she was that day, walking towards Anna quickly, waving her hand and bursting into a wide and happy smile when she saw Anna. She took a deep breath and smiled back at Elizabeth.
“Hello,” Anna said happily, when Elizabeth was standing in front of her once again. She stretched out her hand. “It's nice to see you again.”
Elizabeth returned the smile and took Anna’s hand, shaking it gently but firmly. “Yeah, last time was at Comic Con. That was so long ago.”
Anna laughed, her eyes shining at the memories. “It was just last year!”
Elizabeth thought for a moment and then laughed herself. “You’re right, it was. Time definitely flies.”
“I know, hey?” Anna said, reaching out and touching Elizabeth’s elbow with her fingers briefly. “But, I had so much fun that day.”
Elizabeth nodded. “I did too. Those women were all so fantastic.”
“I thought you were fantastic.”
Elizabeth looked slightly taken aback by Anna’s comment. She didn’t seem offended, just surprised and Anna gave her a mischievous half smile from the corner of her mouth. smiled and looked down for a moment, slightly embarrassed. She pushed her hair off of the side of her face and behind her ear; Anna was still smiling at her when she looked back up.
//
“It’s so hot,” Elizabeth said, closing her eyes as her and Anna left for the day, walking towards their cars into the hot July evening.
“Yeah. I don’t remember last summer being so hot,” Anna said lifting her hair off the back of her neck and tying it up into a ponytail. “I think It’ll probably rain later,” she said absently.
“I hope so.”
“You want it to rain?” Anna asked, slightly amused at the joy she heard in Elizabeth’s voice at the mere idea of rain.
Elizabeth shrugged. “I like rainy days; rainy nights too. The nights are cool and comfortable, the mornings are sleepy and you can lay in bed all day and not feel guilty about it. Plus I like the sound that it makes against the window pane.”
Anna smiled. “That does sound like magic.”
“It is,” Elizabeth said, turning to Anna and smiling happily. “But I like it best when I have someone to share it with.”
Anna smiled back at her; the tip of her tongue poked out and she rolled her bottom lip into her mouth, raking Elizabeth’s body with her eyes. She let one hand brush past Elizabeth’s as innocently as she could make it happen.
“Are you busy tonight?” Anna asked coyly, not bothering to move her hand. She was enjoying the feeling of Elizabeth’s skin brushing up against her own, sending sharp pings throughout her body.
“Um, no, I don’t.”
“Great,” Anna said. “Let’s go to a bar.”
Elizabeth laughed. “You know I don’t drink that much.”
Anna wrinkled her nose and grinned a little. “Yeah, I know,” she said and this time, grabbed Elizabeth’s hand without a second thought, leading Elizabeth to her car. “C’mon, I know a great little place.”
She followed Anna willingly, without another word, watching as the clouds turned dark and rolled in over the city.
//
The bar had too many people in it, all of whom looked like they should be starting up their next year of university in the coming weeks.
“Isn’t the crowd a bit... young?” Elizabeth said as the two walked in and made a bee-line for the only empty table left. Anna slammed her things down so hard, the little wooden table shook with displeasure. “You’re lucky that didn’t break!” Elizabeth cried but Anna merely shrugged.
“What are you drinking?” Anna asked, catching Elizabeth slightly off guard.
“Um... I’m not sure...”
“What? What do you mean?”
“I’m really not kidding when I say that I’m not a heavy drinker and to be honest, it’s been awhile since I went to a bar.”
“Oh,” Anna said, sounding slightly disappointed. “Do you want me to just get you something then?” standing up.
Elizabeth laughed and rolled her eyes. She waved Anna way with her hand, watching as she walked off, smiling as Anna disappeared into the crowd of bodies. As Elizabeth sat by herself waiting for Anna to come back, she suddenly felt a little awkward. The bar was busy, loud, and filled with people who were younger than her by several years. Never one to be uncomfortable about her age, she was a little surprised at herself and shook her head, trying to make the feeling go away. She took a deep breath and pulled the empty chair closer towards her, as to feign off the countless youth who were eyeing it as if it was a prize to be hold.
“Hey,” Anna said when she slipped back to the table between the throngs of people and slide right into the chair that Elizabeth was holding on to. She passed Elizabeth a yellow drink with some ice in it.
“Thanks!” she said, eyeing it carefully. “What is it?”
“Just drink it, it’s really good.”
“Really?” Elizabeth said skeptically, picking up the drink and holding under her nose - it smelled sweet. She took a sip and raised her eyebrows at Anna. “Oh, that is good!” she said and took another, longer sip.
“I know right,” Anna said and took a swig of her own drink. “Hm! That’s what I needed,” her eyes were shining as she watched Elizabeth stick her tongue out and lick the drops of drink off of her lips. She smiled as Elizabeth took another sip; Anna took another drink, but this time she was slower, relishing in the taste as it swirled around her tongue and burned her throat when she swallowed it.
Despite all of the noise, all of the distractions, the occasional body that bumped into hers,
Despite all of the noise, all of the distractions, the occasional body that bumped into hers, she was completely on her game, plan organised and ready to fall into place. She knew it would take alcohol (lots of it for both her and the other woman) and a few carefully placed words that would hopefully inspire a line of thinking that would favour her plan for seduction. And it wasn't going to be sophisticated seduction, just what came natural for her to do and say.
“I wanna be your bra!” she shouts over the din in the bar.
“You what?” Anna cried out of sheer disbelief and incomprehensibility.
“I wanna be your bra!” she says again, just as happy and carefree as the first time.
“I think your drunk!”
“Are you going to let me?”
“Be my bra?” Anna looked confused but highly amused at the prospect.
“Yeah.”
“I haven’t decided yet.”
“Then you’re not drunk enough,” Elizabeth pushed her way through the crowd, over to the bar and ordered Anna another drink.
"She wants something pink! Or has pineapple in it!" she says with a cheerful smile to the bartender.
With a new found confidence, she wraps an arm around the Aussie's waist, pressing her hips against Anna's and moving them to the loud beat of the music, holding her own drink carefully. She realised she might be over doing it, but Anna seemed to be enjoying it, even if she was a little confused. Well, she wasn't resisting the impromptu dancing. No, to everyone else they probably just looked like two drunk besties, which warmed Elizabeth's cheeks slightly--she couldn't even fathom how awesome it would be to be best friends with this kindred spirit.
Anna's drink appeared from the bartender and suddenly she was openly participating in the dancing, her hips swaying and moving in sync with music. She tilted her head back in a cheerful laugh as though she couldn't believe she was actually half-drunk with someone who'd only just asked to be her bra. Elizabeth found a lopsided grin on her lips, wondering if she was imaging Anna taking the lead with her movements.
"This is really fun!" Anna yells as a new song takes over and they continue bumping and grinding like two fifteen year olds at a school dance.
"Yeah? You think so?" Elizabeth asks hopefully.
The other actress nods enthusiastically and in that moment, she's all Elizabeth can see. There was a strange attraction between the two of them: they would talk and touch each other on the arms; hands that gripped elbows when one wanted the other’s attention. It wasn’t particularly unusual, but a little strange given that they only met each other once before. No one said anything, but a few knitted eyebrows met with two women standing close together, quiet whispers and hands upon hands between the two.
But then, she and Anna were "Hollywood", where anything weird goes, though that kind of thinking made Elizabeth feel even more like an outsider to the celebrity world. Which made being with Anna, who was not the "Hollywood" type, even more special, more important. Suddenly feeling very out of place, she leaned in and said,
"This place is getting kinda lame."
Anna nodded. “Come on. You didn’t bring your car, not to mention the fact that you’re too drunk to drive.”
She felt her cheeks flush again. “Oh, no, it’s fine. I can take a cab.”
Anna smirked and wrapped her arms around Elizabeth’s shoulders, hoisting her up from her chair. “No, it’s not fine,” she said, leading them both towards the door.
“It’s not like you can drive us there either. Where are we going anyway?” Elizabeth asked, half amused and half excited as her feet carried her out the door willingly.
“My place,” Anna said lightly, expecting Elizabeth to laugh or to protest or to argue but she didn’t.
She just let Anna lead her outside and push her inside a cab. They were quiet on the way there, both looking out the window, letting the alcohol swim in their bodies; time threatening to sober them both up.