Title: Devil Ride
Author:
xenalvrFandom: Guiding Light
Pairing: Olivia/Natalia
Rating: NC-17
Warnings and Disclaimers: This AU story 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. It is rated NC-17.
All characters from Guiding Light do not belong to me. All the other characters do, however, so please leave them alone. 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 at this point.
I've decided not to worry too much about pre-Otalia plotline discrepancy as this is an AU after all.
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Natalia dried her hands and gingerly made her way out of the bathroom. The chicken soup that Olivia had ordered up for her hadn't sat well with her at all. She went over to the couch where Olivia was, curled herself into a ball and snuggled up against her, grateful for her warmth. This was more like food poisoning than a bug; she had probably eaten something bad at Company.
"I got you a hot water bottle," Olivia said sympathetically.
Natalia pressed the hot water bottle against her tummy and recurled herself. "Thank you." She liked the way Olivia was stroking her hair. She liked the way Olivia was taking care of her. She liked... "You don't have to keep me company if you've got better things to do," she mumbled into Olivia's shoulder.
"Mm... I do have a lot of other things to do," Olivia said, not pausing her hand's stroking motion. "...but nothing better comes to mind."
Natalia smiled against Olivia's shoulder and watched her pick up the television remote. She liked the way Olivia made her feel important.
"Let's see what movies are available," Olivia said, scrolling down the menu. "How about 'Saw'?"
"Scary," Natalia mumbled.
"Oh yeah, I remember how you're like with scary movies," Olivia said, and snickered. Natalia glared at Olivia through slitted eyes, then winced slightly. Apparently, it hurt to show mock anger. She decided to let the teasing slide, so as not to incur more discomfort. "Something romantic, maybe?" Olivia continued, chewing on her lower lip. "How about... 'Management'?"
"Never heard of it," Natalia said softly, trying not to move; she had found a position in which she didn't feel discomfort in her tummy, and she didn't want to lose it.
"It sounds interesting," Olivia said, and chose the movie before turning to Natalia. "Are you comfy?"
Natalia met Olivia's enquiring gaze and hummed her approval. Then she caught Olivia's hand in hers, loosely tangled her fingers together and let out a small sigh. She wasn't feeling too good, her life was hardly sorted, most of her savings were gone, and she wasn't sure how things would go between Raphael and her. But despite all that, she felt content in this moment. Happy, if she could hazard using the word. Safe.
It was the most bizarre thing in the world.
"Can I kiss you?"
Olivia's voice broke her reverie and the abrupt question made her smile. It felt like they were on a movie date. Her answer was written all over her face and Olivia, upon reading it correctly, sought her lips out with her own. Natalia felt her eyes flutter shut as she surrendered to the kiss.
She liked kissing Olivia. She liked the way Olivia's lips slid against hers; the way Olivia's tongue touched and tangled with hers; the way Olivia sometimes scraped her teeth against her lower lip; the way Olivia moaned when their kisses heated up. But the kiss they were currently sharing wasn't designed to ignite lust. It was slow and pleasurable and satisfying.
"Is it wrong to want to rip a sick person's clothes off?"
Natalia chuckled at Olivia's breathy question when the kiss broke off. Apparently the kiss had had the opposite effect on Olivia. "A little," she said playfully before nuzzling Olivia's neck.
"Oh, you really shouldn't do that," Olivia said, her scratchy voice sending a slight thrill through Natalia's body. Knowing that she was the one who made Olivia sound that way made her stomach flip. She nipped at Olivia's neck and smiled when Olivia gasped. The discomfort in her stomach forgotten for the moment, she gently massaged Olivia's breast and sighed when the action tore a moan from Olivia. "And you definitely shouldn't do that," Olivia husked out.
"Oh. What about this?" Natalia asked, catching a clothed nipple between her teeth. She could feel Olivia jump against her and she suddenly felt a little guilty for starting something that she quite possibly couldn't finish at this point of time. "Sorry," she said, resting her cheek on Olivia's chest. The sound of Olivia's accelerated heartbeat brought another smile to her face.
"You are a bad, bad woman, Natalia Rivera," Olivia said after her breathing evened out.
"I must have learnt that from your seduction manual," Natalia said, then giggled at the chagrined look on Olivia's face.
"Oh, you think you're something, don't ya?" Olivia said to her. "I'm just off my game because you're not feeling well. Just wait till you're better."
"I'm shaking so hard my teeth might fall out," Natalia teased, then giggled again when Olivia growled. "Aw, poor baby," she said, stroking Olivia's cheek. "You're not used to losing, are you?"
Green eyes narrowed dangerously. "Olivia Spencer never loses."
Natalia wasn't sure what it was, but that particular string of words, said in that particular manner, with that particular tone of voice, made her fall just that little bit more for the woman by her side. She kissed Olivia's neck and breathed her scent in. Then she settled back to watch the movie.
The movie script was quirky and unpredictable, and Natalia found that she rather enjoyed it. Halfway through the film, she asked, "How do you... know... that early on... what someone means to you?"
Olivia shrugged, her gaze fixed on the television screen. "Connection? I have to say, it's a little stalkerish, the way he showed up at her work."
Natalia nodded, then shrugged too. "I guess it's not stalkerish if both parties feel the same."
Olivia frowned. "She didn't, though. Not really."
"But she let him stay at her place. I mean, if she thought he was a stalker, she wouldn't have taken him home, right?" Natalia raised her face and saw Olivia gazing intently at her. "What?"
"I wanna be with you. Like this. Talking about anything and everything... or nothing at all," Olivia said, her tone and look serious. It made Natalia's heart flip. "Holding your hand, touching your hair, kissing you..." Natalia's eyes fell shut briefly when Olivia brushed an errant lock of hair from her face. "... with the exclusion of everyone else."
"Okay..." Natalia said slowly, drawing out the word. A relationship had probably been the last thing on her mind back when she was planning to leave Chicago to start a new life. But she couldn't deny the way she felt about Olivia, the way she craved to be close to her all the time. She felt like Olivia was waiting for her to say something but she wasn't sure what was appropriate. "I think I'd like that," she said at last.
They fell silent after that and returned their attention to the movie, but Natalia noticed that Olivia was smiling and couldn't help but smile along.
TBC