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    Comfort Enough

    Story written on September 12, 2005 by fanficchick.
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    Story Shortlink: https://lesfan.com/?p=56565
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    Chapter 26

     

    Bette’s self-judgment was the worst of it, though. Her guilt was so immense that she was barely able to meet her own eyes in the mirror every morning. She worked endless hours yet accomplished little, struggled to concentrate on the simplest tasks, and couldn’t take pleasure in anything or anyone.

     

    By the time Tina had contacted her to arrange a meeting with her lawyer, Bette was so desperate to see her that it almost didn’t matter that the purpose of the conversation was to initiate divorce proceedings. During that first discussion, Tina had barely spoken a word, allowing Jane Sinclair to be her voice. But it had been clear to Bette that behind Tina’s staid veneer, there was a huge amount of pain. You didn’t know and love someone for more than seven years and not be able to read them, no matter how hard they were trying to hide from you. And Tina was never a very good poker player.

     

    Bette had come to the table ready to exert a certain amount of gamesmanship with this pricey lawyer. Then, she looked across the desk into Tina’s eyes. And the hurt there was so raw and so deep that Bette decided in that instant that Tina could have anything she wanted. The house, the cars, the investments. Anything that Bette could give her if it would help take some of that hurt away.

     

    “I’ll make it up to you, Baby, I swear I will,” Bette said softly, burrowing into Tina’s shoulder as her hot tears spilled over.

     

    “What?” Tina mumbled, rolling over onto her back, not quite awake.

     

    “Nothing,” Bette said, “go back to sleep.”

     

    “Why aren’t you sleeping?” Tina asked, tracing her fingertips lightly across Bette’s face in the dark.

     

    “Just thinking,” Bette sniffled.

     

    “Bette, are you crying? What’s the matter?” Tina reached for Bette, gathering her close.

     

    “I missed you so much when we were apart. All I could think about was how much I had hurt you and how badly I screwed up our lives.”

     

    “I missed you, too. And you weren’t the only one who screwed up.”

     

    They rested in each other’s arms without speaking, the only noise in the room was their quiet breathing. Finally, Bette broke the silence.

     

    “I never stopped wanting you. I never stopped needing you. I thinkI think I somehow expected you to know that. Even though I wasn’t telling you.”

     

    “We both have to do better at telling each other what we need and want. And we have to make it safe for each other to share those things without feeling weak orjudged,” Tina said softly, tucking Bette’s hair behind her ear.

     

    “T?” Bette whispered.

     

    “What Baby?”

     

    “I need you to hold me and not let go,” Bette said, her voice breaking.

     

    “I’ve got you,” Tina said, tightening her embrace. “And I won’t ever let go.”

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    2. Bette spends so much time showing the outside world her ruff ‘n tuff exterior that they arent given a chance to know that she can be weak. She is not always going to be the pillar of strength that others see.

      These tender moments that she and Tina share are long overdue. They stopped being there for one another and its good through FF that they spend so much time being brought together in ways that make us appreciate their togetherness even more.

    3. “I need you to hold me and never let go,” Cramit whispered to FFC’s fiction.

      “Okay.” FFC’s fiction replied. “But you need to shift your arm. You’re putting my nouns to sleep.”

      :D

      Comfort enough is never enough cause this story is and will remain a classic on this site. I can’t guarantee its place over at the Fake Women and the Fake Women Who Love Them fan fic site, but I promise to petition hard for you. 5 stars for………say it with me now……..every letter S in the story. :)

    4. Bette reflecting as she lay so close to Tina was nice. Allowing her to do this in the darkness of night permits her to let it all out without fear of truly being seen.

      We all have those ‘ah ha’ moments when we become fully aware of how things should be despite what initial intention we have. Tina’s hurt at the attorney’s office was that moment for Bette.

      They are carefully reconstructing the foundation of their relationship using open and honest communication as the mortar.

      Thanks for giving them the opportunity to be there for each other.

    7. that was so sadly sweet. it is the Tibette us fans long for. I can’t help but feel as though we have been cheated on the show. these 2 started out having problems. they were only intimate twice in the first 2 episodes. and then Bette cheats and it is downhill from there. even in season 2 it took 9 episodes before they came together again, physically. AAARGGH!!!
      sorry I just had to vent.
      great story fan, keep it up.

    10. ‘we have to make it safe for each other…………..’ – yes, a shared vulnerablity…the definition of intimacy — they have coma a long way…..thanks

    11. ‘we have to make it safe for each other…………..’ – yes, a shared vulnerablity…the definition of intimacy — they have coma a long way…..thanks

    12. i agree with the other posters. im so not happy with the way the direction of the show is going. will we ever see anything remotely this beautiful, tender, heartfelt and intelligent. yoko, my heart is heavy also. IC is killing us.

      fan you soothe our tibette hearts with pieces of art such as this. after yesterdays spoilers this is all i can say. thank you.

    14. Very nice deptiction of the vulnerability underneath Bette’s tough exterior. Those middle-of-the-night talks are often the most open and heartfelt and you depicted that here. I’m enjoying this everyday.

    15. great chapter *applaud* I love this intimacy. Yes we have been cheated on the show. Tibette have the love we all desire. Keep the drama between dana and alice. They can handle it:)

    16. simple beautiful…im glad Bette is shownig her more to Tina and this is not weakness….and im with the others im feeling betrayed by the show.. IC and her people have no respect for us fans and without us she have nothing..another amazing chapter FFC your ROCK thanks:o)

    18. I enjoy each and every word of your writing. You do a great job of painting each character’s emotions such that the reader can feel them as well. Lovely.

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