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Comfort Enough
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“So do you want me to meet you or should I pick you up?” Bette asked, gently brushing her fingers through Tina’s hair.
Tina’s eyes fluttered open and for a moment she struggled to focus on Bette’s face directly above her. “What?”
“You fell asleep on me, didn’t you?” Bette asked, raising her eyebrows. She bent to kiss Tina’s head where it rested in her lap, setting down the copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting that she’d been reading aloud.
“Not exactly asleep,” Tina argued weakly, rubbing her eyes. “You know how the hair thing relaxes me.”
“The hair thing, huh?” Bette asked, continuing to comb her fingers through Tina’s lustrous blonde tresses.
“Mmmhmm,” Tina sighed, closing her eyes again.
“I don’t know how you could fall asleep. We were just getting to the good part,” Bette said.
“The butler did it,” Tina mumbled.
“T. You didn’t answer my question.”
“What Baby?”
“The doctor’s appointment tomorrow. Do you want me to pick you up or should I meet you there?”
“I have a meeting with Oscar in the morning. Why don’t I swing by and get you afterwards?”
Bette’s hand stilled in Tina’s hair. “Are you sure?”
“Sure. It makes more sense than taking two cars,” Tina stifled a yawn.
“Okay.” Bette rubbed her hand gently over Tina’s belly before pulling the fleece throw a little higher on her wife’s body. “Do you want me to keep reading?”
“Mmmm. I love the sound of your voice,” came the whispered response.
Bette picked up the book. “Try to pay attention, you two. And not just to my dulcet tones.” She read aloud for several minutes until she was absolutely certain that Tina was asleep, then Bette continued on in silence, finishing the chapter before rousing her wife enough to lead her back to bed and snuggle up behind her.
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Even half asleep, Tina had realized what she was suggesting. Or at least part of her did. But now, in the cold light of day, her hand poised on the CAC’s imposing glass door, she wondered if she’d made a mistake. Tina hadn’t been here since the night Provocations opened. Since the night she had seen Bette and Candace together.
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Ah, the hair thing…I know it well. In fact, I was getting drowsy just thinking about it!
You could almost hear James battling in his head “OMG…OMG…OMG, Bette is NOT going to like this. I wonder if I have death benefits?”.
Emancipation is a battle hard fought, but the victory will be a sweet reward. For both of them.
The slow and steady pace that you have set for their journey back to each other rings true and does not stretch the limits of credulity.
I am always delighted to see a new chapter from you.
Art often imitates life …this story… your story makes me wish life would imitate art. I love the pace of this reconciliation… if there exists ( I think it does) a positive side to storms in relationships…it’s the day to day discoveries you make about each other and about real intimacy on the way back to love… which you have beautifully illustrated …standing ovation FFC…please take a bow you deserve it.
I’m not foolish enough to think Tina and Bette aren’t going to revisit the affair in S3 but your version is pitch perfect and engaging whereas the new spoilers suggest we all got TiBette wrong.
Thanks for the updates FFC…just been doing some catching up as always these days…..wonderful FFC..keep going
Another sweet chapter in this story I´ve come to adore and love. Looking forward to reading the continuation so please post soon and please don´t cause any more turmoil but let us only have sweet, tender moments while they´re working their way toward forgiveness and complete reconciliation.
baby steps. be brave and face it. great chapter…..love it..every line.
I loved this chapter. If it only goes this well on the show next year…post soon
that is right.. for think about the future talk about the past is necessary otherwise the ghosts of the past will be always in their lives but their are ok and the talk will be hard but they wil be fine..another great chapter post soon thanks :o)
Lets hope good memories will wash away all the bad ones. It might take a long time but we can hope. Bette still take the blame.most of the time more people are to blame.. thanks
“you know how the hair thing relaxes me.”
“the butler did it.”
do you get alot of requests for that from visiting artists?”
“bette sent me out for it this morning.”
“dont worry. you can tell her it was my idea.”
“i just…i…i had to see. i dont know why.”
“at first i couldnt even walk through. then i would force mself to…as punishment.”
“me too. but we cant. and in some ways, that… remembering…is whats going to keep us from ever going back there again.”
“you tell your heart to take all the time it needs. im not going anywhere.”
YOKO ONO – we didnt get tibette wrong. we got IC on crack for s3.
ffc – this is picture perfect. these snapshots you give us. my heart just swells reading your words. they inspire me to reflect. dont want this to end. thanks.
Very very sensitively done – I’m playing catch up and the last 4 chapters have been really wonderful very soft and warm.