Title: The Spirit Room II - A Pair Of Stainless Maidenhoods
Author:
Margaret Brown, aka Andromeda Valentine
Fandom: Mutant X
Pairing:
Emma/Shal
Rating: R
Status: New (05/14/03); Complete
Archive: Yes to
list archives, anyone else please ask first.
Feedback: Yes,
please!!
E-mail address for feedback:
andromeda_valentine@hotmail.com
Series/Sequel: Part Two of 'The Spirit Room'
series
Other Websites: Crimson
Redd
Disclaimers: Not mine, as usual. Emma, Shal, and Mutant X belong to
Tribune, and 'You Set Me Free' belongs to Michelle Branch.
Summary: "In the week since Emma's discovery of my dreamwalking, this is as far as we've gotten - stolen kisses and furtive touches - but something tells me this time will be different."
Notes: This is for Lil, my most vocal fan, who wanted a follow-up to Perchance To Dream. The song lyrics are from Michelle Branch's 'You Set Me Free' off her album 'The Spirit Room.' (Hence the series title...)
Warnings: Femmeslash - like that's new. <lol> Oh, and rampant fluff ahead...
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"...Come civil night,
thou sober-suited matron all in black,
and
learn me how to lose a winning match,
played for a stainless pair of
maidenhoods.
Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks
with thy black
mantle, till strange love grow bold,
think true love acted simple
modesty."
Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene II, Lines 10-16
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Shalimar Fox, badass Feral, is giggling like a schoolgirl...
Strangely, I'm about as nervous and giddy as one, too. I start giggling again, looking around for any of the others as Emma grabs my hand and drags me off into one of Sanctuary's deserted corridors.
Can't you see?
There's a feeling that's come over me...
Close my
eyes...
You're the only one that leaves me completely breathless...
Then she pushes me up against a wall, and I'm suddenly a lot less giggly as she kisses me senseless. In the week since Emma's discovery of my dreamwalking, this is as far as we've gotten - stolen kisses and furtive touches - but something tells me this time will be different.
No need to wonder why...
Sometimes a gift like this you can't deny...oh
oh...
I wonder briefly how it is Emma and I managed to connect in her dreams like we did, but the feel of her hands on me chases the thought away.
Then her lips start roaming, too, and thought is suddenly impossible.
'Cause I wanted to fly, so you gave me your wings...
And time held its
breath so I could see, yeah...
And you set me free...
I consider turning the tables and taking control of the moment, but find I'm too content to do anything but submit to Emma's ministrations.
It's been so long since I've been able to trust anyone as completely as I trust her, but even the part of me that questions it can only offer the explanation that it's Emma. My acceptance of it is that complete...
Ooh ooh...
There's a will.
(There's a will...)
There's a way.
(There's a way...)
Sometimes words just can't explain...
(Can't
explain...)
The sudden realization that this is all actually happening finally sets in, and I find myself a little scared. This is so much more *real* and intense than our dreamwalking.
Emma's mouth moves just a hair lower right then, though, and suddenly I'm not squirming from fear or nervousness...
This is real.
(This is real...)
I'm afraid.
(I'm afraid...)
I
guess this time there's just no hiding, fighting -
you make me
restless...
In no time at all, it seems like, I'm biting my lip to keep from crying out as she pushes me over the edge, and it's somehow the most perfect moment I've ever had...
You're in my heart -
the only light that shines there in the dark... hoh
oh...
"I love you too, Shal." she says softly afterward, smiling at me as I blink in momentary surprise.
"Said that out loud, did I?" I respond finally, grinning. I wasn't planning to tell her just yet, but what the hell...
'Cause I wanted to fly, so you gave me your wings...
And time held its
breath so I could see, yeah...
And you set me free...
Still grinning, I manage to shift us around so that I've got *her* pinned now. She squeaks a little in surprise before I silence her with a kiss.
Then I deliberately slow things down to draw it all out. Sappy as it sounds, I owe her *so* much, and I fully intend to make this one hell of a thank you.
When I was alone -
(When I was alone...)
you came around,
when I
was down.
You pulled me through,
and there's nothing that I wouldn't do
for you...
I can't help but smirk as she nearly bites through her lip trying to keep quiet as I pull out every trick I know.
I go to kiss it and make it better afterward, only to somehow find myself up against the wall again.
'Cause I wanted to fly, so you gave me your wings...
(So you gave me
your wings...)
And time held its breath so I could see...
(So I could
see...)
Emma just grins at me impishly, making my heart flip-flop, before kissing me, hard. "Told you I wouldn't be so passive..."
Oh, 'cause I wanted to fly, so you gave me your wings...
(So you gave
me your wings...)
And time held its breath so I could see, yeah...
And you
set me free...