Fills Post #2
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Re: Nile/Dizzy, Nile/OFCs, Exploration of Nile's sexuality 4/4
Date: 2021-02-17 03:13 am (UTC)Especially when they all gave her their best puppy dog eyes.
They were on Hvar this time, a stunning Croatian Island in the Adriatic. They’d wandered around, taking in the beautiful town and eating far too much ice cream, before stopping at a waterfront bar. Andy had quickly rented them several lounge chairs under an umbrella and settled down with a beer, looking like she wasn’t planning on moving any time soon.
Joe and Nicky, being Joe and Nicky, shared a chair, leaving the third one for her.
She pulled hers out into the sun, basking in the welcome heat. She wanted to stay here forever, listening to the crashing waves, the low hum of voices, and the music drifting over from the bar.
“I’m grabbing more drinks,” Joe said several hours later. “Want anything?”
“Another beer,” Andy said, sounding half asleep.
“You pick for me, love,” Nicky said, reaching for the sunscreen and turning to Andy. Nile didn’t envy him. Andy seemed to forget that she wouldn’t heal instantly from a burn now, and despised putting sunscreen on. She and Nicky had fought about it several times already, and Nile suspected they were about to fight again.
“Nile?” Joe asked, ignoring the drama.
“A cider please!” she said.
Joe nodded, leaving for the bar.
Nile closed her eyes again, willfully ignoring the fast past argument beside her. She wanted no part in convincing Andy to wear the sunscreen. Nicky was right, or course, but Andy was like a force of nature. Nile had no interest in getting involved in that.
Joe came back several minutes later, somehow carrying four drinks without spilling a drop. He handed Andy her beer first, before giving Nicky (who had, somehow, won the argument) a glass of white wine. He handed Nile a cider, and kept the other for himself.
“Thanks!” she grinned.
Joe just nodded, sliding back onto the lounge chair, bending his knees comfortably. Nicky leaned against them, tilting his face up to the sun.
“The bartender asked about you,” Joe told her, rolling his head to the side. He looked at her over his sunglasses, eyes warm. “None of us will blame you if you go off and talk to him.”
Nicky took a sip of his wine, glancing over to the bar curiously from behind his sunglasses.
“Well, he’s good at mixing drinks at least,” he said. Nile glanced over to where the unsuspecting man was expertly pouring some vividly pink concoction into a tall glass, a charming smile on his admittedly handsome face.
Nile paused for a second, before shaking herself. She knew she had nothing to fear, not from her family, but it was instinctual to hoard this close. It had been something just for her for so long now, and saying anything out loud seemed wrong.
But she loved and trusted Andy, Joe, and Nicky. She didn’t want to hide from them. Or from herself.
She abruptly thought back to Princess Jasmine, on how she used to call her “the most beautifulest person ever!”. She thought about Dizzy, about Piper, and even about the woman at the bar, long ago now. She thought about how kissing boys had felt wrong, even when they had been wonderful people.
She thought about how she didn’t want to pretend. Not to herself, and not to her family.
She may not be able to tell her mother, or her brother, anymore, but she could tell her new family. She could tell the people who had shown, time and time again, that they loved her for who she was. They’d already seen her checking out that woman at the bat all those months ago after all, even though they hadn’t brought it up again. She could be herself with them - she didn’t have to pretend.
Not anymore.
“Nah, he’s cute and all, but I’m not interested in men.”
Joe laughed, a warm sound that felt like a hug. “Well, I can’t say I get that,” he teased, leaning forwards to run a hand through Nicky’s hair, “but good for you.”
Nicky gave her a small smile, his eyes boring into her very soul. He clearly was able to understand just how hard that had been for her to say, and how much of a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. She smiled back at him, fighting back tears.
Andy just snorted. “Women are better,” she yawned, one arm thrown over her eyes, her beer wet with condensation in her other hand. “But some men are okay.”
Joe growled in fake anger, turning towards Andy.
Nicky reached over, grasping Nile’s hand gently. Nile threaded her fingers with his, feeling like she could fly.
“Thank you,” Nicky said simply.
“I feel like I should be saying that to you,” Nile said, feeling slightly confused, but still incredibly loved. She had known they would be accepting of her, but it had still been incredibly difficult to say.
Nicky shook his head, somehow ignoring Joe moving behind him as he argued more vehemently with Andy. Nile didn’t even know what language they were using anymore.
“Thank you for trusting us,” he explained. “It is an honour.”
Nile’s eyes burned with tears, but she blinked them away. This wasn’t the time for crying. “Of course I trust you guys!”
Joe reentered the conversation. “Just don’t trust Andy,” he said, though his eyes were as kind and gentle as Nicky’s. “She’ll lead you astray.”
“I knew Sappho, Yusuf!” Andy hissed, sitting up. “What do you mean I’ll lead her astray?”
Nile laughed out loud, shaking her head at Andy’s antics.
Joe just raised an eyebrow. “I said what I said.”
Nicky rolled his green eyes when Joe and Andy got into it again, still holding her hand.
“We love you,” he told her simply.
“I love you guys too,” she said, leaning forwards to press a kiss on his scruffy cheek.
He squeezed her hand affectionately before letting go. “Go and have fun, tesoro,” he ordered. “You deserve it.”
Nile finished the last of her cider, breathing deeply. “I think I will,” she mused. There was a waterfront club beside the more chill bar they were relaxing at, and Nile knew she would enjoy herself. She didn’t know if she would meet anyone, but she liked having the option.
Nicky gave her a rare grin. “Good,” he said, sounding pleased.
Joe interrupted his playful argument long enough to tell her to have fun, before returning to Andy. Andy, true to form, didn’t stop lecturing Joe, but she did give Nile a supportive smile, so Nile took it as a win.
She also made a mental note to talk to Andy about Sappho as soon as she could.
She left for the club feeling happy and light as air, and when she met a woman with a wide smile and long dark hair she didn’t feel the usual stirring of guilt. She only felt joy.
They danced for hours, before Nile accompanied her back to her hotel, making love on the balcony under the light of the moon. When morning came she looked up to the deep blue sky, the scent of flowers and strong coffee in her nose, and felt completely at peace with herself for the first time she could remember.
She was under no illusion that immortality would be easy, or that her life would be without sorrow and pain, but she knew there would also be light and love and laughter. She had a family that loved and accepted her (though she was well aware that they were missing two members, and their absence cut deeply), and she was learning to love herself as well.
The other woman walked back out onto the balcony, wearing a fluffy hotel robe, pot coffee in hand. Nile grabbed the carafe from her and put it on the nearby table, before pulling her down into another kiss, hands sneaking into her robe.
The woman laughed, eyes dancing, and kissed her back.
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Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think :)
Re: Nile/Dizzy, Nile/OFCs, Exploration of Nile's sexuality 4/4
Date: 2021-02-17 05:44 am (UTC)My favorite bit is the part with Dizzy because of tangible reasons. Especially the comparison between softer female bodies vs male bodies because that’s really such a thing that sticks out in the forefront of the mind for such a long time when trying to figure out attraction and sexuality.
I enjoyed this piece, enjoyed the realism too. Here for Nile being her best lady loving self. Thanks for sharing.