THE KEY
By
KINETIC-KID
Rating:
R (WHAT???? – Sowwy)
Disclaimer: Definitely no
money being made. All characters belong to Joss Whedon and ME. I own nothing
except whatever characters I may make up for this story along with the
storyline. I just like to play with them - I promise to put them back after I’m
done!!
Distribution: Oh yeah, anywhere, anytime.
Just make sure I get credit and let me know where it is.
Spoilers:
Snort – Watch the show – everything’s up for
spoiling!!
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Pairing:
B/T
Author’s Note: This is just a little short story more
than anything (EXTREMELY SHORT). It
wiggled its way into my brain so I decided to write it.
Summary:
Tabula Rasa spell goes awry…
Everyone’s favorite Wiccan ends up with a certain blonde slayer.
***
Buffy places small, soft kisses over
Tara’s shoulder, slowly working her way down her chest, a small smile crossing
her lips as she hears the change in her lover’s breathing. Knowing Tara’s awake she continues
slowly making her way to Tara’s breasts.
Circling the areola as it crinkles and the nipple hardens, Buffy blows a
warm breath of air over the flesh before teasing the nipple with the tip of her
tongue.
Tara growls softly at Buffy’s
teasing kisses, threading her hands through her hair, she arches up into her
mouth, urging her to take her nipple fully in her mouth.
Taking the not so subtle hint, Buffy
captures the flesh and suckles gently for a few long minutes while trailing a
hand up to play softly over her lover’s other breast.
Tara moans softly, before groaning
loudly at the knock on the bedroom door.
“What Dawn?”
“You promised to drive me to school
today since I have to take in my project.”
Dawn reminds the Wiccan, smirking at the sound of her sister
bitching.
“Shit!” Buffy buries her face in her lover’s
chest. “She’s always interrupting
my morning lovings.” Buffy growls
softly.
“I’ll be down in a few minutes,
sweetie.” Tara calls out to the
teen, before gently scratching her nails over her lover’s back. “I’m sorry, honey.”
“It’s not your fault.” Buffy grumbles, brushing her cheek over
Tara’s breast.
“You know, you could keep the bed
warm while I take Dawn to school and hurry back here to spend some quality time
together today.” Tara hints,
smiling crookedly as Buffy’s head jerks up and her eyes look hopefully at
her.
“You’re not teasing me, are
you?” Buffy’s whispers, her eyes
wide. “You have classes
today.”
“Nothing that I have to be there
for. I can call and get notes from
a couple friends.” Tara grins
crookedly as Buffy yells and wraps her arms around her, hugging her
tightly. “I think we need to talk,
anyway.”
Buffy slowly raises her head to look
at Tara, seeing the serious look in her lover’s eyes she furrows her brow and
contemplates the Wiccan.
Tara’s surprised by the guarded look
in her lover’s hazel eyes.
“Buffy?”
“When you get back.” Buffy hoarsely whispers, pressing a
loving kiss on Tara’s lips. “I love
you, Tara.”
“I love you, too, Buffy.” Tara hugs Buffy tightly for a few
moments before the slayer finally shifts and lies to the side watching her
dress.
Buffy silently watches as Tara
dresses. Smiling as the Wiccan
leans down and kisses her. “Be
careful.”
“I will.” Tara brushes a finger gently down
Buffy’s face before winking and heading out of the room.
Buffy rolls onto her back and stares
up at the ceiling, silently wondering if her lover’s memories have come back to
her and that’s what she’s wanting to talk about. Feeling a streak of fear shooting
through her, Buffy shifts her arm to cover her eyes as she waits for Tara to
come back home.
***
“Have you heard from Giles
lately?” Dawn bites her bottom lip,
knowing that this is a sensitive subject for Buffy and Tara both.
Tara glances quickly to the teen
before her eyes look back at the road.
“A couple days ago. They
still have Willow sedated and under magical seclusion so she can’t inadvertently
hurt someone.” Tara clenches her
jaw as she thinks about the redhead.
Dawn hears the tension in Tara’s
voice, something she’d noticed the last few weeks whenever Willow’s name was
brought up, deciding once again not to say anything, Dawn sighs and looks out
the window as they draw closer to the school.
Tara sighs quietly as she pulls into
the school’s parking lot. Putting
the Jeep in park, she turns to Dawn and looks at the teen. “They’ve come
back?”
Dawn slowly nods her eyes wide in
surprise and shock as she looks at Tara.
“You, too?”
“Yes.” Tara admits softly, running a
hand through her hair, her eyes shadowed with pain.
“You aren’t going to leave, are
you?” Dawn whispers, tears flooding
her eyes.
“Oh, Dawnie.” Tara reaches out and gently pulls the
teen to her over the console, hugging her gently. “No, Dawnie. I’ll always be there for you,
sweetie. You know that. But Buffy and I have to
talk.”
“Hers, too?” Dawn whispers almost afraid to voice the
question. Knowing she’s done
everything she can, now things have to play out.
“I’m not sure.” Tara admits, tears coming to her own
eyes. “I’m scared.” Tara whispers
softly.
“Do you really love her?” Dawn questions a few minutes after Tara
releases her, looking at the kids entering the school, knowing she’s going to
have to leave in a few minutes.
“Yes.” Tara answers simply, her heart in the
single word.
“That’s all that matters. Love and family.” Dawn whispers before easing out of the
Jeep, opening the back door to pull her project from the back seat before
kicking the door shut and heading into the school.
Tara watches Dawn, running a hand
through her hair. “Thank you,
Dawnie.” Tara whispers before
double-checking and pulling out of the school parking lot. Deciding to stop and pick up some
breakfast sandwiches for Buffy on the way home.
***
Buffy listens to the Jeep pull into
the driveway. As Tara unlocks the
door and comes in, Buffy hears her lover lock the door before tossing her keys
on the coffee table and slowly makes her way up the stairs.
After Tara and Dawn had left, she’d
just gone to the bathroom to take care of her morning rituals before coming back
to bed to wait for Tara to come home.
Silently wondering how things are going to be different now. Not having told Tara about the fact that
her true memories came back, afraid that it will change things. Realizing that no matter how they came
to be together, she doesn’t want it to change.
Looking at the doorway as Tara walks
in, Buffy’s eyes zero in on the bag in her lover’s hand and the large drink in
her other hand, a quick smile coming to her lips at the smell of the bacon egg
and cheese biscuits.
“Here.” Tara hands the bag to Buffy, watching as
the slayer shifts up in the bed and sets the bag in her lap already pulling one
of the sandwiches out and unwrapping it, surprised when Buffy holds the sandwich
up for her. Setting the drink on
the nightstand before gently easing down on the bed beside the slayer, Tara
accepts the sandwich and looks into worried hazel eyes. “How long?” Tara questions softly, seeing the truth
in her lover’s eyes.
“Over a month.” Buffy admits softly, her eyes dropping
back down to the bag of food.
Pulling out another sandwich and playing with the wrapper, sighing
quietly.
“Why didn’t you say something?” Tara questions in surprised shock, her
own memories having not started to return until about two weeks ago. Finally realizing that all of them were
back and there weren’t going to be any more yesterday.
Tossing the sandwich back in the
bag, Buffy sets it on the nightstand and pulls her knees up to her chest,
wrapping her arms around her legs.
“Because I didn’t want you to leave. The reason we’re together may have been
a spell and a bunch of lies, but…”
Buffy looks down at Tara’s hand that has moved to rest on her bare knee
derailing her from her explanation.
“But the feelings are there. The love, the caring… the desire.” Tara whispers, watching Buffy intently
as she slowly lifts her head to look at her. Brushing her fingers gently over Buffy’s
cheek, she smiles softly as she leans into the caress. “Our memories may have been pretty much
erased and because of a backfire to the spell, it made everyone believe we were
together. But what if it wasn’t a
backfire? What if someone or
something stepped in and made it happen?
What if they wanted us to come together?” Tara questions quietly, wondering
herself what might have stepped in to make what should have been a simple forget
spell, change everyone’s memories and drive Willow insane.
Buffy considers her lover’s
words. Easing her legs out in front
of her, she lifts Tara and settles her on her lap. Wrapping her arms around the Wiccan, she
buries her face against Tara’s neck, pressing a soft kiss against her pulse
point. “You have too many clothes
on.” Buffy smiles as Tara
chuckles. “Why did they come
back?”
“I don’t know. Dawn’s gotten hers back, also. I don’t know if Xander and Anya’s
memories have come back.” Tara
smirks as she feels Buffy’s fingers working their way down her top, the buttons
coming undone under her lover’s nimble fingers.
“How long have yours been
back?” Buffy questions curiously,
gently easing the shirt down Tara’s shoulders, smiling as the Wiccan’s
luminescent flesh is uncovered to her eager eyes.
“They started coming back two weeks
ago. They finished yesterday.” Tara admits softly, closing her eyes and
inhaling deeply as Buffy’s fingers trail over the edge of her bra.
“It took two weeks for all of them
to come back?” Buffy frowns as her
fingers still on Tara’s chest.
“Yes. You?” Tara shifts her head looking curiously
at her lover.
“They came back all at once.” Buffy finally admits, closing her eyes
and resting her forehead against Tara’s shoulder. “I didn’t want to tell you. I was afraid you would leave me. I realized that I had fallen in love
with you and whatever reason was behind it, I didn’t want to lose
you.”
Tara closes her eyes as she feels
the tears slowly flood her eyes.
Shifting slightly, she wraps her arm around Buffy’s shoulders and hugs
her tightly. “What were you hoping
for, honey? For me not to get my
memories back?”
Buffy bites her lip and barely nods
her head. “The time we’ve been
together, even based on false memories has been the best time of my life. The months of us actually being
together, not the false memories, but the true memories… I wouldn’t trade them for anything,
Tara. And God forgive me, but I
couldn’t take the chance of my world being torn apart again. So I shoved the returned memories under
a ton of other things and spent every extra moment that I could with
you.”
Tara swallows hard as the tears
finally trail down her cheeks. “I
love you, Buffy. And I would dearly
love to spend whatever time we have together laughing, loving, crying, fighting,
and whatever else you can think of.”
“Keep the crying and fighting to a
minimum. I would rather laugh and
make love.” Buffy smiles at her
lover, her eyes searching Tara’s blue eyes. Silently wondering exactly how long
she’s liked the Wiccan without realizing it.
“So, are you telling me you’d rather
be gay and in love with me?” Tara
let’s out a low chuckle, wiping her tears away as she looks into her lover’s
hazel eyes, seeing nothing but love and caring looking back at her.
“Any day, night, week, year,
century, millennia, universe…”
Buffy laughs as Tara’s lips cover hers to keep her from continuing. As the kiss becomes more serious and
deepens, Buffy moans and looks at Tara with desire filled eyes as the Wiccan
slowly pulls back, ending the kiss.
“Miss Buffy Anne Summers, I’d like
to make love to you, for the first time with both of us with our actual memories
in place, and knowing everything.
May I?” Tara questions
softly, her eyes serious.
“God, yes.” Buffy answers, her voice low and rough
with love and desire. Raising a
shaky hand, she cups Tara’s cheek.
“May I make love to you back, Tara ‘My Love’ Maclay?” Buffy whispers, knowing her lover
doesn’t have a middle name.
“Any time you want. Forever and a day.” Tara answers, leaning in to kiss Buffy
lovingly.
***
Across town, a slow, happy smile
appears on ‘Dawn Summers’ face.
Laughing delightedly as she feels the two women finally connect with
nothing holding them back anymore, she ignores the strange looks coming from her
classmates and her teacher asking her if she’s okay.
“Oh, I’m wonderful.” Dawn answers the teacher before turning
back into her natural form. As she
opens the portal to another universe, Dawn leaves a streak of green light behind
her that slowly disperses all memories of her being on this particular world,
except for a pair of blondes making love at this moment. Whispering a soft goodbye to the pair
Dawn arrives on another world.
“Now… Where are you two and what kind of
problems am I going to have getting you hooked up here?” Dawn slowly takes on her human form
again as she searches out the two signatures of the soul mates. “They knew I was the ‘Key’, and I could
open portals to other worlds. Funny
how they never questioned why I could do that.” Dawn laughs delightedly as her eyes
twinkle with a green light before finally locating the two women on this
world.
“Off I go.” Dawn heads for the closest one, praying
silently that this time it won’t take as much machinations to get the two women
together.
The
End
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