Fic: Long Live The Night (Rachel/Ivy, The Hollows)

[fembuck]

Title: Long Live The Night
Author: Janine
Fandom: The Hollows
Pairing: Rachel/Ivy
Rating: PG, fluff
Disclaimer: I don’t own them.
Summary: Ivy and Rachel have dinner.
Author's Note: So I've been trying to write a drabble for like two months now, and they always end up turning into pages long monstrosity's. This is the closet I've managed to come. *le sigh* I know, baby steps, baby steps. I will not give up, I will overcome!
 

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We’d made it through a round of drinks, appetizers, another round of drinks and our main course before I realized that we were on a date.

It took another glass of white for me to admit to myself that I was having a good time.

I was wearing the expensive perfume Ivy had gotten me, so my scent wasn’t effecting her, and the warmed red wine she had been sipping sparingly throughout the night had her pleasantly relaxed. She had smiled more over the course of dinner than she had in the past two weeks, and her voice was low, rich and smooth like melting chocolate and it was just as sweet to my ears.

Ivy, I realized, as she pushed the piece of cheesecake she had ordered into the middle of the table so that I could have some too – even though I had tried to pretend like I didn’t want dessert – was a good date.

When the cheesecake was gone, the bill was paid, and our glasses were empty, Ivy rose and moved to stand beside my chair. As I rose she retrieved my jacket from where it had been hung beside the table, and held it for me to slip on. I realized then that she knew that I had figured out what the night really was, and as her fingers lingered by the buttons of my jacket, I held still and lifted my eyes to hers. Her eyes widened slightly, and her pupils expanded a little, but then she looked down and carefully buttoned my jacket, her fingers lingering on the material for a moment once she was done before she moved away from me to put on her own coat.

The ride back to the church was filled with good music, and light, meaningless conversation that gave me the pleasure of listening to Ivy’s silken voice while also allowing my mind to wander. About halfway through the ride home I gave up on trying to think, and turned my head to the side so that I could gaze at Ivy’s enigmatic profile while she drove.

She opened the car door for me when we arrived home and I couldn’t help but smile at her. I was surprisingly relaxed considering I’d just been on a date with my female roommate, partner and best friend, and her gentlemanly overtures flushed me with a rush of affection. Ivy, despite what other people may have thought, was a very sweet, very thoughtful person, and I was lucky to have her in my life.

We walked to the door side by side, and after the second time the backs of our hands brushed together, I slipped my fingers between hers so that I was holding her hand. Ivy glanced down at our joined hands, staring at them for a moment, and then without a word looked away, turning her head to the side so that all I could see was a curtain of dark hair with golden iced tips. She moved quickly, but not quickly enough that I didn’t see the look of surprise and then pleasure on her face before she turned away from me.

“Rachel,” Ivy said softly as soon as the front door was closed, her fingers tightening nervously around the ones I still had entwined with hers.

I’m sure that what she was going to say was absolutely riveting, but I didn’t give her a chance to continue. What I did do was push up onto my toes and press my lips to hers, gifting her with a soft, lingering kiss.

“I had a good time tonight,” I breathed out, lowering the pads of my feet back to the ground.

Ivy stared at me and I smiled at her. I then reached for the zipper of her jacket and drew it down, pulling the coat off of her before reaching to the side to hang it up, and then repeating the process with my own.

“Rachel,” she said, having gathered herself a little by the time I had hung up my jacket and turned back to face her.

Instead of responding verbally to her, I reached out and took her hand in mine again, grasping it firmly before I started to tug her down the hallway that led to our bedrooms and I didn’t stop until we were both in mine.

When the door to my room was closed I placed my lips against Ivy’s again. Her lips parted, opening herself up to me, and as my tongue slipped inside of her, a delighted sound emerged from me. Ivy echoed my sound of pleasure, and as I deepened our kiss, her arms slipped around my waist, holding me tightly against her.

The need for air eventually pulled us apart, but we tried to stay as close to each other as possible. She dipped her head down and I leaned forward until our foreheads were resting against each other. A blissful smile touched my lips and when I meet her eyes through my lashes, she looked dazed, but hopeful and returned the happy expression.

I joined our hands together again and began to tug her further into the room towards my bed.

I’d had a good time that night, and I wasn’t at all ready for the night to end.


The End.

 

Comments

[humor-vitri.livejournal.com]

God, I love fluff!
Especially when it's well written.

I was hoping you would post another Ivy/Rachel fic and you did!
I'm already on the 6th book and Kim Harrison's writing skills are awesome. Well, with Ravy would be better but still.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

God, I love fluff!

Sometimes fluff is just what the doctor ordered!

I was hoping you would post another Ivy/Rachel fic and you did!


I expect that more will be coming once I get and read the 7th book. The beginning of it is awesome, and I hear the rest is pretty good on the Ravy front as well.

I'm already on the 6th book and Kim Harrison's writing skills are awesome.

As frustrating as I find Rachel sometimes, K.H has totally sucked me into this world, and 6 books in I'm still reading - which I almost never do.

[ex-stanleyt.livejournal.com]

I just love Ivy so much! *sighs* This was so cute :)

Didja get to read WWBC yet? :)

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I just love Ivy so much!

This. Ivy is everything that is right and beautiful with the world.

Didja get to read WWBC yet? :)

No, RL is kicking my butt right now. I've gots tons of marking to get done before March Break. I plan on reading it over the break while I'm on vacation though!

[ex-stanleyt.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, the life of an educator! *grin* I won't spoil it for you, but the book made me a little happier on the Ravy front. Then I read some comments Kim posted yesterday and the happiness went *poof* :\

[pie-tlw.livejournal.com]

Oh I love it! He, Ivy is so sweet!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Ivy really is the greatest. I'm constantly swooning at how dreamy she is in the books. Best. Friend Girlfriend. Ever.

[christabelle-xx.livejournal.com]

Alright, I've had enough...*Starts to stalk you*

You're just that good.

Love it as always.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

...*Starts to stalk you*

Thanks to The Hollows, and Ivy Tamwood I find this terribly romantic ;)

Thanks so much for commenting! I'm really glad you enjoyed the story :D

[(Anonymous)]

I love the way you write Rachel/Ivy *sighs with happiness*

Ivy is the perfect girlfriend (gentlewoman) for Rachel and you showed that perfectly here.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Thanks for commenting, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

Ivy is the perfect girlfriend (gentlewoman) for Rachel

This. Ivyis so completely swoon worthy, like all the time. She won't stop til you get enough, and then she'll make breakfast. Dreamy.

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Well of *course* Ivy's a good date!! Who doesn't want an Ivy? *pout* I want an Ivy!

..and her voice was low, rich and smooth like melting chocolate and it was just as sweet to my ears.

Heh, and she melts in your mouth.. not in your hands!

I liked the continuing 'Rachel is stoopid' theme with Rachel not realizing it was a date until the meal's almost over. Along with the realization that not only was it a good date but a date she doesn't want to end. Hopefully, it lasts longer than the night!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Who doesn't want an Ivy?

Stupid people, like a certain redhead who shall remain named ... Rachel Marianna Morgan.

and she melts in your mouth.. not in your hands!

She could melt pretty much anywhere and I'd be totally cool with it.

I liked the continuing 'Rachel is stoopid' theme with Rachel not realizing it was a date until the meal's almost over.

lol! Classical Rachel Marianna Morgan. *shkes head*


Hopefully, it lasts longer than the night!

Oh, once Ivy has melted in her mouth and her hands, Rachel's never going to let her go. How could she? Ivy's the dreamiest girlfriend ever, and as far as I can determine a complete tiger in the sack. She's perfect!

[su-bones.livejournal.com]

Aaaw, fluff is the best candy, thanks for feeding my sugar addition :)

*sigh* A date with Ivy...*daydreams* Lucky Rachel.

At least this time she clued in in time ^^
I'm so glad you posted a new fic, even though your Dollhouse fics are good, I missed terribly your Ravy :D

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Aaaw, fluff is the best candy, thanks for feeding my sugar addition :)

No problem! Sometimes fluff is just what the doctor ordered!

A date with Ivy...*daydreams* Lucky Rachel.

This.

I'm so glad you posted a new fic, even though your Dollhouse fics are good, I missed terribly your Ravy

Dollhouse is feeding me constantly now, but I'm hoping that once I read the new book, I'll get somemore Ravy inspiration. After cramming in 6 books and half a dozen fics into one month, I got kind of burned out. But I think I'm ready for more now :D

[yukivampyra.livejournal.com]

So cuuuute. :D

I love your Ravy fics. Love, love, love them.

Ah, Rachel...so oblivious, and yet so fun.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Rachel...so oblivious, and yet so fun.

I'm about ready for the obliviousness the disappear and the gay to be embraced at this point, but yes. She is rather amusing (when she's not making me want to bash my head against a blunt object)!

Ivy truly does have the patience of ... something that has a lot of patience!

[lost-dreamer23.livejournal.com]

You, my dear, can write fluff that still leaves me dripping o.o
How do you do it?!

Your fluff is wonderfully beautiful and tender, and has a slight undertone of passion to it that really makes it what it should be. As for Rachel accepting her feelings for Ivy, I think that Rachel would definitely be the confidant Rachel we know her to be with men once she was okay with Ivy -- here, she definitely was.

Of course, now I'm rambling.
And drooling over your wondrous work.

You, my dear, are an idol to me. But I can kiss up to you all day and it won't get me in your pants ;)

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

You, my dear, can write fluff that still leaves me dripping o.o

*iz pleased with self* :D

As for Rachel accepting her feelings for Ivy, I think that Rachel would definitely be the confidant Rachel we know her to be with men once she was okay with Ivy -- here, she definitely was.

Yeah totally. I think that once Rachel admits to herself that she wants Ivy that way, she'll be all over Ivy like white on rice. Kind of like how after Ivy bit her the first time, Rachel was like obsessed with being bitten and wanted it right now all of the time.

But I can kiss up to you all day and it won't get me in your pants ;)

Goddamn you, Geography! Stupid earth, being so stupidly big, making my pants lonely ... *grumble, grumble, grumble*

[lost-dreamer23.livejournal.com]

*iz pleased with self* :D
You should be :D

she'll be all over Ivy like white on rice.
THIS.

Goddamn you, Geography! Stupid earth, being so stupidly big
Geography is not my favorite subject in school either, dearest. As for the earth being big, it's only big if you live outside the USA *hint-hint*

[madndizzee.livejournal.com]

aww i want a date with Ivy!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Get in line! lol.

*sigh* If only Ivy wasn't fictional. K.H only makes the crazies want her in the series, but Ivy would get so much action if she was real. WAY more action than our Bumbling Idiot would anyway!

[vjb2006.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder how Rachel could have had any success in the IS given how oblivious she seems to be to what's right beneath her nose...but I digress, lovely piece of fluff for the evening!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder how Rachel could have had any success in the IS given how oblivious she seems to be to what's right beneath her nose..

I know! I'm constantly amazed that she's still alive. It's like being adaptable is one thing, but just charging into situations with no planning or forethought and hoping that everything works out alright is ridiculous. *sigh* That's why it's awesome to be a fictional character, because if it's your series, doing stupid shit will not get you killed like in RL.

[alexz6.livejournal.com]

awwww *hugs* this was so sweet!
...as things tend to be when Ivy is being the best boyriend ever! :p

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

when Ivy is being the best boyriend ever!

She totally is. Ivy is dreamy. She reminds me a bit of Felicity Worthington from Libba Bray's "A Great and Terrible Beauty" series, who I loved. They both have that damaged, but fiercely loyal and protective of the women they love thing going on, which of course makes them dreamy as hell!

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

One thing that bothered me a bit about this fic was the total lack of Rachel's homophobia. When she still considers herself straight, I wouldn't think she'd behave that way. Also I'm not so sure Ivy would be flying her feelings that open when she has had a lot of shitty things happen in her life before. I would think Ivy being a lot more protective of her core self. Just my 2 cents.

Other than that, it was very lovely fluff. :)