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Fic: The Sleep of Innocents (Fringe, Olivia/Rachel)

Title: The Sleep of Innocents
Author: Janine
Fandom: Fringe
Pairing: Olivia/Rachel
Rating: PG, pre-femslash
Disclaimer: I don’t own them.
Summary: Olivia comes home and watches Rachel sleep.

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Olivia ran her fingers lightly over the soft, thick material of the blanket covering Ella. A soft smile touched her lips, and she let the tips of her fingers ghost over the girl’s silky chestnut hair before forcing herself to pull her hand away. The girl was fast asleep and she didn’t want to wake her. If Ella knew she was there, the girl would proceed to ask her all about her day before telling Olivia about hers, and they’d be up for an hour while Rachel glared at them from across the room.

Moving away from the couch, Olivia quietly made her way towards the guest bedroom. The lights were out inside, but the door was open, so Olivia paused in the doorway and peered inside. She could make out slight lump in the middle of the bed, and blonde hair peaking out from above the top of the covers. Rachel looked snug as a bug in a rug, and Olivia smiled affectionately.

Olivia liked to watch Rachel sleep. The world seemed a calm sweet place then, which was to say, so different than it was beyond the walls of her house. Standing in the quiet of her house, watching Rachel and Ella sleep the sleep of the innocent, Olivia could almost feel that way again herself. At the very least, when her muscles ached, and her head hurt and her eyes burned with unshed tears from the horrors she had seen during her day, when she came home and saw her girls, she knew why she did what she did. It was for them, and all the other innocents out there like them. She fought the monsters so that they didn’t have to.

“Liv?”

Olivia blinked at the sound of Rachel’s sleepy voice husking its way through the still quiet of the house.

“Sorry,” Olivia murmured. She wasn’t sure how she had woken her sister, but she was sad that she had. Rachel had looked peacefully, and her sisters day were full of enough worry since Greg filed divorce papers, that she didn’t want to interrupt what reprieve from her thoughts Rachel was able to get.

“No,” Rachel muttered sleepily. “Come in,” she said, grasping the edge of the blanket with her fingers. She lifted up the corner invitingly and turned her head to blink expectantly at Olivia.

“I’ll keep you up,” Olivia said, hovering awkwardly by the door, though she wanted nothing more than to slip into bed beside Rachel and lose herself in the comfort of her arms.

“Maybe,” Rachel said, smiling as she gazed over at her older sister. “Or maybe I’ll settle you down.”

Olivia smiled and moved towards the bed, shucking her socks, pants, and shirt as she moved until she was only in a pair of boy-cut panties and her bra. Normally she slept in more, but her tank tops and pajama pants were in her room and she didn’t want to leave to get them. She was in desperate need of some comfort and if she left, Rachel would fall asleep again, and she wouldn’t have the heart to wake her sister up again if that happened.

Rachel still held the covers up as Olivia reached the side of the bed, and the older blonde slipped in beside her.

“I’m supposed to be the one holding you until you fall asleep,” Olivia murmured as Rachel’s arms settled around her. She could feel the soft wet fall of her sister’s breath against her neck and a deep feeling of contentment swelled within her. Her eyes fluttered closed and she released a soft sigh as she relaxed into the bedding.

“You did,” Rachel murmured, remembering crawling into Olivia’s arms when they were little after a bad dream had left her afraid of her own room and all of the shifting shadows in it. Olivia’s room was full of shadows too, but Rachel had always known that her sister would protect her from them, and so she had never been afraid with Olivia around. She still wasn’t. “Now it’s my turn.”

Olivia turned so that she and Rachel were face to face, and then snuggled closer, burying her face in Rachel’s neck and losing herself in the gentle floral scent surrounding the youngest Dunham. She felt Rachel’s lips brush against her forehead, and she breathed in out deeply before she let her own lips brush tenderly against the soft, warm flesh of Rachel’s neck.

Rachel breathed in audibly at the contact, and for a few minutes Olivia was able to feel the quickening pulse of her sister’s heart beat through the veins pulsating just under the skin Olivia’s lips hovered over.

“Sleep now,” Rachel whispered finally, her pulse returning to normal. Her arms tightened around Olivia and her lips pressed against her forehead once more, and Olivia knew that, for the moment, everything was alright.

She closed her eyes, and felt Rachel settle in beside her. She could sleep now.

The End

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Ah these two are my guilty pleasure. It is their fault! No 'sisters' should have that much chemistry!! Fantastic job, you have to write more (purty pleeze)

Now if only TPTB would stop pushing Liv into Percy (oh you know he will always be Percy). That just makes my skin crawl. And I love Astrid (she is made of awsum), but so far she and Oh!livia (i want Anna Torv's babies) are not getting much screen time alone (which sucks considering Jasika Nicole is gay - hence potential). Come one people, bring on the subtext!

Ah these two are my guilty pleasure. It is their fault! No 'sisters' should have that much chemistry!!

lol, I know. This is how I feel exactly. JJ has a habit of having sisters who are a little to close to each other on his shows. Olivia/Rachel, are like a more stable Sydney/Nadia.

Now if only TPTB would stop pushing Liv into Percy

Yeah, I know. That chemistry is nonexistent. They work well as friends, but the romantic subtext is really forced.

And I love Astrid (she is made of awsum), but so far she and Oh!livia (i want Anna Torv's babies) are not getting much screen time alone (which sucks considering Jasika Nicole is gay - hence potential). Come one people, bring on the subtext!

There needs to be moar Astrid in general. She is awesome whenever she gets screen time. And she needs more interaction with Olivia.

oh, this is sooo wrong... and so damn good! Sisters shouldn't have this kind of chemistry. You are such an amazing writer.

I know, it's so wrong, but it feels so right. They just do have amazing chemistry. It's so cruel that two women are that hot together but that the characters are sisters. I mean, obviously that's not stopping me shipping them, but I do feel a little badly about it.

Oh dear.... I don't ship these two, but you write them so good that I WANT TO!

Thanks for the sweet snippet!

Oh, just do it! Join the party wagon to hell. They are so ridiculously cute together. You won't be able to resist for much longer ;)

True, true, true. But I am trying so hard to stay faithful to Nina/Olivia only! (Yes, I'm a sappy romantic. It's a burden)

Oh well, I'm going to hell from shipping Azkadelia and DG from Tin Man, so why not secure my passage? Rachel/Olivia it is! I am converted. Because I am *that* easy.

Why they had to make them sisters damnit?! I have to blame all to ~~older Blake Lively~~ Anna Torv and her incredible ~~gay vibes~~ sexiness that no one can resist. Great job like always :)

Why they had to make them sisters damnit?!

*sigh* I know. It's like Sydney/Nadia from Alias all over again. Y make the sisters so gay for each other, JJ?

I have to blame all to older Blake Lively Anna Torv and her incredible gay vibes sexiness that no one can resist.

lol, Anna Torv really does have an adult!Blake thing going on. With the added bonus of being able to act. No wonder I'm all over her, lol

lol, Anna Torv really does have an adult!Blake thing going on.

yeah, I think they are physically very alike and also they both rock the pants like no other ;)

Oh what the hell...I'm going to pretend that Olivia is adopted and that's it lol And now that we're into it, more in the future Y/Y??? I know you wanted *raising eyebrows suggestively*

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Oh man, why are they sisters? I still say it's a cover. *shrug* Fantastic, as always! ^_^

Oh man, why are they sisters?

It's cruel isn't it. JJ likes to put sisters with a bit too much chemistry together on his shows. These two are giving me Alias flashbacks.

Oh, well. I don't care how wrong, dirty, bad it is. As long as they continue to be adorable together, I WILL ship them.

I love this.

I really wish they weren't sisters, their chemistry is too amazing. (I will just have to pretend that they're not.) I just started watching Fringe because I heard it was done by the same people who created Lost, and now I am totally hooked.

I really wish they weren't sisters, their chemistry is too amazing.

It's so true. They are adorable x infinity + one together.

I just started watching Fringe because I heard it was done by the same people who created Lost, and now I am totally hooked.

Good, ol' JJ. He also did Alias, which was a pretty good show. Alias also had a sister/sister pairing with uncomfortable amounts of chemistry. I don't think JJ understand how sisters should interact with each other, lol

Yay~ I'm really glad you wrote them. It's a nice little sweet fic that I can see happening at the end of each Fringe-ful day. Really re-emphasize what I liked about having Rachel and Ella in Olivia's life. They're the ones she returns to after all the craziness and the ones that keep her grounded to reality and what's important. (I hope it stays that way...)

Love the back story about when they were little and how it's Rachel turn to comfort her older sister this time around. It's sweet but at the same time kinda exciting since the promise of 'something more' is there. Oh, yeah...so undeniably there~ Now I understand what guilty pleasure means. So, can we have more please? Now? =3

It's a nice little sweet fic that I can see happening at the end of each Fringe-ful day. Really re-emphasize what I liked about having Rachel and Ella in Olivia's life.

The domesticity is what I love most about Rachel and Ella in Olivia's life. She is SO MUCH HAPPIER now that they are around, and happy!Olivia is adorably sexy. Every time I see her with Ella, I just want to marry her. They are necessary for her sanity, and it's like they will ALWAYS be there for each other.

So, can we have more please? Now? =3

I'll probably write more. I have no will power ;)

Yeah, I so look forward to the little domestic scenes in every episode. It's becoming a regular thing to start and end the episode with Olivia being at home, woken up by Ella, going to bed with Rachel...I'll just treat your fic as continuation to the cannon. =P

I think the production team sees the chemistry too and how it has helped improved Olivia as a character. So hopefully, they'll extend the 'guests appearance' of both the sister and niece to a more permanent status next season (no fringe-y motives behind it plz~). With Rachel deciding to move to Boston and the divorce+custody battle...I sense more Olivia in ass-kicking-protective-sister-girlfriend mode. Hell, with the impending disclosure coming up with her character, Olivia will probably need a lot of comforting herself. They can just mutually comfort each other. *coughpreferablynakedcough*

Speaking of Olivia's past, how did they gather up all these children as guinea pigs in the first place? Summer camp? Were they orphaned/homeless kids? Hmm...was 'Olive' actually adopted by the Dunhams after that...?? Because I can't see these experiments going on (possibly for months) unless her parents were in on it as well. And for some reason, we haven't exactly heard much of the parents being mentioned have we? Not even by Rachel. Suspicious...

I really don't want to see any Olivia/Pacey/Rachel love triangle though (unless Olivia is in the middle...). I just think it's a bad idea to have a mini 'Dawson's Creek' scenario in a show like this. Not that I would mind a fling or two with a stripper/random female character now and then. ;)

Looking forward to more goodness from you~ =3

P/S: Pardon the long comment. Me too bored at work...

I KNEW you won't be able to resist. This is lovely and totally screaming for a sequel. Ok, the one screaming may be me but yeah.

I KNEW you won't be able to resist.

I know, I am weak.

This is lovely and totally screaming for a sequel.

And because I am weak, I will probably end up writing more with them, lol.

They are just so qt!

Oh well if this isn't the party bus to hell... what the hey god's a bitch to me anyways. So I'm in love with this.

Fox sure has a streak of giving people chemistry without having any intentions of pairing them >_>
Well... I'm sure Anna Torv's ability to have chemistry with even the stripper has something to do with it.

You know, since you're on the topic of 'sisters', In Plain Sight is back on the air you know...

Oh well if this isn't the party bus to hell...

It doesn't matter where its headed, party buses are always worth the consequences, be they hangovers, jail time or the fires of hell. This one is no different. Glad to see you on board. :)

Also glad to see you pointing out the fact that In Plain Sight is back on.
*wink*wink**nudge*nudge*

So. Fucking. Good. As per usual.

Rating: PG, pre-femslash

So this means we eventually get this without the pre. Right? Please?

aww this is sweetly wonderful. so glad you wrote it and hope you write more.

>.> no, they are not sisters. they're both adopted! :P

That was wonderful. I love Olivia/Rachael. Thank you.

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Fic: The Sleep of Innocents (Fringe, Olivia/Rachel)

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