Home Is Where The Heart Is
It’s Friday night and Adora is staring at herself in the mirror, she is currently wearing black jeans, a grey t-shirt and a black hoodie, but it kind of looks like she’s going to mug somebody. “Uggghhh” she groans into her hands, she has no idea what to wear to this party. What does someone wear to a “queer afterhours party” anyways, google was no help, she thought to herself. She starts going through her closet again, for what feels like the millionth time. It’s already 8:30 and she’s supposed to be at Glimmer and Bow’s dorm by 10. Then she had a great idea, maybe I could ask Catra, I mean she does have great style. So she walks through the bathroom and knocks on the door and it opens slightly.
“Hello, Catra you there?” Adora asks peeking into the room. “Holy shit what happened in here?” Catra wasn’t there but her room was a mess, clothes tossed all over the place, shoes all over the ground, makeup tools on every surface. Adora closes the door and walks back to her room, well guess I’m on my own. She tries on like 10 other outfits, before she settles on a white blazer, a pink dress shirt, and white dress pants. But then she feels like it’s way too formal, so she grabs the pair of white jean shorts that cut off at her knees, and she knows they make her ass look great. It’s already 9:30 well, that’s as good as it’s gonna get.
Glimmer: Hey we’re in the North East building, room 207
Adora: On my way, see you soon.
Adora arrives at Glimmer and Bow’s room, she knocks on the door.
“Coming!” she hears Glimmer call, before swinging the door open with force.
“Hey! Wow you look great!” Adora feels incredibly under dressed. Glimmer is wearing a purple bodysuit, with a silver sheer lace shawl draped over her shoulders, white fishnets, and these silver moon boots.
“You look great too Adora, come in, come on” Adora steps into the room, and it is so very Glimmer, everything looks so soft, there’s pillows, blankets, and crystals everywhere. And everything is pastel. I mean everything.
“Where’s Bow?”
“He’s just in the bathroom doing his makeup”
“Hiiii Adora!” He shouts from the bathroom “are you all ready?! TA-DA!” He swings the door open doing jazz hands.
“Damn! Babe, you look sooo hot!”
“Ya wow Bow you look great” Now Adora is getting incredibly self conscious. Bow is wearing a mesh white crop-top that has a heart on the chest, with gold spanks, and the most impressive lace up knee high pleather boots with probably a 3 inch heel. “Honestly guys, I feel bit overdressed”
“Honestly, you look great, but you might great really hot it can get pretty sweaty in there” Bow says
“Why don’t you take off your dress shirt?” Glimmer says like it’s no big deal.
“Oh, uh, I, I don’t know” Adora starts feeling very flush
“Oh c'mon! Give it a shot!” Glimmer pushes
“Whatever your comfortable with” Bow says putting a hand on Glimmer’s shoulder
“Yes, sorry I mean whatever you want” Glimmer says
“Okay, I mean I’ll see what it looks like” Adora is feeling brave tonight apparently, she takes off her blazer and tosses it onto a chair. She unbuttons her dress shirt, and at least she was wearing a cute hot pink sports bra tonight. She puts her dress shirt on the ground and reaches for her blazer. When she notices Bow and Glimmer looking at her with their jaws slack.
“Wow… Where were you hiding those” Glimmer says pointing at Adora’s abs.
“Are there like 6 or 8 ?!” Bow seems shocked
Adora starts blushing profusely while putting on her blazer “Uh thanks...it’s just 6… uhm so how do I look”
“Good, good, like really good” Glimmer is blushing, Bow nudges her and then smiles
“Yea, you look great! Why don’t you put your hair down?” Adora grabs her ponytail and lets her hair loose. Bow and Glimmer laugh a little “And maybe the poof too”
“Ya, that makes sense” Adora pulls out the bobby pin in her hair. She turns to look at herself in the mirror. She’s never felt particularly pretty, sure people told her she was pretty in high school, but usually it was followed with but girls shouldn’t be so jacked. Which she always hated, but the way Bow and Glimmer looked at her, well it made her feel hot. “I do look pretty good, don’t I?” She does a little spin.
“Yes sooooo good! Can I do your makeup?” Bow says enthusiastically
“Oh, I don’t usually wear makeup”
“I promise I won’t put a lot on, I’ll go au naturel!” Adora agrees and follows him into the bathroom. She closes his eyes, and feels him taking a brush to her cheeks and her eyes, then a pencil on her eyelids and a little mascara.
“All done!” Adora turns to the mirror, and is pleasantly surprised. He really didn’t do much, just a tiny bit of blush on her cheeks, some hot pink eyeshadow that matches her bra, a little bit of eyeliner and mascara. She does feel pretty, and it feels nice “It looks really good, thanks Bow”
“Anything for a friend” He smiles at her, and it warms her heart. They walk back into Glimmer’s room and sit down.
“So who wants a drink to get this night started?” Glimmer says, going to open her mini fridge. To reveal several smirnoff ices.
“Meeee!!” Bow sticks his hand up and Glimmer tosses him a bottle.
“Sure thanks” Adora catches the bottle with one hand, she opens the bottle and takes a swig. She doesn’t really drink much, partially because she doesn’t enjoy the taste, but mostly because she gets incredibly obnoxious and irresponsible when she’s drunk. “So where’s this party?”
“Not sure yet, they announce the address one hour before the party starts” Glimmer explains, trying but struggling to open her drink. “Do you mind?” She gestures the bottle towards Adora.
“Of course” Adora twists it off in one smooth motion and hands it back to Glimmer.
“Me too please” Bow sticks out his bottle
“Ha sure” Adora laughs a little opening his bottle just as easily and giving it back to him. Adora looks at the clock. “It’s almost 11, what time does the party start?”
“Midnight” Bow and Glimmer say in unison
“That’s late, when does it go till?”
“Like 6 or 7 I think… I don’t usually stay till closing” Glimmer says with a shrug. PING,Glimmer checks her phone. “I got the address, it looks like it’s in the Freight Zone. It’s probably going to take us just over an hour to get there by train. Let’s finish these drinks, have another then head out? I like to get there early before it’s too busy”. Adora nods, she thinks her and Glimmer have different ideas of what early means. I wonder if Catra will be there, I should have asked her this morning. She’s snapped out her thoughts as Glimmer starts blasting music, it’s definitely pop music, but it’s in a language she doesn’t understand. Glimmer and Bow pull her up to her feet, and they are drinking, dancing and laughing. And it’s nice, it’s really nice.
“Best Friend Squad night on the town!” Bow screams wrapping one arm around each of them. They all cheer and clink their bottles together. They ended up drinking the rest of the smirnoff ices, before they realized it was way past the time they were planning on leaving. They grab their things, and rush out the door.
“The train comes in 15 mins we got to go!” Glimmer says jogging ahead, they all start running towards the train station, and Adora is thoroughly impressed with how Bow is managing to run in those heels. They make it into the station just as the train is arriving and run into the door, before they slide closed. “So we take this train all the way to the end, then we walk 15 mins and were there”. Adora looks around and notices everyone is staring at them, she immediately begins to feel self conscious and starts gripping her blazer closed. But then Bow starts dancing around the pole, and Glimmer is cheering him on. He almost falls backwards when the train stops, but catches himself and makes it look like he did it on purpose. They all start cracking up, and Adora feels like she’s kind of buzzed, she relaxes and lets her blazer fall open. She notices Glimmer glance over at her abs, and then turn away when she notices Adora looking.
The train eventually goes above ground, and Adora looks out the window astonished, she’s never lived in a city before. Everything looks so big, beautiful, and possible, she feels it, something deep in her bones telling her something, telling her that everything is going to change. It makes her nervous, and excited.
“Hey, you okay?” Bow asks, putting his hand on her shoulder.
“Ya, I’m fine. Just a bit nervous”
“Hey, don’t worry. You’ve got us. Plus these parties really try to be a safer space, you can let go and be yourself, or be whoever you want to be” He gives a reassuring smile. And it really does make Adora feel reassured. They continue talking and laughing, Glimmer tells some ridiculous stories about things that have happened at other The Heart of Etheria parties. Then a robotic voice comes on over the intercom.
“We are arriving at our last stop, The Freight Zone. Please exit the train safely, and thank you for using Etheria Public Transportation”. They all get off the train, in what seems like a very industrial neighborhood. There are large warehouses everywhere, smoke stacks, and it seems absolutely dissolute. It’s a bit breezy out, but it still feels like a summer a night and her buzz is keeping her warm. They’re walking for a little bit through back alleys and cracked sidewalks.
“Are you sure we’re in the right area?” Adora asks, honestly confused as to where in the world a club would exist around here.
“Oh ya for sure” Glimmer says sounding absolutely certain, she stops “Do you hear that?” Adora tries to listen carefully and hears the light sound of bass music thumping from around the corner. “Were almost there”. They walk through another alley, there are a few people lingering outside smoking. They reach a door, and Glimmer knocks, someone Adora assumes is security opens the door and they walk down a set of stairs to the basement. There is someone sitting at a small table in front of black curtain. They all pay cover, which is pay what you can, and Adora thinks that’s pretty cool. They each get stamps on their wrists, and pull the curtain open as they step through.
“Wow” Adora let’s the word slip out of her mouth before she is at a loss of words. The space is huge, there is loud thumping techno music. She looks around and barely believes what she sees, there are large fluffy clouds hanging from the ceiling, a large disco ball hanging in the center made to look like the sun, colourful lights dancing around the space, and the occasional puff from the smoke machine. It feels like a utopia contrasting, with the dystopian infrastructure of the warehouse basement. There’s a makeshift stage at the front where the DJ is playing, large speakers by the stage and in each corner of the basement. There's a bar to the right side and Platforms are scattered throughout the space with Go-Go dancers moving in ways that Adora didn’t know was possible. There’s a lot of people here but the space is so big it’s not even close to full.
“Come on let’s walk around” Glimmer shouts into her ear, and pulls her further into the space. Adora looks at all the people around, everyone is dancing like no one's watching but it’s all so wonderful it’s hard not to watch, everyone looks so beautiful, unique and free. She glances over to two girls who are dancing together on the dance floor, she can’t help but stare, then they lean in and kiss. And Adora feels something warm in her stomach, and the corners of her lips tug into a smile. Glimmer and Bow run into a few different people that they know and introduce Adora to all of them. Everyone is incredibly welcoming, offering her huge smiles, strong hugs, kisses on the cheek and someone even whispers into Adora’s ear.
“Welcome home, baby girl” and Adora smiles. They continue walking around the space, to an area in the back with booths and tables, it’s past the speakers and a little bit quieter but you can still see the whole party in all its glory. Adora hears someone laughing and turns to notice this beautiful woman sitting in a booth, with another girl on her lap. It takes her a moment to realize that it’s Catra, because her hair is straightened and slicked back.
“Hey it’s my roommate” Adora turns to tell Glimmer and Bow
They turn to follow Adora’s gaze, “Wait your roommate is Cat-” before Glimmer can finish her sentence, Adora is dragging the two of them over to Catra’s booth.
“Hey Catra!” Catra looks up from the woman in her lap
“Oh, hey Adora. Didn’t expect to see you here” Catra is looking her up and down, and definitely stops for a brief moment at her stomach. Adora blushes, but it’s hard to tell in the dim lighting.
“Ya, my friends brought me” Catra glances behind Adora “This is Bow and Gli-”
“Heeyy Sparkles” Catra says in a low and sultry voice.
“My name is Glimmer, and you know that” She says stern while crossing her arms over her chest
“Oh come on, I’m just teasing, you used to love it when I would teased you” Catra says with a wink. And the woman in Catra’s lap starts giggling, like it was the funniest thing in the world.
It really wasn’t that funny, Adora thinks to herself.
“Hi I’m Rose '' she takes an arm off from around Catra’s and neck and offers Adora a hand.
Adora shakes it “Adora.”
“Looks like you haven’t changed one bit, huh, Catra” Glimmer glares at Catra
“Why would I change?” Catra says with a smirk, and Glimmer rolls her eyes so dramatically that her head rolls too. “Ya’ll want a drink? Consider it a peace offering” Catra leans down to pull out an almost bottle of jameson and sets it on the table.
“Fine.” Glimmer says with a huff, and they all shuffle into the booth. Glimmer gestures for Adora to go first, probably because she doesn’t want to sit next to Catra.
“I’ll go get some cups” Bow chimes, before leaving the booth and making his way to the bar. It’s silent and awkward for a moment. Catra whispers something into Rose’s ear and she giggles again. Adora can’t help but find her laughing irritating, and think it probably wasn’t even that funny.
“I like your outfit” Catra is the first to break the silence, “You look good in white”
“Thanks, I like yours too” Adora says, until she realized she didn’t actually look at what Catra’s wearing. So she tries to glance over, it’s hard to see much with Rose draped over her, and half her body under the table. But what adora does see, is maroon straps wrapping around Catra’s chest held together by metal O rings and buckles, with a black lace bralette underneath, and a black leather collar with studs on it.
Bow returns with a small stack of small white plastic cups and puts them on the table, he picks up the bottle of whiskey, unscrews the lid and starts pouring shots. “How did you even sneak this in here? This thing is huge” He says looking over to Catra.
“My friends are working the bar, they just gave it to me. I left a nice tip”
“To The Heart” Bow picks up his glass, and so does everyone else
“Where the freaks roam free and freaky” Catra adds. And they all laugh, even glimmer. They all cheers and slam back the shot. By the time their cups touch the table again, everyone’s face is scrunched, then they all let out a big exhale almost in unison. They continue to chat, Glimmer and Catra occasionally bantering back and forth, mostly playful sometimes teetering on mean. I wonder what their history is, Adora makes a note to ask later. They continue to drink and Adora is trying to keep up but quickly feeling her buzz turning into tipsy. Throughout the whole time they’ve been here, several people have come up to say hi to Catra, she seems to know everyone here.
“Well, aren't you popular?” Adora says after one of the Drag Queens leaves Catra to get ready for her performance.
“My friend Peekablue organizes the party, I’ve been coming since it started” Catra explains
“Wait you know Prince Peakablue, I knew they organize amazing parties, but I’ve never actually seem them” Bow sounds impressed
“Ya, they always seem to disappear once the Party starts, it’s weird” Catra takes another sip of her drink, before turning towards the crowd and shouting “Well, here comes trouble!”. Adora turns, to notice a tall andrygenous looking individual, with long blonde hair pushed back and shaved on the sides. They are wearing long latex fingerless gloves, a latex bodysuit with slits on the side, and knee high latex boots with an impressive heel. As they get closer Adora realizes they have pointed elf like ears, that’s cool, she thinks to herself.
“And make it double” They say as they saunter over to Catra, gracefully crossing one foot in front the other. “Well, I’ve come to have a little fun and chaos with my favorite kitten” They say pinching Catra’s chin.
“Oh DT, always the perfect timing.” Catra turns to whisper something into Rose’s ear, and she nods. They all get up, “To the bathroom!” Catra shouts and points in that direction.
“Maybe if I’m lucky there will be a stall with a glory hole” DT says as their walking away, Catra laughs
“Don’t drink all my whiskey” Catra turns back and shouts, Glimmer sticks out her tongue and immediately grabs the bottle from the table.
“We are drinking all this whiskey” Glimmer pours 3 shots with determination, they all drink, cringe, breath. And Adora decides she’s gonna take a little break after that one.
“So how do you know Catra?” Adora asks immediately, she’s been dying to know.
“Oh, well we use to hook-up” Glimmer shrugs
“Oh.”
“Like a lot” Bow adds, and Glimmer nudges him
“But she’s like sooooo annoying !” Glimmer drags her hands down her face
“Then why did you hook up with her? Like a lot” Adora asks with one eyebrow raised
“Ugh! Because look at her, she’s like HOT! And she knows it… plusthesexwasgood” Glimmer mumbles the last part
“What?” Adora doesn’t quite hear her
“I said the sex was good!” Glimmer almost shouts, right as the music was taking a slight dip, and the table next to them turns and laugh. Adora can’t really see Glimmer’s face in this lighting but can tell in her eyes that she’s blushing
“She is like really HOT!” Bow says fanning himself “honestly I would sleep with her too, but she’s not into men. If only I knew her back when I was a lesbian” Earning himself another nudge from Glimmer.
“Honestly, it’s not even worth it. I don’t understand how someone could me so intimate, and passionate, emotionless and disconnected all at the same time”
“What do you mean?” Adora asks, cause she doesn’t really understand what Glimmer is saying
“Like sure the sex was great, but that’s like all it was, sex, like no emotion what so ever, unless lust counts as an emotion. Like she would never cuddle, and the moment you start have to have feelings and say ‘hey Catra, I might like like you, and I kind of want to get to know you’ she says some bullshit about ‘not being in the right place for a relationship’ and then fucks off” Glimmer takes another shot, by herself this time.
“I mean…” Bow hesitantly says “It’s Catra we're talking about, and I tried to remind you that when you two started hooking up. I mean how many people do you know who she’s seriously dated?”
“None” Glimmer says
“And how many people do you know that Catra’s slept with?” Bow continues
“Everyone” Glimmer sighs “Whatever, I’m so over it” Glimmer takes another shot, by herself again. “Come on let’s dance!”
“Best Friend Squad boogie!” Bow shouts grabbing them both and pulling them to the dance floor, Glimmer snatches the bottle off the table before being pulled away. It’s starting to get busier and the dance floor is packed. They are dancing pressed up against other bodies, even though everyone is pretty respectful about personal space and no one is trying to feel them up, which is a nice change of pace from other parties Adora has been to. “I’m gonna go grab some water, and red bull” Bow shouts over the music. And they give him a thumbs up as he makes his way to the bar. Glimmer has been swinging back the bottle as they are dancing, she offers it to Adora who takes a small sip and hands it back.
Adora feels the music ringing through her ears, and the bass vibrating beneath her feet. She closes her eyes, and feels the music, she lets her body go on auto-pilot. It's similar to when she’s playing soccer but it’s different and it’s good. She opens her eyes when she feels a hand on her shoulder, she sees Bow juggling several bottles of water and energy drinks. She takes a bottle of water and a red bull. She chugs the water, she had been sweating a lot and didn't notice how thirsty she was until the water touched her lips. Then she opens the energy drink and nurses that while she dances. She notices Catra leaving the bathroom again, it’s not like she’s been watching her, but she is facing the bathroom and it just so happens that Catra has been going in and out a lot. Adora feels really good, she finished her red bull and is wide awake, something about the energy of this space is electric, like something was sparked in Adora and she doesn’t want it to end.
Glimmer stumbles and almost falls to the ground but Adora catches her, Glimmer looks up at Adora and slurs her words a bit “you’re like really pretty you know that?” Adora and Bow both look at each other, then at Glimmer, and back to each other.
“She’s pretty drunk, I should probably take her home, do you want to come with us?” Bow shouts in Adora’s ears over the music
“I actually have a lot of energy, I think I’ll stay a little bit longer”
“You sure? You know how to get home?”
“Ya I can always go with Catra, since we’re roommates”
“Alright, well text me when you get home safe”
“Ya, you too” Adora smiles at him, it’s really sweet that he’s so caring. She helps him get Glimmer on his feet, he takes the last of the whiskey out of Glimmer’s hand and gives it to Adora. They hug, and he leaves trying to steady a very drunk Glimmer.
Adora keeps dancing, and drinking, a few people ask her if they can dance with her and she says yes. It’s nice, she didn’t know that everything could feel so peaceful even with loud thumping music, flashing lights, and sweaty bodies pressed up against one another. People keep offering her drinks, after she finishes what was left of Catra’s whiskey, and at some point loses count of how many drinks she had. She’s stumbling a little bit, but steadies herself and continues dancing. She looks across the crowd and for a moment as the light passes at just the right place, she sees blue and golden eyes staring at her, she stares back and they hold eye contact for what feels like forever. They are both dancing, and it almost feels like they are dancing together. But Catra is dancing with someone else, her arms wrapping around another woman’s waist. It might be Rose, but Adora can only see the back of her head, she has her arms wrapped around Catra’s neck, and there dancing close together, and closer, and closer, but the whole time Catra is staring at Adora, and Adora is staring at Catra. Until the woman moves her hands up to Catra’s face, and pulls her into a kiss. The staring is broken, Adora is still staring, but Catra’s eyes are now closed, and she’s kissing back. Adora feels a warmth in her stomach again, but it’s different from the feeling she had watching the two women kiss at the beginning of the night. Her chest feels tight, and suddenly she looks around at the dance floor, and she feels trapped.
She needs air, and she starts pushing out of the crowd, everyone moves out of her way and she’s free from the dancefloor. But that’s not enough, it’s suddenly incredibly stuffy and smoky and she needs air. So she runs toward the entrance, past the door person, up the stairs, past security and through the front door. The cool air hits her and it feels so refreshing, she walks over to a milk crate and sits down. Taking long deep breaths, filing every inch of her lungs.
“Hey, I’m Ruby, are you okay?” Adora looks up to see a short woman, dressed in a baseball outfit with a yellow arm band. She must have noticed adora staring at it “The yellow arm band, means I’m party support, do you want some water or a cigarette?”
“Water would be great” Ruby hands Adora a bottle of water, and she drinks it. “Thanks, I really needed that. I’m fine, just a wee bit drunk and needed some air” Adora knows she is slurring her words but can’t really stop it.
“How are you getting home? Do you want me to call you a cab?” Ruby asks.
“Hey, Adora” Adora turns to see Catra walking over
“Oh, hey Catra” Ruby waves. Wow she literally knows everyone. “You two know each other?”
“Ya she’s my roommate” Catra says kneeling down next to Adora.
“Heeeeyyy Caaatttrrraaa. Boop” Adora says with the dopiest grin, pressing one finger to Catra’s nose. Catra laughs.
“How are you feeling, Adora?” Catra asks in a very soft voice
“Just peachy!”
“You drank all my whiskey didn’t you?” Catra said with a smile. Adora just shakes her head vigorously. “Alright come on, let’s get you home. I’ll call us a cab” Catra stands up offering a hand to Adora.
“No!” Adora says like a child having a tantrum “Carry me” She’s pouting and batting her eyelashes
“Adora, you're like 80% muscle I literally cannot carry you even if I tried” Catra stares at her for a moment, when she realizes that Adorais not moving, she squats down in front of Adora with her back facing her roommate. “Come on, hop on then” Catra turns around to gesture for Adora to hop on her back. Adora has the biggest grin and immediately jumps onto Catra’s back, wrapping her legs around her hips, and her arms around her shoulders.
“Alright, there’s some cabs roaming around on the main street. Get home safe” Ruby says, as Catra jumps a bit to get Adora into position.
“Thanks Ruby, have a good night” Catra starts piggy backing Adora down the alley, and everyone around them is looking at them like it’s the cutest they have ever seen. Adora tucks her head into Catra’s shoulder, and notices she smells like hair gel, cigarettes, and lavender, which is a surprisingly soothing combination. They reach the main street and Catra puts Adora down. She misses the smell already. Catra whistles with two fingers in her mouth and waves down a cab from down the street. She opens the door and gestures for Adora to get in “After you my Princess” Adora giggles and makes her way into the cab.
“Where are you ladies off to?”
“Etheria University please” Catra says as she reaches over Adora, Adora is surprised at first until she realizes that Catra is grabbing her seatbelt and buckling her in. Before buckling herself in. The Cab takes off. They sit in silence for a while, before the driver puts on the radio, Adora looks over at Catra, who's staring out the window. And decides to lean over and rest her head on her shoulder, she doesn’t really know why, maybe she was tired, or maybe just wanted to smell the mix of hair gel, cigarettes, and lavender again. Catra turns to look at Adora, then she unbuckles her seat belt and moves to the middle seat, rebuckles, and puts her arm in front of Adora’s head rest. Adora snuggles into the space between Catras neck, armpit, and shoulder, eventually Catra’s arm slides down to wrap around Adora’s shoulders.
Adora falls asleep, Catra stays awake the whole time, finding it adorable how Adora snores ever so slightly in her sleep. She runs her fingers through the blonde hair, it’s soft, and smells like cinnamon. The cab stops at the parking lot, it’s not too far from their dorm, she tries to get her wallet out of her pocket without waking up Adora and pays for the trip. She gently tries to shake Adora’s shoulder, “Hey sleeping beauty, we’re here” Adora grunts a little and buries her face into Catra’s neck, she feels a breath against her skin and shivers a little. “Come on Adora, we gotta go home” Adora opens her eyes and shoots up, looking a little distraught. “Were in the Cab, it’s just a short walk back to the dorm” Adora nods, and opens the door kind of stumbling out.
“Thanks” Catra says to the driver, before following Adora out. They begin walking towards the dorm, but Adora almost falls on her face a few times. So Catra takes her arm and wraps it around her shoulder guiding Adora as best as she can.
“You’re very sweet” Adora slurs out, looking up at Catra
“And you’re very drunk” Catra chuckles
“How are you not?”
“I didn’t drink too much, plus coke, it sobers you up” She shrugs. Adora nods, like she agrees, but she doesn’t know what that feels like.
“Sorry I pulled you away from your girlfriend”
“Who Rose? She’s not my girlfriend, I just met her tonight. It’s fine, she gave me her number”
“Ya, tis true, Glimmer said that you don’t do girlfriends. Brrrriiinnggg Briiinnngg” Adora is holding up a fake phone made with her fingers up to her ear.
Catra laughs “of course sparkles would say that, it’s bullshit though. Just because I haven’t really had a girlfriend, doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have a girlfriend.” They reach the dorm building and Catra lets Adora go to open the door. They take the elevator up to the third floor and make their way to their room. Catra unlocks the door to Adora’s side of the room and gestures for her to go inside “Homo sweet Homo” Adora giggles. Catra guides Adora to her bed and lays her down.
“Ugh it’s sooooo hot!” Adora takes off her blazer and chucks it on the floor before laying on the bed, Catra looks at her arms, then her abs and thinks Damn before she notices Adora flexing and looking at her. Catra turns away to blush and gets up to walk to her room, she swears she heard Adora whine as she was leaving.
Catra enters her room, it’s a mess, but she’ll deal with that tomorrow. She takes off her harness, choker, skirt, and boots. Then throws on a long t-shirt and boxer shorts. She goes into her drawer and grabs two advils, and a cup. She goes to the bathroom to fill up the glass, and hears Adora shouting from her bed “Catra! Catttrraaa! Caaaaattttttrrrrraaaa!”.
“Shhhhhhh. People are sleeping” She turns off the tap and walks back to Adora, taking a seat on the side of her bed.
“Sorrrrryyy… I just didn’t know where you went” Adora says like she’s trying really hard to be quiet.
“I went to get you these, so you’re slightly less hungover tomorrow.” Catra holds out the two pills and the glass of water.
“You’re so smart!” Adora sits up, and takes the pills with a big gulp of water
“Not my first rodeo, now goodnight Princess” Just as Catra is about to stand up, Adora wraps her arms around her waist and yanks her onto the bed. Damn she’s strong, Catra tries to get up but Adora has an iron grip. “What are you doing?” Catra asks not angry, more curious than anything else.
“I want you to stay, will you stay… pleaaasssseee” Adora looks up at Catra with that look that got her to piggy back Adora, with a quivering pouty lip, and bashful blue eyes, and yep, it worked again. Catra grabs the blanket folded at the bottom of the bed and drapes it over both of them. Adora turns to her side to face the wall, and Catra lays on her back. She can’t sleep on her back, and there isn’t much space in this twin bed. So she turns so that her body is spooning Adora, Adora moves her body closer to Catra, and Catra wraps an arm around her waist. Adora takes her hand and intertwines it with Catra’s. Glimmer’s voice pops up in Adora’s head like she never cuddles, Adora smiles to herself.
Catra doesn’t think she’s going to get much sleep, with the coke that’s coursing through her body. But this is nice, it’s really nice actually, and she is content to stay like this for a while. She hears Adora take a long breath, and on the exhale it sounds like she makes an hmph sound.
Her body begins to shuffle, until Adora turns around and is facing Catra. She’s looking directly into her eyes, with only the moonlight and street lamps trickling in through the window Adora’s eyes were a faint blue but still incredibly bright. She noticed Adora’s gaze move slightly down to her lips linger for a moment, and move back up to hold her gaze again. Catra felt her heartbeat quicken, she wasn’t sure if it was the sudden movement, the drugs, or Adora.
Adora took her hand to gently brush a loose strand of hair away from Catra’s face and tuck it behind her ear. She notices the dark brown freckles that were scattered above Catra’s nose and spilling onto her cheeks. She felt a warmth building in her stomach that spread throughout her body, when it reached her fingertips it felt like a spark where it made contact with Catra’s face. Her heart began to race, and it was a driving force that compelled her to move closer, and closer, and closer. She closed her eyes to better feel Catra’s breath against her lips, and closer, until the breath was gone and she felt Catra pull away. Her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach, and she opened her eyes. Catra must have seen the sadness on her face, because she looked concerned.
“Hey, you’re drunk right now… and well… I like my kisses to be memorable” Catra says gently, as yes runs a hand down the side of Adora’s head. She tilts up and slightly brings her head down as she leaves a soft kiss on Adora’s forehead. She turns around to face the edge of the bed, and scooches back, pressing her body against Adora’s, Adora lets out a breath she didn’t know she was holding, before she drapes an arm around Catra’s waist. Catra intertwines her fingers with Adora’s and gives it a squeeze. “Goodnight Princess”.