Escaped
Around midnight Clarke let out a huff of hot breath as she made her way into her dark apartment. Not having the energy to do anything besides crawl into her bed under the warm covers she forwent turning on the lights. Blindly feeling her way around Clarke started her journey through the dark void of her apartment. After only stumbling a handful of times she let a whispered, triumph-filled slip from her mouth as she opened her bedroom door.
Stepping in and closing the door Clarke placed her purse onto her dresser that sat to the left of her door. What she didn’t expect was for her to misjudge just where everything was on her dresser because as soon as she placed the purse on the wooden surface everything went crashing down onto the floor under her. Clarke cringed as the harsh noise and sound of glass breaking erupted around the room. There was no doubt for Clarke that she had broken her favorite bottle of perfume by the smell that lingered in the air.
Clarke let out an annoyed sign before switching on her bedroom light to take in the mess around her. Glad to still be wearing shoes she avoided walking on the broken glass as much as possible before heading out the door to grab her broom and dust pan. Clarke flipped the light switch and illuminated her open living area before making her way towards her kitchen closet.
After pulling out her broom Clarke froze as the sound of someone knocking on her front door filled the silent apartment. Broom in hand, she made her way over to her door and slowly turned the lock before slinging the door open and taking a defensive stance with her broom in front of her. Clarke instantly relaxed as Lexa stared back at her with a look of confusion.
“Lexa, you scared the crap out of me,” Clarke moved back a little to allow room for Lexa to walk past her and into the apartment.
“You know you do have a peep hole, right? You could always use that instead of opening the door with a broom as your only weapon of defense,” Lexa teased.
As Lexa walked further into her apartment Clarke took a moment to let her eyes roam over her pajama clad body,“Not that I’m not happy to see you, but what are you doing here at almost one in the morning?”
“Well, I once again awoken by a strange noise coming from my neighbor from above and was worried that something had happened,” Lexa shrugged her shoulders as she looked around Clarke’s apartment.
“Oh god. I’m sorry for waking you up again. I just was being the klutz that I normally am and knocked all the stuff off my dresser when I put my purse up there. Broke my favorite bottle of perfume in the process.”
Clarke pouted as Lexa laughed at her clumsiness,“That’s what that was? It sounded like someone was ransacking your apartment, and don’t worry about waking me up. I’m actually glad you did.”
“And why is that, detective?”
“Because now I know you’re home safe and sound. And I also got to see you again before tomorrow morning,” Lexa stated as she made her way to stand closer to Clarke.
“Who’s to say you can’t see me tomorrow morning when you wake up? Stay here with me,” Clarke whispered as their lips grew closer together.
“I wouldn’t dream of going anywhere else.”
Clarke grabbed Lexa by the nap of her neck to pull her into a hot, passionate kiss. Lexa groaned as Clarke slipped her hands up to tangle into her deep brown locks. Clarke could feel her hands run down her ribs before pushing her shirt up and over her head. Just as she was about to reach for the brunette’s shirt to remove it Lexa had swooped down to grab her by the back of her thighs and lift her to wrap her legs around her slim waist.
Clarke threw her head back and giggled as Lexa carried her down the hallway,“Where’s your bedroom?”
“First door to your left. Careful, there’s glass on the floor.”
Clarke watched as Lexa made her way through her bedroom door and carefully step over the shards of glass scattered across the floor. Finally making it to her bed Lexa deposited Clarke onto the plush mattress before walking back to shut the door and turn the lights off. The warm white light from the moon flittered in through the bedroom window and made Lexa look as if she was a glowing angel.
Clarke sat up on her elbows and bit her slightly swollen lip as Lexa stalked her way back over to the bed. Clarke inhaled deeply as Lexa slowly crawled her way up her body, leaving light kisses along the exposed skin of her stomach on her way up. Clarke dropped from her elbows to fully rest her back against the bed as Lexa left a trail of hot kisses along the curve of her neck before capturing her lips once again. Feeling Lexa pull away Clarke opened her eyes to stare into the emerald, lust filled eyes above her.
“I don’t think I could ever get enough of you, Clarke,” Lexa said huskily.
Clarke felt her heart skip a beat at her words,“Then come here and show me how much you want me.”
Lexa didn’t hesitate as she drove back down to silence the blonde with a searing kiss. All through the night Lexa did exactly as Clarke said and showed her just how much she wanted the blonde under her.
A few hours later Clarke laid in bed with her head on Lexa’s chest as the brunette gently ghosted her fingers up and down her arm. They both sat in comfortable just basking in the aftermath of their love-making for a few more minutes before Lexa looked down at Clarke.
“Hey, you haven’t gotten any strange texts or anything have you? Or any thing out of the ordinary happen?”
Clarke turned on her stomach and propped her chin on Lexa’s chest to look at her,“No, nothing like that. Why?”
“It’s nothing, really. We’ve just had a rise in reports of multiple people getting harassed by unknown numbers,” Lexa said stiffly.
Clarke hummed in understanding, still slightly suspicious, before moving to lay her head back down onto Lexa’s chest. Clarke let her eyes travel over the exposed skin of Lexa’s chest before gently running her hand over the silky skin.
“Lexa, what are we?” Clarke felt Lexa slightly shift under her.
“What do mean?”
Clarke leaned up on her elbow to hover above Lexa,“Like what are we to each other now? After all this we can’t just say were friends. I mean are we together, like dating?”
Lexa scrunched her eyebrows in thought before responding,“We’re much more than friends now, Clarke. How about this? You and I go on a date the next day were both free and then we’ll talk about putting a label on us. I would really like to take you on a proper first date before officially declaring you as my girlfriend.”
“I would love that. I’m supposed to get off around four tomorrow. Will that be good enough?”
“Anxious aren’t we? Yes, that’ll be perfect. I can get off around the same time if I finish my paperwork and nothing else comes up.”
“Then it’s a date,” Clarke smiled down at Lexa before leaning down to catch Lexa’s lips in a tender kiss.
Pulling away a few seconds later Clarke let out a sign of contentment before laying back down to cuddle with Lexa. Lexa pulled the covers tighter around them before wrapping her arms tightly around Clarke and kissing the top of her head.
“Goodnight, babe.”
That was the last thing Clarke heard before she felt herself drift off into a peaceful slumber with a smile upon her face.
As Clarke blinked the sleep away from her eyes she squinted at the harsh brightness of the rising sun filtering in through her window. Looking around the room she caught no sign of Lexa anywhere. Sitting up Clarke took notice of the area in front of her dresser that was no longer covered with glass. Everything that had fallen was neatly placed back on top of her dresser and Clarke grinned now Lexa was the one to do it.
Standing from the bed Clarke was about to walk out her bedroom in search of the brunette until her bathroom door opened. A roll of steam slithered out along the floor of the bathroom while a towel clad Lexa walked out the steamy room. Clarke stared as tiny beads of water ran down the tanned skin of Lexa’s arms and shoulders to disappear onto the fluffy towel wrapped around her slim frame.
Lexa met Clarke’s eyes and gave her a small smile,“Good morning. I didn’t think you would be awake already. I was going to wake you up as soon as I finished some breakfast for us.”
Clarke swallowed past the lump in her throat before responding,“Uh, yeah. The sun was too bright. I can never stay asleep if it’s really bright in here.”
“I’m the same way. Well, while you get a shower or whatever I’ll go make us some breakfast. French toast sound good to you?”
“Sounds perfect. What time is it by the way?”
“Just a little bit passed six. What time do you have to be to work?”
“Nine. I still have plenty of time. What about you?”
“Captain called us in a little early for a meeting so I have to be there for eight thirty. Hopefully going in early means I get off a little earlier and then I’ll have more than enough time to make sure everything is set for our date tonight,” Lexa said as she toweled herself dry.
Clarke could resist staring at the beauty in front of her as she leaned against the door frame,“Are you going to tell me where you’re taking me or is it a surprise?”
“Surprise. You’ll just have to wait until tonight. Just make sure you wear something sexy.”
Clarke let out a laugh before brushing past the detective and into her bathroom only to turn around to look back at Lexa.
“For the record, I look sexy in anything.”
“You look even sexier without anything, Clarke.”
Clarke felt a rush of heat run down to her core as Lexa gave her a sultry smirk still standing completely naked in front of her. She felt the blush run up her neck and over her cheeks before playfully rolling her eyes and shutting the bathroom door. Removing the shirt she had slipped on she turned on the hot water before jumping in and taking a long shower.
Bt the time Clarke had emerged from the bathroom, completely dressed and ready for the work day ahead, the aroma of sweet cinnamon wafted around her entire apartment. Walking out her room and down the hallway Clarke saw Lexa setting two plates filled with slices of french toast and glasses of orange juice on her dining table. Lexa was also ready for her day dressed in a maroon button down blouse with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and a pair of form fitting black slacks.
Lexa caught Clarke standing at the end of the hallway staring and gave her a beautiful smile,“I hope you’re hungry. I made a lot more french toast than I thought.”
“I’m starving. The last thing I ate was the take out you bought me. I barley got to finish after you left because I got pages to help with a surgery, and I’m sorry about rushing away from you yesterday. I didn’t even get to thank you for the food,” Clarke said as she sat down at the table.
“Don’t apologize. You were trying to save a man’s life. I was shocked when you just jumped on the stretcher and started doing CPR without even thinking about it. I’ve never seen something like that happen in front of me before and I’m a detective. You’d think I’d have seen something like that already,” Lexa said as she gave Clarke an awe inspired look.
Clarke chuckled before taking a sip of orange juice,“I guess after doing it for so long you just don’t think about it anymore. My body just goes into autopilot in emergencies like that.”
“I understand how that feels. Out in the field when any of us are in a dangerous situation our minds kind of figure out how to solve the situation without us really thinking about it.”
Before Clarke could reply the shrill ringing of Lexa’s phone cut through their conversation. Grabbing the phone off the table Lexa took a quick glance at the screen before her eyebrows scrunched in confusion while she answered it.
“This is Detective Woods.” Clarke watched as Lexa leaned back in her seat while listening to the person on the other end of the call.
“What the hell do you mean he escaped? How the hell did he get out?” Lexa questioned angrily as she sat up ramrod straight.
Clarke rubbed a hand across her knee trying to help soothe the anger that had washed over the detective. Lexa shot her a thankful glance before continuing to listen to her phone call.
“Well you’re going to be the one to explain to the Captain exactly what happened,” Lexa quickly hung up the phone with a huff before standing and moving over to Clarke’s coffee table and grabbing her badge of the wooden surface,“I’m sorry. I’m going to have to go into work a little early.”
Lexa quickly walked over to Clarke to give her a swift kiss before pulling away and walking towards the door. Clarke stood up and called out to Lexa before she could fully reach the front door.
“Wait. What happened, Lexa?”
Lexa turned back to look at her with a serious expression played over her features,“One of the men that was arrested during my undercover operation just escaped from the California State Prison.”