Aparently Sky Girls Like to Drink
After Jynx had set dinner down on the table and left, Raven woke Octavia and the two of them moved to the table, leaving Clarke to Lexa.
"Clarke... Dinners here. Come eat with us niron." Lexa purred, gently coaxing Clarke awake.
"L-Lexa..?" Clarke murmured sleepily, reaching for her.
"I'm here. Wake up so you can eat." Lexa smiled, pulling Clarke into her arms. Clarke made herself comfortable and looked drowsily up at the commander.
"But 'm comfortable here..." Clarke whined softly in protest.
"I know. Beja Klark, just for a while and then you can rest again." Lexa promised, bringing them away from the bed.
"Fine..." Clarke pouted, squirming until Lexa let her get her feet under her. She stumbled to the table and waited for Lexa to sit too before eating with the other two. Lexa was glad Clarke hadn't lost her appetite to the toxin yet and the four easily cleared the table. Lexa gathered up the dishes and brought them out to one of the guards. She did one last sweep of the village for the night and returned to the house. She didn't know why she was surprised that in her absence the three sky girls had found and broken into the liquor cabinet. An empty jug lay on its side near where the three sat on the floor, already intoxicated.
In their defense, grounder liquor was much harder than even Monty's moonshine on a bad day and it had hit them quickly. It had been Raven and Octavia's idea.
Lexa had known the cabinet was there from one of her predecessors, but never touched it nor paid it any mind herself. She and Costia had experimented with liquor before and the punishment she'd gotten from both Anya and the hang over the next day was enough to assure Lexa that it wasn't for her. A lesson she was sure Octavia would be learning the next day from Indra. Indra had trained Anya after all.
"The commanders back!" Raven greeted, giggling.
"Join us!" Octavia grinned, patting the spot between her and Clarke. Lexa sighed at sat down.
"You'll be learning a firm lesson tomorrow Octavia. Indra doesn't take kindly to hung over sekens." Lexa told her.
"Indra?! Oh shit where?!" Octavia screeched, trying to hide under the carpet. It was clear she'd only pulled a few words from Lexa's sentence in her drunken state.
"Nowhere dummy. Lexa was saying you're in for it tomorrow." Raven scolded, pushing Octavia back into her sitting position.
"Oh. Well that's then and this is now. Commander you came back just in time! Clarkey was telling us some of her adventures in the wild before that bitch Nia fucked it up." Octavia shrugged looking at Lexa.
"Is that right?" Lexa asked, looking curiously at Clarke with a grin.
"Mhmm. She was just getting to the good part too! Did the trader girl know what you were packing before she pulled you into her bed Clarke?" Raven teased, wiggling her eyebrows at Clarke, who blushed.
"Well I'm sure she figured it out rather quick! Does Lexa know the serpent you've got in your pants Clarke?" Octavia giggled. Lexa felt her face heat up as she began to understand the conversation.
"Sh-Shut up guys." Clarke mumbled, getting embarrassed.
"It's nothing to be shy about Clarke. You're better off than many of the guys on the drop ship. O and I are the only ones that know, don't worry. Your little secret is safe with us." Raven assured her.
"Little is the wrong word Rae. If there's one thing to note about Clarkey it's that she is very very far from small." Octavia argued.
"Alright O! Jesus. Clarke tell us more about the trader girl! You tapped that, right?" Raven demanded, waving Octavia's argument away. Clarke looked guiltily at Lexa and stayed quiet.
"You totally did!" Raven exclaimed, her eyes getting wide and her smirk growing.
"L-Lexa I..." Clarke began hesitantly. Lexa could hear the slur in her words from the alcohol.
"The past is gone Clarke. You were still angry with me." Lexa replied shortly. This was not a conversation she wanted to have. Especially not while Clarke was drunk. Clarke nodded and fell quiet. After about an hour, Raven and Octavia were both asleep on the floor and Clarke leaned drowsily against Lexa's shoulder.
"Lexa?" Clarke asked softly.
"Yes Clarke?" Lexa hummed.
"I meant to tell you... I was going to tell you about Nylah... This isn't how I wanted it to happen..." Clarke began, moving away to look her in the eye.
"It's alright Clarke. You were still mad at me. I betrayed you. I'm not upset about this. I have you now and that's what matters to me." Lexa promised with a gentle smile. Clarke seemed to accept that and leaned back against Lexa's shoulder again. She was silent for a few more minutes.
"I didn't understand then... After Nylah and I... After it was done and she was asleep... I ran... I left and I didn't understand why I wished it had been you. I hated myself for that. I hated that I didn't understand why I wanted it to have been you. But I know now." Clarke mumbled, yawning. Lexa smiled to herself and adjusted to let Clarke lay with her head in Lexa's lap. She drifted off to sleep as Lexa combed her fingers gently through the soft golden locks.
"Heda." A knock at the door rang softly through the house.
"Enter." Lexa replied, putting her hands over Clarke's ears so as not to wake her. Lincoln quietly entered the house and Lexa had never been so happy to see him.
"Skai girls apparently, like to drink." Lexa explained at his confused look.
"I was aware, but I didn't think this would happen." Lincoln agreed, grinning at Octavia who was sleeping sprawled out on her back.
"I know you're here for Octavia, but could you moved Raven onto that far couch before you take Octavia?" Lexa asked softly. Lincoln nodded and easily scooped the mechanic off the floor and put her on the couch as Lexa had asked. He tucked a fur around her and returned to lift Octavia off the floor. He easily put her over his shoulder in a fire men's carry.
"She told me I'd never be able to carry her like a sack of potatoes. This is my only opportunity, I don't intend upon wasting it. I'm gonna take a picture to show her when she wakes up." Lincoln told Lexa seriously as she questioned his actions. Lexa chuckled as Lincoln left with Octavia over his shoulder, snoring slightly in her sleep.
Lexa looked down at Clarke in her lap and sighed. She picked Clarke up carefully and brought her to the bed, tucking the sleeping blonde into the furs before climbing in next to her. As Lexa made herself comfortable, Clarke whimpered and sought out Lexa in her sleep, quieting once she'd rested her head over Lexa's heart and wrapping her arms around the surprised brunette's hips, preventing any thing from separating them.
"Reshop Klark." Lexa purred, putting one of her arms around the sky girl as she closed her eyes. She knew tomorrow would be interesting for everyone.