Everything to Everyone
”I can't be everything to everyone
You call at 3 AM, I'm pickin' up
I need the guts to go and give you up”
For as long as Agatha can remember, she’s been taking care of everyone around her. It’s mainly the reason she got into her field of work. The bad part is, she thinks way too much before doing something for herself.
For as long as Rio can remember, she’s been putting her needs first. Not that she doesn’t take care about the ones she loves, but because she doesn’t think twice when it comes to going after what she wants.
Agatha’s mother got sick when she was seventeen, and she is an only child. Although it seemed, in the eyes of her mother, she was an only handmaiden. She could never take a break from her house chores, only if it was for school. Evanora would always say, “you work outside to get what you want and you work here to get what you need. Well, take it as you wish. To Agatha it meant that she should help around the house because her mother was doing her a favor of letting her live there, and to work outside, at first it meant to succeed but then it started to mean it was her only way out.
So at seventeen, with a mother in a bed, sick, she had to learn how to be a nurse, because god forbid Evanora paid a professional caretaker when it was “her daughter’s obligation.”
One day, at exactly 10PM, Evanora’s usual bedtime after the last pill of the day, Agatha decided to accept Anne’s request to take her out to ice cream. Anne was this beautiful blonde, green eyed girl she met on the college tour she went to a couple months prior. Since her mother was asleep, she wouldn’t need her so much - she wouldn’t be awake - so she finally put herself first, and went out on a date.
Anne decided to accompany Agatha to her house after the lovely time they had together, before Agatha could enter the house, she kissed her. Sweet, vanilla and red velvet flavoured kiss. But it became bitter once her sick mother miraculously was standing there, watching the scene.
“What in God's name do you think you’re doing?” Evanora hissed
“Mother, why are you on your feet? You should be resting” Agatha said while entering the house. Poor Anne didn’t know what to do so she just stood outside watching.
“Do not put a hand on me, your hands are as filthy as your mouth” She slapped her daughter’s hands away and pointed a finger at her “If I had known a daughter of mine would turn into such a dirty sin I would have taken you out of me before growing”
“Hey, wait!” Anne entered the house trying to intervene and defend Agatha from such hurtful words. “You can’t say that to her, she’s your daughter”
“Get your dirty self out of my house” She yelled at Anne, but then soon turned back to Agatha “Close this door and don’t you dare talk to that being again”. Agatha only looked at Anne, silently asking her to leave.
I can’t say Agatha wasn’t glad her mother died a month later, but it was bittersweet.
That counts as one. The second person to depend on Agatha and hurt her was her first girlfriend, Susan. She was this deadbeat at the university Agatha got in with a full scholarship. The woman was so selfish and lazy, she would only call when in need of sex or money. The third person was the professor she had an affair with. Mrs. O’connor wasn’t much older, she was about 32, tall, skinny and short beautiful brown hair. For the first time in years, Agatha thought she was doing something for herself, something fun and reckless, but it turned out to be just another failed so-called relationship with another woman using her for secret pleasure during office hours.
Around this time she met Wanda, this tiny yet brave redhead, full of energy but also centered. They were in a job interview and started chatting, exchanged numbers and made a habit of having breakfast together every week. Agatha was always looking forward to those breakfast moments. It was the first time she had someone close to her not wanting something more than kindness in return. They were both hired as secretaries at Lilia’s company and that’s when Lilia got to know Agatha, bit by bit, and helped her finish college and get jobs. Lilia would never take no for an answer, trying to teach Agatha how to let people help her. Although she was really grateful, she felt some kind of way about letting Lilia get her all these internships or jobs at fancy clinics, she wasn’t even being interviewed, she would just get in. So the hospital was the first job she applied to outside of Lilia’s influence, with the help of Wanda to get her resume updated and rehearsing for the interview, she was hired.
Besides her friendships, she could never commit to anyone, she would never let them in, afraid of the damage they would do to her or how they would try to use her. She could only date people for a couple of days, if not just one night stand. It felt like no one would really take care of her “for free”. Also a big reason as to why she would never let anyone near Nicky. She made a promise to herself she wouldn’t make him feel the way she felt. She would love him unconditionally, take care of him and never ask him to drink holy water after kissing someone.
However, ever since she met this annoyingly beautiful and widdy woman named Rio Vidal, she couldn’t understand her feelings. It was always so easy to shut it down, to avoid it, but now, her hurt ached. She felt this strange urge to get to know the other woman.
For a moment (honestly, more than one) of lack of self control, she kissed Rio, she wanted Rio. She even thought fucking the desire away would help. It actually increased it. No one was ever so intense and so persistent as Rio. Why did she want Agatha so much? Must be the desire of having everyone. She thought. Or she’s just horny and I’m some kind of kink for being her doctor. She thought. But then Rio said she wanted to keep seeing her, in whichever way she wanted. So casual it was. She could do casual.
Or could she?
“Dr Harkness?” An affirmative voice was pulling her out of her deep thoughts. “Dr Harkness?”
“Oh, hi! Sorry Dr Torres, how may I help you?” Agatha said standing up to greet Callie Torres.
“Much to think about?” She asked in a playful way
“You could say that… please take a sit” Agatha hand pointed at the chair, offering
“Oh no need, I came here to ask you if you know where Rio Vidal is. She has a follow-up with me but I emailed her saying I have to use Robbins office on the third floor because mine has an infiltration the guys are fixing right now”
“She didn’t get back to you?” Agatha remembered Rio seeing the notification but saying she would reply later because they were having lunch.
“She told you?”
“Yeah, we- we were, um, discussing her next, um, exercises” She said while putting the rest of the food away. Damn, maybe she was the one in need of that speech doctor.
“um… okay” Torres was feeling her sudden nervous tone to be odd, frowning in question but no really asking anything “So, maybe I should go to the fourth floor and see if she’s there”
“Wait, I’ll come with, I have to talk to Robbins about Nicky’s appointment.”
Both of them headed to the fourth floor, even though Agatha should've stopped on the third. It didn’t take long, Agatha’s clinic was on the first floor. As they were getting closer to the office, they could see Natasha and Rio nervously whispering to each other.
“What the actual fuck, Rio? You can’t keep it in your pants, ever? What the fuck are you thinking?” Natasha was more worried about this getting out to the press than actually angry at Rio.
“Stop swearing at me, I’m not actually doing anything wrong. I just like-” Rio stopped herself before saying anything she could regret “I would like to take her out, that’s all”
“Rio, she can’t, she’s your doctor. This is so frowned upon. And oh my God, Agatha of all people-”
“Agatha of all people, what?” Great timing. Agatha had to arrive right now. Both of them just silenced. “You guys?” Agatha tried again. “Natasha?”
“You know Natasha?” Rio turns to Agatha
“You know Rio?” Agatha turns to Natasha
“Since when do you call your patients by their first name?” Lilia asked while approaching.
“Alright, too many questions. Vidal, I sent you a message saying I’ll see you in Robbins office today but you didn’t answer.” She said, driving everyone’s attention to her.
“Sorry, I got caught up on-” She looks at Agatha and then quickly back to Torres “on something. I’ll head there then, thanks”
“Alright, we still have a good fifteen minutes so I’ll just grab a coffee and I’ll meet you there” Rio just nods and then the group’s attention goes to her.
“So?” Rio asks the three.
“Natasha we’re gonna be late, let’s go!” Lilia knew Agatha didn’t like to share personal information. But she hadn’t realized anything just yet. “Agatha, help your patient get to the consult, will you?”
Natasha just gives Rio a warning look and says “call me as soon as you get home”
In seconds, they are both left alone. Agatha opens the door to the files office and holds it till Rio enters. Once they’re in, Agatha closes and pins Rio to the door, one hand above her head, on the door and the other resting on her own hips.
“Alright, are you stalking my people?” She hisses aggressively
“What do you mean?” Rio is genuinely confused at this point. “Natasha is “your people”?”
“Don’t act like you don’t know that already”
“Agatha, she’s my manager”
“What-?” Agatha brings both her hands up and runs through her hair. Great, she revealed a personal thing to Rio. “She never said anything”
“Why? Is she some kind of romantic person to you?” My god, this is not the time to get jealous, Rio.
“What? No, ew. She’s like my sister”
“She is?” Rio says it, raising both eyebrows.
“Yes. She is the daughter of someone who’s also “My people”.” Agatha moved closer to Rio, standing side by side, her head resting on the door.
“Well, your sister has access to my email and read our messages, that’s why she was mad at me.” Rio was also resting her head on the door, so she just turned her head to look at Agatha. She tried to say something but Rio went on “I didn’t have time to say anything because ironically, you got here when I was about to ask her why she said you of all people, so I guess now I know” Agatha just closes her eyes, breathes deeply.
“Fuuuck” whispers
“Hey, she’s not going to say anything, I know it.”
“It’s not… that easy, Rio”
“I’ll talk to her” Her voice is so sweet now, trying to solve the issue like nothing seems messy to her.
“don’t… just don’t tell her everything, please?” Agatha gathered the courage to face Rio now.
“Alright” whispering.
They lock eyes for a lingering moment before Rio shatters the silence, her gaze drifting to Agatha’s lips.
“Can I kiss you?” Agatha is about to protest but Rio, again, goes on “casually…”
Agatha leaned in, cupping Rio’s face as she pressed a sweet, lingering kiss to her lips. For a moment, the weight of her worries melted away—because when Rio asked for a kiss, she could never say no. A pull, undeniable. A magnet.
But it was casual. So, no harm, right?
Problem is, Rio could not do casual. She tried to deny it, but she was falling in love with Agatha.
For most of her life, she put her needs first.
You should never put yourself second if it’s your happiness you’re after.
Was her motto. Cheezy? Yes! But also true.
There’s no sad background to Rio’s family other than the fact that she lost her dad to lung cancer and ever since that day (five years ago) she takes care of her family.
She would always help out, but now she takes full responsibility for it.
Well, even though there’s no sad background, there is a sad present situation. A story for another day.
The fact is, Rio is a helper. She likes helping people, being there for the ones she loves.
That could easily be covered by her fuckboy reputation. It all started when she broke up with her then girlfriend. She broke things off after finding out she had been cheated on and there was no excuse for such act. From that moment on, she decided she would get with anyone who would show her interest, but not enough to enter a relationship. All she knew was untrusty relationships. That’s fucking why she didn’t fucking understand why the fuck Agatha’s presence lingers in her mind like the last notes of a song you never want to end.
At first she thought it was just her hot doctor, who she could hit on and maybe have some kind of kinky porn situation. Disgusting thought? Maybe.
It was odd how much she wanted to spend time with Agatha. She would accept any form of condition, to be near that piece of art of a woman. Even a casual date situation.
The kiss went from sweet to hungry in a heartbeat. What was it with these two being so horny around one another? They’ve known each other for like a week or so.
“Rio, you should go to your consult” Agatha murmured against Rio’s lips
“mhmm…” as they kissed.
The kiss went on for a few more seconds before Rio’s hands found Agatha’s hips and she pulled her closer. Her hips rolled against Rio, as their lips brushed. Words slipping through the gaps between kisses, never pulling away completely.
“Seriously, we should stop”
“Yeah, we should”
Agatha’s hands settling on the curve of Rio’s neck. Then, her lips drifted lower, pressing soft kisses along Rio’s skin before teasing it with gentle bites—just enough to draw a quiet moan from her. Before the sound could linger, Agatha reclaimed her lips, both to silence her and simply because she just wanted to kiss her again.
Rio’s phone started to ring on her backpack, which was thrown to the floor sometime after they started kissing. Agatha broke the kiss abruptly.
“No… come back here” Rio whined.
“Must be Torres. You have to go” Agatha said while wiping her face with the back of her hand, brushing away the lingering warmth of their kiss. Rio pouted, Agatha reached out—the same hand that had just touched her own face—gently swiping away the wetness from the corner of Rio’s lips. “Go, Rio.”
But as she tried to pull away, Rio caught her hand, fingers curling around it, holding on tight.
“Can I see you tonight?” Again, those fucking puppy eyes.
“Rio, is monday, I have a k-” almost, almost told Rio about Nicky. “I have a job in the morning”
“Ouch” Rio puts her free hand on her chest theatrically “you’re saying I’m a deadbeat?” Making Agatha laugh a little.
“You know what I’m saying, now just go, you’re gonna be late” Removing her hand from Rio’s and feeling the ghost of the touch immediately.
“Can I call you?” Rio knew she was pushing a little bit, but she just had to ask
“maybe…” Agatha moved Rio away from the door so she could open it and Rio just walked out without saying anything but saying something, with her eyes. Agatha was then alone, standing by the open door, she took a deep breath and when she was about to leave
“I cannot believe I had to hear you almost have sex in a file office” behind her, from inside the office
Agatha turned around, a sharp gasp escaping her lips as her hand flew to her chest, heart pounding against her palm.
“Fuck… Wanda what the fuck?”