Foolish bravery

[4kennedy]

Title: Foolish bravery
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Claire/Gretchen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 500
Warnings: spoiler for 4x05
Prompt: Challenge #226 ~ past prompts revisited, #158 ~ Fool(ish) at slashthedrabble
Note: As always beta read by the fabulous gsr_rocks. I wrote this before the episode had aired, but I'm going to watch it right now.




It was dark, cold and scary on campus during the night. Gretchen had wandered around aimlessly for hours, she was freezing and tired. All she wanted was to crawl into bed and sleep. When she would wake up tomorrow morning hopefully Claire and her could just pretend that it’d never happened. It probably was the best for everyone.

Gretchen couldn’t believe what she’d done. When words had failed her to explain to Claire why she’d googled her, that she didn’t kill Annie and why she was a little bit stalkerish, her emotions had shut off her brain entirely. One moment she’d stood in front of Claire, struggling to make the blonde believe and trust her with teary eyes and the next moment she was kissing her.

Usually Gretchen wasn’t that bold, but for her it wasn‘t brave to simply kiss the girl out of the blue without any warning. It was foolish. She would lose her friend and her roommate, of that Gretchen was sure.

Therefore she’d run away, not giving Claire the chance to break her heart.

*****

Her hands were shaking and her heart racing when Gretchen put the key into the lock of their room.

What she found inside wasn’t what she’d expected; the sight caused a new wave of tears to fill her eyes.

Claire was asleep, but in Gretchen’s bed, above the covers and with the bedside lamp turned on.

Cautiously Gretchen made her way over to the bed, but she was so focused on Claire that she bumped into a chair and knocked it over. “Shit,” she whispered, seeing the blonde stir.

“Hey, you’re back.” Claire sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. “Sorry for falling asleep on your bed, but I didn’t want to miss you.”

Gretchen pulled on the sleeve of her sweater, Claire’s sweater actually, which she was still wearing, and chewed on her bottom lip. “It’s alright. I always wanted a hot girl like you in my bed,” she joked to cover her nervousness.

“Come here,” Claire said, her cheeks flushed and patted the mattress. “You left before I had the chance to kiss you back.“

Gretchen looked dumbfounded at Claire. She sat down on the edge of the bed and asked, “This isn’t a ‘college is about experimenting’ thing for you, is it?” Gretchen looked down at her folded hands in her lap. “Because for me it’s not and if you just wanna play around somewhat I’d rather stay friends as losing you completely over this.”

Claire reached out to her, lying a hand on Gretchen’s hands and squeezed them. “Honestly, I don’t know what it is, it kinda hit me over the head,” she said with a grin. “But I want to give it a try. We can find out what it is together.”

All Gretchen could do was nod and say, “Okay.”

“So why don’t put your pajamas on and come to bed?” Claire asked, getting under the covers and holding them open invitingly for Gretchen.

The End

Feeling:  productive

Comments

[superkappa.livejournal.com]

Oh, this made my shipper heart happy. I think you really captured how nerve wrecking it can be when you know you like someone, but you're so positive they don't feel the same way. Gretchen seemed so desperate in that scene with Claire, and you captured that perfectly, even if you hadn't seen the episode before.

Claire waiting for her in her bed was just lovely. I hope you write more of them in the future!

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm glad you shipper heart is happy =) thank you so much. It's the first time that I've written for 'Heroes' and for that pairing, which is always exciting to do.
Yeah, I guess we all know what it feels like to really like someone and being sure that they don't feel the same way. I certainly have been there... been there... meaning kissing the girl I had a huge crush on out of the blue, even though I was certain she was straight. And what can I say. Nine years later we're still a happy couple *g*
I hope I will write more of them in the future too =)

[wkgreen.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading this. Heh, I am not very good at these comments though. :) Keep up the good work.

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

don't worry, you're comment is fine =) thank you and I'll try too!

[anthimeriate.livejournal.com]

Aww! This was very cute. And I agree with the person who said that you captured the feeling of the situation nicely. Plus this is definitely better than where it seems like this is headed in the show. Hopefully they get a fraction as positive an outcome as this. :) Nice work!

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

thank you very much =) as I answered to the other comment, we've all been in a situation like this, we can all relate somehow which makes it a bit easier to write about. I would love to see them a happy for at least a couple of episodes, but yeah, it doesn't look that good. there's still hope.

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

That was very nice :) You captured the innocence and uncertainty really well.

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

thanks a lot *g* I'm glad you liked it.

[pylarwoman.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was so sweet. If only this could happen...*sigh*

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

*g* thank you! yeah, I wish that this could happen too. wouldn't that be awesome?

[superloony.livejournal.com]

That was so cool *-*
Thank you, for calming a bit my crave for Claire/Gretchen's moments <3
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu <3<3<3

[4kennedy.livejournal.com]

*gg* you're very welcome! and thank you for the comment. when I saw the promo still I knew I would've to write something for them =)