little white knight

“I SWEAR TO GOD IF I STARE AT THIS SCHEDULE any longer I’m going to go cross eyed” chewing on the pen obnoxiously as she sat at the high bar trying to figure out all the conventions that were happening and attempting to work out a timetable for flights of when to catch them and when to land to make her life that much easier. “Could you look over this for me and make sure I’m not overlapping anywhere”

“Well.. just.. don’t stress yourself out, love.. it doesn’t do anybody any good..” She insisted, walking up behind the other, coffee in hand, a genuine smile on her lips. Yet hearing her question, Felix nodded. “Of course, no problem at all.” She insisted, setting her cup down away from the other’s papers. “I’ll.. Felix by the way.”

“ — so, d’you think I’m wearin’ this ‘Kiss Me I’m Irish’ shirt ironically or not?”

“Oh I doubt it..” She mused with a small smile. “Either way, who doesn’t love Irish people? What is the secret.. is it the accent?”

“Go on little guy, go get mom..” Felix insisted, letting the tiny golden bulldog race through the new mansion, one that Gatsby had yet to get used to. It was obvious by how he stopped and zoomed back to Felix’s side when he realized that his ‘mom’ wasn’t to be found. A small laugh left the blonde’s lips as she held his lead, Gatsby already wore his little bowtie, tag hanging from the hook on the back. Heading into their shared room, Felix smiled as Gatsby ran towards Vi. “He love..” She mused. “Hey.. easy Gatsby..” She called, yet the pup always get rather over excited about seeing Vi and often wore himself out. “I’m bringing the little man to Hyde Park.. might have a little adventure around London.. Fancy coming?” She offered.

“I think I’m gonna avoid all responsibilities today and go shopping. Care to join me?”

“Y’know.. I haven’t had to chance to really explore. Sounds like a good idea, love. I’m Felix.”

“Hi.” Vi replied, her voice low and her grin wide. Felix was just the cutest little thing and when drunk she only got more adorable. Throughout her life and her career especially she’d dealt with many horrid drunks. Ones who became too confident, ones who became too sad, but Felix was just an even more precious little soul. She just found a little more confidence when drunk, just the touch she needed when it came to speaking her mind and doing exactly what she wanted, something she most certainly deserved. That evening, though Felix seemed quite happy to continue the social gathering, Vi very much much wanted to keep the blonde for herself. The older of the two smirked at the zoologist and how her focus seemed to always come back to her. With Fe around she always felt like the only woman in the world, something that she’d wanted since relationships had become a part of her life. It was a huge part of career, being center stage but Felix offered that to her whether it was a room full of people or just the two of them. Vi moved to pick up where Felix left off with her bowtie and she untied it with ease, keeping hold of the two ends in her hands. “Do I now? Well you’re looking pretty good yourself, stud.” She always appreciated her blonde’s kind words, ones that she got no matter whether she was dolled up to the nines or make up free in her dressing gown.  “Did you have a good night?”

Vi loved how involved Felix was with her staff and how much she cared and how work wasn’t just work for her. For the blonde work was a huge part of who she was as a person, it was incredibly important to her and so in turn it was incredibly important to Vi as well. She thought about the people she’d been with before and she’d never been so supportive of their cause. The work that Felix did was so selfless and so wonderful that she couldn’t help but want to know all about it. Though Felix had told her not to stay up Vi found it very difficult to actually go to sleep without her so she figured she’d read and try and tire herself out. She’d perhaps been reading for an hour or two before her blonde little sweetheart came stumbling in the door. Well half in the door, she was stuck talking to passerbys which gave her enough time to get up and throw her robe on. She made her way over and kissed Felix on the cheek, laughing softy at the blonde’s antics. “Come now, my sweet. I think you’re overselling me.” The older woman said as she moved to fix her girlfriend’s hair, glancing over at the women who’d stopped. “I think I’ll take her from here. I swear, anything over two drinks and she needs a nanny.” Vi said offering the women a soft grin, a hand moving to Felix’ back. 

    "I should be home around.. twelve.. yeah.. Oh no, love you don’t have               to wait up -- I’m fine.. It’s drinks.. Yeah, I love you.. bye.." 

Those were Felix's last words to the New Yorker before she hung up. They had a bit of a tradition in her parks upon the birth of a new animal.. and with a zebra calf born that morning, 'a night out' was planned. But this was no night out.. there was no returning at twelve.. or one.. or two.. In fact, Felix found herself home just before nine. Little hand found the wall as she made her way to her and Vi's room, occasionally paused to try shake the blurred vision, strings of laughter leaving her lips when it so briefly hit how just was wasted she was. Finally finding the door she’d been searching for, Felix tried to quietly let herself in. Finally opening the door ajar, she was about to great the new Yorker before she was given a few concerned ‘hello’s’ from a few girls.. the occasional ‘are you okay?’. To which she could only laugh -- “Of course! I’m going home.. I mean.. i am home.. I.. yeah -- to my.. girlfriend.. Mhm.. this is my girlfriend.. She’s great, isn’t she?” Felix grinned, glancing over her shoulder to Vi with a playful wink, much unlike the blonde. “Hey Vi..” She smirked, glancing back to the girls. “Isn’t she great?”

"Oh I'm doing amazing, love -- what about yourself?" The short Australian asked in return, watching the other. "Yeah, it really has been amazing so far, the hikes are amazing and.. in all honesty -- it really is good to get away from everything." Felix insisted yet when Nicole said how nature was their passion, Felix gave a small laugh. "Of course. I can't help myself but scouting out the wild life." Fe admitted. "Of course.. of course.." She insisted, taking out the necessary ingredients.