Sapphic Saturdays: Free Space
Zoya x Alina ballet AU, because it’s my favorite AU ever! Tagging @wafflesandkruge and @grishatober!
“You were magnificent.” The words were spoken against Alina’s throat, Zoya’s lips slipping wetly over pale skin.
The dressing room smelled of sweat and roses, and Alina pressed Zoya back against the vanity, hiding her face against the dark, slick skin at Zoya’s neck. “So were you.” She was still struggling for breath.
“Oh, please.” It came out sounding like a curse. “No one cares about Myrtha.” Zoya rolled up onto her toes, using the added height to seat herself on the vanity. If it hadn’t been for the pointe shoes she was still wearing, she wouldn’t have been tall enough. “No one was even looking at Giselle, I’ll have you know.” She wrapped her legs around Alina’s hips, the movement only slightly hindered by their skirts. “Bathilde completely stole the show.” Zoya reached for Alina’s hips, pulling her so close that their sweat-damp chests pressed tight against each other. Their hearts were still pounding. “It must be nice having the spotlight.”
Curling her arms around Zoya’s shoulders and sliding one hand beneath the back neckline of her costume, Alina huffed, “You sound jealous.”
Zoya hummed and pressed her nails into Alina’s hips just hard enough for it to hurt. “I am.”
“Don’t be.” Alina lifted her hands, placing one at Zoya’s hip, the other at her neck, thumb rubbing at the makeup there to reveal one of last night’s hickies. Genya had been furious about it, but had managed to hide it just fine.
Zoya shivered, tangling one hand into Alina’s hair and pulling her head to expose her throat. It was a threat of the most delicious kind. “Why not?” Zoya didn’t wait for a reply, her eyes dark. The adrenaline rush of a recital always did this to her. “You’re always dancing, or thinking about dancing, or hurting from dancing.” As if she wasn’t the same. “What’s left for me, Lee?”
“Everything.” Alina’s hands rose to carefully undo the high, tight bun that kept Zoya’s hair back. “They get the dancing.” A few pins removed, and Zoya’s dark curls came tumbling down. “You get everything else.”