No Time to Waste ch. 6- shrouded
Summary: Another quiet morning with Elphaba and Glinda brings presence in the moment and shadows of the future.
Rating: E (contains explicit sexual content)
Chapter snippet:
Elphaba woke before the sun, wrapped in nothing but bedsheets and Glinda’s warm embrace. For a fleeting moment, everything was perfect. Then reality set in, and those damned corporeal sensations stole her away from her bliss. Her eyes ached, her mouth was dry, and she felt bogged down by the lingering shadows of her own doubts, a true hangover of the emotions. Trying to drown out her discomfort, she buried her face in the crook of Glinda’s neck, searching for any remnants of her perfume. “Mmm… Elphie?” Glinda mumbled, still mostly asleep. “Is it morning yet?” “No.” Elphaba responded against her skin, punctuating her sentence with a little kiss. “Then why must you wake me? You know I need my beauty sleep.” “You're already beautiful enough, my sweet.”
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(also. bear in mind that this is bookverse. movie/musical fans welcome to read, just know that it is a much different iteration of canon, and much darker)
