#poussey

You had known Poussey for around six months now, meeting when you were assigned library duty after things became too much to handle for Poussey on her own.

Since then, you spent a lot of time together, bonding over your love of reading, books and keeping the library organised. You both hit it off immediately, she was always there for you and you there for her, it was the perfect dynamic.

Currently, you were both on the library floor, Poussey with a book in hand and you lay with your head in her lap, playing idily with the hem of her grey sweater - fiddling with the stitching.

You both love moments like this, being able to do your own things in each others presence. From time to time, Poussey’s attention would divert from her book to you, playing with your hair and moving it from your face before going back to the chapter, the silence and unspoken intimacy was nice.

It took a while for Poussey to finally finish in a place she could pay attention to you, using a shoelace as a book mark and placing the book beside you both, quickly bringing her hand to your face and gently comforting it - caressing your cheek softly.

You like this, so take her spare hand and place with in your own, fiddling with her fingers and occasionally bringing her hand up to your lips with a smile.

It was silence, until Poussey muttered your name, making your attention move from her hands and to face, “yeah?” You asked, smiling at her sweetly.

“I uhm…” She began, as if unsure whether or not it was right to talk. You thought it was because she, too, was enjoying the silence. You had no idea she’d spent the last hour deep in thought, not really ready, instead thinking about things, thinking about you, flipping the pages idily.

You had no idea of the feelings you involuntarily evoked from Poussey, how nervous you could make her and how hard she would fight for you. She didn’t want to ruin that, but she felt she had to make her feelings clear to you.

“… I think I love you,” Poussey finished, still playing with your hair, finding comfort in it, focusing on you as your expression changed to a bright smile, now looking at her hands again.

“I love you too.” You countered, sitting up and placing a kiss now on her cheek, a territory neither of you had yet crossed, pushing a large smile to Poussey’s face as she did the same.

Black sapphic characters:

Poussey (Samira Wiley) Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" (Uzo Aduba) Sophia** (Laverne Cox)

Connections:

Poussey x Soso (interracial sapphic: black x asian) x Franziska (interracial sapphic: black x white) Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" x Maureen (interracial sapphic) Sophia x Crystal (black sapphic)

Sex & Nudity - Severe

Frequent full female nudity (breasts, butts)

Full frontal male nudity (penis seen)

Graphic sapphic sex (oral, fingering) with moaning

Brief segments of commercial porn

Simulated sex scenes (heterosexual)

Discussion of lesbian sex

Characters are naked together

Implied masturbation

Sexual assault

Violence & Gore - Moderate

Prison violence (non-gory, not bloody)

Character's throat is slit

Character is stabbed in the back with a screwdriver

A body is cut up and buried; lots of blood visible

A young girl is murdered by two older women

A goat is shot and sliced open, and a fetus falls out; lots of blood visible

Character held down by a gang and branded (with a swastika) using a hot metal spike

Character is raped (by a guard)

Sexual blackmail and harassment

Character dies on-screen due to suffocation

Prison riot in response to a character's death

Profanity - Severe

Use of fuck, bitch, ass, shit, cunt, whore, asshole, damn, etc

Multiple instances of racist slurs and stereotypes (Black, Latino, Asian, queer)

Ableist language used

Racial slurs used (n-word)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - Moderate

Drug dealing and the criminal justice system

Character struggles with drug addiction

Meth addicted characters

Character overdoses and dies

Characters speak longingly of drugs

Smuggling cigarettes

Characters smoke cigarettes frequently

Frightening & Intense Scenes - Moderate