#shhalldoll

Jaida remembers being new to New York City. Not fondly, but she remembers it nonetheless. So, when she found out the woman she was renting out her spare room to was fresh off the plane from France, she suspected she’d have to go into full tour guide mode.

They had made it down to the subway station. She couldn’t convince Nicky to hop the turnstile because “these are louboutins, Jaida,” but they got there nonetheless.

“Why is that rat the size of a toddler?” Nicky asked, hiding behind Jaida as she watched the rodent scurry along the tracks.

“‘Cause he’s eating better than we are, quantity wise anyway.” She couldn’t help but shake her head in fond amusement at her roommate’s reaction. “These guys ain’t gonna hurt you. You mind your business and they mind theirs. It’s the ecosystem.”

“I don’t believe you’ve ever taken an earth science course.”

Jaida shrugged. “They don’t teach this in school. Unless you take an urban studies course, I guess,” she told her as they got onto the subway.

There wasn’t a single surface that Nicky felt comfortable touching, so when the train jerked them forward, she held onto Jaida for dear life. It wasn’t until they came to their stop that she realized she latched onto her like a koala. “Don’t say it.”

yeah you'll never guess where i got the idea for that one from...

65. "Look over there!"

“Fuck,” Jaida cursed under her breath and slid her phone back into her pocket. “Who the fuck decides to go hiking for their birthday? That cabin better be like the goddamn Radisson.” She sighed and looked up at the sky, then over at Nicky. “What did Jackie say to do if we got lost?”

Nicky furrowed her brows as she thought, glad that at least they had one reasonable friend that knew they would end up needing their asses saved. “She said… qu'est-ce qu'elle a dit bordel?” After a beat, her eyes lit up. “Water! She said to follow the water, since the cabin is on a lake.” 

“One day, I’m gonna learn French without telling you, just to see if you’re talking shit about me,” she joked to distract from the frustration they both felt. Out of the group, she knew deep down that if any of them were to get lost, it would be them, and she was sure once their friends knew they were safe, they would never hear the end of it. 

“None of this would’ve happened if we just went to Cancun like I suggested,” Nicky muttered, shaking her head as they kept walking along the only cleared path they had been able to find. 

They continued walking for about ten minutes or so before Jaida suddenly perked up. “Look over there!” She took Nicky by the hand and pulled her a couple yards over until they reached a small river. “We were even going in the right direction, look at us.”

She snorted, “you say that as if it were intentional.” Linking arms with her girlfriend, the pair continued to walk alongside the water. It took nearly another half hour of this, especially with both of them getting tired. 

Finally, they saw a large, well-lit cabin and they were filled with a new surge of energy. They let go of each other and ran to the cabin, swinging the door open and catching their breath once inside. 

“Oh, thank god!” Jackie immediately ran over and hugged her friends. “We were so worried, I was about to call for help. Are you guys okay?” 

“Yeah, thank god we listened to you for once,” Nicky laughed as she sat down on the couch. “Next time we should be allowed veto power for anyone’s birthday plans,” she said, looking pointedly at Heidi, whose idea it was. 

“Did you or did you not get here alive?” Heidi defended.

“I’m not moving,” Jaida said before yanking her hand away the second iodine touched the cut on it.

Nicky let out a frustrated grunt, this time firmly holding Jaida’s arm in place with one hand and tending to the wound with the other. “There,” she muttered as she finished patching it up, “all fixed, no thanks to you.”

“Did I or did I not tell yo ass not to put me in the damn kitchen?” she countered with a huff.

“You weren’t even cooking!” she countered. “I asked you to set up the crudités!”

Jaida waved her bandaged hand around, “and that involves knives which are my kryptonite!”

Nicky exhaled deeply, willing herself to maintain her composure. “At least we do not have to go to the hospital. I’d hate to tell our friends that we had to cancel our dinner party because your finger is sitting in the ice bucket for the champagne.”

“Way to have your priorities in order,” she laughed and shook her head. “Next time you show me, it’ll be like Ghost… except you’re not dead.”

Oops - Little Mix

Oops, my baby, you woke up in my bed Oops, we broke up, we're better off as friends Now I accidentally need you, I don't know what to do Oops, baby, I love you It started with "what's up with you?" I messed around and got caught up with you Yeah, yeah, I don't know what to do I caught these feelings like it's nothing new

“You know we’re carrying out that toxic lesbian stereotype, right?” Jaida remarked with a dry laugh. “We’re that couple that breaks up but keeps fucking.”

Nicky shrugged, grabbing her vape pen off the nightstand and taking a hit. “There are worse stereotypes, aren’t there? Besides, it’s not like we planned it… it just happened.”

She rolled her eyes and shook her head, but couldn’t stop a soft exhale of laughter from slipping out. “Yeah you just been accidentally waking up in my bed ‘bout three times a week,” she sighed, looking out the window. “We lasted what, four days before feeling up on each other again?” 

“Well, a lot of my stuff is already here,” she defended. 

“What happened to being better off as friends, huh?” 

Nicky was quiet for a moment. That was why they broke up, after all – they both had come to the conclusion that after being friends for years, dating simply didn’t make sense for them. It’d been six months, they thought they could simply go back to the way things were. “Maybe we were too quick to pull the trigger on breaking up.” 

Jaida felt her chest tighten. She felt the same, of course she felt the same, but could it be that easy? Could they just undo their breakup and try again? “Guess we kinda got scared. I know I did…” she took a deep breath, then chewed on her lip for a moment. “‘Cause I’m in love with you, Nicky.”

A broad grin spread across her face as she felt a weight lifted off her shoulders and her whole body unclench. “Fuck, thank god,” she laughed breathlessly. “I’m in love with you too,” she told her, leaning over to press a kiss to her lips. 

4. "Can you tell me what it is you're afraid of?"

yes i had to use the second line of the song too

this is set during the 2007 era for them bcs i thought it worked better/didn't risk any spoilers

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There was very little Nicky didn’t like about spending time with Jaida, she adored the girl, after all. But it was moments like this that just didn’t sit right with her - after intimate acts, Jaida would tend to pull away. Sometimes she would get up and pace, other times she would lay in silence, curling into herself. And it pained Nicky to see that she was clearly going through something. So this time, she asked, “can you tell me what it is you’re afraid of?”

17. Jaida/Nicky | S. Forbidden Love & W. Flower Shop AU

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Summer. Wedding season. Otherwise known as the busiest time of year for Nicky at her flower shop. But she loved it, she got to learn the love stories of so many different relationships. Most of the time, her clients were full of joy and anticipation for the big day. It often made her less lonely to be part of strangers’ love stories.

17. Halldoll / L. In Vino Veritas

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“Have a couple drinks,” Jackie suggested as she watched her friend shift around awkwardly, “maybe then you’ll finally tell her how you feel.”

Nicky scoffed. “I will have you know I do not need alcohol to make stupid decisions.” She paused for a moment, then poured herself a drink. “But that won’t stop me.” She’d had a crush on Jaida for ages and had about enough of Jackie pestering her about it.

Nicky looked in mild amusement as she watched a very pretty woman staring at the fresh herbs in the produce section with an utterly perplexed expression. After another moment, she couldn’t help herself and walked over, gently asking “do you want help with something?”

Jaida looked over, relieved that it had been another customer rather than a worried employee. She sighed heavily before admitting, “I can’t figure out which is cilantro and which is parsley, and it’s apparently important to get the right one.”

“Allow me,” she picked up one of the bundles and held it to her nose, inhaling deeply before announcing, “cilantro.”

“Oh my god, you’re a life saver,” Jaida chuckled, putting the cilantro into the plastic produce bag.

Nicky smiled, looking her over. “So... are you making dinner for a boyfriend or...”

She shook her head, “my roommate has me running errands while she’s cooking to impress her new girlfriend.” Then she caught the way Nicky was looking at her and added, “I, however, do not have a new girlfriend to cook for... yet.”

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