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Title: (She's) Number Than Gold
Summary: It's disgusting. Faith loves it
Rating: Teen, but leading someplace higher
Prompt: For [livejournal.com profile] femslash_minis and [livejournal.com profile] aaronlisa who wanted Faith/Lilah with an Ats Season One timeline, Lilah being about the finer things of life, mutual attraction without fluff or non-con and instead got this

A/N: I literally don't know what this is okay, I have no idea. Set ambiguously in the btvs/ats timeline because it's implied to be before Five By Five but Faith's totally not comatose so its borderline AU

There's sweat everywhere, dripping down her face, tracing her spine and dipping low between her breasts, passed between bodies like a virus.

It's disgusting. Faith loves it.

It's the nitty gritty, something unashamedly filthy about the way bodies sway and grind, how one slip of a hip turns into a fucking battleground. It's all sweat and sleaze, dirtbags wheezing sex noises in your ear and dealers lurking along the sidelines like shadows. This shit here? It's real.

Real.

And what the hell's that when it's at home?

Suddenly she's gonna puke, her guts lost somewhere in her throat. She shoves dancers away, dodges fists, elbows three separate guys in the face until she's out in someplace breatheable, the system shock of night air against drenched skin. She huffs back clean air like it's blow, panting like a frickin' dog until the urge to heave passes.

"Well I can't say I'm surprised to find in such a dive, but I'll admit disappointment."

There's a whisper of smoke inhalation, some tobacco rich cigarette snuffed out against the cracked brick walls and crushed beneath pointed stilettos.

Faith smirks, and it finds its match in its perfectly painted counterpart. This is a dance she knows, blurred between façade and total naked honesty.

"Oh, don't tell me you've missed the taste of sweat and common dirt against your lips, little miss power suit. Up for another walk on the wildside, are we?"

She likes to pretend with this one, like she's just a bit thuggish, not irredeemable; some shitty college experiment and not a total fuck up. It's harder to let that part out with girls.

It's not like she knows just how much Lilah wants to sink her manicured nails into the monster.

"Faith, surely we're beyond the streetworker dialogue now? You're gonna follow me back to the office just like always, you'll screw me like you've got something to prove and we'll both end up with leather-burns on our asses. Hell, if you impress me I might even offer you a job. We both know you like a boss with power." The heel clicks ring out through the alley like church bells.

Her back is grating against the bricks, coiffured hair tickling her cheeks. She thinks about the thighs straddling hers and how weak they are, how easily they could be crushed. She thinks about all of the power tucked away behind the painted smile.

She leans up for a kiss but drags her fingers through Lilah's hair, tugging viciously. Her lips trace Lilah's, lick them until they come apart and she takes every moan she gets like a payment check. This is not a power play, or some fairytale seduction, just a way to fill the ache she's gonna drown in. They rock against each other like horny fucking kids, chasing heart-racing, sharing ugly sweat stains between synthetic cotton and Prada.

Call the tryst mutually beneficial, say this is the real reason she came out tonight (not to get lost, get broken, get wrecked), say the sharp nails fisted in her top are solid and real as anything else.

If she can match Lilah's chuckles blow for blow she can pretend like the two of them can take on the world.

Date: 2014-07-27 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com
This is excellent as always. You make the dirt and grime and sweat almost palpable here.


Gabrielle

Date: 2014-07-27 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
Yay! It's been a long time since I wrote faith like this, all alleyways and dirty leather. Actually it's been a while since I wrote faith at all and I know she's not one of your favourites so I'm beyond honoured that you wanted to read this, Sweetie!

*hugs*

Date: 2014-07-28 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snogged.livejournal.com
This was really well done!

I love the way you made it easy to visualize this pairing. Your descriptions were so...visceral. :)
Edited Date: 2014-07-28 08:13 pm (UTC)

Date: 2014-08-27 11:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
Me = late and terrible.

You = lovely and wonderful. Thank you so so much sweetie! It was an absolute DELIGHT to write this pairing (Lilah is so much fun I need to play with her more I swear), so I'm really glad you liked it!

Date: 2014-07-28 11:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] rbfvid.livejournal.com
It's awesome and so wonderfully dirty)

Date: 2014-08-27 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
*g*

yay! So glad that you enjoyed this (and trust me, it was almost FAR dirtier than this... I was in a devious mood at the time)

Thank you muchly!

Possitive Assessment.

Date: 2014-08-07 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vantiri.livejournal.com
Interesting story, especially the part where it seems that Lilah was sitting on Faith's lap- kind-of odd, but ok story, no, better than ok., definitely consistant with the characters!

Re: Possitive Assessment.

Date: 2014-08-27 11:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
The idea with the straddling was more Faith's leaning against the alley wall and Lilah has her legs either side of faith's but if that wasn't clear that's a thing I need to work on - thank you muchly for pointing it out to me!

Also thank you for this lovely comment! (sorry about the late reply)

Re: Possitive Assessment.

Date: 2014-08-27 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vantiri.livejournal.com
Thanks for clairifying, that Was a bizarre impression- Lilah sitting on Faith's lap and kissing her!
Your late comments are Completely forgiven!

Date: 2014-08-18 05:26 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] aaronlisa.livejournal.com
I really liked this! I loved how in character both Lilah and Faith were.

Date: 2014-08-27 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
Thank you so much Sweetie! So glad that you liked how this came out because it was totally spur of the moment without any planning as to what I would write. I'm frankly amazed it came out coherently.

Plus, I just love to write faith...

Date: 2014-08-26 04:04 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] snowpuppies (from livejournal.com)
Awesomely, wonderfully gritty.

Date: 2014-08-27 12:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! I toyed with going much darker with this fic because it would have been so easy... But I think I'm happy with where it ended up. Little Lost Girl Faith is just my favourite.

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