"The course of true love never did run smooth." ~ William Shakespeare
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Kailani Hummel, an innocent small-town genderfluid teenager, gets sucked into a world that seems like only they can navigate in an attempt to save everyone they love. Will Qu...
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Sleepy sage eyes fluttered open in a tired droop as the light poured in from between the curtains of her bedroom. Quinn blinked a few times, sighing in content when her senses finally connected to her brain and her eyes landed on the messy ash brown curls she loved so much in front of her, cascaded across the pillow delicately.
Quinn's lips tugged upward into a soft dreamy smile, taking in the sight of Kailani's exposed naked body against he own, with only her comforter keeping her body safe from the cold winter air that drifted around the Fabray household. She watched Kailani's chest rise and fall, that same uneven breathing pattern she had memorized.
She pressed her lips to her partner's shoulder as ghostingly as she could, not wanting to disturb her sleep after the swim meet she had dominated yesterday. One of the last in the season and Kailani was proving to be a real threat out there in the water, much like her kicking skills on the football field. She had survived qualifers and moved forward with a few other seniors towards regionals and Quinn couldn't have been more proud.
Kailani had needed the water, especially now.
It was Christmas time and, like every year, Kailani's depression had creeped up on her. She was doing all she could to fight it, Quinn could see that and encouraged her every day, but as the last few weeks before Christmas came and Kailani struggled to eat full meals and climb out of bed. Thought Kailani was doing better than last year and leaning on her peers for help this time with more communicate to Quinn, there was always a change the full depression episodes could hit.
Just like the few dissociation episodes that Quinn had noticed creep into Kailani's subconscious and slowly ruin her reality.
Like last year, Quinn was determined to have a good spirited Christmas with her partner. There was just one tiny little detail that made everything a little more difficult.
She had four secret kids running around.
According to Riley, sadly, they hadn't actually had a good Christmas as a family in years, so Quinn was determined to try and make up for her future mistakes without fully outing Riley and hopefully have a relationship with Reese, Vaughn, and Juniper.
Quinn needed to fix things with Juniper and Vaughn. She had heard too many horror stories and couldn't even imagine it being true, but with Riley's nifty looking cellphone, she was able to show pictures and videos that proved their broken family more than true. But they weren't broken yet and that meant Quinn could still fix it.
Starting with making sure she spent every second she could giving this beautiful soul in her arms everything she could possibly want in life.
