The Red Jacket (Octaven)

Three | Things have changed

After Octavia came back from a successful hunt with her brother she immediately realized how cold it actually was, and that she had Ravens jacket so that must mean she was cold. Octavia loved wearing Ravens jacket, it gave her a sense of security and it even still smelt like Raven. While out hunting Octavia had gotten very nervous and had quickly adapted a new habit, rubbing the sleeve of the signature red jacket between her thumb and her index finger.
It instantly calmed all of her nerves and let her emotions be flooded by the thoughts of her brunette friend back at camp.

Octavia built up the courage to go see Raven in her workshop, she was confused why she felt the need to build up the courage at all. It was never like this before, something was changing.

Octavia was now in the metal doorway of Raven's workshop. She was about to lift her hand to knock when Raven whipped around on her stool and was now facing her.

She took a deep breath as she smiled. "Hi"

"Hey" Raven quietly smiled as her eyes locked with Octavia's. She let her gaze linger on the girls face as she took all of her in, even though she had only been gone for a few hours it felt lonely without her. Empty even. Which was strange because they had gone days without seeing each other before, why was it different now?

"I thought you might be cold so I came to give you back your jacket" Octavia said with a sad smile almost implying that she would miss it.

"O, it's fine, you can still wear it if you want" Raven smiled at her picking up on the fact Octavia didn't want to give it back.

"It may be the comfiest jacket ever but I don't want you getting sick, ok?" She said with a caring grin.

"You got it O" Raven said with a shy smile and quickly looked down at the floor trying to hide her now rosy cheeks. She had never had anyone care for her like that before, not even Finn.

Raven slipped her arms through the sleeves of her red jacket and took on the scent of Octavia that still lingered on the fabric. A smile crept onto her face as she was flooded with a feeling of warmth coming over her.

Oblivious to the fact that Octavia was still in the room, Raven grabbed the jacket in between her fists and wrapped herself in the jacket, enjoying every last drop of Octavia's amazing scent.

"Hey Rae?" Octavia asked hesitantly.

"What's up O?" Raven said trying to hide the fact that she was completely and utterly embarrassed.

"Thank you" She said shyly.

"For what?" Raven cocked her head in confusion.

"Last night, everything" Octavia looked down at the floor as if she was embarrassed.

Raven noticed this and walked over to her.
She placed her index finger under Octavia's chin and gently guided her head up so she was now looking her in the eye.

"Anything for you Octavia" Raven said with no hint of sarcasm in her voice like usual. She was being serious with Octavia, she would do anything for her.

Octavia let a tear fall onto her cheek and had it immediately wiped away by Raven's thumb.

Raven let her hand stay on Octavia's cheek as she looked into her eyes once again. Everything was so clear to her, all of the pain she was feeling, the guilt. But she also saw something else in her eye, a spark. A glisten of hope, love.

Raven knew what she was feeling now, she was in love with Octavia. That's why she became uneasy when Octavia told her that she was going on a hunt, that's why everything was lonely without her, that's why she was the only thing that could ever make her smile that way. She was in love.

Raven stroked Her cheek with her thumb and then her eyes parted from Octavia's to quickly glance at her lips. She was hoping Octavia wouldn't notice because she wasn't sure how she felt about her like that, she was sure she only liked her as a friend.

She then saw a small smile tug at the ends of Octavia's lips. The next thing she knew Octavia was moving her face closer towards hers as she did the same. In this moment nothing else mattered, everything just washed away.

Raven laced her hands into Octavia's hair in an attempt to bring her as close as possible. They both stepped back and caught their breath.

Their eyes met yet again and neither could repress the smiles forming on their faces, nor did they want to. They wanted each other to know truly how happy they made one another.

Octavia placed a soft and sweet kiss onto Raven's cheek, and blushed as Raven gently laced her fingers with her own.

"I'll make sure to be back before you go to bed, I promise" The brunette said with a shy smile.

"I'll see you then Rae, can't wait" Octavia said completely honestly, she was already excited for spending more time with the girl she had fallen for.
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As Octavia was making her way back towards her tent she couldn't help but smile at the thought of Raven, she was in love.

She walked to the fire that was cooking the boar that they had caught on their hunt.

She found a place to sit on the log and grabbed a skewer with a piece of meat on it, when she felt the weight shift on the log next to her.
She glanced over and saw that her brother had sat down next to her.

"Hey Bell" She said with a mouthful of food.

"Wow, real classy O" He chuckled next to her.

"I'm proud of you, you really proved yourself out there today" He said beaming with pride for his sister.

"Aw Bell, you're actually just the biggest softy" She said as she playfully punched him in the shoulder.

"I love you big brother, I know I may not say it or show it enough, but I really love you and I appreciate everything that you do for me. Thank you" Octavia said as she pulled Bellamy into a side hug.

"I love you too O" He said as he placed a loving kiss onto her forehead and told her to go get some sleep.

Octavia very willingly walked over to her tent and got ready for bed. Out if the corner of her eye she saw a familiar figure enter her tent.

"I told you O, right on time" Raven said with an adorable smirk.

"Yeah yeah, you're great and all but I'm tired can we just sleep now?" Octavia whined.

"Of course O" Raven said as she pulled the covers over both of them and gave Octavia a kiss on the forehead.

Raven tangled her legs with Octavia's and wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

"Goodnight my warrior, sweet dreams" Raven mumbled into Octavia's neck.

"Goodnight my little bird" She kissed Raven's temple and let her heavy eyelids finally close.