The Red Jacket (Octaven)

Six | Butterflies

The past few days have been absolute bliss for the two girls. Being with each other as often as they can, stealing glances, sharing kisses when no one else was around. They didn't ever hide their relationship or anything like that, they just both agreed that there was no need to rub it in anyone's faces.

Raven has been getting her projects done faster knowing that she gets to go 'home' to Octavia once she's finished, before her only motivation was helping everyone but at times that didn't feel like enough. But now knowing that she has a girlfriend waiting for her, she's been working much more efficiently.

Octavia has been more focused when she goes hunting with Bellamy and any others who she along. She's been more careful knowing that someone would care if she got hurt. Sure Bellamy and Clarke would be upset too, but this was different. She has Raven who would do anything for her, who loves her. Though, all of this scared her. All of the people she loved have gotten hurt or killed, she didn't want to completely fall for Raven and end up getting her hurt. But she soon realized that falling for the brunette was inevitable, it started slowly then happened all at once.
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"Psst" She whispered as she poked Octavia's nose.

"Mmm?" Octavia hummed in response without opening her eyes.

Raven sat up from their laying position on the bed and propped herself up on her elbows, taking in all of the girl that's next to her.

Chewing on her lip nervously, Raven started to play with Octavia's hair, gently weaving her hair through her fingers. This only made Octavia melt into her and snuggle closer into her girlfriend's chest.

"Hey, O?"

"Yeah Babe?" She hummed.

The pet name instantly brought a smile to Raven's face, slightly calming the churning feeling in her stomach. She was nervous, Raven Reyes doesn't get nervous. I mean this was Octavia, that she was talking to, her girlfriend. She had no reason to be nervous. Right?

"I uh, I've been meaning to um-" She was cut off by yelling outside.

"Shit, uh- we'll talk um- later" Raven said quickly as she untangled her fingers from Octavia's long locks and rushed out of the tent, leaving her girlfriend completely confused as to what just happened.

Octavia had a thousand thoughts running through her head, most of them scared that Raven was about to break up with her. She wouldn't, right? No, no she- she cares about me, and I care about her, we- we're not going to break up, we can't. No, I- I need her.

Snapping out of her thoughts Octavia finally gathered enough courage to go face whatever was going on outside, and boy did she regret leaving her tent the second she walked out.

It was on fire. All of their meat, their food, what was helping keep them alive, it was all gone. Her heart instantly fell, all of the efforts everyone has put in to help keep everyone here from starving and alive, it was just gone.

Her gaze flickered to her brother and Clarke doing everything they can to salvage items from the flames that were consuming everything faster than they could work. She felt sick to her stomach knowing that months of hard work and labour were wasted in the matter of seconds. She wanted to do absolutely anything she could to help. She hurried over to her big brother to tell him her new found idea.

"Bell!"

"O, now's really not the time unless it's about our problem here" He sighed tiredly.

"It is actually! I think that we should have a mass hunt tonight, like we get a big group of people and go out and catch as much food at we can!"

"You know, that's not actually the worst idea, I'll go get a team ready" He hurried away but not before he gave her forehead a loving, chaste kiss.

Octavia stood there, beaming. She felt a sense of pride in having her brother appreciate her idea. As much as she wouldn't care to admit it, she really looked up to Bellamy. In her eyes, he was her idol, he was all she had ever known growing up. Her was her entire world, all that she ever knew, that of course is until she met Raven.

Sure she had dated a few guys before Raven, and when Lincoln died it felt like a part of her died as well, but even when she was just friends with the girl, she knew that she was always going to be a big part in her life. But nothing could've ever prepared her for the amount of love she feels for her.

In her eyes, Raven was her everything. She was incredibly smart, gorgeous as hell, adorably witty and sarcastic, and probably one of the most kindhearted people you will ever know if she lets you past her cold exterior.

Yesterday, Raven built Octavia a butterfly out of scrap metal, (similar idea to the necklace Finn made her) and insisted that Octavia had to keep in on her at all times so she could always have a piece of Raven with her, even when she wasn't around.

Similar to when wearing the red jacket, she would find comfort in rubbing the small butterfly between her thumb and index finger, gently rubbing over the carved initials on the wings. "R.R. + O.B.", it may be cheesy but it meant the world to Octavia. Raven, meant the world to Octavia.

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So sorry for the extremely late update and that it being a smaller one :(( school started awhile ago and I was just focusing on that but I really do hope to be updating more often! Your support means the world to me, thank you so, so much. Love, Sara :)