Heart is the Key towards Home (Wynonna Earp)

Chapter 14

Waverly is fiddling nervously with the edge of her shirt when she feels a hand take hers gently, giving it a comforting squeeze. She looks up to a reassuring dimpled smile, which instantly calms her. Nicole's presence always manages to quiet any of the storms that life seems to constantly throw at her. They are waiting for the bank manager, sitting on a bench just outside his office. Waverly feels a hollow pit in her stomach. She wasn't sure if she will even get the answers to the multitude of questions she has, but she has to try.

The brunette is pulled from her thoughts when a dark-haired, middle-aged man in a suit walks into the office. He greets them with a warm smile, "Good morning, you must be Waverly and Nicole. I'm Daniel." He extends his hand in greeting, Waverly and Nicole both smile and shake his hand. He walks around the desk and takes a seat in the chair across from them.

There is a brief silence in the room before Daniel speaks. "I'm guessing you're here with regards to the Will left by Mrs. Angelea?"

"Yes." Waverly says softly, she feels Nicole give her hand another gentle encouraging squeeze. She looks up and takes a deep breath. "Yes, we wanted to find out more. The information in the Will came as a big shock and I...well I didn't know I had family outside of Purgatory." Waverly said as she looked over to her wife and then back to Daniel.

"I understand, I assumed as much from reading the Will. However, I'm not sure if I can be of much assistance in this matter." The bank manager says with an empathetic look on his face.

Waverly's face drops at his words. She looks down at her hands, trying hard to hold back her emotions. Nicole picks up on the brunette's needs immediately. Giving Waverly's hand another squeeze, she starts speaking. "Is there any information you could give us regarding the two family members mentioned in the Will? Is there any way in which we can contact them?"

"The only details I have is the contact number for Nina Craven. It was provided in case your wife was not interested in the property. I will have to make a few calls to get authorisation to provide you with the details, if that is what you want?" Daniel says, causing Waverly to look back up with hopefulness.

Nicole looks at Waverly, gauging the brunette's reaction to see if this is still what she wants. "Yes please." Waverly says, looking up at Daniel with more enthusiasm.

"Okay then, just give me 20 minutes to make a few calls. You are welcome to wait here in my office or you can get a coffee at the coffee shop across the street. I will give you a call once I have everything in order." Daniel offers with another warm smile.

Nicole realises waiting in the office is going to make Waverly feel like time is standing still, so she decides it's best that they go get some coffee. "Coffee sounds great. We will get out of your hair and wait for your call. Thank you very much, Mr. Brown." Nicole says as she gets up to shake Daniel's hand once more. Waverly follows in the action and they then proceed to the door, leaving the bank manager to make the necessary calls.

As they exit the bank, Nicole pulls Waverly into her embrace and holds her tight. Waverly has never felt more safe. "Are you okay, baby?" the redhead asks with her chin resting on the brunette's head.

"Yes, I'm okay, just nervous and...I don't know. This is all just so unexpected." Waverly says against Nicole's chest, tucked safely away from everything. In that moment it was just the two of them, in their bubble of security and warm comfort. Then Waverly pulls away slightly to look up at Nicole, hazel meeting beautiful brown. She is always amazed at how expressive Nicole's eyes are, always full of love and honesty directed towards her. "Thank you for that. Thank you for always being there for me, for always just being with me." Waverly says as she goes to place a soft kiss to Nicole's lips. Nicole bends down to meet the shorter woman halfway.