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Flowers, Fruit, and Vodka by Jen Northwood (PG-13/Teen)
Fandom: BABYLON 5
Pairing: Delenn/Susan Ivanova
Length: 2275 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rivendellrose
Author Website: fanfic master post at Geek Chic
Why this must be read:
"Susan absolutely never intended to end up curled up on her couch with the Minbari ambassador."
I said earlier in the month that I ship post-series Susan/Delenn, which is something I pretty much discovered through fanfic. I'm convinced that the two of them would make a great couple later in life. I wasn't quite sure how Susan/Delenn femslash would work during the run of the show, though, because of John and Talia. And then I found this fic.
Oh, this fic, you guys. You guys. This is possibly the most luscious, sensual fic I've read in my life. Mid-season 2 (before/on the cusp of/instead of John/Delenn), Susan gets a little tipsy on an evening out and invites Delenn back to her quarters for a drink. Where she proceeds to regale the reader with slightly hilarious overblown metaphors for her attraction to Delenn, interspersed with very Russian commentary, and finally decides to do something about it...to an incredibly sexy (and frustrating!) response from Delenn. This fic is packed full of sensory details and really fantastic turns of phrase. In other words, it's hot. You may end up rereading it three times in a row and bookmarking it to reread when you need to put a smile on your face.
Excerpt:
"This is absolutely insane," Susan told her impromptu guest as she sipped (slowly, she was drinking slowly now, wasn’t she? Be careful, Susan, this isn’t just any girl...) at her vodka and watched Delenn touch the glass of water to her pink lips. "I shouldn’t be here."
"These are your quarters," Delenn reminded her in a solemn voice, even as her eyes were positively glittering.
"No, I mean you shouldn’t be here," Susan corrected herself. "I mean, you’re welcome, I’m happy to have you. Here, to have you here. I’m happy."
She was making positively no sense, but she found that she didn’t particularly care. Delenn was smiling again, and laughing a soft, low laugh that made Susan want to kiss her. No, it was her lips that made Susan want to kiss her. Or her eyes, cool grey-green like the underside of pine needles, like lichen peeking from under the snow, like trees through mist... like overblown metaphors being thought by a woman who had really been without a good lay for too long, and had fallen head over heels for the most unapproachable woman on the whole damned station, if not in the universe. But Delenn was not acting at all unapproachable that night, and maybe that was a magic that could work in Susan’s favor, if only she kept from sobering up long enough to see every reason she shouldn’t lean forward and kiss those beautiful, dusty-rose lips. She leaned in.
Flowers, Fruit, and Vodka on Livejournal | Flowers, Fruit, and Vodka at An Archive of Our Own
Pairing: Delenn/Susan Ivanova
Length: 2275 words
Author on LJ:
rivendellroseAuthor Website: fanfic master post at Geek Chic
Why this must be read:
"Susan absolutely never intended to end up curled up on her couch with the Minbari ambassador."
I said earlier in the month that I ship post-series Susan/Delenn, which is something I pretty much discovered through fanfic. I'm convinced that the two of them would make a great couple later in life. I wasn't quite sure how Susan/Delenn femslash would work during the run of the show, though, because of John and Talia. And then I found this fic.
Oh, this fic, you guys. You guys. This is possibly the most luscious, sensual fic I've read in my life. Mid-season 2 (before/on the cusp of/instead of John/Delenn), Susan gets a little tipsy on an evening out and invites Delenn back to her quarters for a drink. Where she proceeds to regale the reader with slightly hilarious overblown metaphors for her attraction to Delenn, interspersed with very Russian commentary, and finally decides to do something about it...to an incredibly sexy (and frustrating!) response from Delenn. This fic is packed full of sensory details and really fantastic turns of phrase. In other words, it's hot. You may end up rereading it three times in a row and bookmarking it to reread when you need to put a smile on your face.
Excerpt:
"This is absolutely insane," Susan told her impromptu guest as she sipped (slowly, she was drinking slowly now, wasn’t she? Be careful, Susan, this isn’t just any girl...) at her vodka and watched Delenn touch the glass of water to her pink lips. "I shouldn’t be here."
"These are your quarters," Delenn reminded her in a solemn voice, even as her eyes were positively glittering.
"No, I mean you shouldn’t be here," Susan corrected herself. "I mean, you’re welcome, I’m happy to have you. Here, to have you here. I’m happy."
She was making positively no sense, but she found that she didn’t particularly care. Delenn was smiling again, and laughing a soft, low laugh that made Susan want to kiss her. No, it was her lips that made Susan want to kiss her. Or her eyes, cool grey-green like the underside of pine needles, like lichen peeking from under the snow, like trees through mist... like overblown metaphors being thought by a woman who had really been without a good lay for too long, and had fallen head over heels for the most unapproachable woman on the whole damned station, if not in the universe. But Delenn was not acting at all unapproachable that night, and maybe that was a magic that could work in Susan’s favor, if only she kept from sobering up long enough to see every reason she shouldn’t lean forward and kiss those beautiful, dusty-rose lips. She leaned in.
Flowers, Fruit, and Vodka on Livejournal | Flowers, Fruit, and Vodka at An Archive of Our Own
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I didn't do it on purpose, but I realized after the fact that there's a boatload of Susan stuff in my recs this month...and huh, I thought Delenn was the one who walked off with my heart/soul/libido/etc early on! And yeah, Susan/Delenn hardly occurred to me (despite their general awesomeness independently) until people started writing stuff like this.
Enjoy B5 fandom, it's a great place!