meryl fabray

meryl the impatient perfectionist cheeky . delicate . stubborn . independent . executive talent manager with Studio 34 | single | 25 years of age | second oldest of the Fabray girls | sexuality unknown to public | not a morning person | nature enthusiast | plays piano | incrdibly organized | traveler | dancer | fluent in french

[meryl--fabray]

Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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Rayna stilled her fingers when the blonde answered her question. She hadn’t really thought she was being that distracting. But apparently the blonde felt differently. Her tone made Rayna’s brow crinkle together a little.  “Sorry..” she breathed out. though she hadn’t at all been prepared for them to be face to face the way that they were. She could feel Meryl’s breathed as they both sat there silently for a moment. Against her better judgment, Rayna did the first thing that popped in to her head. Leaning forward her closed the distance between them. Letting her lips press against Meryl’s. Catching them for a very soft kiss. 

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Every word, every thought, vanished the second that Rayna leaned in to capture her lips.  She hadn’t felt any sort of fire for anyone or anything in so long that she hadn’t known it was possible any longer... but sure enough  there was that flame, though small it still flickered for the other girl.  In Meryl’s mind it was beyond explanation.  For a moment she simply let Rayna kiss her but then she found herself leaning into it, kissing her back just as gently.  It lasted for a minute or so before she found herself pulling back, tucking a few blonde strands behind her ear and reverting her gaze.  “This isn’t a good idea, Rayna.”  She nearly whispered.

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Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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“Well usually I don’t want to behave myself.” was all she offered before she was allowed to settled down next to the blonde. She wrapped one of her arms around the girl. Pulling her a little closer so that she could really get the warmth Rayna offered. The brunette was usually a little heater no matter the weather. so she was sure she’d be helping. She would have been lying if she said that she didn’t feel the urge to go against her earlier statement with Meryl pressed so close to her. But she was trying. She closed her eyes for a little while. Just relaxing as the blonde read her book. Though as she sat quietly her fingers started to idly trace circles against Meryl’s arm. Enjoying the soft skin beneath them. “Enjoying your book?” she asked breaking the quiet around them. 

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This position was a distraction plain and simple.  Who were they actually kidding?  What happened to- this is a big house and not having to be near one another?  What happened to being left alone?  Eventually she was able to channel her focus in on the book she held in slender hands but it took a lot of effort.  Slowly but surely the blonde relaxed into Rayna’s arms.  As fingers idly traced over her skin it sent tingles through her body and she felt her breath hitch.  She cleared her throat softly.  “I was.” Her tone was slightly scolding.  “You plan on being a pain in the ass?  Cause I can go up to my room.”  There was that sharpness that seemed to be lacking most days.  “She rose a brow and turned her head to glare at the woman but as she did so their faces were far too close together and hazel eyes flitted down to her lips and back up as she lost her want to verbally lash into the other.

[meryl--fabray]

Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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Rayna’s brow lifted as the blonde spoke. She couldn’t help the smile that slipped on to her lips. Because Meryl knew her well. Rayna was never the best at keeping her hands to herself. Especially when the blonde was involved. They had proven that a million times. But she at the moment had no real intentions to distract the blonde. “Hey I promise I’ll be good,” she mused as she shifted from her chair. Walking the very short distance to the couch. “I’m just keeping you warm. You can still read to your hearts content.” she added motioning a bit for the blonde to slid over a little so she could sit down. 

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Meryl smirked because she knew what Rayna’s reaction would be without even having to look.  “You’ve never given me any reason to believe that you’re capable of behaving yourself.”  She murmured.  The blonde could feel the brunette approaching and released a breath, finally shifting over a bit after an almost hesitant moment where she weighed the pros and cons of this situation.  She felt that body against her and her cheeks flushed a soft shade of pink as they got settled.  Setting her glass down after another sip, she read a bit more and tried to keep herself focused.  With Ray this close, it was virtually impossible.

[meryl--fabray]

Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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Rayna opened her mouth to argue. But the tone, and the look she got from Meryl was enough to tell her there was no point. “Then I guess I’m staying.” she chimed with a nod of her head. She didn’t blame Meryl for being so forceful with the subject. If anyone had a reason to dislike the idea of someone on the roads when they were shitty it was the blonde. Letting out a little sigh she sank down more in to the chair. The glass of wine firmly against her lips as she nursed it. Her brown eyes watched as Meryl pulled the blanket tighter around her. “Are you cold?” she asked softly. Sitting up a little straighter in the chair as she spoke. “I would be willing to lend you some body heat if you need it.” was added warmly. 

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Meryl glanced up again from behind her glasses and rose a brow at the woman’s words.  After a moment, she shook her head.  “I need to get some reading done and I have a feeling that you being within a foot of my body is going to be counterproductive.”  Her husky voice managed to stay even through each well thought out word, even if there was an underlying teasing quality to her tone.  She held her gaze for one more moment before drawing the book back up into her free hand, sipping from the wine with the other.  She had a certain amount of novels that she planned on getting read before the end of the month and she was seriously slacking on the total count so far.  Maybe, technically, she wasn’t supposed to be drinking according to her physical therapist but honestly, right now, he could go fuck himself.

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Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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Rayna offered a smile to the blonde when she handed over the glass of wine. Her eyes followed Meryl as she moved back in to the living room. She probably should have offered to leave that would have been the right thing to do. But the brunette had no intentions of driving in the gross weather. Let alone doing it at night. “Well,” she sighed after taking her own sip from her glass. 

“If we’re lucky this will be the worst of it. And I can be out of your hair by tomorrow afternoon.” her moved so that she could situate herself in the arm chair facing the couch. “Or… we;re stuck for a week. But the place is big enough, we’ll be able to work it out.”

[meryl--fabray]

Of course Rayna would follow her into the living room.  After another sip of her wine, she pushed the glasses, which has slipped, up the bridge of her nose.  “Mm hmm.  It is what it is, you might as well stay.”  She shrugged.  “Even if it does clear up by tomorrow, the roads won’t be safe, and you know how I feel about that.”  Her tone changed some and she fixed a pointed glare on the smaller brunette, those pretty hazel eyes finally meeting that dark stare probably for the first time that night.  “You’re not going to drive when the roads are bad.”  End of discussion.  Her tone spoke volumes, Rayna didn’t have a choice in the matter.

Meryl may be submissive in the bedroom but when it came to getting what she wanted outside of it, she was rather skilled.  The blonde found she could only hold her gaze for so long before she was glancing away and pulling a blanket around her slender form.  A shiver raced through her and she brought the glass up to her lips taking a long sip before setting it aside and grabbing up her book again.

[meryl--fabray]

Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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The tone she was getting out of the blonde wasn’t really anything she wasn’t used to. Actually she was thankful there was still a little sharpness in her tone. They’d stayed in contact a little. But Rayna hadn’t really gotten to be one on one with the women. It was nice to see she wasn’t completely different. Sighing she hung up her jacket and set her boots out of the way so they wouldn’t get snow on the floor. She spun around slowly when she was spoken too. 

“Yeah, that would be awesome.” slipped from her lips gently as she moved towards the kitchen. Her hand lifting to put a loose bun in her hair. “I honestly didn’t think anyone was going to be out here.” she offered as she leaned against the counter. “Let alone you, Since you’re always so busy.” was added as the girl’s teeth tugged at the flesh of her lower lip. 

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Meryl avoided eye contact.  She did that a lot these days.  Looking people in the eye meant opening herself up and she just wasn’t at that point right now.  At the response to her question she moved to grab another wine glass and popped open the bottle to pour them both a glass.  She noticed the brunette lean up against the counter and handed over her glass to lean up against the opposite one.

Once another long sip was taken of that Malbec, she cleared her throat gently.  “Mm hmm...”  She hummed.  But at the added on commentary, she rolled her eyes, pushed off the counter and made her way back into the living room.  “I took the weekend to collect myself, regroup, relax...alone.... though if the storm doesn’t let up any time soon, we’ll probably be stuck here at least a week.”  Curling back up on the couch, she opened her book back up and adjusted her glasses.

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Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

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A weekend away sounded like a brilliant plan in Rayna’s mind. She’d been so damn busy with work. It was about time she just took off. The family lake house seemed like the best option for that. No one really knew where it was, other than family of course. Giving her a little peace. Plus she’d be able to turn off her phone and let the real world sit on hold for a while. It’d started to snow on her drive from the Air port. It was nothing to bad at first. Just a little white coat over the road. But by the time she actually got to the house it seemed like the whole damn sky had opened up to drop on them. 

She quickly made her way from the car to the house. Lugging her bag with her as she did so. She was so focused on getting in to the warmth that she didn’t even stop to think why there would be a car in the driveway already. Once inside she couldn’t help but chuckle when she heard a very familiar voice. Of course Meryl would be there. Fate seemed to like to throw the two of them at each other. Licking over her lips she offered a small smile. “Hello…” she tugged her jacket off her body. 

“I see you had the same idea I did. Weekend a lone at the lake.” the brunette shifted around her spot pulling offer her snow covered boots. 

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Pretending to be irritated, Meryl didn’t look directly at the brunette.  Instead, she watched out of the corner of her eye as the girl stripped off her wet outerwear and snow boots,   Taking a long sip from her wine, she gave a hum.  “Sure seems that way, doesn’t it...”  But it wasn’t really a question.  There was a slight snarkiness to her tone that tended to always appear in the presence of Ray, however, this was merely a fraction of what Rayna typically got.

Polishing off the rest of the glass, she pushed up from the couch and brought the glass into the kitchen where she went about pouring herself another.  “You want a glass?”  She offered with a raise of one brow.  Mostly she’d been avoiding the other woman but in her defence she was avoiding anyone that truly knew her. The on slaught of crazy weather had her body aching which meant it was harder for her to function.  Everything had been off since that accident.  Truth be told, she was still in physical therapy at least once a week.  She missed pain that had nothing to do with the crash.

She forced herself to walk correctly, not to limp or wince, her poker face was a work of art these days. 

[meryl--fabray]

Snowfall | F2F | Meryna

She needed this.  A weekend away from the hustle of city life, a weekend away from her job and her forever ringing phone, she needed time to herself.  So she packed a bag, booked a flight and a car and made her way to the lake house up in the mountains which she knew would be empty.  Since the accident, she’d done a spectacular job of isolating herself and pushing people away. The holidays had been a brief and hurried affair with the family here at the house but otherwise Meryl had been back to visit only a handful of times. She felt the need to check up on the place since she felt responsible for it but she never stayed more than 24 hours and normally she had someone else with her.  The hype about her ‘relationship’ with Rayna had all but fizzled out and she’d buried herself back into work.  They spoke now and again to catch up but she didn’t have time for a social life any longer.

This weekend was the first weekend since last summer that she took some time to decompress and take care of herself.  She’d unpacked and cleaned the second she got there and when the flurries started falling from the sky, she’d headed into town to stock up on groceries and other necessities.  It was now, that she was finally unwinding.  There was already a few inches of snow on the ground outside and it only seemed to fall from the sky harder with every passing minute.  She should have read the forecast.  It was too late to do anything about it now.  She knew better than to drive in certain conditions now.

The fire in the living room was crackling as it glowed, a healthy blaze illuminating the room along with a lantern here and there.  She was curled up on the couch, a glass of Malbec in hand and a book in her lap.  The thick, over sized, cable knit sweater kept her warm as did the thermal leggings and thick bunched up wool socks; blonde waves were worn up in a messy bun and black rimmed glasses sat perched on the bridge of her nose.  

Meryl read in peace, occasionally sipping from her glass of wine. She didn’t notice the car that pulled up out front but she did hear the knob of the door turning. Her senses perked up and her heart leapt into her throat.  Setting the book and glass aside, she closed slender digits around a heavy silver candle holder from the coffee table and prepped herself for the absolute worst. 

When the door opened, hazel eyes narrowed slightly at the intruder only to widen and her grip on the candle holder loosened.  “...Ray?”  She muttered softly.  ”Fucking hell, Rayna-”  She sounded exasperated as her heart hammered away in her chest. Rolling her eyes, she fell back onto the couch.  “You have got to be kidding me.”  She didn’t sound pissed or even bitter maybe a little annoyed but that was nothing Rayna wasn’t used to.

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[meryl--fabray]

... Back for the weekend, got the place to myself.  Much needed me time.

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Text: Merliz

Liz: Negative, Mer. It's my favorite jacket. But when you get your ass back to the house, I might, underscore might, let you borrow it.

Liz: it's not the same without you within throwing distance or whatever.

Meryl: We're on our way back. Rayna's driving.

Meryl: Yes, well... shit happens, right?

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@raynalynn: ‘we were born with fire n gold in our eyes..’

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Coming Home || Meryna

The last week has been a complete mess for Rayna. She’d never been the best at dealing with her feelings. Especially if they were negative ones. Meryl being in the accident had put her in a pretty shitty place. She’d hid herself away from everyone. The only company she’d kept were bottles of what ever Alcohol she’d managed to track down. Needless to say, The last few days were the first of the week she’d actually been completely sober. Which was all on account of going to the hospital to be with Meryl. 

As she waited for the blonde to sign a few more papers. She was more then happy to be taking Meryl home. She knew that the women would probably feel more comfortable around things that were familiar. Her finger’s adjusted lightly on the handles of the wheel chair. Hospitles were one of her least favorite things in the world. So she was itching to leave. A smile slipped on to her lips when they were finally given the okay. “Freedom..” she breathed leaning down just so that Meryl could hear her. 

Ray pressed a soft affectionate kiss against Meryl’s cheek before wheeling her out towards the car that she had waiting out side. The process of getting the blonde all set in the car was a bit more tricky now. Rayna had to help a bit not that she minded. Once they were all settled and on the road she reached for Meryl’s hand. “I can’t imagine how good it feels to be out of there..” she offered giving the women’s hand a squeeze. 

The brunette was driving a lot more carefully then she usually did. She didn’t know how Meryl was going to react to be in a car again. And didn’t want to make her any more anxious about it then she’d already be. 

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Meryl loathed everything about this entire hospital stay.  The doctor had been an idiot, her physical therapist had a voice that made her want to punch her in the throat, she hadn’t seen Quinn, she couldn’t fully walk on her own without supervision, she had to be wheeled around in this stupid chair and the food was horrendous.  She was more than happy when Rayna had arrived but she’d hidden it well.  The bunny and the tshirt worked wonders and she was finally able to get some non-medicated sleep.

Ray had promised her that she’d raise hell to get them out of there as quick as humanly possible- low and behold they were finally getting to go.  When that word reached her ear a small smirk tugged at her pretty pink lips.  Finally.  She’d felt so smothered in that hospital room... suffocated.  The blonde was ready to leave.

The kiss to her cheek had them flushing a soft shade of pink and her smirk fading into an almost shy smile.  When the brunette helped her into the car, she had to resist the urge to swat at her hands and tell her she was capable of doing it herself, fact was, she wasn’t.  She buckled in and once the car was in motion she didn’t register that hand holding her own until she tangled her fingers with Rayna’s.  “Good lord, I’ll be happy if I never have to go back.”  She muttered.  She wasn’t afraid of the car, maybe if it was storming or even raining she’d be panicked but otherwise she was fine.

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Woken  |  6.24.15  |  Amryl

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Amber chewed on her lip a bit, “I’ll see if I can make that happen.. but… I’ll just see what I can do.” she offered lightly. She could see the panic flash in front of her sister’s eyes. The beeping of the machines cluing in the whole room. “Ms. Fabray.. What your sister is trying to say is that. At the present moment the trauma to your spin is why you’re having a hard time feeling your legs. The fact that you have any sensation at all make us hopeful you will only have to be immobile for a short period of time while you are recovering.” Amber very visibly rolled her eyes at the man she hated doctors and the tone they always seemed to have when speaking to you. “You will have trouble walking,” Amber turned her focus back at Meryl. “They hope that with physical therapy and some recovery time you’ll be running marathons.” she smiled softly. 

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If looks could kill the Doctor would already be buried six feet under.  “My sister can speak for herself, clearly.”  She saw Amber roll her eyes and was just happy to know that they felt the exact same way about this man.  “Please leave me alone.”  The words were very pointed at the doctor.  With a few more words of ‘ring the buzzer for the nurse if you’re in need of anything’ the man vanished and Meryl visibly relaxed some although not much seeing as she was still trying to wrap her head around her current physical state.  “Trouble walking...”  She made a face and clenched her jaw a moment so as not to show far too much weakness.  “I just want to go home.  Can we do that?”  She knew there was little to no hope of that happening anytime soon but she figured she’d ask the one sister that was the most likely to let her have her way.

[meryl--fabray]

... not gonna lie

I hate PT with a fiery passion but at least I finally get to come home tomorrow.

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Text || Meryna

R: Alright, got it.

R: Leaving now.

M: :)

M: Be careful.

[meryl--fabray]

Woken  |  6.24.15  |  Amryl

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Amber shifted closer to her twin. Well as close as a hospital bed would allow her. “Quinn is okay, She’s a little beaten up. But she’s okay,” Her thumb stroked her sister’s cheek as she spoke. Amber was beyond grateful that her sister’s were okay. Or as okay as anyone could be after a car accident. Licking over her lips she let out a sigh. Amber had already been told what was wrong. It was probably the doctors place to relay the message. But she knew her sister and the words would not be taken well from a stranger. “You have some nerve damage.. because of the trauma to you spine.” her words where soft and she kept her hold on her twin firm and reassuring. “They hope that its just temporary…” she added she did her best to keep the worry off her face. Not wanting what little doubt she had to influence Meryl in any way. 

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Meryl shook her head even as her older sister gently soothed her with her touch.  “I need to see her... “  If she couldn’t see her and prove it with her own eyes then it wasn’t real at this point.  The younger girl watched her sister carefully, studying her features.  When her sister relayed the news about the extent of her injuries she felt as if the air had been knocked out of her once more. The panic rose within once more a she shook her head again.  “..... Nerve damage?  Wh-what does that even mean?   Hope it’s just temporary?  Amber I don’t understand-.” Her heart rate was picking up once more and it became quite clear on the monitor.

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Text || Meryna

R: I'll come see you. Do you want me to bring you anything from the house?

M: There's uhm... A bunny in the small pocket of my suitcase. And that big tshirt that I stole from you last week.