Wild and Free (Finlay/Trix)
Here is my second OC kiss! This is for @a1thusa of our Ryders: my Finlay and her Trix. I hope you like it!
“Why do humans do the stupidest things?”
Trix Ryder smirked as she glanced over the edge of the cliff, knowing that the question was only partially serious. Lexi didn’t mean much by it. She was only worried about what might happen to the humans in her care… and what broken limbs she would need to fix at the end of this craziness.
“No worries, Lex.” Her cousin, Finlay, threw an arm around the doctor’s shoulders, squeezing her affectionately. “The Ryder family always does whatever daring things we can find.”
Lexi frowned at his words. “That does not make me feel better.”
“Who said it was supposed to?” He teased, approaching where Trix stood with Liam and Cora, waiting for him with the harness.
As he was being strapped in, Drack collapsed on the ground beside Vetra, a look of boredom on his face. “What’s with the safety gear?”
“Humans are fragile, Drack.” Vetra reminded him with a laugh. “They can’t survive a jump like that without help.”
Lexi nodded at the turian. “That’s exactly why they need to stop this nonsense.”
“Never!” Finlay called from where he stood, the harness buckled securely around his waist. He gave the bungee cord a tug for good measure. “Where’s the fun in that?”
Lexi rolled her eyes, but didn’t complain again. She only tightened her hold on the medpac in her hands. Trix caught the movement. She would have reassured the asari that this wasn’t the first time they’d jumped off of cliffs, but she doubted that would help assuage her worries.
Liam and Cora turned to her next, strapping her into a harness of her own. It didn’t take long before she and Finlay were ready to go.
Finlay turned his eyes on her, crinkling at the sides with barely contained laughter. “Wish me luck, cousin.”
Trix grinned, leaning forward to plant an affectionate kiss on his cheek. When she stepped back, she waved to the edge of the cliff. “After you, Fin.”
With a salute, her cousin fell backwards off the cliff, descending at a rapid pace. With only a second’s hesitation, Trix followed him, diving as if she was headed into a pool of water instead of the emptiness of air. Her heart dropped into her stomach at the change in pressure, air rushing by her as she followed Finlay down. The ground got closer at an alarming rate, hair whipping at her face. She would have screamed if she could find her voice. Without warning, the bungee cable snapped tight, bouncing her up before she descended downwards again.
Each time she snapped back, the drop was smaller and smaller until finally she was only hanging in the air, her cousin swaying beside her, laughing like a maniac. Trix, on the other hand, was breathless. Reaching her arms out, she swung back and forth, adrenaline still coursing through her body.
This was the best way to live: wild and free with those you love.
