#c:colby

[thequeensxgambit]

What a joy, Maddie thought as she glanced around the table at the small collection of people. Elle was wearing golden needle boppers that flashed every time she moved and someone had decided to decorate most surfaces with the party popper ribbons they were supposed to wait until midnight to let off. Glasses and bottles were clustered on the table and in the centre, a circle of cards surrounded a pint glass full of murky liquid. Being the infrequent drinker she was, Maddie didn’t even dare to think about what the others had been pouring into there. “Don’t think you can escape, Maddie.” Elle’s boyfriend jeered as she pushed herself up and Maddie swatted at him a straw. 

“I’m going to go find Colbs.” 

“I’m going to go find, Colbs.” Her other housemate mimicked with a knowing smirk as she reached out for one of the cards. Maddie rolled her eyes and left them laughing the living room. When she entered the kitchen, a small smile slipped across her mouth as she set her glass on the side. 

“Ring of fire not your thing either?” She teased as she took a step closer to Colby. She couldn’t stop the way her heart began to beat faster. It had been pounding the entire drive since she’d seen Colby again. It had been practically frantic since they’d first kissed a few weeks ago. Almost boldly, she wrapped her arms around the other and smiled, pulling back her face enough so she couldn’t look into her eyes. “A whole new year, huh? Who knows what could happen...” @canthelps​

[thequeensxgambit]

Maddie could hardly believe the first term was over. It seemed like only yesterday she’d been settling back into the first week, traipsing back from her first training session of the year to find her beloved housemates gathered around the table with countertops full of food. And seeing Colby again. Well, that was always something. The first time she’d seen Colby had been something. So softly beautiful. So....in her own head. And Maddie had reached out for her. 

And as Maddie looked out from the kitchen into the living room, looking at her housemates and friends bunched on the sofas and anything they could convert into a chair, she smiled. The Poundland Christmas decorations added a really nice touch. Plucking up the glasses off the tabletop, she moved over to the group, hearing flutterings of laughter and a phone screen being flashed across the table. Raising an eyebrow, she held out one glass to Colby and then took a seat on a stool nearby. 

Drinking games. A hallmark of university life. And the best way to convince someone to remove an item of clothing in two minutes because of words on a screen. Sipping her drink, she laughed as she failed to rhyme a word with the person next to her. But it was the next play that made her mouth go dry. Kiss the person in the room that you want to most. Directed at Colby. She took a long drink from her glass as the words fell from their friend’s mouth. 

Maddie wasn’t sure whether she felt her ears or her palms go hot first. As if hearing about the threesomes wasn’t enough...now she had to watch Colby kiss someone else. She regretted dragging some of the football girls out for this now. They’d always poked Maddie around about Colby. And now...she probably wouldn’t hear the end of it.  @canthelps​

[thequeensxgambit]

maddie jerked awake at the sound of the front door clicking shut. she heard shoes being knocked against the hallway and with groggy eyes, she fumbled for her phone on her stomach. she hadn’t meant to fall asleep after she’d come home from training but once she’d collapsed on the sofa she’d never got back up again. and apparently, the rest of her house hadn’t bothered to wake her up either. were they even in? was that them coming back? 

groaning softly, maddie sat up and swung her toned legs onto the floor. “who’s creeping in at this hour?” she asked aloud with a grin as she lifted herself up and pushed her hands into her pockets. as she turned, she spotted colby in the doorway and instantly her smile grew. tenderly. colby was her favourite housemate and in a way her favourite person that wasn’t family. 

ever since they’d met in first year, she’d enjoyed the shy little thing’s company. she had a pretty smile. made maddie laugh. had great choice in snacks when they had movie nights. “you’re back late, you lil’ stop out.” she moved closer, lifting her shirt up slightly to scratch at her stomach. “don’t tell me you were at the library.” @canthelps

[reallifehqgossip]

I honestly love Colby so much. I just want to snuggle her

“That’s very intimate and I can’t tell if it’s the intimacy that’s making me wanna vomit or the fact that this isn’t gossip. Gimme names. Who’s trying to take Colby to bed?” 

[thequeensxgambit]

“i wish things were different.” ( colby x maddie )

“You don’t think I want the same?” Maddie said quietly as she looked across the room at her friend. Her housemate. Recently, her lover. Oh, how she adored that smile. Sighing gently, she crossed the room and slipped her hands along the other woman’s jaw. With the softest of smiles, she looked into her face. Traced every inch of skin. The colour of her eyes and the curve of her lips. “You’re so beautiful...” She whispered, bumping her nose against Colby’s. A shaky breath made her chest tremble and she swallowed thickly. “But I can’t be the person whose bed you warm when they won’t have you.” Her eyes opened. Tears speckled on her lower lashes. “If you really wanted things to be different...they would be...”

[thequeensxgambit]

“No, no, I’m not alright. I’m definitely not alright.” ( colby x elliot )

“Well maybe you shouldn’t try and play with the big girls, huh?” Elliot teased as she looked at the exhausted girl, still beautiful with her sweaty face and flushed cheeks. Still grinning, she pulled the lid off of her water bottle and squirted some into her mouth. Elliot jogged daily but the fact Colby had reluctantly said she’d join her....it was endearing. “Next time I say don’t race me....” She held the bottle out to the young blonde and then moved closer, pressing a soft kiss to the top of her sweaty head. “Don’t race me...” Patting Colby’s butt softly, she jerked her head back toward the road they’d just run along. “C’mon. Lunch at Spoons is on me. We’ll get Nor to pick us up. I’ll tell her I twisted my ankle.” 

[beccatucks]

TEXTS ✉ BECCA & COLBY

Rebecca: Hey.

Rebecca: Okay it took me ages to even follow that up because I don't really know how to text.

Rebecca: Okay. I just wanted to say thank you so much for the other night. I'm sorry I made you...even be around me when I was being a needy mess but hey, you got to see my badass lip so.

[dauntlesslydustin]