as someone who ships both heatherdana and barandana itâs crazy I havenât thought about the implications of dana sleeping with baran as a proxy for the woman sheâs missing. she canât have heather back, heatherâs moved on to bigger and better thingsâ sheâs an attending, sheâs a mother, she doesnât have to be mired in this shithole anymore. but baran is here, and sheâs just as kind and sharp and smart. smiles at danaâs jokes and has a soft spot for children in the er. if dana closes her eyes, she can pretend this is what it mightâve been like, if heather couldâve stayed.
it makes me think of when i said hillary had slaves in the 1980s, like actual black slaves who were prisoners who had to serve her and her evil ass husband without pay in their mansion, providing free labor for cleaning cooking waiting on them yard work the list goes on, and if they did not comply they would be sent back to prison and risk solitary confinement, and when i said this hundreds of ppl were angry and saying i was attacking a wonderful pure democrat woman who âwas fighting for my rightsâ as a black personâŠ. as if forcing imprisoned black people into slavery and threatening them with cruel retaliation isnât indicative of who she is as a person
no literally this too hillary âall black people are super predators with unique levels of violence compared to white citizens who need to be jailed or killed for our safetyâ clinton is not someone i would ever trust 2 uphold leftist values
Dana Evans x Melissa Schemmenti x Reader
Warnings: a lil angsty, SMUT, dom/sub dynamic, implied homobia, someone give our cutie patootie a hug plsss
WC: 4.9k
Authors Note: thanks for all the support on chapter 1! You make writing this series fun <3 enjoy!
Dana didnât say a word the entire ride home.
She drove with both hands on the wheel, eyes fixed on the road, jaw still carrying the same tight set it had worn since the gym. The earlier easy silence between youâthe kind filled with shared looks and the occasional brush of fingersâhad been replaced by something heavier.Â
You knew better than to push. After enough long nights at the Pitt and enough quiet mornings like this, you had learned the difference between Dana processing and Dana shutting down. This was the first one.Â
You watched the city slide by in the late-afternoon light. Brick buildings gave way to narrower streets, then to the familiar stretch near the apartment. Every so often you glanced at her profileâthe controlled way she checked the mirrors, the slight tension in her shoulders that hadnât eased since Melissa Schemmentiâs name had landed between you like a live wire. You kept your hands to yourself and let the quiet settle.
Halfway home you pulled out your phone, more for something to do than anything else.
You: the weirdest thing just happened between dana and a hot redhead at the health fair at abbott
The reply came almost immediately.
Trinity: define hot
Trinity: and is she single
You stared at the screen for a second, then huffed a quiet breath through your nose.
You: fuck off
Trinity sent a string of laughing emojis followed by:
Trinity: ohhh so sheâs HOT hot
Trinity: details later. donât do anything stupid
You locked the phone and dropped it in your lap. Dana still hadnât looked at you. The only sound in the car was the low hum of the engine and the occasional click of the turn signal.
When the apartment came into view she pulled into her usual spot and sat there for a second longer than necessary, hands still resting on the wheel. The silence stretched. You could feel the weight of whatever had cracked open at Abbott Elementary still sitting between you.
You waited, giving her the same patience she always gave you after the worst shifts.
Finally Dana exhaled, slow and controlled, and reached for the door handle.
âCome on,â she said, voice quiet. It was the first thing sheâd said since leaving the school.
You followed her out of the car and up the steps, the afternoon light slanting across the brick. Whatever conversation was coming, it wasnât going to be light.
â
By the time you reached the apartment Dana was already disappearing down the short hallway. The bedroom door clicked shut behind herânot slammed, just firmly closed. The message was clear enough.
You stood in the entryway for a moment, keys still in your hand, then walked into the kitchen and set them on the counter. The space felt too quiet after the morning you had. Afternoon light cut across the floor in the same familiar stripes it always did, but everything else felt off-kilter. You opened the fridge out of habit, stared at the contents without seeing them, and closed it again.
Confused didnât even begin to cover it.
You pulled out your phone and leaned against the counter.
You: ok so update
You: we get to the school, everythingâs fine, Iâm handing out stickers like a normal person
You: then this kid drags his teacher over and sheâs this hot redhead
You: dana goes completely still
You: like full system shutdown
You: then she just looks at her and goes âwe datedâ
The typing bubbles appeared almost immediately.
Trinity: IâM SORRY
Trinity: ???
Trinity: she said that in front of you???
Trinity: at a childrenâs health fair???
You: yes
You: and then neither of them said anything else useful
You: just stood there radiating weird energy while i held a sheet of cartoon kidneysâŠ
Trinity: this is the most chaotic lesbian situation iâve heard all week and itâs only tuesday
Trinity: also âhot redhead teacherâ is doing a lot of work in that sentence
Trinity: youâre not slick
You almost smiled.
You: Iâm processing
You: she hasnât said a word since we left
You: just drove home in total silence and went straight to the bedroom
Trinity: give her time
Trinity: but also
Trinity: when she comes out you better get the full story
Trinity: because if your girlfriendâs ex is a hot elementary school teacher i need details for science
You: youâre the worst
Trinity: Iâm the best and you love me
Trinity: text me later
Trinity: and donât spiral
You locked the phone and set it face-down on the counter. The apartment stayed quiet. No movement from the bedroom. No sound of drawers or footsteps.
You stayed in the kitchen, arms crossed, staring at nothing in particular, and tried to figure out how a morning that had started with bagels and stickers had turned into this.
You gave it another ten minutes before you finally walked down the hall.
The bedroom door was still closed. You hesitated with your hand on the frame, listening for any sound on the other side, then pushed it open.
Dana was on the bed, completely bare, sitting back against the headboard with the sheet pooled loosely around her hips. The late-afternoon light cut across her blonde hair tickling her bare shoulders, the line of her collarbones, the soft curve of her breasts. She looked up when you stepped inside. Whatever careful distance she had been holding in the car was still there.
You stayed by the door for a second, taking her in. âHey baby,â you said softly.
Danaâs gaze moved over your face, then down the length of you and back up again. She didnât smile.
âCan I have control?â
The question landed directly. You were usually the one who took the leadâmore often the one who guided her down, set the pace, and decided how far to take her. Dana asking for it was rare enough that it shifted the air in the room immediately.
You studied her. The tight set of her jaw from earlier had eased, but the weight behind her eyes hadnât. Whatever seeing Melissa had cracked open was still sitting right there beneath the surface.
You stepped closer to the bed and sat on the edge.
âYeah,â you said. âIf thatâs what you need.â Your voice stayed gentle. âWill it make you feel better?â
Dana reached for you before you finished the sentence. Her hand curled around the back of your neck, firm, and pulled you down into a kiss that was deeper and rawer than anything from this morning.Â
There was no teasing in itâjust heat and demand. Her mouth opened against yours, tongue sliding in, and you felt the shift: she wasnât asking anymore. She was taking.
When she finally drew back, her forehead rested against yours, breath warm and uneven against your mouth.
âYes,â she said, voice certain. âIt will.â
Her fingers stayed buried in your hair, holding you there like she needed the contact to steady herself. Then she shifted, guiding you further onto the bed without another word. You let her.Â
She pushed you onto your back and following you down until her bare thighs framed your hips. The sheet slipped away completely. Her breasts brushed yours as she leaned in again, kissing you harder, while one hand slid under your shirt, fingers teasing along the soft trail of hair below your navel.
You made a soft sound against her mouth. Dana answered it by rolling her hips down against you, letting you feel exactly how wet she already was. The thin fabric of your scrub pants did nothing to hide it. Her free hand caught your wrist and pinned it to the mattress beside your head.
She broke the kiss just long enough to look at you, eyes dark.
âStay like this,â she murmured. âDonât move.â
You nodded, though you werenât sure how well you were going to be able to follow instructions. Your hips shifted up almost on instinct, grinding against her. Dana groaned at the feeling of the fabric dragging over her folds. For a second her control slipped and she pressed down harder, chasing the frictionâthen she caught herself. A small, breathless chuckle escaped her, and the sight of that smileâthe first real one since the school made your chest tighten even as heat pooled lower.
She pushed her hands firmly into your hips, pinning you in place.
âDonât be a brat,â she said, voice rough. âYouâre not running this.â
She leaned over you, dragging her bare nipples across the peaks of yours where they strained against your shirt, then dipped her head to nip at your ear. The sharp little bite sent a pulse straight between your legs. You clenched around nothing, squirming for any kind of friction against your clit.
âPlease,â you breathed.
Danaâs mouth curved against the side of your neck.
âPlease what?â she asked, already knowing. Her weight kept you exactly where she wanted you, thighs bracketing your hips, the wet heat of her cunt pressed to the front of your pants. She rolled her hips once more, just enough to make both of you acheâand waited.
âPlease,â you said again, voice rougher. âWant to make you feel good. Use me however you need.â
You squirmed under her, hips twitching with the need to feel more of her, to give her whatever would ease the unsettled thing still sitting behind her eyes.
Danaâs chuckle was dangerous. Her hips jerked forward again, grinding down harder this time.
âUse you?â she repeated, tasting the words. She leaned back just enough to look at you, eyes dark and assessing. âYou want me to put a cock on you? Ride you while you canât touch me?â
The image punched a groan out of you. Your hips jumped helplessly. You were already so wet it was embarrassingâshe hadnât even really touched you yet and your briefs were sticky against your cunt, the fabric clinging as you shifted and spread more slickness along your thighs.
Dana felt it. Her mouth curved wider.
âYeah,â she murmured, rolling her hips in a slow, filthy circle that dragged her bare folds over the soaked front of your pants. âI think thatâs exactly what you want.â
She leaned down until her mouth brushed your ear, voice dropping even lower.
âOr I could sit on that pretty face, use your mouth until Iâm done, and maybeâif youâre goodâIâll let you come.â
âYes,â you breathed. âPlease. Pleaseâwant you. Want to taste you.â
Danaâs breath hitched at the raw eagerness in your voice. She pulled back just enough to look at you, then reached down and tugged your shirt up. You lifted your arms without being asked. The shirt hit the floor. Your sports bra, pants and briefs, followed a second later. The cool air of the room kissed your bare skin a moment before Danaâs hands didâpalms dragging over your breasts, thumbs sweeping across your nipples just once.
âStay still,â she reminded you, already shifting her weight higher.
She crawled up your body until her knees framed your shoulders, the wet heat of her cunt hovering just above your mouth. You could smell her and the urge to lift your head and taste her was overwhelming. Dana caught the movement and pressed a finger to your forehead, reminding you to keep down.
âNot yet,â she said softly. âLook at me.â
You did. From this angle she was all soft curves and control, thighs trembling just slightly with restraint. She held your gaze as she lowered herself the final inch, settling her wet folds against your mouth.
âOpen, be a good girl,â she ordered.
The first taste of herâmade your eyes shut, she was your own slice of heaven. She was soaked, slick coating your lips as she settled her weight on you.
âThatâs it,â she murmured, one hand stroking on your forehead, the other braced on the headboard. âJust like that, baby.â
You hummed in answer, the vibration pulling a soft, involuntary sound from her throat. Her hips shifted, adjusting the angle until your tongue found the place she wanted. You licked a slow stripe from her entrance up, then focused on her clit, circling it with the flat of your tongue the way you knew she liked. Danaâs breath caught. Her thighs tensed on either side of your head.
She started to moveâsmall, controlled rolls of her hips at first, using your mouth the way she needed. Every time you tried to lift your head for more she pressed you back down with that gentle hand, keeping you exactly where she wanted you.Â
The helplessness of it, the way she was taking her pleasure without giving you permission to chase your own, only made you wetter. Your hips shifted restlessly against the mattress, seeking friction that wasnât there.
Dana noticed. A breathless laugh escaped her.
âGreedy,â she said. She ground down harder, smearing herself across your mouth and chin. âFuck. Youâre so good.â
You moaned into her, tongue working steadily, and felt her start to lose a little of that careful control. Her movements grew less measuredâshorter, sharper rolls that dragged her clit over your tongue again and again. One of her hands left the headboard and tangled in your hair. The soft sounds she made above you grew fuller, more open.
âFuckââ she breathed, hips stuttering. âRight there. Donât stop.â
You didnât. You sealed your mouth around her clit and sucked in steady pulses, the way that always unraveled her, while your tongue kept working underneath. Danaâs thighs began to tremble. Her weight settled heavier on your face as her rhythm broke. You could feel her getting closeâthe way she tightened, the way her breath turned ragged and uneven.
âIâmââ she tried, but the rest of the sentence dissolved into a broken sound.
Her hips jerked once, twice, then pressed down hard as she came. The first wave hit her with a sharp cry. You kept your mouth on her through it, licking her through every pulse, every tremble, until her thighs shook and she finally had to lift up just enough to breathe.
Dana stayed hovering above you for another few seconds, catching her breath. Then she shifted down until she was straddling your waist again. Her hands came up to cup your faceâthumbs brushing over the slickness still coating your mouth and chinâand she leaned in.
âGood girl,â she murmured.
The praise landed in your stomach. Before you could answer she kissed you, tasting herself on your tongue. One hand slid into your hair, holding you there while she licked into your mouth like she wasnât done claiming it yet. When she finally pulled back, her eyes were still dark, still focused.
She sat up straighter, naked and flushed, and looked down at you with clear intent.
âGet the strap,â she said. âPut it on me.â
You blinked, still a little dazed. âOn you?â
Danaâs mouth curvedâsmall, sharp, and certain.
âOn me,â she repeated. âI want to fuck you with it.â
She rolled off you just enough to give you room to move, then settled back against the headboard, bare thighs parted, watching you with that same quiet command sheâd been holding all night.
âGo on,â she said softly.
You slid off the bed and went to the closet.
The harness and the cock she preferredâpurple, medium, slightly curved, the one that always made her breath catch. You grabbed both, along with the small bottle of lube, and came back.
Dana watched you the entire time, still leaning against the headboard, thighs parted, the flush on her chest not yet faded.Â
You knelt between her legs on the mattress and worked in silence for a moment: settling the harness around her hips, tightening the straps until it sat snug, then sliding the cock into place. Your fingers brushed the soft skin of her lower stomach as you adjusted everything. When you finished, the silicone jutted out from her body.
You sat back on your heels and looked up at her. Mouth suddenly dry.
The earlier intensity was still there, but you needed to be sure.
âHey,â you said quietly, resting a hand on her thigh. âYou still okay? We can slow down or stop if itâs too much.â
Danaâs expression softened. She reached down and covered your hand with hers, giving it a small squeeze.
âIâm okay,â she said. Her voice was steady. âI need this. I want you.â She tugged you closer by the wrist until you were kneeling up between her legs again. âCome here.â
She kissed you once, slower this timeâreassuring, warmâbefore the heat started to build behind it again.
âIâm sure,â she murmured against your mouth. âOn all fours for me.â
You obeyed, turning and settling on your hands and knees. The position left you exposed. Behind you, you heard a satisfied moan and the soft click of the lube bottle, then the slick sound of Dana stroking the cock once, twice, coating it.
She didnât push in right away.
Instead, one of her hands stroked down your spine while the blunt head of the strap dragged through your soaked folds, teasing. You started to shake, pussy pulsing around nothing. She rubbed her cock over your clit in lazy circles, then pushed just the tip inside before pulling back again. You rocked back, trying to take more, and earned a warning sound from her.
âStay still,â Dana said. âYou donât get to rush this.â
She kept teasingâsliding the cock through your wetness, pressing in, then withdrawing, over and overâuntil your arms were trembling and soft, frustrated noises kept catching in your throat.Â
âPlease, need you to fuck me. Please.â Only when you were properly desperate did she finally line up and push in, letting you adjust until she was buried to the hilt.
You both exhaled at the same time.
Danaâs hands settled on your hips, gripping hard enough that you knew there would be marks later. She gave you a few deep, measured thrustsâslow enough that you felt the thick stretch, the way the cock filled you so completely it stole your breath.Â
Then her palm cracked across your ass, sharp enough to sting.
You gasped.
âThatâs for earlier,â she said, her strokes already building force.
Another spank landed on the other side, followed by a brutal snap of her hips that drove the cock to the hilt. The pace she set after that was relentlessâlong, powerful thrusts that rocked you forward on the bed. Every time she bottomed out, the base of the harness ground against her own clit; you could hear it in the way her breath hitched, in the low moans, the involuntary sounds she started making between words. The knowledge that she was getting off on fucking you only made the coil in your stomach tighter.
âFuck, you take it so well,â Dana groaned, one hand fisting in your hair and pulling just enough to arch your back. âLook at you. Soaking the sheets already. You needed this just as bad as I did, didnât you?â
âYesââ you managed, voice breaking as she slammed into you again. The sounds in the room, absolute sin. The stretch was overwhelming in the best way; every thrust dragged against the spongy spot that made you tremble. Your stomach tightened, not sure how much longer you were gonna hold.
She spanked you once more, harder, and the sharp heat of it mixed with the deep, perfect fullness until your thighs started to shake. âGonna make you come on my cock.â
âFuck, p-please, going to come. Please.
The words broke apart as Danaâs rhythm turned fully punishingâfast, deep, relentless. Each thrust punched soft, helpless sounds out of you. She kept talking, voice rough and filthy, telling you how wet you were, how good you felt stretched around her, how the base of the harness rubbed her clit every single time she buried herself inside you. The need between you wound tighter and tighter until you stopped trying to do anything but take it. You stopped fighting the urge to lead, stopped thinking, and simply let Danaâs body and voice and hands take over completely.
Your arms shook. The pressure built so fast it almost scared youâfullness and heat and the sharp sting of her hand still lingering on your ass all crashing together. Dana felt it. She drove into you harder, one hand still fisted in your hair, the other gripping your hip hard enough to bruise.
âThatâs itâcome for me,â she ordered, voice breaking on the edges. âLet me feel you, baby.â
You shattered.
The orgasm ripped through you in hard, full-body waves, pussy clenching tight around her cock as you cried out into the sheets. Your arms giving out. Dana fucked you straight through it, never slowing, chasing her own end now that sheâd pulled yours from you.
âFuckâyesââ she gasped, hips slamming forward in short, desperate strokes. The grind of the harness against her clit finally tipped her over. She came with a broken moan, burying herself in you as her thighs trembled and her weight slumped over your back. You felt every pulse of it in the way she shook, in the tight, involuntary rolls of her hips as she rode the last of it out inside you.
Dana stayed draped over you for another few breaths, still trembling. Then she carefully pulled out, the sudden emptiness making you both hiss.Â
She unbuckled the harness with quick, practiced movements and tossed it toward the foot of the bed to deal with later. The second it was gone she was gathering you up, guiding you down onto your side and curling around you from behind.
One arm slid under your neck. The other wrapped around your middle, palm open and warm against your stomach. Her legs tangled with yours.Â
âAre you ok?â She pressed soft, lingering kisses to the back of your shoulder, your neck, the damp hair at your temple while the two of you just breathed.Â
You nodded. Slowing your breathing even more as you settled into her warmth and silence.
âItâs been a while since you wanted to take control like that.â
Danaâs hand kept stroking circles over your skin. She didnât answer right away.
You turned your head just enough to glance back at her. Taking a moment to study her, you worried if you should even mention what was still unsaid. âTell me about Melissa?â
The name landed between you like a stone. Danaâs whole body tensed. The rhythm of her hand on your stomach stuttered, then stopped. She stayed quiet for several long seconds, forehead resting against the back of your shoulder, breath warm but no longer steady.
Finally she exhaled, the sound heavy.
âMel grew up in the same neighborhood,â she began, voice low. âSame block, almost. Her familyâs house was three doors down from mine. We started hanging out when we were fourteenâsame bus stop, same corner store, same group of kids who stayed out too late in the summer. She was loud even then. Always talking, always laughing, always dragging me into something I probably shouldnât have been doing. I was the quieter one. She balanced it out.â
Her fingers flexed slightly against your skin as the memories settled in.
âBy sixteen we were inseparable. Weâd sit on her front steps for hours after dark, sharing cigarettes we werenât supposed to have, talking about everything and nothing. She told me about the boys who tried to talk to her at school. I told her about the ones who never did. We practiced driving in her uncleâs old Buick when no one was looking. She was terrible at parallel parking. I was worse at not laughing at her for it.â
Dana went quiet for a moment, then continued.
âThe summer we turned nineteen everything shifted. We started going to parties moreâhouse parties, the bar that didnât check IDs very hard, once or twice a club downtown that played music loud enough you couldnât think. Weâd drink cheap beer and worse whiskey. Dance with whoever asked. Watch each other across the room. I started noticing the way she looked at girls when she thought no one was paying attention. She started noticing the same thing about me.â
Her voice softened, almost reluctant.
âOne night we ended up on the roof of her house after a party, both of us a little too drunk, legs hanging over the edge. She asked if Iâd ever kissed a girl. I said no. She said she hadnât either. Then she just⊠leaned over and did it. It was clumsy and we both laughed after. Then we did it again without laughing.â
You felt her breathe in slowly.
âAfter that it was easy for a while. Really easy. We still went out, still partied, still drank too much, but now there was this current underneath everything. Weâd leave places early and end up in the backseat of someoneâs car or on the old couch in her basement. It was fun. Messy. We never called it anything serious out loud, but we kept choosing each other. Sheâd show up at my window at one in the morning. Iâd find excuses to walk past her house. We spent whole weekends tangled up in sheets that smelled like smoke and her perfume, talking about nothing important and touching like we had all the time in the world.â
Danaâs arm tightened around you almost unconsciously.
âIt lasted maybe seven months. Then her uncle walked into the bar one nightâsome dive we thought was safeâand caught us kissing near the jukebox. He didnât yell. He just looked at her like sheâd broken something, then walked back out. The next day she was different. Quieter. She started canceling plans. Said she needed space. When I finally pushed her on it she told me she didnât know if she could ever come out. That it was the eighties, that both of our families were religious, that she could already feel the way people would look at her. She said she loved being with me but she was scared of what it would cost.â
The silence that followed was heavier.
âI tried to wait,â Dana said. âI told her we didnât have to decide anything right away. But she kept pulling back. Then one week she just stopped answering. Her mother told me she was âstaying with family out of townâ when I went by the house. A few months later I heard through someone else that sheâd gotten married. Quick courthouse thing. Some guy from her cousinâs labor union.â
Danaâs voice had gone flat by the end.
âIt broke my heart,â she admitted quietly. âWorse than I expected. I didnât handle it well. Drank too much for a while. Threw myself into becoming a nurse. Eventually I met my ex-husband and told myself it was time to be practical. We got married. I tried to make it fit. We hadnât seen each other in decades until today. I didnât expect it. Itâs been twenty years, maybe more. I honestly thought Iâd never see her again.â
The room stayed still except for the sound of your breathing and the distant city noise outside the window.
You turned carefully in her arms so you could look at her. Danaâs eyes were tired, the usual focus softened by everything sheâd just dragged up.
âI thought youâd like her,â you said softly. âWhen I first saw her today. The way she was with that kid. The way she looked. I thought⊠sheâd be your type.â
Danaâs mouth twitched, something complicated and almost sad moving across her face. She reached up and brushed a strand of hair away from your cheek with the backs of her fingers.
âIn another lifetime, maybe,â she said.
She pulled you closer again, tucking her face into the curve of your neck the way she did when the world felt like too much. You held her, one hand stroking slowly up and down her bare back, and neither of you spoke for a long time after that.
The past sat heavy between you. All those years of something easy and bright that had been cut short so abruptlyâit made your chest ache for the version of Dana who had been left behind by it.
âIâm sorry,â you said eventually, voice soft against her hair. âThat sounds⊠really lonely. Having it end like that.â
Danaâs hand kept moving slowly up and down your back.
âIt was a long time ago,â she murmured.
âDoesnât mean it didnât hurt.â
She was silent for a few seconds, then gave a small nod against your neck. You felt her breathe in, steadying herself.
âI love you,â she said. âYou know that, right?â
You pulled back just enough to look at her. Danaâs eyes were tired, but they were steady when they met yours.
âI know,â you answered. âI love you too.â
She brushed her thumb along your cheekbone, the same gentle way she always did when she needed the contact.
âToday was just a terrible run-in,â she said. âThatâs all. I wasnât prepared to see her. It caught me off guard. But it doesnât change anything here.â Her hand settled over your heart, warm and certain. âThis is what I want. You are what I want.â
You leaned in and kissed her, tender and warm. Dana kissed you back the same way.
When you settled down again she pulled the sheet up over both of you and tucked herself against your side, head on your shoulder. The apartment was quiet. Outside, the city kept moving the way it always did.
Whatever had cracked open at the health fair was still there, but for tonight it could wait.
You held her a little tighter and let the day end.