1. Faith, Trust and Pixie Lust


    Date: 6/3/2016, Categories: Supernatural, Author: Belthazor, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories

    not for the deafening silence in the car. "Yeah?" he asked immediately, looking down at where she sat in his cupholder. "Am I... d'you..." she mumbled, "do you think I'm... a pixie?" Toby hesitated before answering. He still did not understand what the deal was with fairies calling each other pixies. He wanted to be supportive of the woman he loved, but he had no idea what would be helpful. So he decided to go with honesty. "Um... to be honest, babe..." he began slowly, "I have no idea what that means." "Huh?" she looked up at him, wiping her eyes with the heel of her hand. "The whole pixie thing." He said. "I thought that was just another term for fairies." Riana smiled softly, sniffling. "It's not a synonym. It's an insult." "Well I figured that part out, babe." "She was calling me a slut. A shameless, wanton whore who turned her back on her duties as a sprite to satisfy her sexual depravity." Riana spoke quietly, but with pain in her voice. She turned and looked up at Toby, still sitting in the cupholder in fairy form. "Toby... am I a pixie?" He looked into her eyes and felt his heart being wrenched. "Of course not, Riana." Toby smiled and gently brushed his fingertip against her cheek. "She's just jealous of what we have. Forget about that little imp." Riana smiled. "Oh sure, that one you get." "I'm gonna' make this right, baby," he promised. "We'll have the last laugh and she'll never bother you again." "What are you thinking...?" Riana looked at him suspiciously as ...
    she fluttered over to the passenger's seat, assuming her human form as she sat down. "Don't worry about that." Toby flashed a wicked smile and patted her thigh. "I'll think of something." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following Monday, Toby sat in his office, pondering how best to solve the situation Riana had gotten into. He recalled meeting someone in Riana's village briefly who was said to be the village apothecary. He was not sure why the old sprite popped into his head, but after that, he couldn't stop thinking of the aged fairy. When he returned home that evening, he asked Riana about the old sprite. "Huh?" She looked at him curiously. "Why do you wanna' know about him?" "He just popped into my head earlier today. Was just curious." Toby shrugged casually as he sat down in his chair opposite Riana, who sat on the sofa. Setting aside the laundry she had been folding, she leaned back. "Well, what do you want to know? I don't know him very well personally, but I'll answer what I can." "Well, who is he? What's his name?" "Atticus. He's a... well, kind of a shaman. Not very social, but he's always been treated with respect. I've never really spent much time with him, but he's the one who teaches our healers." "So... kind of a 'medicine man'?" Toby inquired, images of Native American rituals coming to mind. "Kind of," Riana replied. "Only..." she trailed off. "Only what?" Toby asked. "Magic. Powerful magic, I mean. He... knows things. I have ...