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24 You want me to beat her up?

Leyren :)

Lauren Bloom & Leyla Shinwari, New Amsterdam

24: You Want Me To Beat Her Up?

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As she walks through the long hospital corridor, Leyla is so lost in thought that she doesn't notice Lauren coming towards her until she almost bumps into her. Yet the real reason for her exclamation lays in what comes next: the act of Lauren grabbing her by her scrubs and pulling her straight into the nearest supply room.

"Lauren, what the—"

Her words get muffled by her girlfriend's lips though, and by the time they break apart she can't remember her own question.

"Hi," Lauren whispers, her forehead still resting against Leyla's.

"Hi," Leyla answers softly.

Lauren smiles at her, smitten and excited. "I'm sorry for the hijack, I uhm... I got hit by a wave of missing you. I just had to find you."

"Well, you did," Leyla returns her smile - however, without its usual sparkle. And when she tells Lauren she missed her too, it comes with the wrong kind of sigh.

Backing away, Lauren looks at her, her eyes now narrow and worried.

"What's going on?"

"Nothing," Leyla answers, a little too fast. "Just kiss me again."

She leans in, not waiting for any response, but when she’s about to reconnect their lips, Lauren turns her face away - making her grumble in frustration... before trying again.

Trying and failing.

"Ley- Leyla, no. No!" Lauren ducks from her embrace. "I mean, yes, I'm all for kissing the hell out of you, but not now. Not..."

"Not what?"

"Not when you're upset. Come on, talk to me. Did I do anything?"

Leyla takes a deep breath, averting her eyes for a moment, then shakes her head - her lips pressed together, as if to say: this is all you're getting. But for Lauren, it’s enough.

"Oh no," she cries out, "It's those shitheads, isn't it? They're still giving you a hard time? Even after they got all that new equipment?!" 

"Well... yeah," Leyla shrugs, almost apologetically. "But it's... it's alright. They got me a bit grumpy just now, but I can deal with them, really. It's mostly Roxana anyway, the others aren't that bad."

Lauren stares at her with darkened eyes. "Sounds like one too many for me. I'm telling you, she's not—"

"Lauren, don’t! We talked about this. No privileges. No special treatments."

This time it’s Lauren’s turn to shake her head, firm and determined. 

"Oh, but I'm not your boss right now. This is me being your girlfriend. And as such, I'm not okay with any of this." Squaring her shoulders, she rolls up her sleeves. "Seriously, you want me to beat her up?"

There’s no doubt she’s serious. But to Leyla, that fact alone makes her burst with uncontrollable laughter. Which causes Lauren to look at her indignantly.

"Hey," she exclaims, "I mean it!"

"I know," Leyla hiccups, trying to catch her breath, "That's what makes it even better."

Crossing her arms, Lauren tilts her head. "You think I can't take her down?"

"Oh baby," Leyla grins, hardly able to keep from more giggling, "Please don't make me answer that!"

As expected, Lauren opens her mouth to object. Yet Leyla promptly pinning her to the wall kind of invalidates every argument she has. Besides, there are only so many times she can reject those lips, and talking while kissing has never been her strongest suit.

And so the case is rested, and - with things heating up - quickly forgotten.

That is until they are about to enter the real world again.

"You really would though, wouldn't you?" Leyla breaks their comfy post-sex silence, peering through her lashes as she adjusts her ponytail. "Kick her ass if I asked you to?"

It’s the easiest question Lauren can think of. Smoothing her lab coat, she steps close to her girl again and pecks her temple. "Don't you know it yet?" she smiles passionately, "I would do anything for you."

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3k Celebration Prompts (closed)

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Also, got heavily invested in this during my Tumblr hiatus 👀

LAUREN & LEYLA  |  New Amsterdam 4x21

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Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Alex Vause x Piper Chapman (Orange is the New Black)

Aloy x Seyka (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Barbie x Gloria (Barbie)

Becky Armstrong x Freen Sarocha Chankimha (RPF Actors)

Betty Cooper x Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)

Cassandra Cain x Stephanie Brown (DCU)

Celia St James x Evelyn Hugo (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)

Cherine x Meena (Show Me Love)

Cleo de Nile x Frankie Stein (Monster High)

Cleopatra Philopator x Frida Kahlo (Clone High)

Corky x Violet (Bound)

Cosima Niehaus x Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black)

Diana x Leona (League of Legends)

Elphaba Thropp x Glinda Upland (Wicked)

Esther Warner x Max Chapman (Amazon A League of Their Own)

Geeta x Rika (Pokemon)

Jane Rizzoli x Maura Isles (Rizzoli & Isles)

Jester Lavorre x Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role)

Kitty Song Covey x Yuri Han (XO Kitty)

Laurie x Mira Harberg (Irma Vep)

Lottie Matthews x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Misty Quigley x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Paris Geller x Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Alicia x Leighton (The Sex Lives of College Girls)

Amy Silva x Kirsten Longacre (Vigil)

Andi Agosti x Emília Alo (Rebelde)

Aneela x Delle Seyah Kendry (Killjoys)

Anissa Pierce x Grace Choi (Black Lightning; DCU)

Aster Flores x Ellie Chu (The Half Of It)

Bobbie Draper x Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse)

Bonnie Bennett x Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries)

Carol Aird x Therese Belivet (Carol)

Clary Fray x Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments)

Cristina Soto x Joana Bianchi (Skam Spain)

Dani Núñez x Gigi Ghorbani (The L Word)

Dina x Sydney Novak (I Am Not Okay With This)

Dorothy Gale x Ruby (Once Upon A Time)

Emily Prentiss x Jennifer Jareau (Criminal Minds)

Eve Polastri x Hélène (Killing Eve)

Fatou Jallow x Kieu My Vu (Druck)

Fleur Delacour x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Francesca Findabair x Fringilla Vigo (The Witcher)

Ginny Weasley x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Joann Owosekun x Keyla Detmer (Star Trek: Discovery)

Jules Thomas x Ophelia Mayer (Sweet Vicious)

Kaioh Michiru x Tenoh Haruka (Sailor Moon)

Lauren Bloom x Leyla Shinwari (New Amsterdam)

Mace Brown x Marie Schmidt (The 355)

Margaery Tyrell x Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Mia Reed x Vada Cavell (The Fallout)

Nicole Haught x Waverly Earp (Wynonna Earp)

Nyssa al Ghul x Sara Lance (Arrow)

Raiden Ei x Yae Miko (Genshin Impact)

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Lauren Bloom looking at Leyla Shinwari

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I’m not really good with...living things. I disagree.

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2.13 // 4.01

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LAUREN & LEYLA  | New Amsterdam 4x14

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Lauren and Leyla 

New Amsterdam I 3.11 “Pressure Drop”

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Lauren and Leyla 20 please 😊

Lauren Bloom & Leyla Shinwari, New Amsterdam

20: I Tried To Hate You. I Really Did.

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The moment the taxi takes off, Lauren feels like she can finally exhale again - albeit just for the short ride. She looks to her side, at Leyla, who's panting just as heavily from their unexpected run from the hospital. 

Who for the first time in weeks is sitting right beside her.

Despite her worries about her best friend, who might be in serious danger, a wave of warmth and gratitude washes over her.

"Thank you," she breaks their silence before she can stop herself.

Leyla turns to her. "Yeah, of course," she nods, "it's Casey."

"That's not..." Shaking her head, Lauren clears her throat, "I mean, yes, that too, but also, you know, for talking to me... even when you don't have to."

When Leyla opens her mouth to respond, no sound comes out. She blinks, once, twice... then quickly looks ahead again. "I tried," she mumbles, hardly audible.

"Tried what?" Lauren frowns.

"I tried to hate you," Leyla sighs deeply. "I really did."

Lauren stares at her, not knowing what to say, and right when the words come to her at last, the taxi takes a sharp turn, making them tumble against each other.

"Sorry, miss," the driver grumbles from behind the wheel, "You told me to speed."

Paying zero attention to him, Lauren swiftly moves back to her own side, yet without taking her eyes off her ex-girlfriend.

"You should hate me. I gave you reason enough to."

"Oh, I sure hate what you did," Leyla answers, before finally looking at her again, "The whole list of all of it. But no matter how much I wanted to, it turned out I can't hate who you are."

This time Lauren is the one to look away, murmuring beneath her breath, "Well, that makes one of us."

"Lauren..." 

When Lauren stays quiet, Leyla shifts a few inches closer to her. "Lauren, look at me."

Biting her bottom lip, Lauren peeks up through her lashes. Her jaw tightens when she swallows, but she doesn't say a word.

"I know you believe differently, but I'm gonna tell you this anyway. On behalf of myself as well as so, so many others. You, Lauren, are impossible not to care for. You are impossible not to lo—"

"Corner of Clinton and Riverton!" 

The cab driver hits the brakes for an abrupt stop, then looks over his shoulder with a sluggish, impassive gaze. 

"Twelve bucks, please."

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LAUREN & LEYLA  |  New Amsterdam 4x17

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Lauren & Leyla

New Amsterdam s03e11

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