Title: Closer
Author: Fallon Ash
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: not mine.
Pairing: Calleigh/Ainsley (West Wing)
Word count: 176
A/N:Cross-written for femslash100's challenge #79 - mirror and for my own WTF27. For fyca who wanted Ainsley.

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When Calleigh opens her eyes in the morning into a face that is so similar to her own it feels like a mirror there's always that moment when her head wonders why she isn't put off by this. She had never known she could feel like this for a woman, let alone a woman who looks just like herself, before, until, she met Ainsley. Nervous lovely Ainsley with her fearless eyes and trembling touch, explaining that if they just stand close enough, so close their eyes can't quite focus, then their vision will be just blurred enough for them to see *each other*, instead of only their physical appearances. And it helped, in the beginning. Then Calleigh got over it. She settles back for a moment now, watches Ainsley sleeping in the early morning light, finds her gorgeous, before leaning close to wake her with a kiss. Her lips are soft in sleep for a moment before they move against hers. Whether or not they are the exact same shape as her own is completely irrelevant.

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