Disclaimer: I do not own iZombie. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Peyton Charles had spent years pining over her best friend Liv Moore, but never made a move because she was scared of rejection, and more importantly of losing her. Mostly thanks to her friend becoming a zombie and eating pining best friend brain that wasn't the case, and they had now been together for two blissful years.
Life wasn't perfect, as they were limited in what they could do with each other because of Liv's condition and her girlfriend had to wear gloves to bed as to not have an accident during the night. But those little sacrifices were worth it for the joy of waking up in Liv's arms, where she belonged, Peyton smiling blissfully as she woke to find herself in her proper place, and then she settled deeper into that embrace and just enjoyed a moment of perfect happiness.
Then Liv awoke and screamed, causing Peyton to jump up and exclaim, "What?"
"Your hair..." Liv murmured in disbelief, and maybe a little sorrow.
There was a brief pause as Peyton analysed those words, then a smile crossed her face as she slowly and cautiously headed in the direction of a mirror. Just before she got there she took a deep, calming breath, and then look to find that sure enough, her hair was white and her skin was just as deathly pale as Liv's was. Peyton stared herself a disbelief, wondering how this had happened.
After all, they had been so careful, and avoiding this for two years, so what happened? She couldn't think of anything, and that was worrying. She also wasn't sure the look suited her as well as it did Liv. But this was what she had wanted, right? What she had been begging for so she and Liv could truly be together? So why was she suddenly so sad?
"Oh my God Peyton, I'm so sorry." Liv whimpered, finally finding her voice.
"Don't be. This is what I wanted, right?" Peyton pointed out, admittedly not sounding very convincing, so she quickly added, "But I'm definitely going to tan and dye. Not all of us can be a sexy zombie."
"Oh God!" Liv literally began to cry as she dropped her head into her hands, "I knew this was going to happen. I knew it! Damn it, why am I so selfish?"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Peyton protested, quickly jumping back into bed and hugging her tightly to her, before pulling back and firmly telling her, "You didn't do this to me, okay? Just look at your gloves, still in tact, still where they're supposed to be. And look at my body, no scratches, no bites, no nothing. Which means something else did this, and we'll figure it out together, okay?"
As she mentioned her body Peyton pulled back and did her best to show it off without moving much, which even in this very serious state caused Liv's eyes to linger on certain areas, because a naked Peyton was still, well, a naked Peyton, which made Liv feel incredibly guilty, but she tried to hide it by simply nodding and replying unconvincingly, "Okay."
"Liv! Look at me!" Peyton said firmly, grabbing Liv's face and pulling it up so they were looking at each other eye to eye, "Read my lips... You. Didn't. Do. This. But even if you did, I wouldn't love you any less. I admit, the look is a bit jarring, and I don't love this sudden hunger for brains I have, but I've wanted this for the past two years so we could truly be together, and now it's finally happened, do you want to wallow in what you may or may not have done? Or do you want to finally do all those things we couldn't do together?"
Unsurprisingly that got Liv's attention, and even more unsurprisingly she quickly replied, "The second one."
"Good, it's agreed." Peyton beamed, "Detective work and answers later, sex now."
After Liv smiled and nodded her agreement Peyton gently pulled her face forward to meet her own advancing and tilting head so their lips could meet in a soft, gentle and loving kiss.
It was followed by half a dozen more, before becoming lost in one long kiss as they press their already naked bodies tightly together, Peyton overwhelmed by these feelings, and the fact that it was a Saturday meaning they could stay all day in bed. She just needed to talk Liv into it, and because she was a lawyer who argued for a living her best friend turned girlfriend didn't stand a chance. Not that it seemed she would need much convincing, given just how eagerly Liv kissed her back.
Honestly Peyton was so lost in that kiss she didn't even notice Liv gently lowering her down onto her back and getting on top of her until the kiss was broken and her girlfriend started to gently move on to her neck. Which was a pretty normal occurrence, Peyton being so distracted by the kiss she didn't initially notice the stronger girl pinning her down so she could play with her big tits before grabbing a toy.
Only, little Liv Moore wasn't stronger than her any more. No, now they were both zombies, and Peyton felt compelled to remind Liv of that. And she would. After allowing Liv some time with her boobs, which would make the other girl feel better, and would be admittedly good for Peyton too.
Liv was still reeling from waking up to find her biggest nightmare come true. Well, one of them. Like most people in a relationship Liv was scared that something would happen to her lover, but what was worse was that she would hurt Peyton in some way.
This wasn't the worst thing, which would have been waking to find herself munching on her best friend's brain, but it was still pretty bad, as Peyton was now cursed with the same disease she had, and Liv wasn't convinced this wasn't her fault somehow, even if she hadn't been the one to physically do it.