No Ordinary Addiction
Pairing: Leo/Ainsley
Word Count: 229
Notes: For MichelleK’s first lines meme challenge.
She is no ordinary addiction -- not a powdery drug or an amber liquid in a cool glass.
She’s not even illegal, no matter that she’s young enough to be your daughter, no matter that she’s someone you shouldn’t even be thinking about being involved with.
She’s all wrong for you – too young, too Republican, too beautiful for a wartime consigliere like yourself. You know the reasons why you should stop seeing her, you know everything that’s at stake.
You know all this, just like you knew it about the booze, just like you knew it about the pills.
And just like the booze, just like the pills, you don’t want to stop.
That’s not all it is though. Because even with the possible consequences, there’s one big difference between Ainsley and your other addictions.
Booze, pills, even your work – they took over your life, stripped you of everything that made you you, held you powerless in their grasp.
Ainsley doesn’t do that.
When Ainsley looks at you and smiles, when she slides her hand into yours, you feel strong, invincible, like you could take over the world. You feel like there’s nothing you can’t do, and, with her help, you know that it’s true.
She is no ordinary addiction, but she is yours. And for the first time in your life, being addicted isn’t such a bad thing.