#Viago x Teia

[strawberrypirates]

stressing rook de riva tf out

[okthisway]

got a glitch where viago and teia wouldn't stop scolding rook 😭

[biserker-kadan]

It's embarrassing is what it is. He's supposed to be observant, it was trained into him since he was a child and he didn't even notice. Neve didn't either but that's not as reassuring as it would have been before, not now that they're...not now.

He finds out when they're in Treviso, Neve is in the corner speaking with Heir, discussing something or other - not that he's paying attention, too busy trying to ignore Teia's knowing eyes. It's still feels new and surprising - stolen glances, knowing smiles, hands gently brushing. It's more than he deserves and will never be enough.

Rook is laughing, the sound enough to draw his attention from Spite who is curiously also drawn to where she's standing - beside Viago, leaning against the table and bathed in Treviso's light. She looks radiant, it's enough to steal his breath.

"I can't believe I almost forgot about that!" Rook exclaims, smile wide and eyes closed in mirth. Viago is nodding along, a much smaller smile gracing his features. Even from a distance he can see the resemblance.

Even from a distance he can see how the knowledge, now out in the open, has lifted a weight off both their shoulders.

The mood shift is almost impossible to see but Lucanis doesn't miss it. Viago stands straighter, prompting Ev'lyn to do the same.

What is. He doing? Spite is glaring at Viago or perhaps simply looking with disdain, glaring seems harsh when Viago hasn't necessarily done anything. Not that Spite seems to agree, not after he they learnt more about Rook's training under the Fifth Talon. Smells like. Worry. Regret.

"Spite. Leave it be." Lucanis whispers, eyes darting back and forth between them. The rest of mingling crowd has dispersed, Crows heading out for contracts and whatnot. Teia grins, sliding up next to him, "I have been waiting all night for this, honestly, I don't know why it took him so long." She complains fondly.

Lucanis watches as Viago steps closer, shields her almost with an awkward movement before reaching into his coat and placing a small box in Rook's waiting hands.

"Viago?"

"Happy Birthday...sister," Viago sounds suspiciously misty as he says it, stepping back to let her look inside the box. She gasps, mouth dropping as she looks inside.

It's a ring, small in size and gold with no embellishments. It hangs from a simple gold chain, scratched metal glinting as she holds it up to the light, "I...is this?"

"Yes, I wanted to...I didn't...yes." He stutters over his words, looking away and catching Lucanis' eye for a split second before looking directly at Teia, her smile fond and warm.

She nods and he looks back to Rook who isn't even trying to hide her tears and before he knows it, she has her arms around Viago, practically smothering herself in his armour.

"Viago, thank you."

"For context," Teia begins, "because you look beyond confused. The ring was her mother's, he stole it off the slaver when he found her."

Rook is crying. Smells like. Citrus and ink. Happy?

Yes, he thinks, happy. Happy because her brother gave her a ring from her Mother as a birthday gift. For her birthday. That he, that none of them, were aware of.

Mierda.

[loveisalwayswise]

Rook de Riva, probably: why do you always do this in front of me

[moon-and-ocean-child]

Okay but am I the only one who thinks Viago "down extremely bad" de Riva is a traditional man and absolutely wants to put a ring on it.

And Teia keep shooting him down "Until he can make them last a year" as if she's not terrified of it.

Because you have no idea how obsessed I am with the idea of silent marriage proposals in the dead night, cuddling under the covers, and Teia's heart skipping a beat, wanting to both kiss every inch of him and run away at the same time, and throwing in the same playful "Perhaps once you stop making us split every two weeks, my dear" and Viago answering with an offended "I make us split!?" and they're back to fighting, and maybe they split again, but he keeps doing it, because he can't keep it in, he can't stop his heart from catching on his throat with devotion for this woman and even if he knows she'll say no again, he has to try, because she needs to know he's serious about them, even if he keeps fucking it up.

Until one day she doesn't say no anymore.

so...yeah, am i the only one?

I am? just me then?

Okay ill go back to crying bout them thanks

[ammyramblings]

Aww you two are sweet

[keylana-dragon]

[bg3daydream]

I listened to Teia and Viago speaking, and it seemed as if they have a pattern of splitting and getting back together and splitting and getting back together and so on (although to me it's pretty obvious Viago is head over heels with Teia).

I wonder if whenever they split, Teia might go to complain about Viago with a Crow Rook, and if Crow Rook has to put up with Viago moping being meaner than usual.

[panic-in-the-multiverse]

Lucanis, Viago and Teia, I wanna romance you all

[therookandthecrow]

Earlier on, I was all about Rook/Emmrich/Davrin/Lucanis/Spite as the poly ship for my canon Rook, Aloisius (/Lethanavir), but now I am all about Rook/Lucanis/Teia/Viago/Spite as the superior poly ship for him. My Rook is now quite close with the Antivan Crows as a faction, not just with Lucanis, and he loves the city of Treviso. And maybe he wants to be sandwiched between Lucanis and Viago while they address Lucanis' unresolved crush on him.

[crowinkwriting]

Rook being hopelessly in love with Teia and secretly being annoyed about her back and forth with Viago. Viago and Rook’s relationship gets more tense since they’re both aware they both like Teia. Viago thinks things are gonna be better when Rook gets sent off but he just realizes he misses the little bastard.

[nightingaletrash]

“I do wonder why you’ve never asked me to marry you though,” she purred, her body pressed flush to his and so tantalisingly soft and warm. “Would you even agree?” he snorted, only to find himself being stunned into silence by the warm hand cupping his jaw and her golden eyes filled with softness and adoration. Immediately his heart started to flutter irregularly in his chest as she grazed her lips over his. “I could be persuaded,” she whispered before nipping playfully at his bottom lip.

except from chapter 45 of a Murder of Crows, and yes, they drive me mad even when I'm writing them <3

[thebadluck]

Sooo

Good to know that Viago and Teia seem to be in a on-an-off relationship.

Can't wait to get them couples therapy

[ofcrowsanddragons]

Things Lucanis canonically thinks about at this point in his life:

Knives

Weapon maintenance

Training

Delaying his grandmother announcing him her heir in the hopes that if he puts her off long enough, Illario will get to be First Talon instead

Wyverns (probably)

Cooking (maybe)

Planning the next mission

Wherher any of the people in or outside the building he is currently in are a threat

The inaccuracy of Antivan national propaganda

Thematically appropriate bloody vengeance

Viago (at some point)

Things Lucanis does not spend time thinking about:

What that guy cheating at cards in the next room is up to

Whether his justifications for helping people are believable

What people think of him in general

How to communicate and be understood

It doesn't help that when Teia and Viago were in a will-they-or-won't-they romance, Teia was about ready to pull her beautiful hair out because she could not get it through Viago's head that she actually liked him. And she's good at seduction!

"I just… don't have Illario's gift for flirting."

Lucanis, babe, I don't think you thought that one through

[trialsofthedas]

Viago: Teia and I are having a baby.

Rook: That's gre-

Viago, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here

[housederiva]

I’m in tears

Edit: the tears have increased