#colonel aestos

[mrs-adabarba]

FANFICTION PREVIEW! I'm writing a Liam x Female!Cadet story with @thestarseternaal & I wanted to share what I've written so far with you guys!

I usually write in 3rd person so this has been a change for me, writing in 1st person! We tried both and after taking the advice of thestarseternaal tried 1st person and it worked so much better!

Let me know what you think, do you think its good? Bad? Needs work? Want more?

If you wanna be tagged when I upload the story just let me know! As a reference I'm using Maia Mitchell as a face claim for Seraphina Aetos (my oc) and Evan Roderick as Liam Mairi!

Climbing up to the Parapet with Dain trailing in front of me wasn't exactly something that I'd wanted for conscription day, especially as he holds his hand out for me at the top - I couldn't afford to look weak. I ignored his hand and placed my hands firmly on the stone floor. I heaved myself up onto the tower, biting back a moan of discomfort as I did so. Training could only prepare you so much, the real thing was a killer.

As I steadied myself I shook my head slightly, I couldn't afford to be thinking like that. This was only the climb to the tover for fucks sake, I had to be stronger than that to live through Parapet - let alone everything that came after. A steadying few breaths later and I turned to look at Dain who stood almost…impatiently? I didn't say anything, he wasn't worth wasting my energy and instead I did the mature thing and pulled him to a hug, giving him a quick goodbye before turning away and walking off.

I, of course, snuck a look over my shoulder and my heart fell slightly to be met by his back walking away from me. Another few steadying breaths, maybe I needed more oxygen? My chest felt tight and it almost hurt to take a deep enough breath. My hands flew up to my chest, clawing as I realised I couldn't breathe. They quickly dropped to my knees as the heavy feeling spread and the top half of my body crumpled forward slightly.

My eyes looked up and I was met by a pair of blue ones from a man crouched in front of me. My brows furrowed as my eyes moved down towards his lips, realising they were moving and he was talking to me. It took me a moment but I managed to calm the thumping that had taken over my ears enough to hear him talking in a soothing voice. Damn, he had a nice voice.

“Hey, you good? Talk to me, breathe.”

I took a deep breath, finally able to constrict my chest and take in the oxygen. I snapped back up to full height quickly, eyes following the blonde man as he stood back to his full height. My Gods he was tall, at least 6ft tall and a head full of floppy blind hair. His eyes. Oh his eyes I could get lost in and his lips-

I turned and walked away briskly, throwing a half assed thank you over my shoulder as my cheeks heated rapidly. I'd just had a panic attack and the gods sent their most attractive man to find me in such a position. I needed to focus on the parapet because if that didn't kill me, whatever was waiting on the other side most definitely could and I wasn't dying today.