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zim and dib stop being enemies for a bit so dib can comfort zim for whatever reason (im sorry this ones ugly asf😭)
#invader zim#zadr#dib membrane#gaz membrane#gir invader zim#invader zim headcanon#invader zim zadf#zadf#zadr fanart#iz zade#zadp#THEYRE SO CUTE I CANT I LOVE THEM#does anyone have any ao3 iz recommendations??#invader zim zade#dib and zim
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Evidently an unpopular opinion: wattpad is disappointing.
I don’t understand this fascination people seem to have for wattpad and the supposedly amazing fanfiction they find on there. I finally caved and made an account just so see because AO3 has been pretty barren lately, and so far all I’ve found is circa 2007 level cringefics for reader inserts.
None of the writing is good, the reader inserts are all y/n formatted, and every other summary starts with “y/n just moved to a new town…”
Does anyone have any halfway decent recommendations for reader inserts on wattpad in the IZ fandom? Like I know my standards are high but… damn.
#the freak speaks#invader zim#this is a big thing on tiktok too#people recommend all these ‘spicy’ books and I get the cheap kindle versions#everyone in the comments is like ‘omg it’s so hot!! 🥵’ and I’m fucking bored out of my mind??
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Fanfiction Links
I’m not sure as to why I’m making this a post, but here is a list of fanfiction recommendations from The Last Hours and The Infernal Devices. I’ll be updating this as I read more. Keep in mind that it has been a while since I’ve read some of them, so my memory is not the best.
If anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to leave them on this post, I’m in need of more fanfiction to read anyway.
Most of these are set in the canon universe, so I’ve marked those that aren’t.
Thomastair
Haven’t you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door? by GinnyRose
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23168800
To Be Better Tomorrow Than You Were Yesterday by GinnyRose
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23091166
Texting 101: Always Double Check by GinnyRose (College AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23176447
The Hideout by GinnyRose (Coffee Shop AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23657233
In Henry’s Laboratory by thomaslightwood
https://thomaslightwood.tumblr.com/post/617295071940902912/in-henrys-laboratory-one-shotthis-one-shot-is
Never Forget by UpsideDownCats
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23991526
Making Amends by Nolu/lily-chen-deserves-better
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/617613489359503360/cordelias-performance-hell-reulle-but-with-the or here
five times they were almost found out and one time everyone found out by helenblqthorn
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23743462
"Hey. I made you breakfast. I'm aware it's just a bowl of cereal, but it's all I can make without burning." by magnuslightwood-bane
https://magnuslightwood-bane.tumblr.com/post/622570354013093888/hey-i-made-you-breakfast-im-aware-its-just-a
(This is a little Thomastair subsection I like to call, “If I have to suffer, so do you,” AKA Well written angst)
This is so much worse by bridgestocksariadne
https://bridgestocksariadne.tumblr.com/post/616733540415062016/this-is-so-much-worse-a-thomastair-angst-bc-my
Light by thomaslightwood
https://thomaslightwood.tumblr.com/post/616855429440471040/light-thomastair-one-shot-cartwrightsgrace
Alastair ‘Tell Cordelia I have a headache and I am resting the carriage’ Carstair by tsc-living
https://tsc-living.tumblr.com/post/617020976574742528/alastair-tell-cordelia-i-have-a-headache-and-i-am
(Warning: The following contains suicide. Read at your own risk)
I do not love you by thomaslightwood (Modern AU)
https://thomaslightwood.tumblr.com/post/616912309163606016/i-do-not-love-you-thomastair-one-shot-ok-iz
The Gays Banding Together (Arianna and Thomastair are Friends)
We two strangers by coronaofastar
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23524387
Winning Them Back by UpsideDownCats (Thomastair and Arianna)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24048631/chapters/57868939
End Gracelet/Jordelia
What is Unrequited by Rose_Herondale
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23230459
It’s about freakin time by stephinebills2018
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23148070
Conditionality by foreverinfiction
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23506987
Pour me a drink, oh love by bleuboxes (Modern AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23823004
Untitled Jordelia One-Shot
https://thiscrazyfangirl31.tumblr.com/post/617808211384352769/random-29-jordelia-please
Daisy by fairchild-squad
https://fairchild-squad.tumblr.com/post/618574033209950208/daisy-jordelia-fic-james-proposes-for-real
Matthew/Cordelia/James
let’s find where it hurts by archeryian
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23868811
Matthew
History Repeating by Mia_writes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23048779
way too much whiskey in my blood by ragingcalm
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23459134
Matthew Babysitting Owen Herondale
https://themostawesomehuman.tumblr.com/post/623097072207478784/matthew-babysitting-owen-herondale
Blackheron/Heronthorn/Thorndale (Basically Jesse/Lucie)
And when I touch you I feel happy inside by r_675
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24127123/chapters/58087261
Did not ask for this life by coronaofastar
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23881441
Dancing in the Dark by lily-chen-deserves-better
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/621823192886050816/dancing-in-the-dark
A Kiss In The Rain by immyownghostwriter
https://immyownghostwriter.tumblr.com/post/622356800186040320/hi-there-could-you-please-write-57-a-kiss-in
Where Does The Good Go by immyownghostwriter
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24289783 or here
Untitled Blackdale Fic by cecily-fightwood
https://cecilyfightwood.tumblr.com/post/618644520250359808/4-for-jesse-x-lucie-i-love-your-writing-reading
Untitled Blackdale Fic by cecily-fightwood
https://cecilyfightwood.tumblr.com/post/618194153487089664/could-you-do-3-fluff-for-jesse-x-lucie
Snow White by fairchild-squad
https://fairchild-squad.tumblr.com/post/619562326648078336/jesse-x-lucie-snow-white-drabble
Untitled Blackdale Fic by purplebass
https://purplebass.tumblr.com/post/622200580681646080/prompt-53-please
Kings, Queens, Hopes and Humanity by jesseblackthorns
https://jesseblackthorns.tumblr.com/post/620733228880396288/i-couldnt-help-myself-but-write-about-these-two
Fairthorndale
Fairthorndale Modern AU by fairchild-squad
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24192454 or here
Book Signing by silent-nerd
https://silent-nerd.tumblr.com/post/618631129259458560/book-signing
Counting Stars by fairchild-squad/A247ALICE
 https://archiveofourown.org/works/24432664
Multi Ship Fluff
Let’s Just Talk by CrimzieLightwood (Either College or High School AU, but it’s really cute, I swear)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22382332
Cheers to Beauty by MadJustSH
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24154108/chapters/58163290
Pine With Me (Ongoing Fics)
Popsicle Stick Homes and Construction Paper Hearts by GinnyRose (Thomastair Modern AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24132592/chapters/58103440
A Last Chance by CrimzieLightwood (Thomastair)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24149710/chapters/58151143
time to dance on sorrows by fairchild-squad
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24842437/chapters/60093769
new blooms by fairchild-squad
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24830689
If You Want To Read My Work ( Assorted Jordelia/Thomastair/JessexLucie/Arianna/Herongraystairs)
If Crazy=Genius, The Herondales, Fairchilds, Blackthorns, and Carstairs Would Have 162 IQ by TimeToTravel (Yours Truly)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23194744
What Is And What Should Never Be by TimeToTravel (Moi)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23272336
Maybe There’s Something There That Wasn’t There Before by TimeToTravel (Still Me)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23439985
Days Past: Paris 1902 by TimeToTravel (You guessed it, me)
Either: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24015850 or here
Bring Back What Once Was Mine by TimeToTravel (That’s me)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24042889
Heaven and Hell by TimeToTravel (Yup, me)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24192601 or here
Free To Be You And Me by TimeToTravel (This guy)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24466879 or here
We’ll Meet Again by TimeToTravel (Me, myself, and I) (Supernatural and TSC epic crossover)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24621490
Breeding Cannibal Ducks by TimeToTravel (Ashy herself)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24761302 or here
Idris Weekly: The Millionaire Murder by TimeToTravel and LivingInTheNever (myself and my lovely parabatai)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24898957
A Perfect Day by TimeToTravel (Me, Ash. Hello, reader!)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24919912 or here
Best Day of Our Lives by TimeToTravel (Oh, look, that’s me too!)
https://idontgetit-whydoihavetosaymyname.tumblr.com/post/625652360741568512/best-day-of-our-lives or on my Ao3
Herongraystairs
Gift of the Black Tome by wherethewickedplay
https://my.w.tt/rsYZdC8hA5
She Who Holds Their Hearts by wherethewickedplay
https://my.w.tt/XvY6PMniA5
Infernal Angels by wherethewickedplay (Elemental AU)
https://my.w.tt/zYP1zEfiA5
Of Wild Things And Sydney Cartons by wherethewickedplay (Soulmate AU)
https://my.w.tt/lJiG6HmiA5
Turn Upon A Wheel by wherethewickedplay
https://my.w.tt/9XKOZyqiA5
Faults in the System series by sapphic_lightwhore (Soulmate AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1716505
Sophie/Gideon
Table 18 by lightwoodsisabelle (Modern Waitress AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4134633
Cecily/Gabriel
A Rating Of Five by Bellicosi
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12891801
“Can I join you?” by lucieblckthorn
https://lucieblckthorn.tumblr.com/post/624689062915325952/congrats-on-your-celebration-can-i-ask-please
Charlotte/Henry (There’s a severe lack of these, for some reason)
I’ve been looking for you for a long, long time by JaseyRae (Soulmate AU)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16929876
When The One You Love Loves You Back by survivingasafangirl
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5772868
Poor Charlotte (i.e The Confessions of Matthew and Will)
Changes by NotEvenThat
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15980270
To Drive Away A Shadow by Teddy0414
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23221117
Time Travel/Ghosties (TMI and TID/TLH)
the maze of time by nebulousviolet
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17585591
When things go to Hell in a hand basket by danying
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19188508
Watching Your Back by A_Tired_Writer
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20307538
Kit Herondale: Medium Extrordinare by rosesareredvioletsareblue
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24294493
Jessamine Lovelace’s love consultory by herondaleraxxet
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24570349
Mina, James, and Lucie by cecily-fightwood
https://cecilyfightwood.tumblr.com/post/618574596542726146/mina-james-and-lucie-fic
The TLH Gang Meeting Mina by cecily-fightwood
https://cecilyfightwood.tumblr.com/post/619187251325386752/the-tlh-gang-meeting-mina
In Another Life by themostawesomehuman
https://themostawesomehuman.tumblr.com/post/623798007738007552/in-another-life
Time After Time by just_another_lightwood_bane
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22786828
Shenanigans and Family
How to Find a Pink Salamander by UpsideDownCats
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24277222
Short Story Between Gabriel and Jesse by merrythievesfanboy
https://merrythievesfanboy.tumblr.com/post/618705425073848321/short-story-of-gabriel-lightwood-and-jesse
Explosions and Opinions by Star_Fangirl_Forever
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24589408
Parental Differences by older-brother-kit
https://older-brother-kit.tumblr.com/post/624290228427980800/parental-differences or https://archiveofourown.org/works/25431358
The Discovery of Oscar Wilde the Dog by churchthecatismyspiritanimal
https://churchthecatismyspiritanimal.tumblr.com/post/624601987821027328/fan-fic-characters-from-book-series-the-last
I only know pain
The Life of Lucie by thanatosangel (Immortal Lucie)
https://thanatosangels.tumblr.com/post/623824079823224832/the-life-of-lucie
See you on the other side by lily-chen-deserves-better (Dead Jem)
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/621634182500728832/see-you-on-the-other-side
Falling by lily-chen-deserves-better (Math angst)
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/623355578097500161/falling
How to Save a Life by lily-chen-deserves-better (Dead Lily)
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/620918827067277312/okay-so-what-if-lily-dies-before-raphael-does-and
Don’t worry about me by lily-chen-deserves-better (Dead Lily... again)
https://lily-chen-deserves-better.tumblr.com/post/620196787950632960/dont-worry-about-me
“People can Live for a Hundred Years Without Living a Minute” by themostawesomehuman (Dead Magnus)
https://themostawesomehuman.tumblr.com/post/622456409665224704/promptpeople-can-live-for-a-hundred-years
Whispers of Evil by themostawesomehuman
https://themostawesomehuman.tumblr.com/post/622722341251727360/whispers-of-evil-part-1
#the last hours#tsc#chog#cog2#the infernal devices#fanfic#thomastair#thomas lightwood#alastair carstairs#james herondale#cordelia carstairs#matthew fairchild#jem carstairs#tessa gray#jesse blackthorn#lucie herondale#will herondale#sophie lightwood#sophie collins#gabriel lightwood#gideon lightwood#cecily herondale#cecily lightwood#charlotte fairchild#henry branwell#anna lightwood#og post#fanfic links#ariadne bridgestock
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Safi, No (A Witchlands Fanfiction) - Chapter Nine
Written with @un-empressed, who wrote Aeduan’s POV!
Read the other chapters here: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight
Chapter Summary:
The group chat is a mess. Iseult and Aeduan end up talking a bit more.
Also on Ao3!
Aeduan was doing a great job of ignoring his phone. He could tolerate it lighting up every now and then, signalling a message from the insane group chat he decided to ignore.
It was going very well until Iseult called him. He didn't know it was her at first. She probably got his number from the group. It was weird, but Aeduan found he didn't really mind.
"Stop them," Iseult said as soon as he answered the call. Aeduan didn't even need to ask who 'they' were at this point.
"What are they doing now? Is somebody trying to bribe and corrupt people again?"
"Well, yes, but they want - Just read the messages. You'll see what they want," she said. Aeduan went to respond, but the call was already done. Aeduan shook his head to himself. Out of all groups he could've gotten himself involved with...
Aeduan opened the group chat and scrolled up to the beginning. Apparently Vaness's friend joined the group chat. Aeduan couldn't believe how well this whole thing was working for such a petty cause. Merik Nihar had better watch out.
Aeduan rolled his eyes as he read the first few messages. They weren't that bad, but since Safi sent them, they were... Well, what she considered hilarious, and everyone else considered over the top. Still, Aeduan had to admit how she referred to everyone in the group was sort of funny, if the slightest bit offensive.
But who wouldn't laugh? She kept referring to Iseult as her favourite partner in crime, and called Stix a 'traitor, but tbh I get it, imagine being loyal to Merik'.
Aeduan himself was 'Polly's moody friend who tolerates only Iz'. It was the truth, really, but something about the way it was phrased made Aeduan uneasy. And after all, he did 'tolerate' Vaness as well. She was unwillingly thrown into the whole mess, after all.
It was harmless, considering what Safi was capable of doing. Aeduan wondered why Iseult called him, but as he continued reading, he understood.
Iseult: Seriously? Nobody minds the nicknames?
Aeduan most decidedly minded his, but looking at the time stamp of the message, he was twelve minutes late.
Stix: Not really. Get me 'Traitor' on a jacket and I'd wear it
Safi: Oooooh! That's a great idea! We should all get jackets! Does anyone know someone willing to make us jackets?
Lev: I have this theory that Caden can sew
Aeduan snorted out loud. He hoped Caden couldn't sew, though. Safi was definitely not above getting them jackets.
Safi: I'm intrigued. Continue
Caden: It's been months! Just let it go already! I genuinely don't remember where I got the shirt!
Lev: suuuuuureeee
Safi: No, but this is perfect. We need some kind of motto for our group
Vivia: I thought Bribery and Corruption was the motto?
Stix: No, that's the name and main policy
Vaness: You are all insufferable
Aeduan had to agree with Vaness on that. They were all worse than the last. He wouldn't be surprised if Vaness's friend chickened out after a week. He certainly wouldn't blame her.
Safi: Thanks
Safi: Does anybody have suggestions for the motto?
Lev: "This guy's not even worth digging a hole"
Zander: We aren't using that one
Stix: I've got 99 problems and at least 73 were created by Merik Nihar
Safi: And the other 28?
Iseult: *26
Safi: Oh well forgive me for not being a math magician
Safi: So?
Stix: I am literally half blind
Safi: ?
Stix: Nearsighted
Vaness: Then why don't you wear glasses? It must be hard to get around with bad vision
Stix: First of all, glasses would ruin my whole aesthetic. Second of all, I'll have you know I have at least a mediocre vision and that I do not deserve to be made fun of like that
Vaness: I fail at feeling even remotely apologetic for insulting your eyesight
Safi: You could've just said "fuck you too" but okay
Aeduan rolled his eyes. He really didn't want to keep reading, but he did regardless.
Safi: Do we get them personalised for each of us or should they all say the same thing?
Iseult: Saf, we are not getting jackets
Safi: But Iz!!! It's what the people want!!
Vaness: It is absolutely not
Stix: I mean, it kind of is
Lev: It definitely is
Safi: See?
Iseult: I do, unfortunately
Safi: Why are you so negative?
Aeduan could list a few reasons why. The first few were perhaps a bit rude and subjective, but he didn't really care anymore.
Iseult: Maybe because you're setting up a plot to get revenge on someone who only kind of unintentionally wronged you?
Vivia: Knowing him, it was definitely intentional
Safi: See???
Iseult: Still, you don't even know him.
Vivia: Lucky her
Stix: Amen
Aeduan had never talked to Merik, but surely that many people couldn't all be exaggerating the same thing on the same level. Or maybe Leopold paid them to, just to mess with Aeduan. He was certainly both rich and insane enough.
They were all amazing actors if that was the case. Aeduan was genuinely afraid of Safi making him wear a personalised bribery and corruption jacket. He was really, really afraid.
Safi: I found a good website for ordering custom clothes
Iseult: No
Safi: Yes
Vaness: Safi, No
Safi: Safi yes
Stix: Safi definitely
Caden: Safi maybe? Depends on how the jackets look
Iseult: We are not getting jackets
Vivia: I mean, if they're subtle enough I wouldn't be opposed to it
Vaness: I thought you were sensible
Stix: She is. Those were words of a sane woman if I've ever heard some
Safi: See? My revenge plan is a great opportunity to make friends
Zander: That sounds almost like a commercial
Stix: "Break Merik's leg and you get the satisfaction of breaking Merik's leg"
Safi: 9 out of 10 doctors don't recommend it but that's what makes it fun
Iseult: Why would one doctor recommend it??
Caden: Because Safi bribed and corrupted him.
[x]
"You're a monster," she told Safi once again. 'You're a monster' was the only accurate way to describe her friend these days, even if Iseult said it with fondness.
Safi grinned and winked at her. "Thanks."
"And you're insufferable."
"Again. Thanks."
Safi confused her when she did things like that - when she took everything as a compliment, even when they certainly weren't intended as a compliment. There wasn't much of a difference to Safi, though, and Iseult had to admire her confidence.
Safi sat at the edge of her bed, staring down at her phone with a glint in her eyes that Iseult recognised and did not trust. "Who else could be bribe and corrupt?" She asked Iseult, who rolled her eyes.
"I already told you, I'm not taking part in the revenge plan. And that means I'm not helping you decide who to bribe and corrupt next." Iseult shook her head. Really, how many times did she have to repeat herself? It was beginning to get annoying, though she would never say that.
Safi pouted. "Oh, come on. Please?"
"No."
"Wait!" Safi grinned again. "What about that Ryber girl? Or Ryber's friend, Tanzi? They're friends with Merik. It could work to our advantage."
"No, it will not work to our advantage," Iseult stated matter-of-factly. "Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because they're Merik's friends."
"Stix was Merik's friend, and she was more than eager to join," Safi pointed out.
Iseult rolled her eyes. It was an action she caught herself doing often around Safi. "Stix wasn't his friend."
"Then why did she sit with him?"
"For her actual friend, Kullen, who happened to be friends with Merik." She sighed. "Didn't you listen to a thing Stix said earlier?"
Safi stared into the distance for a second before shrugging. "Apparently not. To be fair, I was making a mental list of who else to bribe and corrupt."
"Don't you have enough people in on the revenge plan?"
Her friend stared at Iseult in horror. "Iseult, darling, there is never 'enough people' when it comes to making Merik's life hell."
"I'm just saying," Iseult replied, raising her hand in mock-surrender. "It will be a whole lot easier for someone - for Merik - to find out about your plan if you 'bribe and corrupt' more people."
Despite having a very good point, Iseult's words weren't actually paid any attention. No, instead of listening to the voice of reason, Safi was grinning down at her phone, typing something quickly. At first, Iseult thought that maybe Safi had decided who she wanted to bribe or corrupt next, but when Safi looked up from her phone and Iseult's didn't show any notifications from the group chat, she quickly changed her mind.
"Iseult," Safi began in a sing-song voice. It was a tone of voice that would've sounded innocent if it wasn't coming from Safi.
She sighed. "Yes?"
"Leopold wants to discuss strategy at the ice cream place."
Iseult snorted. "'Discuss strategy'? We aren't fighting a war, Saf."
Her friend glared at her. "This is war, Iseult. Merik is a plague upon this earth. War is the only way to rid of him."
"Okay then," Iseult nodded along, giving up. Safi was clearly set in her ways.
"Good," Safi nodded. "Now, are you in? Aeduan will be there."
Iseult was going to say 'yes' anyway, but the promise of Aeduan being there made it sound somewhat more appealing. She shrugged. "Sure."
*
Iseult was an idiot. That was the only thing she could think as she sat opposite Aeduan in total silence - the same state they had been in for the last ten minutes.
To be fair, Safi made it very easy to trust her. Too easy. She had walked to the ice cream place with Iseult, waiting for Leopold and Aeduan to arrive. But before they did, Safi claimed she needed the toilet and disappeared, leaving Iseult there alone.
Until Leopold had arrived with a very unhappy-looking Aeduan in tow. They talked for a bit, not long, when she received a text from Safi. Sorry, had to head home. You guys have fun! ;)
Iseult hadn't thought anything of it until Leopold stood from his seat, a mask of innocence plastered on his face as he said, "Oh, sorry, I'm needed...elsewhere? Yeah, elsewhere. See you tomorrow!"
That's when it dawned on Iseult. Leopold's mask of innocence did not discuss the mischief in his eyes.
Leopold and Safi had set them up.
That's how her and Aeduan ended up in this predicament - sat opposite each other, with no idea what to say. All their interactions so far had been focused on the revenge plan, so now that they weren't forced into talking about it, they didn't know just what to talk about.
"Is Safi late?" Aeduan asked her. It sounded like a genuine question, and that was almost enough to make Iseult bang her head on the table in front of her.
Apparently, it hadn't quite dawned on Aeduan yet.
Iseult rolled her eyes. "No, she just had to head home."
Aeduan nodded, though he looked confused. "Okay then. Do you want some ice cream? I'll get it for us."
"Sure thing. Might as well since we're here," she answered with a slight shrug, relieved that they were no longer stuck in silence.
Aeduan didn't move. "What flavour?"
"Oh, yeah." She forgot flavours were a thing. "Strawberry, please?"
"Sure." Aeduan left to get their ice cream, leaving her alone, though not for long. He came back a few minutes later, two ice cream cones in hand - two scoops of strawberry for her, and mint-chocolate-chip for him.
"Thanks," she said, taking the cone from him.
"No problem," he replied, and took a bite of his ice cream.
Iseult stared at him in horror. "You just - did you just bite into your ice cream?"
"Yes?" He answered, though it sounded more like a question in his confusion.
"How the fucking hell? Didn't it hurt your teeth?" She took a lick of her own as Aeduan's confusion only intensified.
"Uh, no?"
"You alien."
He laughed slightly. "So, what should we talk about?"
Iseult shrugged. "Literally anything would do."
"Okay." He took another bite, an action that still baffled her, and seemed to consider his question carefully. "Let's start with something easy. How did you and Safi become friends? You two seem like polar opposites."
"What can I say? Opposites attract, or whatever people say." She shrugged, licking her ice cream again. "We've been friends since we were kids. Some kids were picking on me - I don't really remember it now - and Safi stood up for me. We've been friends ever since."
"She sounds like a good friend," Aeduan replied.
"She is. I'd ask about you and Leopold, but I already know the story behind that one." She laughed a little, and he smiled a little.
"Yeah, I don't feel like going through the many questions there," he joked, taking another bite. He surveyed the rest of the room - there were few people there, and it was very quiet. "Hey, do you want to get out of here?"
She contemplated that for a second, then shrugged. What was the harm? If he turned out to be a serial killer and murdered her, Safi was to blame for the not-so-subtle set up. "Okay."
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Read the next chapter here: Chapter Ten
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