#i would be neglecting tcom again tho

[cooking-with-hailstones]

Should I start a new Zelimpa fic??

Concept for the fic came to me today, read more under the cut.

Ok so hear me out: pre-calamity botw

Link pulls the sword, and is then betrothed to Zelda. (I'm borrowing a little bit from Olive branches by Dayhaven)

Zelda is incredibly resentful of this for all the usual reasons, and for the fact that this means that her previous guard, her closest companion and best friend, Impa, is being demoted. She does not recognize her feelings for Impa as being romantic in nature, she's just resentful of the loss. She keeps sneaking out to the Sheikah tech labs both because of her love for the tech, and because she wants to spend more time with Impa.

Impa on the other hand is all too aware of her feelings for Zelda, but is keeping them very very close to her chest because she doesn't want to endanger the Sheikah's position in Hyrule in any way. She also doesn't realize that Zelda is in love with her, too. So, she's caught in this terrible back and forth of trying to get Zelda to warm up to her betrothed whom Zelda actively despises, pushing aside her own feelings, and making sure Zelda is safe and doesn't attract any unwarranted attention. Hylia forbid that Zelda makes anyone in court think that something might be happening between them. So she's just stewing in sapphic angst.

Link, for his part, figures all of this out fairly quickly. He starts playing wingman, arranging for Zelda to have extra weapons training sessions with impa, extra training in Sheikah culture, any conceivable reason he can think of to convince the king and Zelda's tutors for her to spend more time with Impa, he's on it. Neither Impa nor Zelda catch on until far too late. Zelda's just grateful to get to spend more time with Impa. Impa is like what the fuck what the fuck help. bitch ass swordsman why aren't you doing your job?? And he's just making himself popcorn waiting for these two useless lesbians to figure their shit out. (Bonus points for Ace Link because I think that would work very well)