#my 1st twst ship i missed you

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I've been having thoughts on Malleo, so hear me out

Imagine a Leona x fem!Malleus scenario, the romance would build up more naturally if that was the case!!

So Malleus is walking around doing club activities, which is observing gargoyles ofc, and Leona happens to be near bc he overslept into the night and was going back to his dorm. But Leona sees Malleus and hesitates. Logically, he knows she's way more powerful than him and can take care of herself just fine, but he questions if he'll be able to sleep peacefully knowing he saw a girl walking around abandoned places alone in the middle of the night. So he decides to go up to her and pays the small price of Malleus excitedly talking about gargoyles the whole time. He even accompanies her back to Diasomnia before going back to his own

He tries to avoid it at first but it keeps happening until Leona eventually decides to join her every time she goes out at night. He even starts participating in the conversation instead of just listening and tuning out most of Malleus' monologues, which she notices

I can also totally see Lilia tricking Leona (and Ruggie, by proximity) into coming to Diasomnia, but Leona decides to stay once he learns it's Malleus' birthday (bc ofc Lilia is his kids' biggest wingman). Whether or not he knows Malleus used to have very lonely birthday parties before doesn't matter, Leona has shown in a vignette that he's more inclined to participate in a woman's birthday than a man's, even if they're a stranger

Like, man. Turning Malleus into a girl would make Leona go softer on her when they interact outside of their established rivalry, which would make for an interesting dynamic me thinks

... On the other hand, if you change Leona into a girl instead, nothing about their interactions would change lol. If Malleus wanted to court Leona, he will do so no matter the gender