#she's so Awkward ghjhghjk

[defygrav1ty]

🌷 starter for @roserotten (azriel).

she'd been mustering up the courage to walk up to the shadowsinger for over a week, leaving a scandalous trail of stolen glances behind on the training ring. if nesta and cassian hadn't been so caught up in eachother's mated scent, they would've noticed it and poked fun at her for it by now. only emerie seemed to realize her inner struggle, but she was kinder with her silence.

don't overthink it, gwyn, just do it. be the rock against which that pretty boy crashes ― that came out wrong, ugh!

shuddering the unexpectedly dirty mantra off her mind, gwyn went to go meet him on the ground, the creak of her leather pants announding her pressence to azriel at exactly the moment the clock striked the end of training. before she knew it, his deep hazelnut eyes were fixed on her with calm curiosity, and her throat immediately dried up. she coughed it back to life, ❝ hey, uhm ― ❞ panic. quiet your mind, gwyn ― ❝ i never got to thank you, with the rite of blood and all, for the private lesson you gave me on the winter solstice. you didn't just help me cut the ribbon, you...also gave me confidence to fight for myself out in the illyrian mountains, before nesta and emerie found me. i couldn't have touched the stone without you. ❞ she confessed, her finger instinctively reaching for the beautiful rose necklace that sat beneath her training clothes. the silence got to heavy for her anxiety to bear, so she quickly changed the subject, ❝ d-do you have a date? for cassian and nesta's ceremony? ❞