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justpoliteconversations · 9 months ago

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Apple Merchant [BOTW!Link x Isekai!Reader] (Part 2)

For any partnership to work, communication is key.

More self-indulgent trash for the soul.

PART: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Alternate Extras: Embrace

Masterlist

TW: Nothing worth mentioning.

Disclaimer: Don't own The Legend of Zelda franchise.

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It seemed infinitesimal: a single apple missing from the vast pool of resources you'd amassed over the years. Barely a drop in the metaphoric ocean and you'd treated it as such. At first.

A simple miscount, you'd reasoned. Not even you, with your convenient auto-sorting ability nor years of modern schooling, was immune to the inevitably of human error.

Days passed. Nothing much changed. Except that it did.

One mistake was expected. Two was acceptable. But Three? Four? You had your suspicions, but you'd pushed them aside and carried on as usual. Ignoring the cold pit opening in your stomach with each misplaced object. Every inconceivable miscount that only seemed to pile into a whirlwind of inevitability.

It escalated, because of course it would.

When one of your swords disappeared, you ignored the thundering of your heart. When your leftover meat skewers were suddenly two less? You balled your hands in your lap to prevent them from shaking.

Then, a week after the towers rose, your warm doublet vanished right off your back, leaving you suddenly in the plain clothes beneath. You stopped paying attention to the world for a while after, taking deep breaths to ease the tension in your body.

Once able to draw breath more freely, you put on your significantly less warm overshirt and pressed onward. Stopped at the nearest stable (Dueling Peaks, hours off of your intended route), ignored your guard's concerned (annoyed in Adino's case) stares and rented three beds for the night.

It took a long time for sleep to take you, but eventually you succeeded.

When you opened your eyes it was early morning, but still later than you'd usually be up by. The stable master was just starting his day, eating a quick breakfast of eggs and porridge. You should have been gone long before anyone else in the tent had even left their beds.

Your guard, Skims, glanced over at you from his own bed, concern evident on his weathered, weary face. He must have noticed the change in your breathing as you woke. You could see the question in his eyes, the way his brows rose just slightly and his mouth quirked.

You gave him a small shake of the head, a tired smile, and he nodded in understanding before rolling out of bed with a dramatic groan. It pulled a snort from you and you just caught the edge of a satisfied smile at the corner of his lips.

Man needed another raise. Fourth one this year but his loyalty and care was well worth the expense.

With that thought you pulled yourself from bed, fighting against the spring morning chill as you removed the covers from your sleep warmed body. Putting your feet to the ground was misery, and pulling away from the plush bedding a test of your resolve.

Beside you Skims was smirking in his tired way, knowing full well just how deeply the hyrulian cold effected you. His own metabolism kept him damn near toasty in all but the harshest climates, and he took quiet glee in watching you huff and silently whine against the nip of crisp morning air.

You cast a tired eyed glare up at him and he chuckled, knowing what you were thinking. He was right, for the record. You were thinking about how sweet revenge would be the next time you made for Gerudo.

Scratch that. Skims would be all too pleased to be back in that forsaken desert. Would even request a few days off to visit his three (that's right, three) gerudo baby mama's and four daughters.

You didn't think about it too much. It wasn't your business, and as far as you knew, all participants were happy with the arrangement. It wasn't your concern.

You sighed, taking the loss for what it was. Skims, at least, had the grace to not voice it aloud. Though you could feel the smug amusement radiating off of him well enough that it hardly mattered.

"I'll let Adino know we'll be heading for Hateno soon." He offered in the way of a peace offering, and at your nod he slipped out of the stable entryway without another word.

You stared after him, taking in the red-tinted dawn light bathing the world beyond. Stealing yourself against the persistent drafts leaking through the open tent flaps you began to ready yourself for the day.

You wondered if Link was okay. You were glad he had something warm to protect him through the night, even if it was at your expense.

As quickly as they'd come, you pulled away from those thoughts before they could fully take hold. Therein lies the path to lunacy, and bankruptcy.

The man now had access to your entire inventory, and if current happenings had told you anything it was that he had absolutely no qualms in using it. Be that because of his amnesia, his situation, his personality or even a mix of the three, you didn't know. And honestly, it didn't matter. The ending was the same.

Loss of merchandise. Loss of revenue. Perhaps even the loss of your business. All things you'd very much like to avoid.

Once dressed you took a moment to recenter yourself.

The next few days were going to be long and arduous.

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You'd made it to Hateno without further delay, though you had to travel for two days nonstop to make up for lost time (stopping only to refresh the horses, much to Adino's irritation). By the end of it Skims was looking more weary than usual and Adino (a skinny hyrulian teenager with dark hair and a sour expression) more surly.

You slipped them both a few extra rupees before giving them the week off until further notice and Adino seemed to forgive you a little. Skims had just smiled gratefully, and when Adino had slipped away into the nearest alley, you'd handed Skims another hundred.

The older hyrulian's raised brows was merely answered by a small smile and a shooing motion, to which he huffed a dry laugh and obeyed the dismissal. You returned his backwards wave with one of your own even though he didn't see it. Or maybe he did.

Hard to tell with that man.

After that, you wasted no time in getting back to business. You visited all the stores on the main strip, catching up on the latest news from Pruce and giving him first pick of your more uncommon stock. He was your most valued business partner after all, and the one who gave you your moniker.

You owed him so much for helping you find your feet in those overwhelming early days. He'd put so much time and effort into your integration, bought so many god-damned unnecessary apples because you'd had nothing else to offer.

First pick of the batch was the least you could do in return for his continued kindness.

"There's a new house for sale." Pruce said conversationally, leaning against the counter as he begun picking through his new merchandise.

"Oh?" You'd inquired back politely, not really interested but willing to hear out any bits of information that may one day prove useful to you.

"Yeah. The abandoned one across the old bridge. The council has decided to sell it. If it doesn't go within the month, it's getting demolished."

Something nagged at the back of your mind, but you couldn't pin it down before it slipped away. Instead of dwelling on it, you thanked him for the information and took your leave.

The rest of that afternoon was rather uneventful. You walked the village back roads with quiet nostalgia, gazing up at the newly blossoming apple trees and freshly grown grass with heartfelt fondness. Eventually you passed the budding fields nestled in the far back of the village. Beyond that, the solitary apple tree you'd first been enamored with when you'd first arrived in this world.

And there it stood, seemingly unchanged after five years. Always the early bloomer. And bearer.

You touched the weathered bark gently, letting the rough surface ground you once more in reality. "Hello. You're as magnificant as ever, my friend. May this year be fruitful for you." It was silent as expected, but you leaned your head to the trunk and sent your thanks to it regardless.

Your first lifeline, a silent reminder of everything this world had given you. Even if no one understood, this tree deserved your utmost respect.

You took your time walking back to the village proper, breathing in the fresh, cool air with renewed appreciation. You were reminded once more that this land, these people, this new life had been kind to you.

With the uncertainty of Link's awakening lingering in your mind, you needed that reminder now more than ever.

Feeling lighter than you had in weeks, out of curiosity you took the long way around to inspect the new property for sale. Not that you had any intention of buying, but it wouldn't hurt to look.

It did, in fact, hurt. Like the scene from an overly dramatic psychological thriller, the moment you laid eyes on the house you remembered.

50,000 Rupees. Bolson. Link. The deal.

During your other life, when this had all been just a game, you'd dismissed the initial offer the first time you'd talked to Bolson. He'd then presented a discounted offer of 3000 and some odd amount of wood immediately after.

You'd never taken the first offer. It hadn't been practical for you at the time. You hadn't had the means to make that much rupees in such a short amount of time.

But Link had no limitations this go around.

He had your checkbook at his fingertips and no issue utilizing it.

50,000 rupees.

50 Thousand rupees.

Fifty Thousand rupees.

Fuck...

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A moblin lumbered about the dense forest in slow, stumbling steps, sniffing at the air in search of its hidden adversary. It snorted, picking up an acorn and huffing at it inquisitively, tossing it away when it gave it no leads.

Hidden in the topmost branches of an elder tree, Link scrolled through his Sheikah slate, unbothered. Not much of anything felt threatening to him in these parts, not with the stash of weaponry and armor sets he'd found in his slate's inventory.

Especially not with the fairies stored away in there. 249 to be exact. Formerly 252.

Not for the first time he wondered who the slate belonged to before him. It most certainly had an owner at some point, if the sheer amount of useful items within it was anything to go by.

Had they died? He hoped not. That didn't seem right to him, though he couldn't pinpoint why he thought this.

Honestly, he didn't know much of anything. He just knew he was happy to have all these useful things waiting for him when he...woke up.

He wasn't sure what he'd have done if he'd started out with nothing. Not even memories of what to do to sustain and better himself.

He pulled a honey candy from the slate and popped it in his mouth as he continued to scroll, ignoring the moblin stomping around the base of the tree. It'd never find him anyway, simple-minded as it was. He hummed in happiness as the sweet treat began to melt on his tongue, ears twitching with delight.

After a time, he eventually made it near the end of the list (pulling some fire chuchu jelly from it) and was about to take care of his unwelcome guest. Until he noticed something off.

Some of the items near the end of the list looked fewer then before. Not just fewer, in fact. Some were gone entirely.

Link tilted his head, bright blue eyes widening with interest, candy held forgotten between his teeth. His breath hitched a bit, something warm and fierce growing rapidly in his chest as he noted more and more discrepancies he'd failed to notice before.

He spit the candy out and it hit the moblin on the head, causing it to growl lowly and whip it's head around in search of its assailant. Link wasn't paying attention to that though. That wasn't important.

At the very end of the inventory list he found a note. A simple slip of paper with his name emblazoned on it with black ink.

His heart begun race at the sight of it.

This was it. Proof that this slate had belonged to someone before. No. That there was someone, right now, who had access to the same technology, was bound to the same destiny.

They knew his name. They knew he was there in the world, and they were reaching out to him.

He wasn't alone. They're alive. They're real.

He was not alone anymore.

He wasted no time in taking the note from the inventory, face lighting up with awe as he took in the contents of the paper.

A dozen fire jellies, a torch and a piece of flint made quick work of the moblin, ripping it apart in a flash of light so suddenly it hadn't even the chance to properly squeal in terror.

Link paid its abruptly silenced death throes no mind. Instead, he jumped from the tree with one powerful leap, snapping his glider open to soar over the valley laid out far below.

He had no time for distractions now. He had to get to Kakariko as soon as possible, find this Impa woman and get directions to Hateno.

The voice in his head would have to wait a little longer. This Calamity guy too. Right now he had more pressing matters.

He needed get to Hateno. Where his new home was. Where their home was.

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Link,

There is a house waiting for you in Hateno. Present this Proof of Purchase to the Village Council upon arrival.

Be sure to inform me before making any purchases exceeding 10,000 rupees. Use this note system to relay details.

If applicable, forward a list of necessary items and I will precure them for you.

Let's work well together. I look forward to doing business with you.

Your's truly,

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Must return to the shadows to recharge and recoup. (I lied. I stayed up editing this instead of sleeping. Don't post tired, you make lots of errors.)

#link x reader #link x you #isekai reader #botw link

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miasmaghoul · 24 days ago

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Like the Tides

Kinktober Day 6: Quickie/Creampie

Rating: E

Pairing: Rain/Dew

Word Count: 1.1k

Contains: a moon-influenced rough quickie ft mean Rain, a one-sided orgasm, a buttplug and a creampie

Prompts by @kroas-adtam!

Rain prides himself on his sense of self control. Disciplined in all things and patient to a fault, there is very little that can rattle him. Able to keep a straight face through damn near anything, always elegant and composed - regal would not be an inaccurate way to describe Rain.

Well, at least most of the time.

Read the rest below!

Dew grunts as Rain shoves him up against the wall of the green room, shirts half-buttoned and suspenders hanging at their sides. Rain pins him there with a forearm to Dew's throat, oceanic eyes wide and dark. Despite the pressure, Dew smirks.

“What's gotten into you?” It comes out tight, strained, and every inch of Rain buzzes. He licks at dry lips, a move Dew hones in on immediately. “Thought we were waiting ‘til -”

Rain silences him with two fingers, shoves them into Dew's mouth hard enough to force a little gag of surprise. He's burning head to toe, has been since the moment the full moon crested the horizon some twenty minutes ago. He shoves a knee between the other ghoul's legs, presses his thigh right up against Dew's crotch until those amber eyes roll.

“Keep your mouth shut,” Rain orders, but the itch of need makes it come out wobbly. His fingers remain in Dew's mouth, the little ghoul laving at them with that hot tongue, and with a groan Rain releases his throat. Uses that hand to grope himself instead, already stiff and leaking into too-tight briefs. “You know what I need.”

And of course Dew does - he was a water ghoul not too long ago himself, after all. Hells, he's probably more used to tracking the moon's cycle than Rain is. Dew grins around his invading fingers, gives him a wink, and Rain can't help his growl.

It's nothing for him to bully Dew over to the tattered couch, simple as anything to grip him by the chin and make him trip over his own feet along the way. Rain pulls spit-slick digits from that hot mouth, gives Dew a neat slap on the cheek when his smirk doesn't vanish, and they both shiver with the way he moans.

“Bend over.”

Rain huffs, breathless, shaky fingers fighting with his pants button. For once in his life, Dew doesn't argue. Hooks his thumbs into his waistband without needing to be told, tugging them down as he leans over the arm of the sofa, and every inch of pale skin he reveals makes Rain's chest hurt. He hisses the moment he gets his zipper down, fishing his aching cock from the confines of his underwear just as Dew gets his own briefs past the nonexistent curve of his ass, and as he arches forward -

“Fuck.”

Rain's cock flexes as the base of the plug he'd worked into the little ghoul that morning peeks out from between his cheeks. Shiny silver decorated with a glittering glass gem the same shade as Rain's eyes, it glints in the fluorescent light when Dew wiggles his hips. His lovely, soft length rests against the arm of the couch, the pretty pink head just visible past his tight sack, and with a grunt Rain's dick spits a blurt of pre that lands on Dew's thigh.

“It's your color,” he manages to mumble, brain cells rapidly melting out his ears, and Dew purrs deep in his chest. Rain presses a quivering thumb to the plug, pushes it in just a little further, and the whorish noise the other ghoul lets out makes his balls hurt. The last of his waning patience dissolves when Dew looks back over his shoulder, eyes locked on the purple head of his straining cock, and Rain can't take it anymore.

The plug, hot to the touch and so slick, slips from Dew's hole with little more than a firm tug. Rain at least has the presence of mind to hand it to the other ghoul instead of dropping it to the filthy carpet below, but his eyes never leave Dew's twitching entrance. Pink and wet with lube and slick, it's just begging to be filled up proper. Rain isn't about to deny it.

He's too lost in the moon's influence to care, but the noise Rain makes when he slips into Dew's hot little body is one of unadulterated, feral desire. Not that Dew’s being quiet either - they're lucky this room has a thick door, or security would already be breaking it down. Rain's nails dig into Dew's hips as he sinks deeper and deeper, a bruising grip that will leave at least half a dozen little bruises behind, but it doesn't matter. All that does is the way Dew's hole swallows him up, inch after inch until their hips meet and they're both panting. Rain's out of his mind, hunched and trembling, and the only warning Dew gets is a rasping snarl before -

“Fuck!”

The little ghoul's eyes slam shut, mouth dropping open as Rain starts up a rhythm of deep, driving thrusts that shake the sofa. It's urgent, desperate, animalistic in a way that has Dew drooling into the cushions in a handful of moments. The sound of skin on skin echoes off the walls around them, loud and lewd but somehow still like waves meeting the shore. Rain's lost in it, glassy-eyed and grunting like he's in pain every time his balls slap against Dew's. Tongue lolling out of his mouth as he orders Dew to take it, take it, take it -

“R-Rain…oh fuck, Rain -”

Dew makes a wonderful gurgling sound, and Rain folds. Wraps both arms around the other ghoul's waist, melts into his back and sinks blunt teeth into the back of his neck. He lasts through another handful of those beautifully brutal thrusts, and as he blows his load all over Dew's quivering insides it's anyone's guess as to which of them is louder.

Slowly but surely, the moon's fog clears. Rain falls back into his own body bit by bit, all aching lungs and twitching muscles, and a hysterical sort of giggle escapes his tight throat.

“Better?” Dew sounds so slurred, voice thick, and Rain winces just a touch when he clamps down around his softening cock. Rain hums, peppering little kisses over the bite mark marring Dew's skin.

“Better.” Oh he sounds rough. Rain is infinitely grateful that he doesn't have to sing, or he'd really be in trouble. He gives Dew a squeeze before pushing himself up. “You okay?”

“Peachy,” Dew answers, holding up a shaky thumb. Rain snorts as he rubs the other ghoul's back with a sweaty palm, pausing only when Dew holds up his other hand. The one still holding that fat, shiny plug. “Now make me hold it,” he murmurs, looking back over his shoulder just as Rain slips from the burning clutch of his body. “I wanna be extra wet for you tonight.”

This time, it's not just the moon that makes his mind fuzzy.

#miasma's work #the band ghost ficlets #kinktober 24 #dewdrop ghoul #rain ghoul #rain/dew #rain x dew #raindrop #will post on ao3 later #kinktober 24: day 6 #i am not posting any of these days in order lmao its just when inspo strikes 👍

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adventuresofalgy · 27 days ago

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"Oh no!" cried Algy, as he was hurled bodily into a frantic eleagnus bush. "Too soon, too soon!"

But Storm Ashley only replied gleefully "You ain't seen nothing yet!" as it laughed in the wildly bending trees while it tried its best to sweep Algy's feathers off his back and toss him from his precarious perch. And despite the storm's manifest faults, it was probably telling the truth, for the wind had only started to get up a short while ago, and the weather birds had warned Algy that it was likely to get a great deal stronger than this before it finally slunk away in a huff.

The onset of the storm had caught Algy unawares, despite all the many warnings, and as he clung on to the thin, waving branches as tightly as he could, for fear of being suddenly catapulted into the air and flung out far across the angry ocean, which was only a wind's throw away, he couldn't help wishing that he had been just a wee bit more prudent, and had taken cover before the tempest began, as he had been advised to do.

However, a fluffy bird is rarely very much daunted by anything as commonplace as a raging Atlantic storm, so where a mere human would be concentrating on how to get out of the wind and into a place of safety and comfort, Algy was busy trying to remember a poem he had once read, which described a gale very much like this one:

This house has been far out at sea all night, The woods crashing through darkness, the booming hills, Winds stampeding the fields under the window Floundering black astride and blinding wet Till day rose; then under an orange sky The hills had new places, and wind wielded Blade-light, luminous black and emerald, Flexing like the lens of a mad eye. At noon I scaled along the house-side as far as The coal-house door. Once I looked up - Through the brunt wind that dented the balls of my eyes The tent of the hills drummed and strained its guyrope, The fields quivering, the skyline a grimace, At any second to bang and vanish with a flap; The wind flung a magpie away and a black- Back gull bent like an iron bar slowly. The house Rang like some fine green goblet in the note That any second would shatter it. Now deep In chairs, in front of the great fire, we grip Our hearts and cannot entertain book, thought, Or each other. We watch the fire blazing, And feel the roots of the house move, but sit on, Seeing the window tremble to come in, Hearing the stones cry out under the horizons.

[Algy is quoting the poem Wind by the 20th century English poet Ted Hughes.]

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eusouumfuckingkoala · 1 year ago

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Your name (Alessia Russo x Reader) Part 2

a/n: English isn´t my first language, hope you guys enjoying it, sorry for being so long. Let me know what you think? Also, this is Part 2 of "I don't even know your name".

What you didn't know was that the girls call Alessia to go outside when she saw you, she was ready to go talk to you but when she heard your conversation with Danielle, she thought maybe it wasn't the right time. She couldn't help but see you walk away god knows where all she knew was that once this photoshoot was scheduled she would do anything to win you over, there was no way she wasn't doing something about it this time, after all since that vacation Alessia couldn't take you off her mind, her friend tries to arrange her dates but she didn't want to meet anyone she just wanted to see you again, and the prove was at training when she saw you, she was so infatuated by you that end up with a ball on her face and her friends making fun of her, and Leah and Lotte telling her she was seeing things, but right now was all worth it knowing that she wasn't getting crazy.

1 week later

Today it's the photo shoot of the players, don't ask why but I was too anxious for today, I had sent a few ideas to Danielle so he knew some of them I wanted to be taken on the field, I know normally is inside but I like more outside the players seem more natural in their element than in a room full of lights and cameras I went to the field a little late I could feel someone looking at me but I made my way to Danielle.

"I'm sorry Danielle I got caught in paperwork..."

"No problem we took a few inside, and now we are gonna start the field ones you ask for." he smile at me.

"Thank you, Danielle."

"You don't need to thank me Y/N it's my job, but we can always grab dinner?"

"Sure but I pay this time."

Since you start work here Danielle was a great friend, fun to hang out, with he told me he was into guys the day I told him I like women because I didn't want to lead him on it was funny but most people didn't know he was, we got along pretty well after that.

I feel someone behind me but didn't think much about it until Danielle give me a light smirk and walk away, I turn around and meet ocean-blue eyes making all body interrupt with goosebumps.

"Hi..."

"Oh Hi, it's..." I couldn't finish my sentence I was in too much shock, it was her there was no doubt but was your imagination playing tricks on you again?

"So you have a date?" She look disappointed.

"What?" what doesn't she mean I got a date? Am I missing something here?

"Nothing just... just forget it I say anything it was nice to see you again." she just turn around and walk back to her friends.

So it was her, but where did she get the idea that I have a date? I was in so much shock that I didn't even get the time to replay before she walks away only leaving my mouth a whisper "Wait." you facepalm yourself, you have been waiting to meet her again and all you thought about was what you gonna say to her, but not being able to barely say a word wasn't in your plans special not asking her why she thought you are dating. How messed up, am I? So you made a note to talk to her after the photo shoot ends.

Throughout the photoshoot you couldn't take your eyes off her scared that the girl that's been haunting your dreams would vanish, the way she smiles, her natural beauty was breathtaking, and the way her name fits her perfectly you couldn't stop yourself from repeating her name in your head "Alessia" the girl who haven't leave your memory since Spain. The team was doing a break she was talking with her friends when she look at me and I could see her lightly blush with a soft smile but there was something in her eyes that I couldn't figure out what it was.

"What got you all cloudy?" Danielle say since he was also on a break.

"Nothing... the photoshoot it's going pretty well." I smiled at him.

"I am surprised you pay any attention!" he smirk at me.

"What do you mean? I come to watch the photo shoot." I look at him confused.

"Yeah lie to yourself you think I didn't see the looks between you and Alessia!"

I blush and punch his arm playfully "Stop it! It's not like that?" You say more like a question than a conviction.

"Are you asking me? Because honestly, it could be!"

"No, I'm not, stop playing around!"

"Go talk to her Y/N!"

When he walked away I was thinking about it but then I thought she is with her friends having a good time I don't wanna mess that up or should you try to explain to her, this need to justify yourself to her was weird, you never feel this need to explain things to anyone, but what isn't new since I meet her in Spain.

On the other hand, Alessia was being teased about you.

"So what happened? You talk to your girl!" Alessia was taken off her thought by Lotte.

"Nothing happened..." she sights a bit sad that she was too late.

"So you didn't ask her out?" Leah said.

"You need to ask her out Russo, you haven't stopped talking about her, since you came back from that trip!" Katie says making Alessia sigh.

"Just stop I'm not gonna embarrass myself!" she was getting annoyed by her friends.

"What do you mean the girl didn't take her eyes off you." Leah says frustrated with Alessia.

"She as a date Leah!"

"How do you know if you didn't ask her out?" Lotte says trying to change her friend's mind.

"When I went to talk to her I overheard her talk with Danielle about going to dinner..." The blonde looked down sad, only looking up when her friends start to laugh "What? It's not funny guys I fall for a straight girl that's not cool!!" before they could explain to her, she walks away to the next shoot since the break just finished.

You are admiring her once the photographs start to work again, and you are lost in your thoughts until your phone start to ring, you look at the ID seeing it's your dad you thought about declining the call because honestly, you don't have a great relationship besides he never support your dreams always bring you down, special after you had to quiet football everything got even worse. But at the same time probably your mom wanna talk to you so you accept the call.

"Hi..."

"Hi, where are you?"

"Working."

"Finally doing something with your life!" you pinch the bridge of your nose sight, you saw a ball pretty close to you so you start playing with it to distract yourself.

"What do you want?"

"Nothing can't call my daughter!"

"You never call me so what do you expect."

"Fine, your mom wants me to talk to you!"

"Of course, she did." If it wasn't because of her he wouldn't even call.

"Look Y/N don't even start you should be the one calling not me."

"Yeah sure your perfect."

"Who do you think you are? You need to respect me..." really him talking about respect I don't have time for this.

"I need to get back to work bye."

We were going to start to argue again so I just end the call and I kick the ball hard enough to go in from where I was almost in the middle field, the ball got in the top left side of the net without even looking. Once you look up from your feet you saw everyone looking at you with surprise in their eyes making you feel nervous.

"I'm sorry guys, did I hit anyone?"

"No, it's all good!" Katie said.

"How did you do that? I don't think I could save that one." Manu says.

You rub the back of your neck a nervous habit you have, you struggle with your shoulders not wanting to talk about the fact you had to give up on football.

"I got lucky..."

"Impossible that wasn't just luck!" Lotte and Katie say at the same time.

You dismissed them and went over to one of the computers to see the photos that have been taken, once the photoshoot was over you didn't even notice that the team was starting to pack up.

"Y/N don't you have something to do before dinner?" I look at Danielle I look around and I didn't see her anywhere "They just walk in to change."

You nod at him "Thank you!" you walk a little faster to the locker room you knock on the door since you didn't want to make them uncomfortable and walk on them getting changed Leah opens the door "It's Alessia still here?" you ask hopefully.

"Yes, she is finishing get ready."

"Do you mind telling her I will wait here for her?" You ask a bit nervous.

"No problem, she will be happy." She gave a gentle smile.

I smile at her as she walks inside again, you lean against the wall waiting for her, it's this a good idea? I just got this job. I mean it's not like we have anything I just wanna explain and hope this doesn't go south, you are taken off your thought once you hear the door open.

"Hi..." you straight up yourself fixing your clothes.

"You are looking for me?" She asks with a smile.

"Yeah...I... wanna explain..." why am I studdering right now before I could continue she interrupt me.

"You don't have to explain yourself, I hope you're happy!" She gave a small smile, now you understand what you are seeing in her eyes was sadness even though she had a smile on her face.

"That's the thing I don't get where you got that idea from?"

"I thought you are going on a date tonight." she say playing with her fingers.

"Oh you mean Danielle?" You giggle holding yourself to not laugh right into her face "I'm sorry..."

"No, you too?" Alessia say not getting what was so funny.

"What do you mean?"

"Those assholes inside also start laughing once I tell them about it, I don't get the joke it's not funny." you hide your smile once you saw she was serious.

"Lessi he likes man."

"Oh!" You could see her blush and get embarrassed.

"Yes Oh!" I couldn't help but smile at her cuteness, before she talks again some of the girls start to get out of the locker room, they smirking at us.

"Did you already embarrass yourself?" Katie teases Alessia.

"Shut up you guys are the worse!" She says trying to hide herself, they keep teasing her about what she says.

"It's not funny I'm falling for a straight girl." Lotte says and Leah pushes her "What?" that makes you look at them with a confused face.

"Straight? Well, good luck with that then, that's the worse!" they start to laughing "It wasn't that funny guys."

"It was because you both are so clueless!" Leah say laughing, before I could answer my phone rang I look at it and it was my dad again, what it's happening today this is just annoying.

"Are you going to answer that?" Alessia asks curious, once you put your phone back in your pocket.

"No, it's not important." I give her a small smile "But I also have to go, see you guys around?"

"Yeah of course!" the girls say but once I look at Alessia she was quiet you didn't want to leave but you also don't know if it's the right thing to stay, so you push your feelings aside.

"Can I just talk to you quickly?" She says the moment she got off her trace, you see in the corner of your eyes the girls walking away giving you two a little privacy.

"We will wait at the car. Bye Y/N!"

"Bye, guys!" Your eyes never left her blue eyes but she was so quiet, you could see she was deep in her thoughts "It's everything okay Lessi?"

"Yeah, I just...do you wanna drink a coffee or grab dinner someday?" This means she wanna go on a date with me or it's a friend's thing? I never thought she would ask me this, of all people I need to calm down why I'm overreacting "If you don't want to I completely understand." she said to bring you off your little freakout.

"I would love to grab some dinner."

"Great when you can just text me." she says all excited starting to walk away.

"Alessia?" she looks back at me curious "I don't have your number."

"Oh right silly me!" I handle my phone to her once she finishes putting in her phone number she kisses my cheek making me blush your so thankful that she starts to walk away missing your blush creeping up your face "I will be waiting to talk to you soon."

I smile watching her walk away once again but this time was different I knew her name I look at the contact she put in and smile at it "Spain Babe 🤍", I was taken off my thought by Danielle.

"What got you all smiling?"

"Nothing..."

"You know your terrible liar, but I was gonna ask if we can grab dinner another day because I'm gonna stay all night working?"

"Yeah sure no problem, do you need any help?"

"No, but do me a favor go get your girl." he smiles at me and pushes me once he walks away.

"I will." I whisper to myself since he walks away, making my way to your office to finish some papers, you text Alessia so she could save your number when you are almost finished your phone lights it up.

From Spain Babe 🤍

Hi, so I know you probably have plans for tomorrow but me and the team are going to have a relaxing day at the pool, if you wanna show up here is the address.

Besides the team didn't get the chance to meet you.

You grab your things and went home thinking if you should go I mean they seem good people, but was it the right move in the back of your head you know it wouldn't do warm but you also don't know if you should go because what if she just wants a friendship you guys meet at the bar it's not like people are looking for a relationship. What am I thinking I don't even know if she likes me? Sure she seems sad about me going on a date, but that doesn't mean anything, right? I need to stop overthinking. You grab your phone and think about what will you answer.

To Spain Babe 🤍

Sure it would be fun to get to know them better.

Do you need me to bring something?

I don't seem desperate, you are going to turn off the phone but before you could Alessia already answer.

From Spain Babe 🤍

The team will love to meet you.

Just bring yourself 😉

My heart skip a beat at the last text, but I know I shouldn't read much into it from what Danielle told me about the team Alessia it's a kind girl and a sweetheart so you know it would only hurt you think there is something more when there isn't.

Next day

I woke up early but I decided it was best just to go meet the Team after lunch I was too nervous, besides it's their day off I didn't wanna get much in the way of that so after lunch I drive to address Alessia send me yesterday I took a deep breath before ringing the doorbell I ear some steps it was Lotte and Leah.

"Hi, I'm sorry Lessi invited me..." I say a little nervous.

"Yeah, we know glad you could come because she didn't stop talking about you." Lotte say making me blush a little, did she talk about me that much "Besides the team is excited to get to talk to you since the other day they didn't get the chance."

"Come on in!" Leah say and we all made our way to the backyard "Guys, Y/N it's here!"

They all turn to look at me and say "Hi" I hear Katie say "Finally now Alessia will stop the whining." I gave them a wave.

"Hi guys hope I'm not bothering your time off."

"None sense!" I hear Sabrina say and smile at me I return with a smile still a bit shy I mean they are all athletic professionals and well I'm just me, Leah starts to tell me who was who from the girls I haven't met until I see someone on the corner of my eye walking up to us, I start to get undress just staying on my bikini I lose my balance and end up in someone's arms, I turn around.

"Thanks, Sabrina."

"No problem, if you fall I will catch you." she smiled and winked at me I gave her a little smile and walk to the end of the pool sitting with my feet in the water, Leah sit beside me we are talking and Alessia was in the pool making her way to me she stop in front of me getting up and kiss my cheek and hug me, I hug her back my whole body got goosebumps the feeling of her cold body against mine and this closeness was new of course we have been close that night at the bar but nothing like this.

"I glad you could come." she whisper, hiding her face in my neck.

"Me too." I kiss her cheek.

"Get a room!" Katie yell, making us pull away and blush I saw a light blush on Alessia's cheeks she was playing with her fingers maybe so no one could see it.

She turn around I thought she was leaving next thing I know I pull her back hugging her shoulders from behind and pulling her back against my front I didn't have time to restrict myself, I don't know why I was so comfortable around her I didn't want her to leave the feeling it's so familiar and relaxing, she looks up at me and smile relaxing against me. We are all talking and having fun, Sabrina sometimes would come and talk to me I didn't think anything of it I mean they are all trying to get to know me and make me feel welcome.

"Thanks for inviting me, it's so hot today." I say to them it was a pretty hot day, thankfully we are at the pool.

"Well I don't doubt you are hot, you haven't let go of Alessia!" Lotte says making all of the group laugh I blush looking down just to be meet with Alessia's eyes she had a sweet smile mixed with a light smirk, and she turn around hugging my torso.

"That can be fixed!" Alessia says pulling me with her underwater making me scream, when the cold water hit my warm body since I haven't gotten in the water, once we surf up I lightly punch her shoulder before putting my arms around her neck since she was holding me.

"Why did you do that!?"

"Well you say you're hot I just wanted to help." she give me a smile making me smile at her.

"You are lucky you are cute and I like you." those words left my mouth so fast that I didn't have time to stop them, every time I am around her I don't have control of my actions it's kind of embarrassing, besides our faces are so close right now I blush at the realization.

"Oh really what if I told you..." She was cut off by Sabrina doing a bomb beside us, once she emerged she looked at us.

"Do you want a drink?" Alessia's sight pulling away letting go of me.

"Yeah, sure." I was gonna follow Alessia but Sabrina grabbed me back "Do you need something?"

"I was wondering if you want..." zooming out the moment I saw Alessia walk away without sparing me another look that hurts and I don't even know why I slightly.

"Sorry, what do you need?" I say looking at Sabrina.

"Can I take you on a date?" She says hopefully.

"Sabrina I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong idea but I don't see you that way."

"Oh yeah of course don't worry." I gave her a small smile and make my way to the edge of the pool to Leah, she was a great person to talk to I actually could see myself having a great friendship with her.

"Leah, do you know what's wrong with Lessi?" I say looking at Lessi now far away from me talking with Katie, Leah looks at her and then at me.

"You really are that clueless?" I frown still not taking my eyes from Lessi, not understanding what she means "Sabrina has been all over you since you arrive Y/N/N."

"Did she? I mean she just ask me out? But I haven't been paying attention... anyway, what does that have to do with Lessi?" I say this time looking at Leah confused.

"Oh god, do I need to make you a drawing? Look Alessia hasn't shut up about you since you guys meet, she invited you here to meet her friends, how would you feel if one of your friends was trying to hit on the person you like?"

"Does she?" I ask her a bit taken aback.

"What?" She asks confuse.

"Like me..."

"You are clueless of course she does!"

"No, I mean more than a friend?"

"Yes!"

"But I hear she is a sweetheart, and everyone likes to be around her, I thought it was just her being thoughtful."

"Y/N I'm telling you this because I considered you my friend and I like you! Yes Alessia is one of the kindness people that everyone can meet, but there is a difference in the way she does it with you, she is too shy at the beginning, but with you she wasn't, she is following you around like a lost puppy, besides the way she looks at you... I never saw her like this before. I just hope you take care of her."

"I will..." I say while looking at Alessia.

I stand up and walk to Alessia and Katie since Alessia had her back to me I grab her hand and lean on her shoulder she looks at me but my eyes are on Katie.

"Do you mind if I steal Lessi just for a bit?"

"Of course not go ahead!" she give me an encouraging smile I pull Alessia with me inside we went to the kitchen and hug her feeling her warm embrace.

"It's everything alright?"

"I should be the one asking you that." I look up at her since she was a bit taller than me.

"Yeah, why do you ask love?" Once I hear that word my heart skip a beat but was also beating like crazy.

"Well you walk away from me, and you haven't talked to me since Sabrina interrupted us."

"It's nothing..." she says trying not to look at me I put my arms around her neck making her look at me her hands resting on my waist.

"You know you can tell me what's bothering you?" she gave me a small smile "I have the feeling I know what this is about..."

"I mean..." she sights "Look I don't wanna be in the way... I... forget it." she tried to walk away but I trap her between me and the balcony.

"Lessi I don't know what you think you are in the way of but I already told you. You aren't besides you expect me to forget it I have been trying to tell you..."

"Sabrina ask you out and you're telling me I'm not in the way? I think you forget it already." she says a bit harsh but with hurt. Why do I get the feeling she is talking about something else?

"Lessi, you are jealous because she asks me out? She is all yours!" I rub my face trying to calm down. "I haven't been able to forget since that night god I couldn't even sleep, I saw you everywhere. Do you know how ridiculous it is to fall for someone that you don't even know their name? How hurtful it was just to think this person was at a bar to have fun of course she doesn't want anything to do with you? Probably already forgot about you? So I have tried to forget it." I sigh rubbing my face and turning around "By the way if you hadn't walked away you would have heard me saying no to Sabrina, so go ahead and ask her out... Now don't blame me for something I didn't do." I walked away before I could hear her whisper.

"I know that feeling?"

Once I arrive back outside I made my way to Leah.

"Leah I should go, I appreciate this evening thank you for having me." I say a bit sad it's heartbroken to see all you thought was truth, Leah was wrong about what Alessia felt about you.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah don't worry see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, sure..." I hugged her and say goodbye to everyone.

Once I arrive home I just took a shower and break down, it hurts that she doesn't like you the way you do, it was so wrong to think that Leah was right. Clearly what happened in Spain just affects you. How could I be so naive the moment I saw she was an athletic professional I should have known she was out of my league. How can something like this hurt so much even though nothing ever happened?

1 Week later

I haven't slept much and Danielle and some of the team already noticed Leah was one of my close friends she already told me to talk to Alessia, but I honestly don't think that's a good idea, so it was just another day in the office I'm was thankful that today I just had to take care of the paperwork that way I don't have to face anyone.

I turned around in my chair facing the stadium running my hands over my face sight I was so tired with not even an hour of sleep these last few days that I didn't even hear someone walking into my office and walking towards me.

"Are we gonna talk or are you gonna keep ignoring me?" I jump in my seat "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you..."

"I'm not ignoring you, now isn't a good time." I say turning around to face Alessia once she sees my face she comes to my side leaning on the desk and grabbing my hands.

"How long haven't you slept?" She says rubbing my knuckles with her thumb.

"I look that bad!" I half joke forcing a smile.

"Y/N/N now isn't a time to joke..."

"Probably a week or so nothing unusual for me."

"Come here." She stands up and pulls me to the couch.

"Lessi I need to finish work..."

"No, you need to sleep." She lay down and pulled me on top of her my head laying in her chest making me stay between her legs I was too tired to even fight it "Are you comfortable?" I just nodded at her, her embrace was something so relaxing that I didn't even know I was missing it.

She started to run her nails on the back of my head making me close my eyes, I was drifting off to sleep.

"I'm sorry I acted like you should've guessed it." she says softly as you fall asleep.

After a while, I started to move a lot in my sleep so I snug on my pillow but then I felt a collarbone so I jumped up scared I did something I shouldn't besides I was at work.

"It's okay you didn't sleep that much." I look to my side seeing Alessia make me let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry I fall asleep on you, I need to finish work..."

"Can I take you to dinner after work?"

"I don't know Lessi..."

"Look I know I mess up I just wanna talk besides if you don't wanna hear from me after that you don't have to see me again... Alright?"

"It's impossible to not see you again we work together, but okay meet me at 9 I still wanna go home to get ready." She smiles at me and kisses my cheek.

"See you in a few!" she says walking out leaving me blushing.

After work I went home to take a shower I dressed in a white crop top and black dress pants with my white sneakers, I just finished fixing my hair when the doorbell rang I grabbed my purse, phone, and keys I opened the door and was met with a bouquet of white roses.

"It's for you."

"Thank you, how did you know this was my favorite?"

"I have my ways" she smiled at me proud, I went to put the roses in a vase "Are you ready? Or am I too early?" she said nervously looking at her watch.

"No you are right on time, let's go?!" she said and once I close the door we walked to the car she opened the passenger door for me "Thank you."

The ride was peaceful the silence was comfortable even though you could feel some tension because we both didn't wanna say something wrong, once we arrived I look out the window, and saw my favorite restaurant.

"Your ways are someone call Leah." I smile at her.

"Well, you can't blame me for trying, wait a second." I look at her confused because she just closed the door right after, but once I saw her open my door it made sense.

"Thanks, pretty gentle of you aren't you trying to impress?"

"It depends? Is it working?" She smile at me I could help but smile at her.

"Depends are you always like this with all your dates?" I smile as I saw she was taken aback by my answer.

"Well...No just you...I didn't think you wanted to go on a date with me?" she say blushing and rubbing the back of her neck.

"Well if this isn't a date I think you set the bar too high for a date. Should we go in?"

"Damn it..." she whispers to herself "Yes of course!"

Once we got in the waitress took us to a table on the far end giving us some privacy, we ask for the drinks and Alessia was looking at her menu when she meet my eyes.

"Aren't you going to choose?" she ask a bit confused why haven't I grabbed my menu.

"I already know what I am gonna ask for." I smile at her.

"Any suggestions?"

"They have the best Shrimp Chao Min, every time I come here I have to ask for it!"

"Then I guess I will have to try it." she smile at me and grab my hand on top of the table running her thumb over my knuckles "Look I know I mess up the other day I shouldn't have assumed you knew what was going on with me besides... I didn't even know you feel the same when..." she was cut off by the waiter we ordered and thank him.

"I didn't know what happened you just walk away and ignore me, I just wanted to know why?"

"When you say if I knew how it felt to fall for someone you don't even know their name, I didn't answer but I know the feeling, when you say that you felt like that person forgotten you I know that feeling, and that fear I thought it was my reality when you are talking about having dinner with Danielle, or when Sabrina ask you out..."

"Where are going with this Lessi?" I wasn't sure if she mean it about us or not.

"I'm not the jealous type I was just scared you forgot about me... what I am trying to say is that it's you!" she say looking at her plate and trying to avoid me.

"Took you long enough!" I say smiling at her, she looks up at me confused "A few days ago Lotte showed up at my house to talk to me, I didn't believe her, I mean can you blame me you are famous for your kindness besides before I knew who you are I already thought you are out of my league and after our talk I thought it was platonic I didn't have a chance and that hurt me." she gave me a gentle smile.

"You're so wrong I didn't think you liked me that much besides everyone is hitting on you everywhere I went and you are there. So this means you give me a chance to fix this?" She says a little bit hopeful.

"Yeah I mean you are right we both didn't act on our feelings there was no way we would know if we didn't talk about it." I squeeze her hand.

"I'm glad we get to talk."

We start to eat and get to know each other with small talk here and there when we finish we went on a walk.

"I don't know if you wanna talk about this but how did you learn how to shoot like that? You are basically on the midfield and without looking you get the ball in the corner..." I sigh this was something that hurts to talk about it was my biggest dream "Sorry I shouldn't have asked you don't need to answer!" She says fast.

"It's okay Lessi..." We stop at a bench and sit down I keep looking at the stars "It was my dream to play football my dad didn't support the idea and my mom was scared but I convince her I could do it... It was all going well until my last game before I start to play professionally..." She grab my hand and squeezed gently "My dad didn't support me his vision about women's sports was and is that no way a woman can make it or earn the same as men, that day we argue about it and I was pissed off I was sure that day I was gonna change is perspective on women's sports but I had a pretty bad injury that game my leg was all broken in a lot of different places I also hit my head pretty bad, I was in a coma for a while... when I woke up the doctor told me I could never play again, he didn't even know if I would be able to use my leg again that was how bad it was..." I felt her hand on my cheeks with her thumbs she clean some tears that I didn't even know were there.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked I mess up every time."

"Yay don't worry it's in the past besides I can walk but no club wants to risk having me back on the field since the doctor told me I probably could never play again... It was a hard and dark time of my life but I learn to live with it!" I smile at her.

"You can always try again."

"I can't Lessi no one wants a player with this many risks besides no one wanted to see my skill and I never touched a ball again until the other day."

"What if you can?"

"Lessi, I appreciated but I already made my peace about it."

"Teach me how to do it?"

"What?" I look at her confused.

"Teach me how to shoot like you did the other day!"

"I don't know..."

"Please I promise if you can teach me I will try to use it on the big games so you can feel like you are back on the pitch again!"

"Lessi that's very sweet but I don't know..."

"At less think about it?"

"I will." I smile at her gently "But enough about me!" I chuckle.

We talk about other things we had a great time the hours fly by so quickly with her she is really sweet and funny, and easy to talk to I honestly wasn't expecting to trust her this fast but we both knew the night was coming to an end, once we arrive at my door neither of us made a move we didn't want the night to end, she walks me to the door.

"Thank you for tonight Lessi!" I kiss her cheek but made no move inside.

"Thank you for the chance can I take you on a real date on the weekend?"

"Yeah, and I will teach you..." she looks at me smiling.

"Really?" She says so exactly that makes me giggle.

"Yes, I mean at least someone will be able to use it... Goodnight Lessi." I hug her she wraps her arms around me.

"Goodnight Y/N/N." When we pull away we are too close but I didn't wanna jinx myself since this was going so well, I kiss her on the cheek and walk inside once she kiss mine back, and went to her car waiting for me to get inside.

The next day

I was a bit more relaxed even though I hadn't slept much I had agreed today I would start to teach Alessia after her training and when I finish work I was nervous I mean she is a professional I am just me.

So after work I meet her at the field she was already there talking with Manu and training once I got to them they turn around and stop talking.

"Sorry did I interrupt?"

"Not at all..." Lessi says.

"You sure?"

"Yes this one was just rumbling about you, nothing unusual!" I chuckle and Alessia was blushing "I hope you don't mind but I tag along to try to get that shoot of yours."

"Yeah, no problem, but first Alessia will need to train shooting, strength, and effect you put on the ball while shooting!"

We start practice I show some of the ways she could achieve a more certain type of shoot after some practice I could see they are tired.

"I think we should stop for today in a few days you guys have a game, I don't wanna be responsible for not being on top of your game."

"Just shoot a few for me please I wanna know if I can catch it."

"Alright, but only five times I don't wanna get you tier."

"Alright let's go!"

Me and Alessia went to near the middle field Alessia pass me a ball but I saw her looking around like she was looking for something.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah don't worry." she gave me a gentle smile.

"If you say so..." I kiss her cheek and put the ball in place, I gave a few steps back and take a breath, I was feeling a bit nervous but also relax I shoot the ball with an effect I saw Manu going to on side ready to defend it but the effect on the ball made her end on the opposite corner of the net leaving no time for Manu to react.

"What how?" She half yells "Again!"

I look at Alessia waiting for another ball but she was distracted, I approach her.

"Lessi are you sure everything is okay?"

"Sorry, it's just impossible to believe I can do that." I chuckle.

"You can do it just need practice, alright?"

"Come on love birds!" We both blush and I shoot again this time the other way.

After the five shoots, Manu was ready to take the challenge she will be able to defend your shoot maybe not today or tomorrow but she will, she and Alessia told me they are going to shower and change I stay for a while on the field I look at the ball and start to do some tricks and playing around. I sit down and look up, I miss this feeling of peace every time I step on the pitch, I miss the feeling of having a ball in my feet, I miss the game the joy of it.

"Hi." she says softly making me look up and see Alessia.

"Hi." she sits beside me "Wheres Manu?"

"She went home"

"Oh okay..."

"What's on your mind?"

"I miss this..." she leans her head on my shoulder "I miss the peace and joy that football use to give me. You did great today." I smile at her she looks up from my shoulder.

"You think so?" Your faces are so close to each other that it took me a while to answer.

"Yeah giving the fact that you are probably already tired from training, your shoot strength is almost there."

"Thank you!" She looks me in the eyes and then looks at my lips once her eyes are back on mine she pulls away blushing "Im sorry."

"No need to be sorry, I understand we both say we want to take it slow to get to know each other, but we also know isn't that easy to resist me." I joke with her.

"Aren't you full of yourself?" She says lightly pushing me.

"Nah just stating the obvious!" I kiss her forehead.

"Oh shut up!" before she could push me down I pull her with me making her squeaky, I look into her eyes.

"Make me!" I smile at her watching her face change "I'm kidding!" I kiss her cheek and hold her close she lay her head on my chest as I play with her hair.

"Y/N/N..."

"Yea?"

"Thanks for this moment I really appreciate having you around."

"You don't have to thank me Lessi!"

"I do you gave me a chance and that's all I can think about." I kiss her head.

"It's okay do you want to grab dinner?"

"Yeah of course!"

1 week later

It's been a week since I'm teaching Alessia she has improved a lot on the last game her shoots are so accurate that she told me that Jonas ask her what she was doing we laugh about it we have also been on a few dates and been spending a lot of time together. Today after training we will start to shoot a few yards away from the goal practice was going well until Jonas got to us.

"Girls go home, Y/N we need to talk?" Alessia and Manu look at me worried I just reassure them to go, once they are far.

"Look Jonas I'm sorry I was just..."

"I want you to go home rest and tomorrow I want you at training to talk."

"What?"

"You hear me, go get some rest." he walks away I stay frozen in my spot, what this means am I in trouble? Why does he want me in training? Am I getting fired? No, this can't be happening this was the closer I have been to football in such a long time and now I just mess up if I lose them as a client my other boss will fire me. I rub my face pacing around until I feel a hand on my shoulder.

"What happened?" I just turn around and hug her hiding my face on her neck "What did Jonas say?"

"He wants me here tomorrow at training, what if I lose my job? Lessi I don't know what to do?"

"Yay look at me." I reluctantly look up at her "You need to rest tomorrow we will see what he wants and we will figure out what to do next?" She rests her hand on my cheek "It's probably nothing but I will be by your side." I close my eyes leaning in her touch.

"I hope your right, thank you..."

"No need to thank me I wanna be there for you." she kissed my forehead "Let's get you home alright I will make you dinner." I nod and we made our way to her car, she grabbed my hand after starting the car, and I was playing with her fingers, the ride to my house was silent but comfortable.

Once we got inside she told me to take a shower once I finish showering I went to grab some clothes but then I saw Alessia had arranged them, some shorts a T-shirt and a sweater that I knew wasn't mine so probably it was hers, after finishing getting dress I made my way to Alessia she was with her back to me wet hair still from the shower she took on training grounds, watching her made me want this companionship with her always. She is such an amazing person I mean she isn't my girlfriend but the way she is taking care of me made my heart melt.

I walk up to her and hug her from behind resting my head on her shoulder.

"Hi, how are you feeling?" She says turning around in my embrace holding me close kissing my forehead.

"A bit better thanks for taking care of me." she chuckle.

"Love, you don't need to thank me, you know I will always take care of you as long as you let me." the name love made my heart speak a bit, it's this how love is supposed to feel like even though we aren't together, I kiss her cheek and pull away.

"Do you need me to help you?"

"No just sit on the couch and choose something to watch, leave the rest to me." she kisses my forehead and pushes me out of the kitchen gently.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes don't worry I know my way around!"

Once I sit down I was looking for a game at less would take my mind off things there was a match playing when Alessia come back with our plates and then she went to grab the glasses we are eating in silence watching the game, I was getting a bit critical about the playing when I notice that Alessia wasn't answering me I look at her and she was already looking at me with a smile.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing I just found it amusing watching you get all worked up with football." I try to hide my blush "Don't get all shy now, it's cute!" she leans in to kiss my cheek.

"You know I have to say something since I don't have a chance of getting a foot on it."

"Maybe that will change?" She smiles at me and I put my plate on the table.

"I don't think so now was the closest I have ever been in two years and probably not for long."

"Yay don't say that. Honestly, I think it will work out for the best!" I chuckle.

"I appreciate your optimism but..."

"No, but what if he wants you as an assistant coach? Didn't you see the progress you made with me and even with Manu?"

"Maybe but I am not a professional."

She put her plate down and pull me close to her making me lay on top of her staying between her legs she play with my hair.

"We will figure out I promise."

She kiss my forehead I was playing with the end of her shirt as we keep watching the match in complete silence I was getting comfortable in her embrace and it was getting late.

"Lessi..." she hum for me to continue as she was paying me attention "Can you stay?" She didn't answer right away which made me panic "I'm sorry I shouldn't ask you don't need to stay? And it's getting late?"

"Do you want me to stay?" I look up at her confused did she not hear me asking.

"I just ask you that?"

"There is a difference it's because it's late or because you want me to stay?" Her eyebrows lift in pure amusement as she waits for an answer.

"I want you to stay."

"Wasn't so hard was it..." I push her arm playfully she hugs me closer "I will stay as long as you want me here."

We lay there together curled up with her under the warm blankets, feeling warm and safe. Her safe embrace and the absence of everything else irrelevant it was so nice. Just the TV noise as background noise was making me fall asleep on her as she play with my hair and I trace her arm with my fingertips, eventually, I fall asleep all my worries vanishing in her presence.

The next morning I woke up with the sun getting throw the window making snug in Alessia hiding my face in her neck.

"Good morning love!" her raspy morning voice sounded so beautiful I could wake up every day with it.

"Good morning gorgeous!" I kiss her shoulder before turning to straighten my body I look into her blue eyes "How did you sleep?"

"Great and you?" She kiss my cheek "Hopefully you didn't wake up when I bring you here but you pull me with you to lay here so I hope you don't mind." She says a bit worry

"I haven't slept this well in a while and of course, I don't mind did you think I was gonna make you sleep on the couch?" I trace her arm that was still under my head with my fingertips.

"Oh really?"

"Of course, Russo I am not that mean!"

"I didn't say you are mean it's just I don't wanna make you uncomfortable."

"Lessi if you made me uncomfortable I wouldn't have slept this well." I kiss her nose and got up going to the closet to grab some clothes.

"What you doing? Come here..." she whines making me smile at her cuteness.

"In case you don't remember we still got to shower before we go to training and find my fate..." I feel her arms around my waist pulling me against her front and resting her chin on my shoulder.

"We got to shower..." I could see from the corn of my eye her smirk growing.

"Not gonna happen, Russo, I am gonna take a shower and when I am finished you can go!" I kiss her cheek pull away from her and go to the bathroom.

"Can't blame a girl for trying!" She smiles as she watches me get in the bathroom "You are gonna be the dead of me." she whispers more to herself but I hear her.

Once I finish showering I put on a white blouse and a blank dress pants, once I walk out Alessia wasn't there I fix my hair and went to the kitchen as she was making breakfast.

"You are spoiling me too much." I smile watching her.

"Maybe that way you will keep around." she jokes.

"You don't need that for me to want you around..." I walk up to her "Now go take a shower I will end this so you have breakfast ready when you get out!"

"But I wanna..." Once she turns around her eyes look me up and down "What are you doing to me?"

"Nothing now go shower or you will be late for practice!" I hurry her up.

"Can a girl just get a moment to take this beauty all in!?" she says making me blush.

"Very smooth Russo now hurry up!" she kisses my cheek and runs to the bathroom.

I honestly was beginning to think I need to ask her to be my girlfriend, I mean yes we have been on a few dates and we are always around each other but nothing official, but she still didn't kiss me maybe she doesn't want this to be something more. But I honestly could get used to having her around the house and my life was a lot more lighter and brighter now when she is around.

I finish getting breakfast ready and set the plates sitting on the stool on the balcony pulling my phone to see if I have anything important to do while I was waiting for Alessia, beside the training today was a pretty calm day, with no meetings hopefully, I'm not getting fire.

"Oh, you waited for me!" I look up at Alessia.

"Yes now let's hurry we need to leave soon!" we start to eat until it hit me "How am I going to work I left my car there yesterday?"

"Hello I'm here!" she says joking.

"I know but you know that someone can see us and I don't want the press annoying you..."

"I am taking you to work what's the big deal we are friends!"

Friends? This word just felt like a dagger in my heart but I couldn't blame her I mean our situation right now is not like we are together but still didn't feel easy to hear.

"Yea right..." I finish eating once she finishes I grab the plates and wash them before going to grab my things as Alessia grabs her training bag I open the door once she walks out to the car to put her bag in the back I lock the door, as I walk to her car she opens the door for me "Thanks."

The ride was silent my mind was racing around what she said and I couldn't bring myself to stop this feeling of all the possibilities in my head that mixed with the anxiety of not knowing what Jonas wanted to just make it worse. Once we arrived at the camp we both went our separate ways, I went to my office to leave my things and then went to the training ground to meet Jonas, the girls who were getting on the pitch.

"Hi, Jonas what do you need me for?" Once he turns around.

"Why you are dressing like that, go change?"

"What?" He looks around and handles me a kit.

"Go get dressed."

"Can you explain what's going on?" I'm so confused about what's going on.

"I wanna see your skills besides that goal your teaching Alessia." I was taken back by his answer.

"I can't..."

"Why not?"

"I...I don't know if... It's been too long besides a long short story, but I was told I could never do this again."

"I'm not asking you to get on a real game I just wanna see something!"

"Alright, I can't promise you'll be impressed." I went to chance and all the memories are coming back could I do it? What does exactly he want to see? The only thing I'm sure of is that as long I let myself go in that field the better I will play.

Once I got back, Jonas told me to warm up some of the girls were getting curious about what was going on after I warmed up Jonas called everyone in.

"I want 5vs5 today Y/N I want you with Leah, Sabrina, Katie, and Lia, the rest join in groups of five we are gonna make a little tournament, it's the best of three goes to the next round."

We all got ready I tried to avoid Alessia after all this is her element and we are "friends" so it was my turn to play, once Leah pass me the ball I made a quick rotation leaving Laura behind I made a quick run and it was just me and the goalkeeper who run at me I chip the ball and end on the back of the net the girl watching is in aww I celebrate a bit with Leah.

"It's your turn get ready!" Leah smiled and nodded at me as we got in place.

I was able to still the ball from Caitlin I pass to Katie and ran down the pitch, and she pass me the ball again I passed through the defender once I saw Leah in the box I crossed the ball and she finished with a volley she runs to me jumping on my arms.

"You did it!" I say to her.

After a few games, the final was my team against Alessia, Lotte, Jen, Blackstenius, and Manu. I was talking with Leah since we had a break.

"So what's going on?"

"Besides being training with you guys nothing much, why?"

"Stop playing smart with me, I was talking about you and Russo?"

"Nothing..."

"Don't, I know something is bothering you haven't looked at her but she keeps trying to get your attention, so what happened?" I sigh I hate that I can't lie to Leah.

"Well this morning before she drove me over here, we were talking I was worried about the press because well that's my job, and she says "what's the big deal we are friends"..."

"And?"

"And nothing Leah that's it." I sigh rubbing my neck.

"You know before anything you guys are friends right? What do you expect her to call you, don't do this to yourself you both like each other, you just need to make it official."

"I guess..."

"Girls let's go!"

We are getting ready to start once Jonas whistles, we are getting a few tackles here and there once I got the ball I didn't waste time shooting before Alessia take it off me, ending at the back of the net I fall on top of Alessia she groans.

"I'm sorry Lessi, I didn't mean to!" I got up and help her get up.

"Don't worry my bambina!" I blush.

"What..." Before I could ask she was already getting back to her position.

The game was 2-2, Alessia and Lotte were passing between them looking for an opening, so if we gave them one we could get the ball so I looked at Leah she nood at me I pressed Lessi so she had to pass to Lotte, Alessia run pass me looking confused why I didn't follow her, the moment Leah pressed Lotte she passes back to Alessia, so Lia cut the pass making the ball end at my feet I run to the goal passing throw Jen, I knew I had to try something new but I also knew I didn't try this in a long time and most of the times didn't even work, but if I do what we have been training it would be too easy for her so I shoot the ball aiming for the bar and pray it comes my way, Zinsberger jumps but ends up falling after the ball hits the bar once the ball bounces back down I shoot the ball in the back of the net I was shocked it works Leah jump on my back and I hear Alessia cherrying.

"That's my bambina!"

"You're cherrying for the enemie!"

After some congratulations here and there the girls are a bit taken aback by how I managed to do it. Honestly, I only did that once I didn't even know if I could recreate it.

"Y/N!" I turn around to see Jonas and all the players making their way to the locker room "I wanna give you a chance to come back!"

"What?"

"You played college football right?"

"Yes but..."

"I knew I had heard about you, I had seen you before I just never heard about you after that accident."

"Well no club wants a player with risks and neither do you?"

"What risk? You played just like I remember you did on that last game I was just disappointed to know you had already a club them I came to Manchester so I never knew what really happened after!"

"Jonas the doctor told me I could never use my leg again or play..."

"I don't see that as a risk look your walking, your playing like you did back them so think about it, I don't need an answer right away!"

"Alright, thanks!"

I sit on the field after he walks out, I lay back and cover my eyes with my arm. Is this really happening? Or am I just dreaming? If this is a dream I don't wanna wake up. I have been trying to forget about it but was all coming back, I knew I had proven doctors wrong the day I started to walk again, was the doctor wrong about this too? I never got the chance to know since no one wanted to see me play, but now that I have the chance I don't know what to think?

"How it went? Are you alright?" I jumped a bit, I was so in my head that I didn't hear her getting here "Sorry..."

"Good, but I don't know if I am good!" I didn't make a move until I felt her grab my arm to lay beside me with her chin on my shoulder looking at me.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Once I look at her I was met with her blue eyes focused on me like they were reading me, and then I noticed how close we were.

"No..." she looked at me confused, I look at her lips.

"Why n..." I couldn't take it anymore so I cut her off by kissing her, she was I bit taken back but she kissed me right away, lips moving in perfect synchrony, her lips tasted like strawberry, so soft and gentle. I pull away and rest my forehead against hers.

"Wow you don't know how long I was waiting for this to happen!" she says picking my lips, we pull away

"Then why didn't you do anything? For a moment today, I thought you just wanted me as your friend."

"And I do I wanna be your best friend but I also want you to be mine!" she caressed my cheek gently making me lean on her touch "Also I didn't want to kiss you and mess up everything if you still didn't want to..."

"You're too good to be true!" I look in her eyes and roll us over making me lay on top of her "How would you feel if we could play together?"

"What? Are you serious? That would be amazing." She smiled at me excitedly.

"Well, I still think this is your family..."

"They are also your family!" she hugs me close "So this means Jonas wants you on the team?"

"Yeah we talk about what happened and the risks, he told me I wasn't a risk and I already proved the doctor once wrong... He gave me time to think."

"What's on your mind?"

"Well, I'm thinking about the risks? What if I mess up? I don't know there is so much on my mind."

"I get the risks will always be on your mind, but what does your heart tell you?"

"To go for it, it's worth it, it's a dream I thought I had to give up on it!"

"I think it's time you stop thinking and go with your heart..."

"I guess your right, but there is just something missing..." I sit up ready to get up but Alessia sits up and grabs my waist pulling me in her embrace.

"What?" she looks at me confused but also with so much adoration.

"I know this isn't like we probably want this to happen but will you be my girlfriend?" I play with the end of her shirt getting a bit shy, she pulls me in a gentle kiss with so much passion that I melt once we pull away I just whisper "Is that a yes?"

"Yess my bambina!" She picks my lips with every word.

"Alright, what does that mean bambina?" I try to say "You better not be bad-mouthing me, Russo!"

"My girl..." she smirks at me.

"Yes I'm your girl, now tell me what does it mean?" I smile at her.

"My girl!" she says chuckling a bit.

"You have been calling me that all day couldn't have said it?" I push her shoulder gently but she lays down playfully.

"You never ask? Besides you look cute when you are confused!" She smiled and kissed my nose, making me blush and hide my face in her neck.

I was the happiest I could ever be in a long time after all I didn't have to give up on my dream, but I also knew if I hadn't found her I would still be lost on that day when I first saw her.

bambina - girl

#woso #woso x reader #woso imagine #woso fanfics #alessia russo x reader #alessia russo x y/n #alessia russo x you #alessia russo imagine #engwnt x reader #engwnt imagine #lionesses x reader #awfc x reader #awfc imagine

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ilikebookssomuch · 5 months ago

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here goes nothing

I wrote--and am still writing, by the way, this is NOT finished yet--some angsty au thing where Dex and Sophie don't get rescued in book 1. They just...disappear. Anyway, here is a little bit.

Edaline’s POV:

Edaline saw Sophie, her foster daughter, ignore her husband Grady’s calls and race towards the cliffside. Edaline knew the caves were down there, so she conjured up Iggy’s cage and ran after her. “Sophie, wait!” She said, grabbing Sophie’s arm. She placed the tiny imp on Sophie’s shoulder. “In case you need a friend.”

“Thanks,” Sophie said, wiping away a tear.

“Be careful down there. Looks like a storm’s coming.”

Sophie nodded and climbed down to the caves, her blond hair whipping wildly in the wind behind her. As Sophie vanished into the gaping mouth of the cave, Edaline turned away and walked over to Grady, who had picked up the satchel Sophie had thrown on the grassy pasture ground.

“She’ll be back soon,” she reassured him, taking the satchel and snapping it into the void. Grady sighed.

“I don’t know, Eda. What if this time. . . it’s too much?”

“If what’s too much?” a familiar voice interjected from behind them.

“Dex!” Edaline said, hugging her nephew. “Sophie is in the caves, if that was why you came.”

“She seemed really upset when I saw her in the halls today.” Dex kicked the ground and looked away. “Did I do something?”

“No,” said Grady. “It’s our fault she's upset.”

“Oh.” He seemed relieved. “Well, Fitz told me I should stop by, so. . . .” Dex’s voice trailed off. “I’m going to go check on her.” He ran to the caves without saying goodbye.

“I’m sure they’ll be fine. Let’s just go inside and wait it out.” Grady said, pulling Edaline close and hugging her. They walked to Havenfield, passing Verdi on the way. She looked out towards the ocean, letting out a nervous ROOOAR.

Grady and Edaline sat on their giant, squishy couch for a few hours. They both drifted off when the sun started to set, but were awakened by a loud squeak and the sound of ripping fabric. “Iggy!” Grady yelled. Instantly, the imp stopped tearing apart their pillows and darted over to Edaline’s face, flapping his wings and squeaking.

“Gah–what do you want?” She yelled, shielding herself. Iggy might be a ball of fluff, but his claws were sharp. Iggy flew over to the window, pounding himself against the glass a few times before repeating his squeaking-flapping-pounding pattern.

“You want us to go outside?” Grady asked, getting up and heading to the enormous front door. Edaline followed, quickly running down the steps and into the pastures. Iggy followed, leading them towards the dilophosaurus pasture near the cliffs.

The dinosaurs all looked fine, but Edaline still scanned over their tall, thin bodies for any injury. Aside from a scratch in one’s neck frill, they were fine. Iggy seemed insistent that they still follow him, so she hurried on. That’s when she realized: “Grady! Sophie and Dex are still in the caves!”

Grady started sprinting down the uneven path to the caves, rocks and loose sand crumbling out behind him. Edaline lifted her gown and caught up with her husband in a few moments, but when they reached the cave, it was empty.

“SOPHIE? DEX?” They called, looking into the darkest crannies of the cave. When it was clear they weren’t there and the moon had risen to the top of the sky, Edaline decided to hail her brother-in-law, Kesler. After a few tries, he answered the Imparter, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

“Are Dex and Sophie over there?” She asked, her heart racing with fear for her daughter and nephew.

“No, I haven’t seen them,” Kesler said, his eyes widening with worry.

“Well, please hail me if you hear from them.”

“Will do,” he said, all of the sleepiness gone from his voice.

After that, they tried hailing Alden, Della, and even Lord Cassius. No one had seen them.

Grady eventually convinced that they were fine, probably just mad and hiding somewhere to cool down.

“But where are they ‘hiding,’ Grady?”

He couldn’t answer that.

They both crawled into bed, but Edaline knew neither of them got a wink of sleep that night.

TO BE CONTINUED, please let me know what you thought of this

figured I'd tag some people too so @myfairkatiecat @lisalovesapplesauce @kale-of-the-forbidden-cities @stunning-mess @doodle-do-wop @sophiejacksonchase @ilov3b00kss0much @riordanverseaddict

#kotlc #kotlc fandom #kotlc sophie #kotlc dex #dex dizznee #sophie foster #kotlc angst

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exactlycleverpirate · 9 months ago

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Love and Deepspace: The Story So Far Part 3

A summary of everything that has happened in the main story thus far. Obviously, spoilers below the cut.

See Part 1. Part 2. Part 4.

Day 6:

MC goes to visit Rafayel and finds him sleeping on the floor. He is surrounded by paintings with the word Lemuria written on them in small print. After waking him, she accompanies him to lunch. He claims the reason he is wanted by the N109 Zone is because he refused to paint a special painting for someone, someone that would lead to their heart's desire. MC asks if it's related to the illusion she saw in his other painting. Rafayel is surprised, asking what she saw, so she explains. He agrees that it's related, and that the paint used for that was special because it was from Lemuria and can cause dreams. He refuses to help MC get into N109 Zone, saying she would be like a lamb to slaughter. She prepares to leave but he stops her, saying they're being followed. They escape the Cafe and trap the man, learning he is a reporter investigating Rafayel's connection to Raymond's death. He died the night before, drowned in his bathtub after carving fish scales into his arms and legs. The painting he had bought from Rafayel had vanished. After threatening Joe the reporter, he tells him to look into who is trying to cover up Raymond's death. After they leave, they walk through a district with a holographic sea event, designed by Rafayel. MC notices an ad for Rafayel's art exhibit next month. Rafayel agrees that if MC helps him find replacement materials, he will help her establish herself as bait for Onychinus.

Day 7:

MC meets Rafayel at the docks of Whitesand Bay. They take a small rowboat, procured by Thomas, to Hat Island. MC tells Rafayel she came to Hat Island on a field trip over a decade ago. When they can't find anything with the Hunter Watch, Rafayel says that since the coral is from this water, she can resonate with it to try to call the Wanderer to them. He teaches her how to resonate with it, explaining that everything has its own unique frequency. MC resonates with the coral. After a moment's delay, a Wanderer appears. After defeating the Wanderer, Rafayel gives her the protocore. They find an injured kitten, and MC learns Rafayel is afraid of cats. The cat runs off and after they find it, they are confronted by a Deluge Wyrmlord. After they fight it, they get pulled into the ocean. Rafayel is interacting with a glowing ball under the water and tells MC to stay back. When she starts to drown, Rafayel turns to go, but she calls out to him and a mark on his chest glows. He remembers a pinkie promise from when they were children, where he promised he would chase her to the ends of the earth if she disappeared. Adult Rafayel goes back to save her, transforming into his Lemurian form, but MC is unconscious and unaware of this. He says this is her choice. Later, when MC wakes up on shore, they are sitting at a fire on the beach that Rafayel set up. The kitten returns and looks well. Rafayel shows her the protocore he retrieved and says he'll keep it. Instead, he gives MC an invitation to The Nest. Then a ship arrives to rescue them.

The radio announces that the planet detectable through the Deepspace Tunnel is dead. In a dark Linkon alley, someone confronts Xavier about Isaiah's death. The mystery person has turned into a monster and says it will eventually happen to Xavier too. The man says “only she can save us” and “that thing is with her”. Xavier says, “Until that day comes, no one should even think about getting close to her. The same goes for me.” Xavier calls the man a traitor. The man asks if Xavier has forgotten their home and says that Xavier is the traitor. Xavier kills him and the body dissolves. He picks up an item the dead man dropped and leaves. Xavier goes to The Nest, where the TV is talking about the dead planet. The bartender asks if Xavier will join Hunting Day. Xavier declines, saying he could be on the bounty list as well. The bartender hands him a black envelope. Xavier is being watched by 3 people. Just as Xavier begins to pull his sword, MC walks in. Xavier meets her and pulls her outside. Xavier takes her to Azure Square, where she asks if something happened, to which he says not yet. Xavier tells MC that Onychinus is holding a protocore auction to repay their debts to their “partners”. An Aether core will likely be on auction. MC realizes they are being spied on by patrol bots. She suggests that they are sent by those trying to capture Xavier. Xavier combines their Evol's to create a distraction and destroy the bots. Xavier takes MC to a flower shop named Philo that has been there longer than the locals can remember. It is run by Jeremiah, a friend of Xavier’s, who recognizes MC, but then acts as though they are meeting for the first time. Xavier says Jeremiah is not young anymore. Jeremiah helps her set up a fake identity to make herself good bait in the N109 Zone, someone who can negotiate with Onychinus.

Continue to Part 4.

#love and deepspace #rafayel love and deepspace #love and deepspace rafayel #rafayel #zayne love and deepspace #xavier love and deepspace #love and deepspace zayne #love and deepspace xavier #xavier #zayne

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me-beef · 7 months ago

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i am going to finally start posting what I’ve been working on!!!

my girlfriend and I have been world-building together for a homebrew pathfinder campaign that she started running for us and some friends- this is a character i’ve had for 3 years now, but only really started developing her story and whirling her around in my brain at mach speeds in the last couple months or so

i’ll put some lore and a couple other sketches under the cut. i’m also going to try and set up a queue for the other art and sketches i’ve made for the campaign so far, so watch out for that!

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Have you heard of a whale fall?

Imagine being a creature living on the bottom of the ocean floor- life is hard. It's cold, it's dark, food is scarce. Suddenly, a giant, incomprehensible being floats down from the heavens. You and hundreds, maybe thousands of organisms clamor to the remains of the beast, a sudden beacon of prosperity in this wasteland, desperate to get even a scrap of its of life-giving nutrients. Every creature that partakes will have a piece of that being inside of them forever- fueling them, giving them life, becoming a part of them. Do you think these creatures would worship such a being? Would they consider it a god? Salvation? In the world of Omna, remnants of old gods past have fallen down from the divine realm and settled in the mortal plane. Their remains are what have created the landscapes of this world (mountain ranges, valleys, islands, etc). Mortals who live and dwell upon the remains find themselves changed slowly throughout the generations- changed by the faint fragments of the gods lingering power. --------------------------------------------------------

ok. now for my character Name: Felise Pfeiffer (Fell) Age: 19 Class: Cosmos Oracle Background: Scholar (Arcane) Felise is a cosmos oracle- which means her powers come at the cost of a curse that slowly takes over her body. Instead of something like stars, I wanted her curse to appear as this sort of.... corrupted, glitchy, chaos-y aura. It's very closely tied to her emotions, so when she gets really worked up, the static progressively expands around her. After she was "cursed", if she let her emotions get away from her, she risked hurting herself or other students at her academy. In order to avoid becoming a threat to the other students and faculty, and ultimately getting kicked out of school, she devised a number of strategies to help keep her emotions in check. (mechanically this is her settle emotions/refocus action. I'd like to think she uses the time to focus on slowing down her breathing. She uses her dancing lights cantrip to help- i imagine her spinning the lights around in her hands meditatively, kind of like baoding balls if you know what those are) (also yes, her curse magic manifesting is the equivalent of a panic attack) She's covered up a lot of her body to try and hide as much of it as possible, but her hair is always a dead giveaway. She leaves her fingers exposed since it's easier to channel magic through exposed skin (gloves, unless made of a special magic-conducting material, tend to dampen spells just a bit) - but this means others can see her fingers start to shift into static as she uses her cursed magic. I had a lot of really intense anxiety in junior high/high school/college, so she's become a really neat vessel for me to conceptualize and process those experiences and emotions. But, like, instead of having undiagnozed ADHD and RSD she gets like. cool magical girl powers BIO: Felise was the sole child of local inventor and archeologist, Atticus Pfeiffer. Her father's lifelong devotion was to study and uncover the mysteries of the ancient winged people known as the Featherfolk, who had seemingly vanished some 1000 years before. She grew up in a cottage built on the coast of a mysterious bird-shaped lake, where she and her father would excavate broken murals, walls of hieroglyphs, and other artifacts that hinted at the lives of this forgotten feathered-society. Until just under 10 years ago- when her father mysteriously vanished. From then on, reports of strange attacks began sprouting up all over Aton and other neighboring regions. Attacks fronted by giant, chimera-like bird monsters that would descend from the sky to snatch up unsuspecting victims- carrying them away to some unknown in the sky. Felise did her best to pick up the pieces of her father's research- hoping to find the cause behind the sudden appearance of these monstrous aberrations, the reason for their attacks, and maybe, just maybe, where her father disappeared to all those years ago.

-------------------------------------------------------- you did it!! i give you tasty treat for reading my lore dump! even if you didnt thats ok, you must have at least clicked the read more and scrolled down. you can still have a little treat

an unfinished reference sheet for her dad, atticus

these are my girlfriend @im-ashl sketches - Skraaw, The Carrion King - the BBEG of the campaign, an Evil Bird who is Awful

and finally some sketches of- whos this? the featherfolk princess??

#im still. figuring out how to draw people #so my style isn't really consistent yet if u cant already tell #but it's been a lot of fun and i've been drawing more than ever #so i hope you like it!!#pathfinder #pathfinder 2e #ttrpg art #cosmos oracle #felise pfeiffer #me art

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justsomewritingblog · 1 year ago

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Avatar: TLA (Part 11)

Request: None

Requested By: Nobody

Pairing: Zuko x reader

Summary: The Siege of the North (Parts 1 and 2)

Warnings: none?

A/N: Last chapter of the book!

Word Count: 5K+

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You watched as Katara faced against a fellow waterbender, getting their stances ready. His was significantly more awkward than hers. He made a ball of ice, about the size of a torso, and threw it at her. She turned it into water as she spun it around her, sending him up in a wave, freezing it.

“That was fast.” You muttered.

“Nice try, pupil.” Master Pakku said, walking towards him. “A couple more years, and you might be able to fight a sea sponge.” He turned the ice into water, letting the poor boy fall. “Would anyone care for a rematch with Katara?” He asked softly, looking among the defeated men. You had been the only one to defeat Katara, simply because you were more creative. It was a close, and long match to say the least.

“Katara, you’ve advanced more quickly than any other student I’ve ever trained.” Master Pakku told her. “You have proven that with fierce determination, passion and hard-work, you can accomplish anything.” You sighed, placing your chin in your hand. “Raw talent alone is not enough.” He said, looking pointedly at Aang, who was playing with Momo. “Young pupil Aang.”

“Yes, Master Pakku?” He asked, the lemur falling on his head.

“Care to step into the sparring circle? I figure since you have time to play with house pets, you must have already mastered waterbending.”

Aang rose. “I wouldn’t say mastered, but check this out!” He summoned the snow around him, turning him into a snowman. You smirked, but rolled your eyes. Katara and Master Pakku didn’t seem at all impressed. Looking to the sky, you saw Appa fly up. Cocking your head, you excused yourself from the lesson, though nobody hear you, and nobody would notice your absence. Your eyes stayed trained on Appa until you saw black flecks mix with the snowy, white ones. Everyone else seemed to notice it too, because before you knew it, the warning gong was ringing, and people were running up the steps. You saw Sokka, holding Yue’s hand, dragging her after him.

“What’s wrong? We have to go!” He asked, noticing she stopped.

“No, Sokka, wait. I can’t see you anymore. Not at all.”

“What? We’re just friends.” He defended.

“I wish we could just be friends.” She admitted. “But I like you too much, and it’s too confusing to be around you. I’m marrying someone else.” She said, turning away.

“You don’t love him, do you? You don’t even seem to like him.”

“But I do love my people.”

“You’re not marrying them.”

“You don’t understand. I have duties to my father, to my tribe. I have to do this.”

You walked up to them. “Guys, is this really the time?”

They both looked at you, Yue running off. You looked at Sokka and put an arm around his neck. “We have bigger things to worry about right now.” You told him. He nodded softly and allowed you to pull him into the war meeting.

“The day we have feared for so long has arrived.” Yue’s father started. It seemed like most of the village was here. “The firenation is on our doorstep.” You sat with Aang, Sokka and Katara against a pillar. “It is with great sadness I call my family here before me, knowing very well that some of these faces may vanish from our tribe. But they will never vanish from our hearts. Now, as we approach the battle for our existence, I call upon the great spirits! Spirit of the ocean! Spirit of the moon! Be with us!” He looked down at the crowd. “I’m going to need volunteers for a dangerous mission.”

Sokka was the first to stand. “Count me in!”

“Sokka.” Katara said softly. Your mouth hung open.

“Sokka, what do you think you’re doing?” You hissed as other people stood.

“I’m helping.”

You looked to Katara in worry.

“Be warned, many of you will not return. Come forward to receive my mark, if you accept the task.” Yue’s father said. You looked to the men stepping forward, and saw a familiar back. Liam. Your heart dropped into your stomach. You clutched your knees to your chest for comfort. Katara looked up, and saw your friend as well, before patting you on the back.

“Y/n, I’m so sorry.”

You bit back sobs. “His name means strong-willed warrior and protector.” You mumbled. “Of course he’d go.” You stood, and went after him. You chased him around corners until you caught up and grabbed his hand, bringing him to a halt. He looked down at his hand, surprised, before looking up at your face, his features softening.

“Why?” You asked. “Why are you doing this?”

“I need to. We have to protect our friends and family.” He said, turning to you.

“But what if things go south?”

“It’s the North Pole. They have to go South.” He joked, trying to lighten the mood. You, however, didn’t even crack a smile.

“Liam, I’m serious. This is suicide.”

“No, it’s not. We’re surrounded in our element. We’ll be fine.”

“But fire melts ice.” You argued.

“Water extinguishes fire.” He retorted back. You sighed, still not fully convinced.

“Be careful.” You advised. “I can’t lose you, too.”

“You won’t. I promise.” He said, pressing a kiss to your temple before walking away.

“That’s exactly what he said.” You muttered.

~~~~~~~~~

You all waited atop a bridge. You stood on the other side of Sokka, who stood next to his sister. Aang sat on Appa, next to Katara. The silence was deafening. It was so silent you were sure Sokka could hear your rapid heartbeat. A figure appeared on the horizon. A ship. A fire blast was shot out of it, heading straight for the wall you were standing on. You raised a wave, but only succeeded in slowing it. The fireball wasn’t simply fire. It was a boulder of sorts, set on fire. It hit the wall anyway, sending a few pieces and people everywhere. The continued their assault, boulders crashing into the ice. Appa leapt into the air, per Aang’s request, and they flew towards the ship.

You, and everyone else that was on the bridge, were on the ground, climbing out of the snow.

“Katara!” Sokka called. A burst of snow flew by, and you turned, seeing Katara. Sokka grabbed her hand and pulled her out, now smiling, glad she was alright. He was led away, getting a debriefing, while everyone else either took the fight to them, disabling their ships, or held down the fort, which is what you were currently doing. Making ice walls to stop any incoming boulders was tiring, especially because it was now sunset. The attacks suddenly stopped. You looked up and saw Appa fly over. You used bending to get a lift, and landed in the saddle.

“Aang!” Katara shouted. Aang landed Appa nearby and climbed off, sitting at the bison’s feet.

“I can’t do it. I can’t do it.” He whispered. Appa was exhausted, and laying down. You slid off the large creature and sat next to Aang, putting an arm around his shoulder as Katara and Yue approached.

“What happened?” Katara asked.

“I must have taken out a dozen fire navy ships, but there’s just too many of them. I can’t fight them all.” He explained quietly.

“But, you have to. You’re the Avatar.” Yue told him.

“I’m just one kid.” He reminded, placing his forehead in his arms. You helped him stand, not wanting to see him so down. You led him over to a balcony, where you all watched the moon rise.

“The legends say the moon was the first waterbender.” Yue informed Aang and Katara. “Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides, and learned how to do it themselves.”

Aang still looked disgruntled, while Katara looked fascinated. “I’ve always noticed my waterbending is stronger at night.”

“Our strength comes from the spirit of the moon. Our life comes from the spirit of the ocean.” She explained. “They work together to achieve balance.” There was silence for a moment.

“The spirits!” Aang exclaimed. “Maybe I can find them and get their help!”

“How can you do that?”

“The Avatar is the bridge between our world and the spirit world.” Katara explained. “Aang can talk to them!”

“Maybe they’ll give you the wisdom to win this battle!” Yue exclaimed, overjoyed and filled with hope.

“Sure would have been helpful if we knew that sooner.” You muttered.

“Or maybe, they’ll unleash a crazy spirit attack on the firenation!” Aang shouted, not hearing you. His enthusiasm was met with silence, though you fought a smile. “Or wisdom. That’s good, too.”

“The only problem is, last time you got to the spirit world by accident. How are you gonna get there this time?” Katara inquired.

“I have an idea. Follow me.” Yue instructed. Aang followed, and you gestured for Katara to go before you. She did, and Yue led you all to a small wooden door in the side of a wall.

“So is this the way to the spirit world?” Aang asked, walking up to it. Yue chuckled.

“No. You’ll have to get there on your own. But I can take you to the most spiritual place in the entire North Pole.” She said, opening the small, circular door.

“I never thought I’d miss grass this much!” You heard Aang yell, after you all stepped inside. Aang had already made it to land, his airbending helping him, while you, Yue and Katara walked around the sides, joining him.

“It’s so warm here. How is that possible?” Katara asked, shedding off her coat. Yours was already off, and lying on the grass.

“It’s the center of all spiritual energy in our land.” Yue explained, taking her coat off as well. Momo walked over to the small pond, and dug his paw into it, trying to grab the two fish.

“Oi!” You yelled, scaring him. He turned to look at you. “Don’t!” You instructed.

“You’re right, Yue.” Aang started. “I can feel…..something.” He was on the other side of the pond, in front of a tree, under a gateway. “It’s so….tranquil.” He concluded, sitting down and assuming his meditation pose.

“Why is he sitting like that?” Yue asked after a long moment. You had all moved around to the other side, being closer to him.

“He’s meditating. Trying to cross over into the spirit world.” Katara explained in a whisper. “It takes all his concentration.”

“Is there any way we can help?” Yue asked, also in a whisper. Aang threw his hands up in the air.

“How about some quiet!?” He asked, turning to send you all glares. “Come on, guys! I can hear every word you’re saying!” You stuck your tongue out, teasing him.

“Well maybe you’re not focusing hard enough!” You shouted back, though not an angry shout. He turned back, his gaze settling on the fish in the pond. One white, with a black spot, the other the exact opposite. They circled around each other, in constant motion. You thought the same pattern would get boring, but they are fish spirits, so who knows?

Aang’s tattoos started glowing, and you were alarmed. You’ve never actually seen him do it.

“Is he okay!?” Yue asked.

“He’s crossing over into the spirit world! He’ll be fine as long as we don’t move his body.” Katara answered.

“And why’s that?” You asked, not taking your eyes off the glowing boy.

“That’s his way back to the physical world.”

“So you mean he can get lost?” You questioned.

“According to him.”

“Great.” You said sarcastically.

“Maybe we should get some help.” Yue said, beginning to walk away. She sounded worried.

“No.” Katara denied, voice even. “He’s my friend. I’m perfectly capable of protecting him.”

You sent a glare at her.

“We.” She corrected. “We’re perfectly capable of protecting him.”

“Well.” A voice spoke. “Aren’t you big girls now?”

“No.” Katara muttered. You both turned, and saw none other than Prince Zuko stalking towards you.

“Yes. Hand him over, and I won’t have to hurt you.”

“Like you’d spare us, anyway.” You retorted, taking a fighting stance, Katara doing the same. Yue ran off, presumably to get help. Zuko shot fire blasts at both of you. You both blocked, summoning water. Katara shot at him, sending him flying.

“I see you’ve learned a new trick.” He said, pulling himself to his feet. “But I didn’t come this far to lose to you.” He turned back around, sending more fire. You both countered his attacks, sending some back. He stumbled backwards into a puddle, and you froze it, keeping his feet in place. Katara brought several layers of water, forming them into a large ball around him, freezing it. You both relaxed for a moment, though you knew better to keep your guard down.

“You little peasant.” Zuko taunted.

“It’s a shame we couldn’t freeze his mouth shut.” You told Katara, loud enough for Zuko to hear.

“You’ve found a master, haven’t you?” He asked. The ball of ice began to glow red and shake violently. You began summoning water, knowing where this was going. Sure enough, the ball shattered and Zuko leapt out, firing more shots. He advanced quickly, getting dangerously close. You bent over backward, avoiding his burning hand. You fell backwards into the pond, Zuko taking this chance and moving on to fight Katara. You pulled yourself out, though on the other side to gain some distance, and shot more water at him. He dodged you both, grabbing at Aang’s collar, but you and Katara both shot water at him, sending him backwards. Katara summoned water, sending a flood at him, raising him up against a wall, before freezing it, keeping him there.

You turned and watched the sunrise, feeling its warmth already. The light spread throughout the entire place. You looked back at Zuko, seeing the light cross him and the ice around him. He suddenly looked up, scowling, there’s a surprise, and when he breathed out of his nose, you could see the steam, melting the ice. Your eyes shot open wide, your eyebrows going to your hairline. You retook your stance, as he leapt down wasting no time in firing at Katara, who had her back turned. She turned around just in time, hearing his grunt, but barely summoned a water shield, knocking her into the post. She fell unconscious, having banged her head. Zuko turned to you, and you quickly made an ice shield around Aang, knowing you were toast.

You hadn’t quite finished when Zuko shot you, sending you backwards, the water around Aang that you were trying to turn into a shell came splashing down on him.

“You rise with the moon. I rise with the sun.” Zuko said, taking ahold of Aang’s collar. You reached out before everything went black.

~~~~~~~~~~

You awoke, but Katara was still out. You stood, looking around, when you noticed there were slid marks on the wall. You made icicles with your waterbending, and began climbing up the side of the mountain.

The top of the mountain was freezing, and you’d left your coat on the grass down below. Unfortunately for you, you didn’t have the time to go get it. You rubbed your arms, trying to warm them. You saw a trail, about thigh-deep. You bent down, so you were between the walls the path had made, blocking off some of the wind. You were warmer down here, and you used your bending to seal off the top, so it made a tunnel. You crawled through it, following the path you assumed Zuko had made. You weren’t sure what you planned on doing when you found him, but you didn’t have time to think it over.

The trail suddenly stopped, and there was a giant gap. You closed your eyes, bending the snow across and freezing it. You slowly and carefully went across, careful not to look down. You got to the other side and you resumed your journey. You continued crawling until you saw the trail getting shallower. You made a gap in the ‘roof’ you’d made, and looked around. It was still snowing pretty badly, but there was a cave up ahead.

Well, he’d defiantly head for shelter. And obviously he’d made it this far. You kept crawling, hearing faint voices. Or one voice, but talking to someone. As you got closer, you could hear what he was saying.

“There’s always something.” The voice drew nearer and you halted your movements. “Not that you would understand. You’re like my sister. Everything always came easy for her. She’s a firebending protégé. And everyone adores her. My father says she was born lucky. He says I was lucky to be born.”

Your heart sank.

“I don’t need luck, though. I don’t want it. I’ve always had to struggle in fight and that’s made me strong. It’s made me who I am.”

There was silence and you were sure you could actually hear your heart breaking in the midst of it. You felt pity. Understanding. Footsteps retreated and you leapt out of the snow, using your bending to freeze Zuko to the wall. You rushed forward to grab Aang and take him back, but Zuko broke out quickly with a grunt and shot at you, knocking you back into the snow. The harsh temperatures and exhaustion consumed you, and you fell unconscious again.

~~~~~~~~~~

Your eyes snapped open. You were in the cave, looking at the back wall. Ahead of you, and to your right was Aang, tied up, and still in the spirit world. You looked to your left and was met with a chest. You looked up and saw Zuko. He had his left arm under your legs, his right on your back, keeping you upright, and you sat in his lap. You looked up at him and met his eyes.

“You’re not the only one benefiting from this.” He spoke. “Our combined-”

“I know what body-heat does, Prince Zuko. I grew up here, remember? Well, not here, here.”

It grew silent again and you looked back up at him. It was then you noticed his cuts and bruises.

“What happened?” You asked softly.

“The pirates attacked my ship. They wanted revenge about the waterbending scroll. They thought I’d died.”

You pulled your water out of your canteen and raised it to his face. He flinched back. “What are you doing!?”

“Calm down. I’m healing you.” You told him. “Relax, and try to hold still?” You pressed the water to his face, and he flinched slightly at the contact, but said nothing. You focused your energy and the water began to glow, healing his bruises, cuts and burns. When you were satisfied with the results, you directed the water back into your canteen. You took his chin with your thumb and forefinger, turning his head so you can check to see if you’ve gotten everything. He said nothing, but he looked uncomfortable. You released his chin, looking over at Aang.

“What exactly is it that you plan on doing with him?”

“I’m taking him back to my father so he can restore my honor.”

“And you’re sure he’ll do that? Would he kill Aang?”

“I don’t see how that’s any of your business.”

“The Avatar is my business, buster.” You scowled, getting out of his lap and crawling over to Aang. You placed his head in your lap. “They can’t hurt him.” You told Zuko, sending a glare his way. Your face softened as you looked down at the boy. “I won’t let them.” You mumbled. You looked up at Zuko. “Do you really think the Firelord’s going to restore your honor? How long is it that you’ve been doing this?”

“Two years.” He muttered.

“Two years. And you expect him to welcome you back with open arms?”

“You know nothing of my father!” He snapped.

“Sounds like you don’t either! He may be your father, but he’s still the Firelord. The most feared man on the planet. Known for being ruthless.” You got quieter as you spoke the last sentence. You turned back to Zuko, and gestured at him. “Look what he did to you! His own son!”

Zuko looked down at the ground. Even though he wasn't saying anything, everything from the look in his eyes, to his posture was screaming 'suffering'. You sat in silence, awaiting his next move, when you felt a shift. You looked down and saw Aang, awake and no longer glowing.

“Aang!” You exclaimed. He looked up at you.

“Y/n?” He questioned, looking around. His eyes landed on Zuko.

“Welcome back.” He said.

“Good to be back.” Aang replied. He took in a big breath of air, and blew out, sending Zuko into the wall, and you and Aang flying outside, into the snow. You both rolled for a bit, before finally coming to a stop. Aang began trying to inch away, he was still tied up, and you ran over to help, but Zuko beat you to it.

“That won’t be enough to escape.” He informed, grabbing onto the boy.

“Appa!” Aang shouted. Sure enough, Appa landed beside you. Katara slid off, and Zuko tossed Aang aside.

“Here for a rematch?” He asked.

“Trust me, Zuko; it’s not going to be much of a match.” She said. He shot at her, but she easily blocked it. She sent snow at him, raising him in the air and freezing it, before slamming him into the ground. He was knocked unconscious. You shuddered, remembering how cold it is, and that you didn’t have your coat, or Zuko’s body-heat. You scrambled over to Aang.

“Are you okay?” You asked, trying to undo the knots.

“I’m okay. Did he kidnap you, too?” Aang asked.

“Not exactly.” You looked up at him, seeing him looking at you with a quizzical look in his eyes. “Look, he took you and I followed him. That’s all.” You clarified. “Ugh! These knots are impossible!”

Sokka ran over with his knife, starting to cut the knots. You looked over to Zuko’s unconscious form.

“This is some quality rope!” Sokka observed, pulling you out of your thoughts.

“We need to get to the oasis. The spirits are in trouble!” Aang informed, running to Appa and hopping on. You looked back to Zuko as Sokka and Katara climbed on as well.

“Y/n? Aren’t you coming?” Sokka asked.

“Wait. We can’t just leave him here.” Aang said, noticing your hesitation.

“Sure we can. Let’s go.” Sokka replied. You glared up at him. He groaned. “Y/n, we don’t have time for this! Besides, he’s a bad guy.”

“I’m not leaving him!” You insisted. You walked over and began dragging him out of the pile of snow.

“Why not?” Sokka questioned. You paused, looking down at Zuko.

“I don’t know.” You admitted. “It doesn’t feel right.” You concluded, using bending to lift the snow he was on, pushing him to the saddle.

“If we leave him, he’ll die.” Aang said.

“Yeah, this makes sense. Let’s bring the guy who’s trying to kill us!” Sokka exclaimed sarcastically.

“Sokka, shut up! For once in your life!” You snapped, laying Zuko down on the familiar brown saddle. “If it makes you feel any better, you can tie him up!”

Sokka grew quiet, but tied him up. You sat on your heels and rested his head on your lap. Katara looked at you with a quirked eyebrow.

“Why are you doing this? I thought you hated Zuko.” She asked.

“I pity Zuko.” You clarified, looking up at her, subconsciously running the back of your hand over his head.

“What? Why!?” Sokka asked.

“I heard some things I wish I hadn’t. It’s just going to make this harder.” You muttered, looking back down at him. They had more to say, but the moon suddenly turned red, transforming the rest of the blue sky into a red as well. You were surprisingly thankful, as it stopped the questions directed at you.

Yue clutched her head in her hands.

“Are you okay?” Sokka asked, reaching for her.

“I feel faint.” She answered.

“I feel it, too. The moon spirit is in trouble.” Aang said.

“I owe the moon spirit my life.” Yue informed.

“What do you mean?” Sokka asked. You looked down at Zuko, having heard this story before. When she was born, she was sick. It was almost like she was asleep. The healers did everything they could, but to no avail. Her father prayed to the spirits, and they placed her into the oasis. Her hair turned white and she began to cry. As she was telling them this, you simply stared down at the hurt boy before you.

How can one’s own family be so ruthless? So cruel? Your heart went out to him. You had no idea how he’s stayed this strong. So full of hope. His capture of the Avatar was the only thing that could restore his honor. Or so he thought, anyway.

Appa landed at the oasis, and you could see Zhao. He was holding a bag, saying that he’ll be a legend. Momo landed on his head, and pulled at his hair and beard.

“Get it off!” He shouted. Momo flew back over and landed on Aang’s outstretched arm. He, Katara and Sokka stood, at the ready, while Yue sat in the saddle, unable to do anything. You also sat in the saddle, unable to do anything, but you had Zuko, so.

“Don’t bother.” Zhao said, raising his fist and pointing it at the bag.

“Zhao!” Aang dropped his staff. “Don’t.” He pleaded.

“It’s my destiny to destroy the moon and the watertribe.” Zhao insisted.

“You’re delusional.” You retorted.

“Destroying the moon won’t hurt just the water tribe.” Aang said, raising his hands in surrender. “It will hurt everyone. Including you. Without the moon, everything would fall out of balance. You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash on the world.”

“He is right, Zhao.” A voice said. You turned. It was Iroh. A giant grin spread on your face, despite the situation.

“General Iroh. Why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?” Zhao asked.

“I’m no traitor, Zhao. The firenation needs the moon, too. We all depend on the balance. Whatever you do to that spirit, I’ll unleash on you, tenfold! Now let it go, now!” He shouted. Your eyes widened. You were actually scared of Iroh. Well, maybe not scared of him, more worried for Zhao, should he decide to ignore Iroh.

Zhao’s face softened and he released the fish back into the pond. The blue color returned to the sky and you let out a breath of relief. But you were too relaxed too soon. Zhao shouted and sent a fire-whip at it. The world turned gray. Your mouth dropped open as Iroh charged, his fireballs being the only color in the universe. He shot all four of Zhao’s men down swiftly.

Zhao fled, while Yue climbed out of the saddle to join your friends on land. They were talking when you felt Zuko shift slightly and you peeled your eyes away from the scene before you to look down at him. His eyes snapped open and he tried to sit up quickly, but you held him down, urging him to be quiet. He opened his mouth to speak, but you placed a hand over it, shaking your head and looking over your shoulder. You were relieved to see they were still talking. You bent down so you wouldn’t have to talk loudly.

“I’m going to get you out of here, but you have to be quiet, or they’ll have my head.” You whispered. He nodded and you slowly took your hand off his mouth. You untied him and he sat up, rubbing where the rope was on his arms to relieve some of the pain. You shot a quick look behind you again, seeing Aang in the Avatar state, walking towards the pool. You turned back to Zuko.

“You have to go. Now.” You instructed. “Be careful.”

“Why are you doing this?”

“Call it getting even. You saved my life in the cave, remember? I would have died.”

“But how did I-”

“Go.” You urged quietly. He held eye-contact with you for a few moments before he dropped off Appa. You let out a breath of relief and turned back to your friends, hopping down as well. You stood next to Iroh and watched as the gray earth turned blue, and the water glowed, forming into a giant creature, Aang in its chest. He walked away, and you chased after it, seeing what it was doing.

The large creature was sending all of the firenation running. You watched with interest until something caught your eye. The blue was contrasted by reds and yellows. You turned and focused, seeing Zuko fighting Zhao. You made your way closer, careful to not get too close, and kept a watchful eye on them, in case anything should happen.

You watched as the spirit sliced the fire navy ships, dismantling them. It raised a large wave, pushing the ships out of sight. You turned back to Zuko and Zhao. You watched for a few moments before the color came back. Your brows furrowed. The fish was dead. How did-?

“Yue.” You breathed out. You looked back at Zhao, who was equally as shocked, and even angrier. The spirit’s hands came around the edges of the bridge they were battling on. Zuko ducked out of the way, but they wrapped around Zhao, lifting him up. Zuko reached forward.

“Take my hand!” He offered. Your eyes grew wide and your mouth parted slightly. Zhao refused and the spirit’s hand dragged him down in the water. You scrambled over as quickly as you could. Zuko shot fire at you quickly, but you easily blocked it.

“Woah! It’s just me!” You defended, holding your hands in the air. “Chill.” His posture relaxed, though only slightly. “Do you think he’s gone?” You asked, looking up at him.

“I don’t know.”

“I wouldn’t know how he would survive.” You muttered, looking at the water. It seemed so natural. Like it didn’t just drag someone to his death. You bit your lip and jumped up on the side of the bridge, sitting, facing opposite of Zuko. You looked over at him. “That was very nice of you.”

He said nothing.

“Prince Zuko, it’s not your fault. You offered. It was his own pride that killed him.”

Zuko turned to you, getting aggravated and uneasy about your presence. “Shouldn’t you be with your friends?” He asked, with a slight edge to his tone.

“Shouldn’t you be with your uncle?” You retorted, crossing your arms. You both remained in silence for a while, you swinging your legs. You slid off the ledge. “Look, they’ll be wondering where I am. I just thought you needed some encouragement.” You said, making your way back to the oasis.

~~~~~~~~

Sokka was crying, Katara and Aang were trying to comfort him. Yue was nowhere in sight. Your suspicions had been proven correct when you saw both fishes in the pond, circling around. You looked to Iroh, who was beginning to walk away. You rushed over.

“Hey, Iroh.” You greeted.

“Hello, Y/n. It’s been a while.”

“It hasn’t been that long. Maybe a few weeks.” You replied with a shrug. “Look, you nephew’s okay. He made it out.” You paused. “In fact, I wouldn’t have made it out if it wasn’t for him.”

Iroh raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really?”

“He saved my life, Iroh. And I heard some things he said. I just…….don’t know what to do.” You admitted. Iroh smiled.

“Follow your heart. But listen to your brain, too, because hearts can be misleading, just as the brain can. Without their balance, things could be catastrophic.”

You smiled. “We really need to have tea sometime.”

“It would be my honor.” He said, bowing. “But I must be heading back. I’m sure I will see you again.”

You bowed as well. “Until next time.” You said. He walked off and you ran over to Sokka, pulling him into a hug.

~~~~~~~~~

It was the next morning. Sokka was talking to Yue’s father, and Katara was talking to Master Pakku. You and Aang both watched the water, though for different reasons. Your mind traveled back to what Aunt Wu had said.

She said you would hate a man at first, then feel pity, before love. He was also supposed to be a great bender. A hot-head as well. If that didn’t scream Zuko, you didn’t know what did.

Of course, you couldn’t tell any of your friends that. The only person you would feel comfortable telling is Iroh. Now isn’t that ironic? But the more you thought about it, the more Aunt Wu’s predictions made sense.

She might be right.

And it might not be so bad.

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A/n: Repost!

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