#this kinda comes off as more of a qpp than romance but oh well. i am aro and i hc lysithea as arospec that's my excuse.

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uhh if you don't mind, can you do Ashe/Lysithea for the rarepairs if you're still doing it? I just think them bonding over stories would be neat

SO sorry this took literally forever anon! this has been sitting in my notes for i dont know how long and i finally finished it in class this morning. i got VERY into it after a while so there's kind of a lot under the cut.

the thing about lysithea and ashe is you have a person that believes in the good of authority, that people can improve if given time and guidance, and someone who was completely betrayed by the people that were supposed to protect her. honestly i don't think i'd blame lysithea if she hated anyone even remotely like the people who took over house ordelia.

but even though lysithea has experienced horrors unimaginable, she still tries to keep improving herself for the good of others. she and ashe are alike in that way - she improves herself for her parents. he improves himself for his siblings.

but do either of them ever improve for their own sake?

i think that's something they'd bond over, one of their few common points - that they both want to make someone proud, to make them happy and let them live comfortably. they've experienced horrible lows and don't want to return to them.

but they both approach this differently. obviously we as the player know it's because lysithea is running on borrowed time, she doesn't know how long she'll be around and she wants to get as much done as she can. but ashe takes the time to know people, to enjoy smaller things in life, even as much as he works hard to be a knight. he cooks and reads and tries to have a life outside of his studies. lysithea doesn't give herself that luxury.

however, lysithea's love for sweets trumps her need to get things done sometimes. and that's how they end up talking for the first time.

their first interaction is in the dining hall. ashe is the one cooking, and lysithea finds that she absolutely loves what he's made. she ends up complimenting him thoroughly, not even noticing when he starts to blush.

he's a little embarrassed, reasonably, because he doesn't usually get this much attention for his cooking! outside of his siblings, no one pays this much attention to what he's made.

when lysithea realizes she's been rambling, she awkwardly extracts herself from the conversation and disappears for the rest of the evening. she's not around to realize that the smile stays on ashe's face for the rest of the night.

days later, they run into each other in the library, lysithea studying and ashe trying to. it's… not going so great, and usually lysithea would focus on her own work (she's running on borrowed time, after all) but as a thank you for that great meal, she offers ashe a hand.

and she learns that it's not that ashe is unintelligent or doesn't try, it's just that he doesn't quite understand the way the material is being taught. it's that he doesn't enjoy it, and that makes it more difficult to grasp. he's never been taught to study things like these (he's never had that opportunity) so she reteaches some of the material the way she understands it.

and… it helps. things slowly piece together, and it gets easier. not overnight, but for just one afternoon spent studying, it's considerable progress. ashe realizes instantly how much it's helped, and proposes a trade: for every afternoon spent studying, he'll make lysithea some sweets. she accepts instantly, barely considering that she might need that time for herself.

their study sessions eventually shift into meeting in the library to discuss what they've read recently after they realize that their taste in books (when lysithea isn't reading about magic theory) is fairly similar. it's a little two person book club, and it's good! it's fun! it's small and sweet and gets them shushed many times when they get too enthusiastic in their debates.

lysithea hasn't spent this much time on unproductive topics in a long time, but she rationalizes that it's still productive in a way. teaching ashe helps her reinforce her learning. getting sweets in return keeps her from being hungry when she studies on her own. their book clubs keep her thinking critically. logically, it is a good idea to stay around ashe. it makes reasonable sense.

(she does not let herself consider that maybe she is sticking around ashe for more than simply productive reasons.)

this continues up until the timeskip—trading study time for sweets and talking about books in their spare time. and then things go downhill.

regardless of the route, the two are separated for a long time. both of them go home to their families and defend their own territory. there's no time for studying together or book clubs anymore.

the war puts things into perspective: lysithea is still a ticking time bomb. ashe still has siblings to support. and so they grow up really goddamn quickly.

whether they meet on the battlefield or at a class reunion, when they first see each other weapons get dropped for a moment. they don't know if they're still the same people from five years ago, but they're willing to consider that maybe, this person is still someone good. someone familiar and comfortable.

they don't stay on opposite sides for long. regardless of who switches over, they meet up again in the greenhouse. some of ashe's plants are still blooming, and he's tending to them.

(it's then that lysithea realizes, beyond the little they share, she barely knows ashe. she barely gave herself the chance to know people when she was younger and maybe she still doesn't have much time but she's lived longer than she ever though she would and maybe, maybe she can try to know him better.)

(and ashe knows lysithea has always been reserved and private, barely sharing anything about her life outside of the monastery, and they've grown up enough that he can see there's a reason for that. he doesn't want to pry but he wants to let her know that if she wants to try, he can understand. and maybe he wants to try to share more, too. they don't have to move on from everything they had before but maybe they can add on to it.)

and so things get a bit deeper.

in the greenhouse, lysithea starts to talk a little about what life is like at home. carefully skirting around what's happened to her, she touches on how she's trying to make her parents' lives easier, how she's the only one left, how she doesn't have much time.

ashe doesn't know what it's like to live life with a time limit, but he knows what it's like to need to make someone else's life better, to need to make them proud, to be better for them. he understands loss and he's gotten a bit better at coping. lysithea has rarely discussed lonato with him, and maybe it's time to have that conversation.

this becomes their new normal. at least once a week, they sit in the greenhouse together just to deal with everything that's happening together. it gets easier to talk about the past when they talk about it together. it's easier to deal with the war, too, when they're able to talk about it together.

when everything's over, they both have to go home. they have lives outside of garreg mach that they can't just give up on.

…or can they?

half a year or so later, a letter from lysithea finds ashe in faerghus. she explains that she's renounced her nobility, she's made things easier for her parents, and she's finally done. there's nothing left for her but a happy life. and she'd like ashe to be a part of it, too. they've grown so much, from kids who studied and had a mini book club together to adults who fought alongside each other, and she doesn't want to give that up.

she writes that she understands he can't up and leave his siblings, so if he's willing to have her, she'll come to him. she'll make the trip over to the kingdom and stick around. she has money and she has governing intelligence if he'd like to make use of any of it.

he writes back that he'd love to have her, not for her money or her brain but for her, to have someone who's shared so much of his life at his side while he adjusts to a new normal. he'd like a familiar face in this unified fodlan, even if she doesn't think she'll be around for long.

the two never get married because of lysithea's time restraints, but they spend the rest of her life side by side. lysithea finds her place in a bigger family, one closer to what she was supposed to have. ashe finds someone he wants to spend the rest of his life with, someone who sticks around for the good and the bad, someone who is willing to help him and support him and understand him.

it's said that the two spent most of their days in the kitchen, where laughter could always be heard. ashe's siblings will say that they were happy, even though they knew it couldn't last forever.

it's said that even on her last day, lysithea smiled, knowing she had made the most of her short life.

thanks for the suggestion anon, hope this makes up for the wait <3

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Soulmate au

A soulmate au idea if you will indulge me

Im just ramble on about the idea because I feel like I would suck actually writing the fic or probably won’t ever get around to actually attempting to write it. Warning this is long Do with this what you will. Write your own if ya want, just wanted to share my thoughts. So! Soulmate au, your chest glows when your close to your soulmate. Maybe they glow in different colors, maybe it just white light ((idea from this post (link)))

The possibility of glowing starts from age 12, and so begins your optional search for your soulmate.

Not everyone takes it seriously, it's like the universe is giving you a suggestion. Saying hey your a really good match for each other, most people listen to it, but not all.

In comes our boys under the cut

Roman:

He’s a radio show host, does a range of things on his show. Playing music by queer artists or their allies. Talks to listeners and giving them advice the best he can and just a safe space to talk for the queer community. Cause even tho the universe will say that two men are meant to be, there are those who still are disgusted.

After all no one knows how or why the chest glowing is a thing, it just is. So who’s to say it is good or bad?

Roman is a strong believer in soulmates, after all he does love his fiance more than just about anything. He still can’t help this small feeling that something is missing tho.

Roman loves to go see plays during his free time, sometimes he accidentally rambles on about them on his radio show. Has gotten into a few debates with his listeners and even got his fiance riled up into joining one such debate.

Lives in a nicely sized homemade for two, plus a guest room at the insistence from Logan that they must have one, even tho neither of them really invite friends over opting to head to friends houses instead.

Logan:

Roman’s fiance. They don’t plan to get married any time soon, really just got the rings for people to leave them alone and stop asking if they were dating because their chests glowed.

Logan is the co-owner of the radio show with Roman. He rarely ever goes on air, he works mainly with their equipment and making sure they keep to a relatively to the same schedule every day.

He writes in his spare time, hasn’t really published anything yet. He’s more content to just share it freely online at the moment. 

Insisted that they have the guest room just in case anyone does ever come over, because he will not allow anyone to sleep on the couch like a heathen.

Has a large bookshelf in their living room stuffed with books, most are his.

Patton:

I was thinking baker at first cause why fix whats not broken but then a better idea struck!!

A childcare assistant! He works at a children’s daycare, keeping an eye kiddos while there parents are at work.

He’s the kiddos favorite but ssssh, don’t tell any one. 

He sneaks them extra snacks if they behave, or read them bed time stories during nap time to help them snooze. 

Patton of course bakes and knits in his free time. 

He lives in a relatively nice one bedroom apartment, with his plants. 

Patton stumbles upon Logan, quite literally, in the library when he’s looking for a book to help him with his knitting.  Several flustered apologies later as they dust each other off from the fall Patton realizes their chests are glowing!!!

It’s so exciting!! Patton practically squealed, with a startled Logan trying to wrap his head around what was happening. Let’s just say Logan panics and it takes some time for Patton to calm him down. 

Once calmed down Logan tries to politely excuse himself and takes off. He of course goes crying to Roman, how could it be possible. He’s heard rumors of course of rare cases where people have glowed around more than one person but he never really thought it was possible. 

This causes them both to freak out some. Later on of course Roman will get Logan to warm up to the idea, I mean its twice the amount of love come on. He can shower even more people in affecton! And this stranger sounds down right adorable so why would he complain.

Poor Patton isn’t sure what to do, so what’s he do well. He calls for advice to that wonderful Radio show of course!

Shenanigans ensue!

Virgil: 

Virgil works with a small animation studio, making art and costume clothes in his free time. He made his patched hoodie after all.

Virgil isn’t all that confident in soul mates, just isn’t his thing. 

He lives in a dingy apartment, makes magic work with just noodles and some left over meat. Is kinda broke if ya couldn’t tell. That’s why he has taken to a talent of recycling clothes and making something new out of them. Plus it fits his aesthetic. 

Only ever leaves his house to visit his best friend Remy’s cafe. He’s allergic to the outside he likes to say while hissing at the sun.

Has Roman’s radio show playing as background noise most of the time. Found that one with the poor guy tripping in the library interesting. Poor guy didn’t get such a great first impression.

Virgil is visiting the cafe one day with his bro Thomas, chilling at one of the tables when Patton comes in dragging Roman and Logan in with him happily talking their ears off to try the stuff there. 

Virgil definitely didn't stare for along time observing them, with all their own different attractive assets. He’s just people watching shut up Thomas. 

It isn’t until later when the group sit down at a table that Thomas points out that Virgil may be glowing under his thick hoodie. Causing the emo to panic and off course hide that fact as the group seems to take notice of themselves glowing. 

Let’s just say its one hell of a first meeting. Virgil could hardly talk through his gay panic when the guys finally realize he was the last one. Luckily Thomas is there to help him out, that little shit.

Deceit: 

I like giving him the name Dean. 

Surprisingly he’s soulmate’s with Thomas. Tho he doesn’t really do much about it, they’ve become QPPs.

Dee has known Virgil and Thomas since highschool, he was much more of a delinquent back than. The two, mostly Thomas has help keep him out of trouble for the most part. 

He lives with Thomas, they have their own bedrooms. No one is sure what his job is. 

(He’s a police detective, mainly works in homicide usually, but shoosh don’t tell it’ll ruin his reputation of being a heathen)

Just because he works with the police doesn’t mean he cares for the law, you wanna break a few rules you go right ahead child, here have a lolipop too. 

He has a dark sense of humor, Oh you have a problem with some one just murder them! 

Thomas- No!      Dee- fine, a light stabbing then  Thomas- NO!

He is protective of his cinnamon roll Thomas, and takes great pleasure in rilling him up. 

Was able to convince Thomas to allow him to have two pet snakes, two ball pythons his precious babies. 

Him and Remy can go on flirting with each other for hours those dorks. Its like a contest who can get the other to fall flat first.

Remy:

The man that embodies sass. 

He opened a cafe, encouraging other people’s coffee addictions and satisfying those with a sweet tooth. 

Knows every single one of these poor gay idiots and is watching with a bag of popcorn at their horrible attempts at romancing one another. 

He an Emile are just betting one who does what and enjoy the chaos of the oblivious pinning. 

The one to introduce Dee to Thomas.

Emile:

Of course he still is a therapist, what else would he be.Still obsessed with cartoons.

Is best friends with Virgil and Thomas. Is a bit weary of Dee, but what can ya do.

Absolutely adores Remy, that’s his sass man. They’ve known each other since childhood, practically declaring to mary each other with candy rings.

Remy and him are happily soulmates, living in a nice quite home. 

They have a cute mainecoon named pumpkin spice, pumpkin for short.she sleeps with Emile’s stitch plush on their couch.

Emile is ecstatic to hear that Virgil found his soulmates when he tells him. Or even that he was talking to people in general that weren’t Remy, Dee, Thomas or himself for once.

Hopefully these new guys can get Virgil out of his house more often, he’s a little concerned about his vitamin D intake. Don’t tell me that mister, your not allergic to the sun!

Don’t know if I’ll actually write this at any point in time, feel free to use with credit i guess. Idk just sharing my ramblings.