#was nobody going to tell dietrich that he got SCAMMED into liking these kisses or was he just supposed to discover that mid-lovemaking

[msommers]

pre-relationship 6, general 3, love 10 for maeve/dietrich and another ship u feel like talking about!!

scouts won the rng lottery so :’) thank you alana!! // ship questions

If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think?

MAEVE/DIETRICH — maeve would feel vindicated for starting to develop feelings for the bastard despite how ill-advised everyone (including dietrich) would say it is, and in her belief that soulmates can be made over time and aren’t solely people that connect romantically from the start. dietrich would probably tell you that’s funny in that dry way of his, maybe you’ll get him with the next joke bud.

JORINA/ALEKSI — i mean…honestly….. it’d probably result in this 😂😐🤨 face journey from both of them. they’re a Classique case of opposites attract and while jorina develops a crush quicker than she’d care to admit, i don’t think she would have imagined anything so romantic and storybook tropey as Soulmates would have ever come into play. give them a few months to realize they’re into each other, then give them a few months after that of actually being together and you could probably get them to think about the whole twin flames concept.

What was their first kiss like?

MAEVE/DIETRICH — these two are funny because in my head they have two different first kisses. the first being when there aren't any strings attached, it's maeve trying her luck at initiating bold contact to further coax him into getting under the covers with her for a night. it's new and tentative and over with quickly in favor of pressing lips to other parts of each other's bodies. & then the second comes much later when they're all tangled up in those strings that weren't supposed to be there. they're kissing and this time it's different, it's familiar and scary and sweet and filled with an affection that likely hasn't been outwardly confirmed by dietrich but is felt in the gentleness of the moment. she's smiling against his lips and this time he goes for another kiss.

JORINA/ALEKSI — oh my gosh i can’t even properly remember when their first kiss was, but i know it was ridiculous. an absolute nonsense excuse for a first kiss. i think maybe it was right before the events of the adamant quest?? they were heading into dangerous territory and jorina was crushing and just the tiniest bit desperate to experience a proper smooch with somebody that she Liked before potentially dying, and aleksi over here is well experienced and can tell when a lady wants a kiss so who is he to pass up such an opportunity. they probably wrote it off as a good luck kiss or smth, the idiots.

Do they prefer verbal or physical affection?

MAEVE/DIETRICH — maeve is an absolute slut for either of them, she'll take whatever she can get because it all makes her thrive. i'd say that she probably treasures any verbal affection from him just a Tiny bit more solely because of how rare it is to receive. i don't imagine it's a stretch to say that dietrich prefers physical affection. he gets all sorts of flustered by some of the verbal affection she throws at him, he'd much rather the holding of hands or kisses to cheeks or late night cuddling.

JORINA/ALEKSI — both? physical?? mayhaps??? i don’t have any evidence for this, because i know they’re both fans of hearing sweet things from each other (even if it takes jorina a while to adjust to it) but something about the touches…v good. aleki’s been on a spree of casual hook-ups for who knows how long and jorina’s never been in a romantic relationship, they’re suckers for any physical affection given by the other i’m sure of it.