I dub thee… Mutual Pining!
Just a short and completely self-indulgent Aloth x Ariela thing, set sometime not too long after their reunion in Deadfire.
He’d worried that it might be awkward, travelling with her again. It had been so long, after all, and they were halfway across the world from the place where they’d first met. So much was sure to have changed. And for all he knew that she had only been teasing him when she’d scolded him for not staying in touch during their years apart, he couldn’t help but worry that there’d been something besides humour in Ariela’s eyes during their reunion. Hurt, perhaps, that he’d left her? Or disappointment that he’d never returned? …Either way, it had left him feeling complicated.
Because despite all of his worrying and over-thinking, it felt nice to be around her again. It felt comfortable. Natural. Like they’d never been parted. With her sitting at the end of his bunk, quietly reading through a novel, he felt more relaxed than he had in years. Like he could just be himself for the first time in forever.But therein lay another problem. If she-
Fye, a dinnae conne how the lass puts up with yer ninnying!
Thoughts
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