the one with violets in her lap
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bittersweet, undefeated creature – against you there is no defence by sappho_irl for treztine
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
26 Oct 2020
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There are only so many places to hide on a boat. Ramiel should know, as she's availed herself of every single one to avoid Alisaie's attention during the long voyage to Doma. But a week into the journey and she's already used them all up. It started innocently (if not childishly) enough - making sure they were never alone, turning and running away the moment their eyes met, all the strategies Ramiel's employed with former paramours in her time before the Scions. Which is the actual problem, because so far as she knows, they've never spent an evening together. Yet lately, the elezen looks at Ramiel like she's seen her beating heart, as if she had it in her hands and pressed her lips to all its scars before gently placing it back in her chest.
To even contemplate the depth of that sort of feeling scares the everlasting shit out of Ramiel. Knowing she's the object of it makes her want to jump into the sea and swim all the way back to Limsa. Lyse, as has always been her habit, thinks it's hilarious.
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- Part 1 of the one with violets in her lap
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"Will you give me this, Ramiel?" Alisaie says, words echoing with the delicate weight of ceremony. They'd established a formal exchange early on, all whispered oaths and promises in the dark. It gave Ramiel a choice, the one thing she valued above all else that was so routinely taken from her. Where catastrophes and monarchs presumed to own, her chevalier asked, ready to take and willing to be refused.
"Always." Ramiel says, a long exhale following her surrender. The pressure in her chest goes out with it. There wasn't any room for such a thing in Alisaie's arms. All that remained was a soul deep exhaustion and the knowledge that it could be eased through service. Ramiel feels her ears droop and closes her eyes, saying "whatever is left of me is yours."
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- Part 2 of the one with violets in her lap