Warning: romantic content, mild jealousy, hint of a more intimate moment, gender-neutral reader, possible spelling and lexical errors
addressing : you, your, yours, they, their
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The Crystal City glowed, as always, in cool shades of blue, but your heart was hot with tension. You, the Archivist of the Circle of Light, were sorting through old archives when you came across the unexpected - Wing's holorecord, hidden among the training reports.
He started playing and his voice was usually calm, it sounded gentle and thoughtful
"I will never forget you. You were my continuation, my strength.." - the audio holorecording sounded
You didn't immediately understand who he was talking about, as a thought occurred to your processor, what if he was talking about his ex-partner, you thought it would be worth asking him who this "continuation" was, you weren't one of those who gets jealous, since you trust Wing, but now you felt a slight twinge of this jealousy, you were interested in how often he mentioned his ex, your fingers squeezed this recording, but you loosened your fingers in time so as not to break the datapad, you exhaled trying to calm down.
Suddenly the door to the archive opened, you threw the record away with a serious face and continued sorting through other datapads, the one who entered was none other than Wing
"Are you busy?" His voice was calm, but his optics were meticulously studying your servo wires, which were too quickly translating the datapad to "deferred"
You didn't look up, but your energetic movement of the servo wire betrayed your confusion.
"Yes. Archiving. Usual work"
He came closer, you didn't move from your place, so as not to show your embarrassment even more, your optician looked for a moment at the drawer of your desk where the record was, and immediately returned to her task, sorting the datapads
"You are so diligent with me" he tilted his steering wheel, his voice was warm, and curiosity played in the optician "found anything important?"
If you could sweat you would be covered in sweat in an instant, you didn't plan on talking to him about it right now so you forced out while still trying to keep a serious tone
Wing reached out the servo cable - not to you, but to the nearest rack and took a random datapad
"Then ....I won't interfere" he diverted the datapad in the servo cable, but his gaze slid to your table "if you need.... help ..."
You had to run, or confess, or ....
"...Maybe it's time for a snack?" You stood up, locking the necklace
Wing looked at you in surprise, then laughed quietly
"Snack?" He put the datapad back in place "okay."
Crystal Bridge. Circle of Light Training Hall.
Wing stood in the middle of the hall, his sword gleaming in the cold light of the crystal walls. He was sharpening the blade—not because it was dull, but because the routine helped to organize his thoughts.
He knows that his Conjunx Endura, the archivist, but today they were very tense, it was noticeable in their gestures, the way they tried to hide their emotions under seriousness.
Wing already guessed that they had found something in his past, nothing shameful, but there were things he did not talk about.
You thought about how best to ask Wing about what you had seen and heard.
So a little later you went to the training room, where Wing was. Wing had just finished another training session, he turned around as he heard someone enter the training room, Wing smiled at you.
"Aren't I distracting you?" You asked
"Not anymore" his calm, light smile was still on his face
"Wing ....I have a question.."
"I'm listening to you, worldspark"
"Did you have someone before me?" You asked a little innocently
You looked at Wing in anticipation, you held the datapad you found behind your back in the servo wires.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, did you have someone before me?" You asked more directly, you showed the datapad and gave it to Wing
Wing watched the recording again, but to the end where it said that he was talking about a sword, and you didn't have time to watch it to the end, your optics widened from understanding how you looked
"Sweetiapark I was talking about a sword" Wing smiled looking at you, his smile still remained light
"What? Really?" You were surprised and didn't know where to go from shame, because you started to be jealous of Wing for his "ex" who turned out to be a sword, if you could your face plates would be very, very red
"You were jealous of me for a sword?"
"... A sword? A sword?!" Your processor froze for a second. If there was a way to get through the ground, you would have used it.
Silence. Even the hum of the fans seemed too loud.
You stared at the floor, where your fingerprint was already starting to burn out in shame.
“It was... an emotional breakdown,” you whispered, quite ready to disappear.
Wing put a hand on your shoulder:
“Flame, if you had watched the recording...” He turned on the hologram - the image of the blade appeared in the air. “...you would have known that I would never trade you for a weapon.”
Pause. Then - his eyes flashed:
“Although it did look good in my hands.”
You pushed him desperately in the chest, but Wing was already laughing, pulling you closer.
Shame turned to something warm as Wing held your servo, his fingers sliding over your wrist.
“You know…” his voice was low, on the verge of irony and tenderness. “If I were to truly compare you to a sword, it would only be because you are the only one who can break me.”
You were getting excited, but he didn’t let you say a word. His lips stopped a moment before touching, deliberately provoking:
“Say, flame… Do you really want me to stop joking?”
Your response was instant. You gripped his shoulders, finally closing that damn distance.
The kiss was passionate and hot, so hot that your cooling systems had raised their activity level to mid-level.
Wing's digits traced the contours of your details on your waist, studying them and memorizing what they felt like.
After the kiss, he looked at you and smiled his usual smile, but there was a faint tenderness in the smile.
"Here... too open," you whispered, feeling his energy field hum at a low frequency.
Wing stifled a laugh in your neck module:
"You know the rule if no one sees the violation, it doesn't exist."
Suddenly, footsteps in the hallway.
You fell to the floor in a perfect battle roll, pretending to practice dodging. Wing stood above you with his sword as if demonstrating a technique.
The door opened. Dai Atlas froze in the doorway.
"Are you... training?" his voice was full of suspicion.
Wing calmly lowered his blade: "Yes. Yesterday the flamethrower lost to me at chess. Today he's working off his debts."
When Dai Atlas left, Wing opened a hidden equipment compartment, cramped but large enough for two.
"No one will find us here," his voice merged with the rustle of the ventilation system.
You felt his fingers find the sync connector on your back:
"You're not against unconventional training, are you?"
Your answer disappeared into his mouth module.
(this was supposed to be a short fic, but whatever, I'm happy with the result)
(English not my native language)