y'know... hyperfixation or whatever

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Alphinaud Leveilleur & Warrior of Light Characters: Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Indigo Vespertine (OC), Alphinaud Leveilleur, Cid nan Garlond, Haurchefant Greystone, Tataru Taru, Background & Cameo Characters Additional Tags: Named Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Male Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Miqo'te Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Bard Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Developing Friendships, Found Family, Getting to Know Each Other, Platonic Relationships, Trauma Recovery, Aftermath of Violence, Patch 2.5: Before The Fall (Final Fantasy XIV), Patch 3.0: Heavensward (Final Fantasy XIV), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, here we are not restricted by Gameplay Flow and can string out the Trauma as much as we like, everyone is going to be Going Through It but especially indigo and alphinaud, also featuring AU-specific Lore that gradually unfolds itself Series: Part 1 of hearth- and heart-soul shield us all | Hearth-Kin AU Summary:

There’s no solid leads, no long-term plan. The future of the Scions, it seems, rests mostly on a wandering bard, a Lalafell receptionist, and a boy of sixteen, none of them in a situation they’re at all familiar with. There is little room to truly rest, even with the pockets of safety along the way.

But through it all (in spite of his own pain, and maybe partly because of it,) Indigo keeps one ear out for news, and at least one careful eye on Alphinaud.

This, at least, is something he can do.

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Their kin-bond did not begin early. Indigo had others more receptive to his care, Alphinaud shielded himself with self-importance, and neither of them could find the time and space to see each other for who they really were.

But beneath the winter snow and the sundering of all they had known, all these walls could not help but break into pieces; falling away for something better, and so much stronger. After all, it’s a long way from Ul’dah to Ishgard and back, especially when everything has gone horribly wrong.

Sometimes team bonding is a group nap pile in front of Fibonacci’s tank. For Morale.

“…like ants crawling through your veins, under your skin, inside your eyeballs, biting you everywhere… too many legs inside your organs, scratching, skittering, trying to escape…

GET THEM ALL OUT OF ME…”

the way he masks his anxiety and sadness with smile and humor until he literally cannot keep it up anymore

the way he’s trying to be friendly to everyone and share his interests but afraid of being annoying or too much at the same time and not being told that

the way he literally exists with all his tapping and fidgeting and stimming

Day 23: Peely Pix - Soulmates

local magnetic lady living her best life