Astrid: Jack Frost! You’re supposed to be on lock down!

Jake: *mimicking her* “oOoOh! jAcK fRosT, yOu’Re sUpPosEd tO bE oN lOcKdOwn mi, mi, mi, mi, MI MI” that’s all I hear out of your mouth, Astrid. At some point, it’s gotta change.

I like how you think

If you say that then maybe I’ll say I agree with you 👀

I was actually kinda shocked because right after seeing this ask, I went to check my Flambert playlist, and this song wasn’t even there yet (it is now, btw). I don’t deeply know Hozier’s intentions with this one, so everything I’m saying is just based on how > I < interpret it as Flambert coded. And even tho I can genuinely see this song fitting both of them at diff points in their lives, for this post I’m looking at it from Robert’s pov.

Flambae’s the one with the put-together lifestyle here. Sleeps early, wakes up early, actually takes care of what he eats and his body. Worries about the people he keeps close. He’s doing well at work because he genuinely works hard for it.

Meanwhile Robert’s still living a reckless lifestyle. Horrible sleep schedule, definitely doesn’t eat right, basically surviving on cheap coffee, bad whiskey and processed food while he tries to get back to working out like he used to.

So one night at the club, Robert’s sitting alone in a corner with a drink in his hand, watching part of the Z-Team dance — but his eyes keep landing on Flambae. And even in his own head he can’t fully name what he’s feeling. He doesn’t even know if it’s just jealousy.

He wants to be like that. He wants to live something closer to what Flambae’s living now. He wants to eat well, work out properly, all that stuff. He wants to live right like Flambae does.

He definitely doesn’t want Flambae making him live the right way, tho. Definitely doesn’t want Flambae around more and more, nagging him and making him eat right. Definitely doesn’t want to share a routine with him. Doesn’t want him showing him how — or what — to do. Or teaching him how to sleep so well.

You won’t catch Tante Heleen admitting it but Inej borderline scares the fucking shit out of her. Like just imagine when Inej was 15, it was night and Tante Heleen was counting the earnings from last week, she turns and nearly has a heart attack because Inej is just STANDING THERE. In her doorway, just standing there. MENACINGLY.

Heleen asks where the hell did she come from, and Inej just vaguely points right. And she’s about to yell that it still doesn’t answer her question before she pauses, puts the bridge of her nose in between her fingers before he says, “What do you want?” and Inej says, softly, “One of the girls threw up.”

And Heleen’s eye twitches and she sighs and says, “So give her a fucking bucket or something. Get out of my face.” and Inej stands there for a second longer before she says, “Okay.” and walks away. (Bonus if Inej only realizes later how much she used to borderline scare people.)

Thanks for waiting for me to get to this been busy!

OMG I love this so much I see this completely. I see this happening a few times and Heleen can't tell Inej to warn her that she's approaching because that would tell Inej that she isn't aware of Inej at all times, which would give Inej some semblance of control that Heleen would never let her have. Bells are the perfect solution to this and Inej would hate them, would have to get used to being near silent even with them, I can see Inej never risking taking them off even though they would easily be unclasped by just the power dynamic Heleen has over her and resigning herself to learning to be quiet with them. Maybe she figures out why Heleen gave them to her and purposefully makes noise around Heleen but practices being silent away from her and this is a thing that impresses Kaz even more about her, that sets her apart even further.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67640411

Sorry I don’t get the reference 😭