#baldursgoons

IT'S BEEN AWHILE since birdie has had a real friend, & she pauses in her work at mending a heavy winter cloak to look up at aurora in surprise. ❝ oh. they do ? ❞ of course, birdie considers almost everyone to be her friend, even those she hasn't met yet. but it's hard to keep friends when you don't stay in one place for very long, & birdie tends to wander on her own more often than not. so to hear the assertion being directed at her brings a broad smile to her face, her pale feathered wings giving a giddy flutter. ❝ i didn't know. i guess i've never had one stick around for long enough to ask. ❞

she hesitates, but aurora seems genuinely curious. & though birdie hasn't had anyone ask for awhile, the story hasn't faded from her memory. her eyes drop to her stitching as she begins. ❝ my father was a mortal — i never met my mother, but he thought her an angel when they first met, on account of her wings. he said they were so great they could almost touch the ground. when she left him, she left me, too. i didn't have my wings when i was a baby, so i guess she thought i was a mortal, & that i should be with my own kind. but when they came in ... ❞ she pauses, glancing back up to catch aurora's eyes, her wings settling close against her back. ❝ my father didn't enjoy having the reminder of her. so i left. i've been on my own ever since. ❞ & birdie smiles then, shrugging. it isn't a sad story ; not to her. after all, it ends with her being set free.

       Amongst the din of the tavern around them, the bustle of patrons and fellow adventurers, of drink and cards and other pleasurable pastimes, hours has passed and Jack hadn't taken his eyes off of their new travelling companion. Some might have called him enchanted, but he was in perfect control of his own mind: entranced though he might have been by her red curls and playful tone of voice, it was their conversation that mattered most. Jack knew how to talk in order to get what he wanted from people, but he could count on one hand how many times those conversations had been effortless. With Sera, he talked, he laughed and, more importantly, felt understood. How she had managed that in one afternoon he did not know ( maybe there was some kind of fey magic involved ), but it only proved that he and Billy were right to let her tag along with them as they headed for the Sword Coast.

       Jack didn't bat an eye as Sera reached for his hand and guided it up her arm. The soft flesh of the inside of her wrist made him feel a little dizzy, but it was nothing compared to the warmth of her neck under his fingertips. They'd gotten closer too — their table might only have been small, but it meant that Jack had hardly noticed her lean in, their foreheads now only inches apart. Everything else around them had fallen away long ago. Now it was just his fingers, her eyes, her lips. He gently brushed his thumb along her jawline. He wanted her, he did — it would have been so easy to just give into the desire that their sudden, inexplicable intimacy with one another had induced.

       Six months ago, he wouldn't have hesitated. Six months ago, it wouldn't have mattered.

relationship meme! @baldursgoons

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

i definitely think nita would be interested in circe. they have certainly lived an interesting life thus far & their staff would simply enrapture her. this being said, i could see them both being on the fence & friendship not coming super quickly. i could see them enjoying a drink by the fire while secretly sizing each other up at the same time. i could also see them almost having a push & pull friendship because both of them being so reluctant to make longterm connections but finding enough common ground to at least calling each other friends. would it be easy? no! but that is part of the fun. i also think there are a lot of paralells here that would be fun to get our hands on / develop some sort of friendship for them w.

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [ on your muse ]  /  cheating [ with your muse ]  /  other 

if they did go down a romantic route, i could see it being a little bit difficult which is sooo fun to play with. with circe not being over her ex & nita being someone who can be a little bit obsessive / requires a lot of devotion there could be some really fun drama to peel away here. on the other hand, there is something really yum to me about the potential of them as people who struggle w intimacy finding it in one another. also because of tht devotion nita tends to fall into, i could see her having some sort of really intense crush depending on chemistry & plotting, regardless of whether or not it's requited.

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

if we went the familial route, it could also be super, super fun. because to nita family is an obstacle to overcome. they provide an enviornment that makes you your best or you die. so if we did go this route, i could see it being a very sibling-rivalry kind of vibe depending on how fond they are of each other. but if nita were to view circe as a sibling, they should certainly check their tea for poison. often!

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other