#ignam

In the process of editing Kreah, including limiting the PoV to Kayram and merging Sorah and Viyer’s characters, I had to delete this scene between Sorah and Ignam. There’s no place for it in the current draft, but I still love the passage and think it’s some Peak Ignam content, so here it is! (Or, a slightly line-edited version, because I first wrote this a year and three writing classes ago.)

Kayram and Eyr would both dress as sheep, but Eyr would be, like, a cute fluffy sheep with simple face paint, and Kayram would make a papier-mache properly-proportioned sheep mask and make concerningly accurate sheep noises all night

Sorah would be whatever sexy costume at the Halloween store was the most colorful and flashy, and she’d tailor the costume herself to fit her

Ignam would be a (also sexy) fireman, misunderstanding what a fireman does,

Viyer would just wear normal clothes + hairclip devil horns

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The familiar weight of the wool settled on Sorah’s shoulders, held tight by the thick cloth belt around her waist. She wriggled her fingers under it—Ignam always tied too tight when he was excited—and gestured for Ignam to turn around so she could tie his.

“Are you excited to see mortals blow stuff up in my honor?” He was facing away from her, but Sorah could imagine the grin on his face clear as if she could see it.

She returned the grin to his back. “As I’ll ever be.” Her fingers moved through the familiar pattern of tucking and pulling and she yanked Ignam’s belt tight.

“Oof,” Ignam complained. He turned back to her, wriggling to loosen his belt. “That was revenge, huh?”

“Maybe.” Sorah tried without success to keep her face straight as she tied her hair up in a blue strip of cloth the mortals always loved seeing. (Well, except for one weaver who always complained she’d never be able to replicate the color. Divinity had its perks.)

Ignam tied a thread belt over his ensemble, a few heavy beads dangling from the loose ends. If Sorah knew him, he’s break it within an hour. She supressed a giggle at the thought as he spread his arms, beaming. “How do I look.”

“Gorgeous.” Sorah moved close to adjust his collar. Even through the layers of wool, she could feel his body heat.

“I think you mean hot,” he quipped, his grin changing from regal to goofy in a second.

“Smoldering,” Sorah agreed. “Radiant.” She stood on tiptoe to kiss him. “Let’s go. Can’t keep the mortals waiting.”

Ignam twirled to her side, sending his robes billowing up around him. “How’s that for an entrance?” He struck a pose, legs spread, one arm over his head.

“You’re Kreah Ignam,” Sorah teased, looping her arm through his and tugging him to the temple. “You don’t need theatrics to win the mortals over.”

He grinned that crooked grin. “Aw, but who doesn’t like theatrics?” He grabbed both her hands and pulled her into a spin. She giggled, let go, and stumbled over the hem of her robes.

“You messed up our clothes,” she complained through laughter.

“I thought we didn’t need theatrics?”

“Oh, make your big entrance, Kreah Ignam.” She put a hand on his back and nudged him towards his alcove. With a playful grin, he tumbled dramatically inside and vanished.

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(If you missed it, here’s some background for the very end of that.)

@vampirevaporwave thank you for the clueless aro writer solidarity 👍

5. How do they comfort each other when they’re sad?

Sorah’s very physically affectionate both in comforting and being comforted; she’s big on hugs and hand-holding. She doesn’t really like to talk about it when things are bothering her, but she is 100% down to just snuggle with Ignam until she feels better. Ignam likes to talk, but not to get advice, just to get things off his chest, and Sorah’s good at asking the right questions. He also enjoys a good comfort snuggle.

When Julian’s upset, he just. Cries. Like “hi Remy hold me” and then he just breaks down until he feels better. Sometimes they’ll talk about it afterward, sometimes he’ll just act like nothing happened and move on. Remy just says straight-up what’s bothering him and talks it out with Julian. Both are often accomponied by cuddles.

8. What are their most prominent memories of each other?

I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know what prominent memories Sorah and Ignam would have of each other. For the most part the Kreah don’t have super well-defined individual backstories, since the group backstory of what happened with the Ettan is really the defining moment for each of them. Other than that it’s kinda just “well they were gods for a few centuries”

Julian’s most prominent memory of Remy is meeting him at the masquerade, because A) someone actually noticed and took interest in him for more than the thirty seconds it takes to compliment his outfit, B) well he thought maybe he was straight but boy is he Not, and C) he interacted with a stranger at a party and enjoyed it?? All in all, quite the memorable night. Remy’s most promient memory of Julian is that one time Julian got mad and yelled at him, which is,, less of a happy memory. It was upsetting for both of them, but they worked it out the next day and it was more or less what took their relationship from “pretty boy I like hanging out with and kinda wanna kiss” to the beginnings of a serious relationship with baggage and real communication skills and self-improvement.

@forlornraven you didn’t mention a couple, so I’m gonna go with Sorah and Ignam since I just wrote about them!

15. Does their view of themselves differ from their partner’s view?

Ignam thinks he’s like this aloof badass who everyone thinks is awesome, Sorah thinks he’s a massive dork. (He’s kind of like a cat that way; he acts all dignified until you scratch his chin and then he just Melts.) Sorah sees herself close to the same way Ignam sees her, except she’s got more of an eye for her own insecurities and imperfections, so she’ll be like. Super concious about some little thing wrong with her getup and Ignam’s just like “you look perfect and I love you”

29. What are your favorite moments that happen between them?

Ignam is a rowdy boy! Just a nasty, dirty boy! He is the deliverer of I think the only suggestion of sex in any of my projects (except ASR, which is the exception to like all of my patterns in writing) and also just Down To Fight, Always. His two moods are mischief and rage and I love him.