#rachazel

rachazel coffee shop au 

I don't need you to sell me on reasons to want you I don't need you to search for the proof that I should You don't have to convince me You don't have to be scared you're not enough 'Cause what we've got going is good 

I am also ace, just have learned over the years what different phrasing can imply. I’m glad you like my blog :)

I’m gonna do Rachazel for the ship.If you want Rachelypso feel free to send another ask. This shall be as of SoN

Rachazel

Physical Age

Rachel is 16 (possibly 17 at this point)

Hazel is 14

Mild imbalance in Rachel’s favor

Mental Maturity

Rachel is very mature though still petty and passive aggressive. She knows the world very well and has seen a lot of judgement for what was likely misdiagnosed mental illness when she was having her oracle visions. She’s quiet but loud, intense and able to read the room but also willing to poke at people. She’s found a place where she’s not a freak and she made sacrifices to make sure that they survived. She’s a good friend and not afraid to act whenever she sees the need.

Hazel is very grown up for her age and that’s due to trauma, a lot of it. She died, she’s a black girl grew up in the 1930′s, she knows exactly how bad things can be for people. She’s very mature due to her circumstances and I find that very sad but it’s how it was made. For all her kindness she is fierce and more than able to make the hard decisions, which we see first hand.

Slight imbalance in Rachel’s favor due to her having time to settle and Hazel not having that time

Emotional Maturity

Rachel has dealt with a lot of emotions in the last bit because of all the new things happening around her. She helped in vital times and became an important piece in the war to give Percy information that helped win the war. She’s finally also got a place to belong and that’s really helped her settle emotionally. She’s got a lot of feelings but tends to project a casual appearance that makes it hard to notice her struggles. She’s got a lot going on but overall she’s reached a point of stability even if the new war is upending that.

Hazel is kind and gentle and soft but also is able to challenge Primordials and through her pain make decisions for what she knows is right. She knows how to control her emotions, if only because of her curse and trauma, and knows how to help others with theirs. She’s still unsure due to lack of experience, but once she figures things out she’s able to handle things very well. Her experience in life, and death, has led to her getting a strong handle on her emotions for the most part with normal slips expected of any person. 

No imbalance

Power imbalance

Rachel is the Oracle of Delphi thus all first loyalty must go to Apollo and any other relationship comes second. 

No imbalance but interference

Overall,

Due to Rachel being the Oracle of Delphi there’s a problem because she cannot devote herself to a relationship. While relationships are not actually forbidden (tho in canon they are) loyalty is to Apollo first and foremost. Otherwise there is a bit of imbalance in her favor due to age and mental maturity. They may work out if they waited and took the time to know each other over the years, plus healed from their respective struggles (especially Hazel as she’s not had much of a chance to).

A week after starting at an art college, Hazel begins to realize that her roommate and crush is literally out of this world

or @genderfluidapollo is in need of seom kindness and I’m bad at titles

The eggs were burning. The eggs were burning the taost was basically ash and Hazel didn’t think her mom had ever made breakfast look this hard. She’d already trashed the first attempt at pancakes and wasn’t even going to try for waffles, since Rachel didn’t own a waffle maker anyway. Hazel bit back a curse as she knocked over the measuring cup and spilled a fourth a cup of milk over the counter. 

All around her the kitchen was a disaster area, and the only thing to come out of it was a measly stack of pancakes and four charred eggs. Hopefully Rachel didn’t have good taste buds. Hopefully Rachel didn’t have any taste at all...

Speak of the devil and she shall come, Hazel could hear her girlfriend shuffling around from their bedroom to the bathroom. Rachel wasn’t much of a morning person, Hazel had at least ten minutes to clean of the kitchen as best as she could before Rach came in and saw the mess. She set to work with some scott towels and determination.

Alas, there was Rachel in her blue pajama shorts and tank top, giggling and snorting at Hazel’s expense. Hazel stood there in her sweatpants and tee-shirt, a rag in one hand and a sponge in the other. Rachel wasn’t mad though, just amused, and walked up to her (avoiding stray egg shells) to take her cheeks in her hands and give Hazel a kiss on the nose.

Then she looked up and snorted again, pointing upward for Hazel to see, “How did you get eggs on the ceiling? And is that cake batter?”

Hazel groaned and hid her face in Rachel’s shoulder while her girlfriend laughed some more. 

After another two minutes Rachel had had enough and tilted Hazel’s face up so she could see it. She smiled and kissed her on the lips, then nuzzled her cheek before drawing back and looking right into her eyes. Hazel had a soft smile now that she was no longer being made fun of, and it made her eyes crinkle at the corners. 

“I tried to make pancakes...”

Rachel brushed some stray flour from Hazel’s curles and said, “It’s the thought that counts.”

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