uncaged. Ā alrighty, so here is the OTP meme that no one asked for ( but which Katherine certainly tempted me to do anyway ) because Eve is the worst,Ā and David is amazing,Ā and because itās Valentineās Day.Ā
So here you go; for you, @valouriism. With all our love.
1. Who initiated the relationship?
Iād say the actualĀ ārelationshipā aspect of the relationship was pretty mutual -- organic, even, in that it seemed to become something understood ( if not explicitly spoken about ) somewhere after the ( first ) interlude in the library and the moment she pressed the key to the lakehouse into his palm. Itās not something they get around to actually talking about for a while, I suspect -- itās just sort of something they understand, inherently, for the most part. But as for who started the pursuit, so to speak? It was Eve. David was impossibly proper with her, mentor and friend and nothing more -- and it was Eve who pushed at the boundaries of acceptable conduct, who looked overlong and too boldly, who entertained the idea of moreĀ first.
2. Who had feelings first?
Itās hard to say?? Because what was between them initially was not romantic -- it was?? Platonic?? Companionable?? It was David, willing to risk his life to protect her, not even a few hours after theyād met; Eve, hesitating to leave him behind and run because he was dyingĀ for her.Ā David, unafraid to look her in the eye despite what she is; Eve, telling him in the dark that she chose her name and it belonged to her. David, training her for weeks, months, years; Eve, rising to his every challenge, struggling and striving against him. David, trying to recommend her to anotherās instruction; Eve, refusing to be trained by anyone else. Itās David & Eve, sparring and training and keeping company with each other for years, spending time together, both quietly and bickering. Itās David & Eve, knowing each other better than they know anyone else. Itās Eve, twisting and turning alone in her bed; Itās David, being noble and careful and deliberately oblivious.Ā Itās Eve, knowing that if she kisses David, heāll leave her enough space ( when he retreats ) to run. Itās David ( finding her gone, and a letter in her place ) setting out to hunt her across the world.
Who had feelings first? Probably Eve. But thatās too straight-forward an answer for the complexity of the question.Ā
3. Was it love at first sight?
Of a kind. Dying for someone leaves an impression. That was love, of one variety. The kind that this question probably means didnāt come until much later.
4. Who was the first to find out about their relationship?
Keeping in mind my commentary about their ārelationshipā from up there, Iām going to say Lucian, if only because heās seldom oblivious to anything that happens under his roof, and is ( where Eve is concerned ) particularly mindful. He is the first to be aware of how she tests Davidās patience ( and control ) in regard to their boundaries, but he sees fit not to comment on it for a long, long while. Ā
5. Who has to drag the other onto huge roller coasters?
The amount of time either of them gets to spend at theme parks notwithstanding, I think it would be Eve to choose the rollercoaster -- but she wouldnāt have to drag David onto it. Itās kind of an arbitrary test of bravery and daring, as far as mortals go, but if Eve wants to show him something āfunā, David is usually down to humor her.Ā
6. Who gets flustered after a make out session?
Both of them -- but Eve more so. Sheās hot-blooded; moreover, ( at least with him ) sheās very tactile, and once theyāre past the point of pretending that nothing has changed between them ( ahem, theĀ library, part oneĀ ) she takes shameless advantage and seeks out his kisses, draws them out until they both forget themselves for a little while. ( She likes the way David looks with his hair a mess between her fingers, you know. )
7. What do they have in common?
You mean aside from everything??Ā Sheer willfulness, read:Ā stubbornness, and a sense of responsibility; an understanding of the legacies they were born to, and the crowns they carry individually -- and together. A love of weaponry, of sword play; the thrill they get from a good fight; a passion for the written word ( and for listening to one another read aloud ). A fascination with sunlight; their shared, sarcastic sense of humor; an underlying wildness they both keep very carefully tucked away.Ā
8. What makes them different?
Eve is a creature of impulse and instinct; she has been taught and trained and honed to a fine edge, but she is ever-most aware of her feelings, what feelsĀ right instead of what seemsĀ right. David is logical, precise, intellectual and deadly proficient at whatever he applies himself to; reasoned and careful, willing to put his people above himself. Where Eve is sometimes inclined to run from the responsibilities of the Coven or the Pack, David is always respectful of his role and duties -- sometimes detrimentally so. They balance each other out in that way; she pulls him from the mire of his dedication to work, to the war and to their people when it starts to become too much; and he keeps her grounded, anchored -- a gentle but much needed reminder that she has a home, and a place in the world, and that it need not ever be alone.
This question is just??? Like, in bed?? Or?? Ahem. Okay, look, Iām gonna answer this non-sexually because reasons: Eve bows to Davidās will in a great many things ( because she trusts his opinions, trusts his intentions ) but will also argue with him ( quietly or heatedly, between kisses, or kicks on the training mat ) about things she believes in, policies or points of contention they donāt agree on. But otherwise?? Sheās inclined to follow his lead in most things -- because usually theyāre on the same page, and heāsĀ the Elder around here. But also?? Personally, between the two of them, in regards to things that are not matters of Coven affair, or Pack business?? They are an even keel of push and pull, maybe somewhat weighted in Eveās favor, because David has a hard time saying noĀ to her, in truth -- not unless it really matters. But, honestly, they would give each other anything, so??? Dominance is really a matter of perspective, and the situation at hand.
10. Who is the otherās designated driver?
Drinking and imbibing aside, Eve is more than happy to let David drive anytime, anyplace -- he enjoys it as much as she does, after all. But David also letās Eve drive too, sometimes, and thatās just?? A sign of trust, of things that donāt bear putting to words, that she canāt even begin to quantify. It doesnāt matter who drives generally, as far as Eveās concerned; but when it comes to David? Sheās definitely his one and only designated driver.Ā
11. What simple things make them crazy for eachother?
Everything??? Ā Eve likes the little dip that forms between his brows when heās thinking; likes the way he moves through a room, casually regal, a king dressed down in jeans and a t-shirt. She likes the way he swings a sword, likes the set of his shoulders when heās relaxed; likes the smooth rumble of his voice when he reads aloud; likes his warm chuckles, or better yet, his startled laughs.Ā
12. Who practically worships the other?
Eve. David. Both. Literally and figuratively. They are devoted to each other, were in thought and heart before deed; in innocence before romance. There is nothing David would not do for Eve, if she asked; there is nothing Eve would not give David in a heartbeat. Itās not that they think the other can do no wrong; itās that they believeĀ in each other, so strongly, trust in their partnership so inherently, that they donāt feel itās a danger.
13. What do they do if the other accidentally falls asleep in their bed? (If they donāt share already that is.)
Lol, accidentally??Ā Listen, okay -- in the days before they actually share a bed? David would never have stepped foot ( or stayed ) in Eveās room at the monastery long enough to actually fall asleep there. But Eve, falling asleep in his room? In the days before he starts to ween her of the habit, she visited often enough; hovering in the doorway to ask him what he thought of training that day, or this weapon or that form of fighting; as she got older, he discouraged her from entering, so she had no opportunity to fall asleep there. But the library?? The one in their wing; their libraryĀ -- there were times when he looked up from sharing the room with her ( the two of them quietly, unobtrusively in one anotherās space ) to discover her asleep on the couch across from him, a book laying open beside her. There have been times when he stood over her, watching the rise and fall of her chest, and contemplated how best to rouse her and send her back to her room.Ā There have also been times when heās stared at her, soft and deceptively vulnerable in her sleep, and lingered in the room an hour or two later until she stirred naturally, and he could quietly ( gently ) send her on her way.
14. Have they almost died for each other?
( hOARSE LAUGHTER IN THE DISTANCE )Ā Oh, yeah, once or twice.
15. Who is more overprotective of the other?
Thatās not even fair???? David. Heās the protector -- the over-protector, if you let Eve grumble loud enough. He puts her safety above his own, above his Covenās; above everything else -- though he doesnāt make a show of it. Some of the few serious disagreements they ever have are over Eveās safety, over his prioritizing of her escape over any chance of her joining a battle; over his insistence that she protect herself instead of standing with him in a fight. She doesnāt like it -- what was the point of spending a lifetime training ( of continually training, even now when they are trying to end the war ) if she canāt be expected to stand and fight, if sheās not allowed to fight for whatās hers as much as his? Just -- boy, let me tell you, this is one of those things that they will probably always clash over. He wants her safe. She feels safest ( and deadliest ) at his side.
That being said -- if you think Eveās not prepared to throw down in the meanest and cruelest ways to watch his back, to be his left or right hand in a fight? Oh, youāre deadĀ wrong.Ā
Oh, oh boy. Both? Itās both, I think, but -- Eve, definitely. She -- listen, okay, sheās not super good at sharing; maybe thatās because she spent a lifetime wanting things ( or maybe itās because itās DavidĀ ) but she doesnāt like when others are so freely and openly inclined to hit on him. The problem with this is, of course, that lycans are obscenely casual about affairs; vampires practically invented sex and betrayal-driven political plotting -- there will always be people who think David ( as an Elder; as a Commander ) is an excellent mark. There will always be someone as attracted to his physicality as his rank, to the snap of his teeth or the even authority in his voice. And those people will sometimes look over their shoulder to find Eve, poised and cool, with too many teeth in the bemused elegance of her smile.Ā
What Iām saying is: when their relationship is still unfulfilled, when theyāre just starting out, she is more prone to low-grade fits of jealousy, but she is better raised ( better taught ) and too aware of the power dynamics of immortals to rise to the bait, to let it guide her where others want her to go. For any claim she feels the need to reassert, David is hers behind closed doors -- and later, beyond them. As the years pass, her jealousy will not be so quick to peak, so fast to burn -- but her desire to claim him ( with her kiss, with her hands, with her body and heart and soul ) will always be as demanding and impossible as ever.
17. Who wants to have fun and who makes lists in their sleep?
Fun-Plotter In Chief: Eve
List-Maker Extraordinaire: David.
( But letās be real honest: David likes to have fun, itās just his sense of duty and responsibility that keeps him pinned to his desk. Still, she manages to tug him away at least once or twice a month, doesnāt she? B)) David is Deputy Fun-Haver. )
18. Who was in denial over their feelings?
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Probably Eve, if only in the sense that places she stays from any length of time tend to have a lived-inĀ feel to them, as opposed to the austere, orderly perfection that some other rooms at the Coven tend to take on. Her mother would never have allowed the sort of casual disaster that mortals of a comparable age would consider bedrooms, so Eve never formed the habit for real messes, but her rooms tend to be lined in bookshelves, stocked with souvenirs of places sheās beed or things she seen; her camera equipment on one table, a book of photos ( and photos to be added ) on another; whatever her latest project ( translating an old text for fun; trying to diagram one of Lucianās obscenely detailed weapons schematics ) is usually on what is supposed to be her desk; always, thereās a book ( or three ) on her nightstand. Sheās not messy, per say; but her spaces are comfortably cluttered with her.Ā
Davidās room tends to be of a military-grade personalization; there are touches of himself here and there -- a jacket slung over the back of a chair; a half-finished book laid aside; the rumpled sheets where heād rolled out of bed too early because Eve came knocking -- but generally he is orderly and neat enough to not bear any particular remarking upon: the legacy of an upbringing under a strict father with a warriorās sense of order.
Still, he too keeps books on his nightstand, and when they start to co-habitate, he probably finds that the lived-in feel of the space he shares with Eve feels more comfortable ( I daresay, more home-yĀ ) than it was before.
20. Would they be good parents?
Oh, god -- yes?? -- but not any time soon. Like, arguably, neither one of them has the most conventional of examples for parentage; David never knew his mother, never really understood or saw eye to eye with his father. Eve never knew her biological father, had a fairly serious rift with her mother for a time, yet loved both Selene and Lucian to death. So like?? They would probably do their best to raise a child ( hypothetically ) in the way they should have been raised; to be deadly but also to be loved; to be a child and not just a warrior; to be their own person before they are the legacy in their veins; to want things for themselves beyond the good of others, but to never forget they are a part of this world as much as any other. ( Also donāt tell me they wouldnāt love and spoil a child in a variety of subtle and not so subtle ways, okay; donāt even try to lie to me. ) Like?? I donāt foresee that happening any time soon -- give them a century or three to enjoy each other -- but if it did?? Yeah, theyād give it their best -- and for two devoted perfectionists? Iād never bet against them.Ā
