#sightoferos

“Whoever makes him happy. The man is a fuckin’ ray of sunshine, and he deserves people in his life who make him feel as loved as he does everyone else.”

[I love Dom with Eilidh, of course, and with Chris (though he hasn’t been around lately), and his existing relationship with Ames is really wonderful.

It’s funny, though, it’s kind of hard for me to speculate about ships with Dom, and I think it’s kind of his fault. Like... I know a lot about him, but he makes a point of being happy and optimistic, so even though I know that he’s got more substance than that, and I’ve seen it in a couple threads, it’s still kind of hard to picture what he’d be like in a serious relationship where he’d actually end up showing more vulnerability. That’s something I really haven’t seen from him, even though I know he’s got it in him.

[What about the first time Eilidh is able to sit on Jason’s lap without him immediately shoving her off? Like they are at a bar or something celebrating with the other soldiers and long story short she loses her balance and unfortunately he is the one she falls on top of. Thinks for a split second that this is how she dies but instead he just places his hands gently on her hips and helps her stand back up without a hint of annoyance.

Sphallolalia - Eilidh and Dom

Sphallolalia: flirtatious talk that leads nowhere

“here to make ur day brighter,” the text read, beneath a photo of Dom’s abs. Eilidh laughed and set the phone aside for a moment, finishing up with the shelf she was inventorying before she picked it up again.

“You fuckin blinded me how am I goin’ to work now??? take this as revenge,” she shot back, along with a quick photo snapped down the front of her shirt. “hope your in the mood for a launrdy day bra cause thats what you’re getting.”

It was kind of impressive that he remembered this was inventory weekend for her, considering how she’d almost forgotten herself. Absolutely her least favorite part of the job, it was two days in the fucking storage room: no customers, no company except when Jaime took his breaks and used them to come back and taunt her, and lots of counting with little else to occupy her imagination. Thank fuck the three of them took it in turns, and she didn’t have to do it too often. When her phone buzzed again, she sighed and made herself finish yet another shelf before she looked at it. The only way out was through.

“u covered up ur best assets sheila how could you?” Eilidh grinned at the mock-hurt tone and replied, “all the better for you to uncover them of course. tell the army to fuck off and come rescue me...”

The clock was hardly moving at all, and the storage room felt bigger than usual when she looked at all the shelves and boxes she had left to deal with, but if she could just push through and get through a quarter of it, she could take a nice long break. She picked up the pace a bit at the thought, still counting carefully, even if her handwriting got a bit less neat.

“long one for me 2 m8. id get em uncovered & 0 energy to do anything about it :-/ BUT how about....”

“WHAT?! dont tease me you bastard. not on inventory day”

“still a sofa in ur break room?”

“YES DOM PLS TELL ME”

Eilidh wasn’t even trying to work between texts now. Better to make plans, then focus on work, right? Sure. But he was taking his sweet time answering, and she was going to make him regret that (even if she didn’t for one second stop smiling).

“1 hr sheila. then im comin over and were going 2 NAP like nobodys ever napped before”

She laughed happily--that was exactly what she wanted to do. All she wanted to do, but she could make herself work until he got there. Eilidh sent off one more text, then she put her phone away and got down to business with the inventory list.

[Ames ( @notyourshrink ). The “why” is a very long and complicated story with a lot of pieces. Ames sees Eilidh for exactly who she is and accepts her, even though that isn’t always easy. He told her ages ago that he didn’t understand her at first, but when he looked closer he found someone worth knowing, and that’s stuck with her. Eilidh isn’t a fake person, but she’s got layers, and a lot of people don’t bother trying to figure her out beyond the fact that she’s fun to be around. Ames did. And he gave her a chance to see love in a different way, a way that helped her shake off a lot of baggage from her past. And she loves him because of who he is: because he’s kind and loving and generous, despite all the awful things he’s been through. I could go on, but really, I don’t think I could write an explanation that does justice to Eilidh’s love for Ames. This whole blog is basically a record of how she fell in love with him.

Dom ( @sightoferos ). Eilidh enjoys Dom in a way that’s kind of hard to articulate. Being around him makes her happy, and she feels completely at ease with him. It’s a relationship that’s hardly ever emotionally intense, but that doesn’t make it less meaningful–Eilidh’s life is full of action, and she finds a kind of peace and joy with Dom that she doesn’t have to work at or think about. She appreciates the struggle he’s had and how kind it’s made him, even if she sometimes worries that he’s too kind, and she likes being a kind of retreat for him. A safe place, somewhere where he can be entirely himself, even if he’s having a rough day or feeling down. She’s grateful to him for giving her the opportunity to do that, for trusting her like that. He’s one of the people who’s always welcome at her flat, who can come and just do nothing (or do stuff, whatever they’re in the mood for). He’s family.