Iâve been seeing this go around so!! Hereâs my take for Talinora!
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[ image id: a fillable sheet for character couples. on the left side of the sheet is an icon of a blond woman with short cropped hair labeled âtalitha.â on the right side is an icon of a woman with long, curly black hair labeled âalinoraâ. talithaâs has a purple background, while alinoraâs is red.
below the icons is a list titled âlove languagesâ where 5 are listedâwords, quality time, acts of service, physical touch, and gifts. alinora has quality time & acts of service checked off in red. talitha has words & physical touch checked off in purple.
between the icons are four boxes. the top two are labeled âheight difference.â talitha is listed as 5â7, while alinora is 5â10. the second is labeled âages.â talitha is listed as â30â, while alinora is 28.
below those is a checklist with several milestones / traitsâ
confesses first: alinora
initiated first kiss: alinora
says âi love youâ first: talitha
big spoon: alinora
worrier: alinora
better with money: alinora
more experienced: alinora (note: i interpreted it as romantically. if sexually, it would be talitha)
wakes up first: alinora
steals blankets: talitha
speaks more: talitha
normally cooks: alinora
apologizes first: both
ticklish: talitha
on either side of the checklist are two squares. in the center of the squares are two lines, either end labeled.
the first square is labeled âpet names.â the vertical line has âuses oftenâ and ânever usesâ on either end. the horizontal line reads âclassicâ and âsilly.â talithaâs name is at the top of the âuses oftenâ line, dead in the middle. alinoraâs is on the âclassicâ side, and slightly more towards the ânever usesâ end.
the second square is labeled âjealousy.â the vertical line has âeasily jealousâ and ânever jealousâ on either end. the vertical line has âneeds spaceâ and âneeds attentionâ on either end. talitha is on the ânever jealousâ side, but leaning towards âneeds attention.â alinora is also on the never jealous end, but more towards âneeds space.â
the third square is labeled âexpressing affection.â the vertical line is labeled, âtouchâ and âwords.â the horizontal line is labeled, âreservedâ and âPDA.â talitha is in the center, more towards âPDAâ. alinora is more on the reserved side, but leans more towards words than physical affection. however, after typing this out, i realized sheâs supposed to be more towards âphysical affectionâ than âwords.â whoops!
the fourth square is labeled âattachment.â the vertical line is labeled, âover-protectiveâ and âchill.â the horizontal line is labeled, âseparation anxietyâ and âindependent.â both talitha & alinora are on the âchillâ end, towards âindependent.â
the last section is labeled â3 songs to describe them.â i picked:
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alinora rubbed her face. âiâm sorry,â she said. âi was angry. it isnât an excuseâno matter how i was feeling at the time, i shouldnât have said it. and for that, i apologize.â
she wished the words didnât sound as strained as they did; that it didnât sound as if apologizing was the worst thing she had ever done. it wasnât, and she was sincere, but it didnât sound that way. she hated it.
talitha was leaned against her desk, arms crossed and face carefully blank in a way that alinora couldnât read. she hated it. talitha was one of the most expressive people she had ever met. seeing her so⊠blank was unnerving. unsettling. she hated it.
she hated it even more knowing that it was her fault.
the longer the silence stretched the more words she could feel piling in her throat. they stacked on top of each other, scratching at the delicate skin there and making it ache. emotions brimmed, filling her skull until they were all pounding to be let out.
she swallowed them back, even though it hurt. she didnât know which ones would fix things, which ones would make them worse. she didnât know which ones would come out in the first placeâand she wouldnât, couldnât, risk them being the wrong ones.
after what felt like an eternity, talithaâs arms dropped. she rubbed her face, looking tired and aching and more run down than alinora had seen sinceâsince ansai, since weaverâs bane. âyou arenât the only one who said things they shouldnât have,â she said, voice as scratchy as alinoraâs throat felt.
âi knew you didnât mean them,â alinora offered, stepping closer, hesitantly. âyouâre not⊠you arenât that kind of person. you can make the digs, stick the knife in, butââ she shook her head. âit hurt, i wonât lie, but they didnât land. they werenât⊠lethal.â
talitha swallowed. âgood.â
alinora hesitated. then asked, âwere mine?â
ââŠalmost.â
âiâm sorry.â it came out right that timeâdropping with every bit of the regret she felt.
talitha stretched out her arms. âi know,â she said.
alinora took three large steps and let herself be wrapped up in the tightest hug sheâd had inâ ever. and she returned it just as fiercely.
âi love you,â she whispered. âiâll do better. be better. i promise.â
talitha held onto her tighter, somehow. âi will too. i love you too, nora.â
alinora presses two fingers to the cut on her lip. it stings, and she grimaces. she canât say sheâs ever been in a bar fight before, which⊠is honestly kind of ridiculous given everything. you would have thought that, while stuck in tierani, that she would have pissed someone off enough to start a good, old fashioned brawl.
but, no. she hadnât.
instead, her first bar brawl happened not because of soemthing she said, but something talitha had said. which honestly wasnât that surprising, because that woman could piss off more people than alinora had ever dreamed. (and yet, somehow, she also had more friends than anyone who pissed so many people off had any right to.)
talitha stands next to her, prodding at the beginnings of a black eye and grinning at her own split lip in the mirror. she looks at alinora and wiggles her eyebrows, eyes shining.
âyou know,â she says. âyouâre not half bad to have in a fight. and you throw a hell of a right hookâwhich, by the way, is a trait i very much appreciate in a woman.â and she leers, but thereâs an edge of humor that takes any discomfort alinora might have felt at the expression away.
âiâm sure you do,â alinora says, and hides a smirk when she adds, âthough iâm sure it makes breakups more complicated.â
talitha snickers. âthats a very diplomatic way of putting it.â
âi pride myself on my diplomacy skills,â alinora says, mock serious.
âreally? could have used those back there, i think.â
âwell, sometimes diplomacy is best served up through fists.â
talitha laughs again, a bright sound that makes alinora want to smile. she doesnât, but only through extensive self-discipline and the fact that her lip still stings.
âwelp,â talitha says. âwe better get back to the ship so aishlynn can yell at us.â a bit of mischief enters her eyes. âdo you think sheâll yell louder or stomp off if i call her âmomâ?â
future modern âverse, this time!! no kids (yet) but tali & nora are married!!
as per usual iâm not satisfied with the ending but im p happy with the rest of it :) ty for asking!!
five word prompts
âHello? Itâs me. I-â
Talitha scowled at her cell, and didnât even bother listening to the full thing (or reading the transcription) before swiping left. It disappeared in a flash of red. She dropped her phone next to her and covered her face with an arm, head tilted towards the ceiling.
She heard shifting from Alinoraâs corner of the room, and then footsteps. The couch dipped as Alinora sat beside her. âAre you okay?â she asked.
Talitha moved her arm, to look her wife in the face. âIâm fine,â she said. âJust⊠annoyed.â
âWho keeps calling you, anyway?â Alinora asked. âThey should know by now youâre not going to answer.â
âItâs my mom,â Talitha said, and Alinoraâs face pinched. âShe wants to reconnect, or whatever. Apparently, she and Lyn are having lunch together pretty regularly, now. Sheâs met James, and everything.â
âBut youâre not ready for that,â Alinora said.
âNo. And I probably wonât ever be. I donât want to talk to her, I donât want to talk to her new husband, I donât want to talk to their kidâI just. Donât want it.â Talitha sighed. âLyn doesnât get it. She does her wholeâsour face thing, every time I decline her invitation, or mom tells her about how Iâve been declining all her calls.â
âLynette doesnât have to get it,â Alinora said, taking Talithaâs hand. âYou have to do whatâs best for you, and if not being around your mother or her new family is whatâs best, then thatâs for you to decide. Not your sister. Itâs good that sheâs able to reach out to them. Iâm happy for her. But she has to show you the same courtesy.â
Talitha nodded. âEasier said than done.â She paused. âAnd no, I donât need you to talk to her.â
Alinora shrugged, smiling a little bit as if to say, âyep. Guilty.â Talitha couldnât help but smile back. It was sweet of her to think of offering, but this wasnât something Nora needed to intervene on. Her relationship with Lyn wasnât like Alinoraâs relationship with Aishlynn. An outside presence wouldnât be welcomed, even if said outsider was the otherâs spouse.
âDo you know what it is your mom wants to talk about?â
âNo,â Talitha admitted. âI thinkâno. I hope that sheâs calling because she wants to apologize. But I⊠I donât know. And if sheâs not calling to apologize⊠itâs going to make me angry. Angrier, I mean. Because I deserve one. Both of us do, really. But I donât think sheâs apologized to Lyn, either.Â
âI donât think Lyn really recognizes that we need one, actually. But I do. I do. And I want one. I donât⊠I donât know if that would make me more willing to cross that bridge but⊠It would make me feel better. I think. Give me closure, maybe?â Talitha shook her head. âI just donât think she realizes that I need one. She sees all three of us as the victims of dadâs shitâshe doesnât get that she did shitty things too.âÂ
Alinora nodded, listening. She was a good listener, Nora was. Which was good, because Talitha did a lot of talking. A lot of talking. Drunken rambling, three am secret-sharing, passionate rambling about her areas of interest, and whining about her family. Among other things. Nora listened to it allâand remembered a really big chunk of it too. Talitha really needed to take her out to dinner again. One of those fancy places she loved and Talitha hated.
Talitha sighed. That was for later. âIâm so tired of her calling. But I canât bring myself to block her number, because what if itâs an emergency? But if it is an emergency, am I really gonna know? I never answer her calls, I donât listen to her voicemails⊠The only way I would know is if she sent me a text, and Iâm not sure Iâd even read that!â
Alinoraâs thumb rubbed soothing circles on the back of her hand.
âI just⊠I hate this. I hate everything about this. I hate that part of me wants to know what she wants, if only so I can know if Iâm justified for still being angry. I hate that Iâm afraid that Iâll forgive her, because like, isnât that what youâre supposed to do, to move on? I hate that Iâm not ready to forgive her. I hate⊠I hate all of it, Nora. The whole damn situation. But I just⊠I donât know what to do.â
âI donât know either,â Alinora said. âI just know that Iâm going to be here for you, whatever you end up doing.â
Talitha sighed, and leaned against her wifeâs side. âThanks.â
âDonât mention it,â she said, combing her hand through Taliâs hair, nails lightly scratching her scalp. âThatâs what Iâm here for.â
Talitha nosed Alinoraâs neck. âWe should go out this weekend. Somewhere fancy.â
âYou hate âsomewhere fancy.ââ
âNot entirely true. I like getting out my fancy suits.â
Alinora snorted. âYou do at that.â
âAnd showing off my language skills. And trying new, weird foods. And making people stare at me because I donât act like a lady. Andââ
âMaking a scene in whatever subtle way you can so we donât get kicked out of the restaurant. Yes, darling, I know.â
Talitha grinned. âSo. Wanna go out?â
Alinora twirled one of Talithaâs short curls around her finger. âI suppose it couldnât hurt.â
Talitha did a small fist pump. âDate night, for the win!â
âWhy did I marry you.â Alinora heaved a sigh, and Talitha laughed.Â
âYou love me. Duh.â
âHow could I have forgotten.â Alinora rolled her eyes, but she was smiling.Â
Which one is more easily made jealous? & Who confessed their feelings first? for Alinora & Talitha!
Which one is more easily made jealous?
Hmmm. Neither Alinora nor Talitha are very jealous people? But like... Talitha is a flirt; she flirts on automatic without really thinking about it? Whereas Alinora is more closed off & unfriendly. So I feel like, of the two of them, Talitha is the one more likely to get jealous :P
Who confessed their feelings first?
Hmmm... Talitha was definitely open about her flirting and interest in Alinora, though I donât think she ever outright said, âI have feelings for you.â I think Alinora was the one/will be the one to actually sit down and say, âHey, I like you, I know you like me too, letâs see where this goes.â
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âI couldnât hate you even if I wanted to.â pirate baby & gf
thank youuuuuuu. this one was super fun :o
modern!au ofc. p sure the ending kind of sucks but :shrug:Â
Alinora hated her mouth sometimes. Most of the time, really. She was always saying things she didnât mean. Always. She was too blunt, too harsh, too cruel. Her knee-jerk response was always something scathing, sarcastic, or sardonic. Somehow she had made friends despite that, but she knew, she knew that she was always one callous remark away from losing all of them.
And she was pretty sure that she had just lost her girlfriend.
She pushed her hand through her hair and knotted it at the root. She pulled sharply, grimacing at the dull ache lancing through her skull.
âAlinora?â
Alinora glanced up. The door was open. When did the door open? She hadnât heard it. It usually creaked. Had Aishlynn oiled the hinges? (No, because when Asa came over just a little earlier, it had creaked. Sheâd jumped, and Talitha had teased her.)Â
âWhat are you doing here?â
She was pretty sure Talitha had left. Not that Alinora blamed her. She didnât want to be around herself most days, especially when she was more biting than usual. She still wasnât sure what had set her off. A dozen little things, probably. All culminating in one highly insensitive comment.
âUh, you invited me,â Talitha reminded, stepping into the room. She hesitated. âAm I not welcome?â
âNo, no. Youâre always welcome,â Alinora said, hurriedly. âI just... Donât you hate me?â
Talitha snorted. âWhat, of course--â She stopped, then, and took a better look at Alinoraâs face. Alinora wasnât sure exactly what she looked like, only that her hair was a mess and her face felt hot. She wasnât crying, but her eyes ached like she had been.
âOh, Nora.â Talitha shut the door behind her and walked over, dropping to a crouch in front of her. âDarling, I couldnât hate you even if I wanted to. Which I donât, duh. Youâre my girlfriend. The light of my life. The sun in my sky. My north star, my guiding light.â She took Alinoraâs hands--one out of her hair, the other from around Alinoraâs own waist--and brought them to her mouth. âYou said something you shouldnât have, but letâs be real. I stick my foot in my mouth all the time, and youâre still here.â
Alinora snorted. âYeah, but itâs...â
âItâs the same,â Talitha cut her off. âDo you know how many times Iâve gone too far when I was bantering with your sister? Or how many times I accidentally made Ava cry? Or how often Lyr refused to talk to me for a few days? I can be just mean as you can, and one day, Iâm gonna say something insensitive to you. And youâre going to say something cruel to me. But, yâknow, itâs not the end of the world. We just have to try our best not to, and apologize when our best isnât quite enough. Itâs gonna be fine, babe.â
Alinora closed her eyes. She bent her head forward. âYouâre right.â
âGo and die for all I care!â - tali & nora somehow pls
okay so iâm combining this with the other prompt you sent, 14 from this list. for extra angst purposes!
prompt source!Â
so this one is... set in the canon universe, but isnât exactly canon??? a similar situation to this is planned, but itâs. very different. (very, very different lmao). BUT i adapted it to fit the prompt. because otherwise it wouldnât have made as much sense.Â
CW: some discussion & references to suicide. under a cut bc it got long!!
"Fine," Talithasnapped, "just go and die for all I care!"
"Maybe I fucking will,"Alinora snapped back. "Beats hanging around in this lousy fuckinglife." Alinora slammed the door shut behind her and stomped down the hall.Tears burned at her eyes but she ignored them. That woman was so... she wasso...Â
She was so irritating!
Alinora wasn't exactly happy aboutthis either, thank you very much, but it was the only way. Nomagical solution was going to drop in their laps. There wasn't a deus exmachina waiting around the corner. There was only them versus a god--and evenwith the power they had accumulated, they were still mortal. Whathope did they have against Fate? The only way...Â
This was the only way.
She pushed through the doors,stepping out into the little pocket world Talitha had created. There were days,like this one, when Alinora really hated this place. Talitha was everywhere.Her magic fueled it, created it, shaped it. It no longer drew from her, but herhand was in everything. You couldn't turn around without seeing her.Which was the last thing Alinora needed--or wanted--right now.
She made for the gates. Maybe she'dvisit Elaena. Spend some time in Death's castle. Challenge Death to a game ofchess. Or poker. Or something. Anything to keep her mind off that terrible,wretched, awful woman.Â
Talitha slumped into the floor. Whyhad she said that? Of all the things she could have fucking said, shesaid that. To an already suicidal woman with a history ofsacrificing herself for the greater good.
Why am I such a terribleperson? She buried her face in her hands.Her only consolation was that Alinora was probably heading for the trainingroom, to ruin a few unsuspecting dummies. Lyr would probably bitch about havingto make more, but honestly, Talitha couldn't care less right then. She'd makethem herself, if it meant that Alinora had a safe, productive wayto work out her anger.
There was a distant squeal as thegates swung open. Talitha's head snapped up.
Oh no. Oh fuck. Oh, Talitha fuckingJade, you're a goddamn idiot.  Shescrambled to her feet and threw open the balcony doors just in time to watchAlinora stride through the gates, head held high. Talitha turned and ran,nearly flying down the stairs in her haste to get outside.
She burst through the doors.Tracking Alinora would be hard, because as soon as she left, she probablyshadow-stepped away. But, Elaena was Alinora's handler. It wouldn't be thefirst time that Talitha had needed to contact her over Alinora disappearing.Not usually because of them having a stupid fight, though. Itwas usually Aishlynn. Or Asa. Or Lyr, once. Or. You know. Most everyone butTalitha, because normally, Talitha watched her fucking mouth.
Elaena. Babe. Need your help, please.Kind of panicking at the moment. Talithasent out the prayer, the thoughts lined with a desperate edge. Her heart washammering in her chest. Her tongue tasted of bile.
Elaena appeared, and for onceTalitha didn't even bat an eye at the way she materialized from shadow. Therewas a bored look on her face, instead of the usual bit of concern.
"If this is about Alinora,she's at the castle. Was in the middle of badgering Dad into playingchess." Elaena paused. "Pretty sure he's going to give in." Sheshrugged. "Got a fucking soft spot a mile wide. Guess you two got into it,then?"
"I said something stupid,"Talitha said. "And I want to apologize for it."
Elaena nodded. "You'll get yourchance. Go... prepare some grand gesture, or whatever it is you lovebirds do.I'll keep her out of trouble. Or whatever."
Talitha slumped. "Thanks,El."
She waved a hand. "S'my job. Godo yours."
And then she disappeared.
Talitha stared off into thedistance, over the bleak forest, where she could see the spires of Death'scastle. Alinora was in good hands, for the moment. Talitha needed to come upwith a damn good apology.
And then hope Alinora could forgivethe unforgivable.
Alinora rubbed her face. Three gamesof chess--two against Death, once against Elaena--, half a bottle of wine, anda really good spar later, and she was home. Sore and tired asfuck, but home. And dreading what she was going to find in their bedroom.
Would Talitha still be there? Or wasthis the last straw?
At the time, Alinora hadn't thoughtpast more than leaving. She hadn't thought about how it might look from theoutside. Not until her second glass of wine. She should have come home then. Butshe didn't. Instead, she took Elaena up on her offer to spar, and... leftTalitha to worry some more.
Obviously Tali would know that therehad to be very specific circumstances for Alinora to do what she was planning.It wasn't just something you rushed into half-cocked. But that wouldn't make itany easier to bear. Wouldn't make how they had left things any more comforting.Wouldn't have made it any more certain that Alinora was going to come home.
Alinora took a deep breath, andpushed open the doors.
Talitha was on the couch, lookingfidgety and nervous as hell, but also extremely soft and open in her too-bigsweater and leggings. Alinora's favorite dish was on the coffee table (oneTalitha hated dearly) and there was a mug of her favorite tea as well. Andcandles. The warm, cinnamon scented ones that Alinora only brought out onspecial occasions, because it was easier to just use magelights most of thetime.
Talitha gave her a little, crookedsmile. "So, um. I said something stupid earlier," she said, becauseof course she was just going to jump right into it.
Alinora closed the door softlybehind her, leaning into it, listening. Hoping her expression wasn't toosevere.
"And... I shouldn't have saidit. I didn't mean it. I was just... angry. And that's not. It isn't an excuse.I know better. I know that, that words hurt. That they mean things.That they can cut deep. Make scars that last a long time. And, I don't. I don'twant to do that to you? That's not the kind of person that I want to be. Not thekind of relationship that I want us to have.
"And. I'm going to try and dobetter. In the future. Whether, um. Whether you forgive me or not. But I'mreally hoping that you do, and we get to continue to this, because. You'rehonestly the best thing to ever happen to me. The light of my fucking life,honestly. And I don't want to lose you because I'm an idiot. But I mean, you'dbe well within you're rights to just. Drop me. Because I was an asshole.Majorly. Worse than I've been since---"
Alinora held up a hand. "You'reforgiven," Alinora said softly. She hadn't contemplated anything else. Hadbarely registered the words, barely realized what Talitha had said in the firstplace. All she had seen was Talitha's anger, her immediate shut down of themost obvious way to end this, before it got any worse. That probably saidsomething about her mental health, something she didn't really want to examineat that moment. "It's not like I haven't been an asshole... most of thetime."
Talitha snorted. "Yeah, but you'venever told me to--" She cut herself off.
Alinora raised an eyebrow. "Howmany times did I tell you to jump off a cliff, Tali?"
"Yeah, but you didn't mean it."
"Neither did you."
"Yeah, but mine was said out ofanger. It wasn't a joke. I wasn't teasing you. I was pissed,and frustrated, and I said something stupid. It's different."
"Are you trying to talk me outof forgiving you?" It wasn't working, but Alinora was curious anyway.
"No! Yes. Maybe! I don'tknow."
Alinora snorted. "It isn'tworking. Isn't going to work either." She walked over to her, and sat onthe couch next to her. "You said something stupid. I'll grant you that.But I don't think it was out of anger."
"No? What would you call thatthen?"
"Fear." Alinora leanedagainst her side. "You were afraid. So you said something mean. Becausethat's what we do, when we're afraid. You and me. Doesn't make it a good thing.But it's an understandable thing. So. I forgive you. Because I know you didn'tmean it. I know... that you meant the opposite, really."
"I did," Talitha murmured."Still do."
Alinora nodded. "See?" Shepaused. "Besides, if I didn't forgive you, who's going tocling to me like an octopus all night? I won't be able to sleep without that, Idon't think."
Talitha laughed, wetly. "Guessnone of the others are clingy like me, huh?"
"Not even close."
"I love you, Nora."
"I love you too, Tali,"she murmured.
Talitha kissed the top of her head."Light of my fuckin' life."Â
I'll use this as an ask to request misc. talinora facts now, throw 'em at me :p
aaah ty!! iâm always down to talk about my girls :D
Talitha is constantly singing Alinoraâs praises. She calls her âthe light of my life, the sun in my sky, my north star, my guiding light, the queen of my heartâ and other such grand endearments. Sheâs also fond of using more normal ones like âbabe, honey, darling, baby, sweetheart, doll, etc.â
Alinora is not really one for nicknames but she will call Talitha âdarlingâ or âbaby.â Sometimes she breaks out âhoney.â Doesnât matter which one she uses, Talitha melts every time.
Talitha is (loudly) vocally supportive and often exclaims âthatâs my wifeâ when Alinora does... anything. Anything at all. The only time she isnât super encouraging is when it comes to Alinoraâs sense of humor, which she (fondly) insists is terrible.
Alinora isnât as loudly supportive as Talitha, but sheâs sitll very supportive of her. She will be one of the first people to remind others of how smart that Tali is & always listens to her plans, no matter how ridiculous.
Kind of inspired by some of the Vivji posts you made earlier, but Tali & Alinora both have/get tattoos. They have a matching one, though I havenât decided what it is yet.
Tali is fond of latching onto Alinoraâs back whenever she can. Usually at very inconvenient moments. Alinora pretends to be annoyed but never actually shakes her off.
Talitha will also plop into her lap whenever she feels like it, which Alinora also pretend to be annoyed about. Sometimes Alinora will plop in Taliâs lap instead, though, which makes her go very red.
For that matter, of the two of them, Tali is more likely to blush. Sometimes she can catch Alinora off guard, but for the most part? Alinora is better at getting Tali to blush. She doesnât abuse this power... much. (Lyr thinks itâs hysterical.)