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Yeah logistically it makes sense for them to end up together, I just love Dex too much to ship him with anyone lmaoš
can we talk about the fact that Sophie dated Biana's BROTHER AND Biana's ex CRUSH š like I want Biana to have a realistic reaction in book 10 to Sokeefe and not just "I'm happy for you āŗļø" nah shannon need to spice things up
NO IM SOBBING
Warning: blood, war, death, etc
Sophie forgets that elves are actual living beings sometimes.
Sheās been awake for over 36 hours and all she can think about is the possibility of her friends/family dying. Sheās the Moonlark, itās her inherited duty to protect.
So she starts making a plan. Writing down names and marking them with a bright red X. The easiest way to defeat the Neverseen is to eliminate them.
But the plans become increasingly more violent, more blood, more sacrifice.
She picks out the easiest plan, hiding away the rest, and calls Team Valiant.
They step into her room and she begins to explain the plan. Sheās far too tired, the kind of tired that settles into your bones and fogs your brain, to notice as the horror appears on their faces.
Stina leaves before Sophie can even finish the plan. This is the first time Stina hasnāt run off yelling but the way the door slams says enough. She wants to be strong enough to be part of this team but not if it means the violence Sophie describes. Stina is rude and ruthless but just a kid. She runs home and curls into a ball by the unicorn pens. Sheās too scared to share those plans with her family so she watches the foals chase their mother. She sees so much life, in the unicorns and in the mirror every morning, how could she take that away?
Stina resigns for Team Valiant the next morning.
The slamming door knocks papers onto the floor, all the worst plans finally on display. Dex bends down and collects all of them. He views them with more calm than a child should manage. He canāt hate Sophie for them because he understands the strategy. Heās a technopath, he sees the entire world through science and mathematics. He hates how he agrees with them.
Heāll organize them and set it off to the side. Heāll spend the entire day with Sophie, they donāt talk and she sleeps through most of it. In the many hours when her eyes are closed, heāll walk over to her desk and read through the worst plans. Again and again and again and again. He tried so hard to find holes in the logic.
He doesnāt cry until he gets home and walks right into a prank the triples planned. They wait for him at the top of the stairs and cover him in glitter. Itās silly and juvenile but Dex just breaks. Standing at the bottom of the stairs, covered in gold, and sobbing. The triplets freeze for a second before running away. They come back with the rest of their glitter and cover themselves in it. It makes a mess, the entire stairway is absolutely covered. It makes Dex laugh through his tears.
As the Dizznee family stands, covered in glitter the color of sunrises on the beach, the color his last invention lit up as, Dex finally finds the flaw in Sophieās plan. These idiots in front of him cannot be reduced to a single statistic, they are worth so much more.
Biana sobs when she first sees the plan. She canāt even bring herself to move, just waits for the tears to ruin her mascara and turn her eyes bloodshot. In her head she knows this is war and sheās been a good little soldier this whole time. She has learned the commands fight, break, and heal over a hundred times. She can perform them with extreme efficiency. This is the first time sheās heard ākill.ā
She cries because if Sophie really asked her to, she would. She has learned that Sophie knows whatās best when it comes to these situations and Biana would do anything to protect her family.
She waits for the tears to dry before leaving. Gives Sophie a smile and pleasant goodbye. She light leaps home and sneaks into her brotherās room. Heās not in yet so she waits on his bed. Heās her older brother, surely he can protect her from this.
When he enters the room, heās covered in blood. He had been outside training with Grizel. Itās a small cut but the red is alarming against his thin white tee shirt. He looks so frail in this moment that Biana canāt bring herself to force this unsettling news upon him. He calls her a loser and tells her to leave. She tells him that his cologne smells like dinosaur poop. Theyāre both laughing when the door closes behind her.
She passes her dad on the way to her own room. He makes some half hearted comment about how important family is. How āeverything will be alright.ā Biana knows itās a lie. Sheās known for a long time but she canāt tell if her father knows. She refuses to burden him with this new knowledge.
Biana decides that heās right, it is her job to protect her family. Itās how she will uphold the Vacker legacy. But her hands still shake when she holds a knife. She wonāt kill anyone, yet, not while better ways still exists. Sheāll call Sophie in the morning, plan something better. Sheāll think of her brotherās laugh and fatherās doomed optimism and realizes that any death might take these qualities away.
Wylie is the oldest member in the room. This is the first time he notices how much of a difference this can make. Sophie mentions her plan and suddenly they all look so young.
He canāt even blame Sophie for thinking about all this violence, heās been there. When his mom died he punched the mirror in his room, until his reflection was cut into a million tiny pieces and blood dripped from his knuckles. When his father was exiled, he dreamed about unfortunate things happening to the council. Nothing as violent as Sophie but enough that he isnāt surprised. Trauma and fear can destroy a person.
He doesnāt waste any time lunging across the room and pulling Sophie into his arms. She bursts into tears immediately. He tells her about his family and how much their lives mean to him. About how death destroys so much. He asks her if itās really worth it. She crying so hard she canāt even utter the word āno.ā He know though and thatās all that matters.
He looks over her head at all the other children in the room, Stina running, Dex panicking, and Biana sobbing. For the first time he wonders if this is the reason he was placed on Team Valiant. His coworkers are so young, so full of life. He must make sure they donāt forget that. They have such wonderful futures ahead of them.
Later heāll visit Stina. Heāll find her a job where she can still help the Black Swan but at a distance that makes her comfortable. He wonāt let her feel guilty for leaving. He knows itās whatās best for her health.
Heāll find Dex and Slurps and Burps, reminds him that there is so much more to him than the technology he creates. Heāll offer real human connection, a way to pull Dex away from the metal objects that consume him.
Heāll pass Biana at the mall. Heāll follow her through a few stores holding her bags. He tries not to notice the delicate way her hands run over fabric, tries not to imagine her using the same elegance when wielding a knife. Sheāll talking about what clothes are in, how Wylie should change his hair. Heāll tell her that this is the future she should focus on, following her fashion designing dreams, instead of a future where she wasnāt enough to protect those that matter.
Nobody mentions the plan again. Itās stored in Sophieās dream journal, a somber reminder of being a broken and terrified child.
They will find another way to best the Neverseen.
There is a future out there for each of them.
I wrote some Dexiana fluff :)
Summary:
Biana tells Dex she isn't going to register for the Match.
Then she tells him why.
@aspenaspenaspenaspenaspen @permanently-stressed @alaydabug2 @lisalovesapplesauce I know you guys are dexiana fans!! <33
Dexiana angst :)
Summary:
Biana Vacker joined the Neverseen.
She and Dex can't let each other go.
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