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FFXIV Write 2024 | Day 4 | Reticent
Spoilers: A Realm Reborn Level 50
Characters: Annie Ruthie (Warrior of Light) Thancred Waters
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Annie’s heels spun around the corner and into the room before them. “Gods, you look awful,” they said to the hyur, a cheeky smile spreading across their face.
“It’s good to see you, soldier,” Thancred responded, sitting up. Annie sat at the foot of his bed, letting their hand rest upon his calf.
“We’ve missed you,” they started. Thancred gave a small shake of the head. The two of them had always been reticent about their feelings towards one another, but something about today felt different. It hung in the air more than usual. Maybe it was everything that had happened; the fight with Lahabrea, and everything that had unfolded as a result. “We have,” they continued. “It hasn’t been the same without you around, Minfilia’s been worried sick, and-”
He let out a sharp inhale at the mention of Minfilia. That was the one piece of history they hadn’t ever spoken about before, but then again, why would they? They weren’t anything of import, at least not that the two of them were willing to acknowledge. Still, Annie knew they overstepped their bounds, allowing their hand to caress his skin beneath its touch.
“Annie-“ They winced at the word, hand tightening around Thancred’s leg beneath it. Annie. He never called them that, not since they had first met. “I’m sorry. I can’t help but feel- This was all my fault. And… and I owe it to you and the Scions-”
Annie placed their hand on Thancred’s bare chest, pressing their lips to his. They had never kissed before, their drawn out moments of longing always interrupted by one of them spinning their attention to a different matter. This was special.
Annie released the kiss, finally allowing their eyes to meet Thancred’s. Annie would have sworn they saw the smallest glint of a smile spread across Thancred’s face, before he whispered, “Gods know how long we’ve waited.” The hyur leaned forward to press a second gentle kiss to the Au Ra’s lips.
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I've tried to write this scene between Annie and Thancred for months, and this is the closest I've come to something I'm happy with. The end of their relationship is something I'm really happy about, but the beginning of their story has always given me trouble. This might just be something, though.
@bananarose for gpose credits ♡
FFXIV Write 2024 | Day 7 | Morsel
Spoilers: Shadowbringers Level 72
Characters: Annie Ruthie (Warrior of Light) Thancred Waters
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Thancred felt their wrist wriggle beneath his touch as he backed the Au Ra against the wall. Annie’s startled gaze settled as their eyes locked with his own. Thancred didn’t want to waste any time; he’d been waiting long enough. They ultimately shouldn’t be doing this here, not with the pixies, nor their friends, so close. But this moment was Thancred’s for the taking.
His lips immediately found their place against the Au Ra’s, after having left his gunblade absentmindedly against the wall. Thancred groaned as Annie’s free hand pressed against his chest in habitual response. He could feel a smile he knew all too well press against his lips at the sound. Gods, he’d missed this. He’d missed them. He started working the familiar path down the their jawline and across their neck. Annie let out a sharp inhale as he started picking at their neck with his teeth. He worked to leave a new mark; all of his past work had been erased in their time apart. “Hi, soldier,” he muttered between nips.
“Hi,” they responded with an exasperated chuckle. Thancred’s free hand traced the outline of their scales beneath the cloth of their shorts. He had all but memorized the pattern of their scales across their body; even five years apart couldn’t expunge the knowledge from his memory.
He found himself sliding his thigh up the wall to fit between theirs. He felt nails raking into his chest, Annie’s body arching to reach closer. Thancred allowed himself a moment of reality, sliding his leg back down to the ground. There would be the time and the place for this. But it wasn’t now, not here. A hiss escaped Annie as their grip on his chest loosened. “Gods, you must have missed me,” they groaned.
Thancred knew that was but a morsel of the truth. He had spent every moment of the last five summers and five winters wishing for them to be safely by his side. He’d missed the way their curls spun in different directions each day, and the way they flounced in response to the touch of his calloused hand. He missed the cheeky smile on their face whenever they made a joke at his expense, and the softer one that they tried to hide when he called them ‘soldier.’ He’d yearned for the feel of their hand in his. He itched to hear his name in their mouth again. He craved every piece of them he’d ever had before.
But that was too much for Thancred to possibly convey, especially in these conditions. “Yeah,” he panted, “you could say that.”
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