Leon Magnus | Stahn Aileron | 071

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[this is a catch-all for boyfriends

here's a list

- ice cream ✓
- seasickness
- stahn sacrifice ✓
- reunion: judas ✓
- taming stahn's hair ✓
- piggyback rides ✓
- just imagine
- family dinner
- why is there pow hammer
- possessive leon
- apologies
- post-barbatos afterlife meeting
- AND MORE]

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[if it's not one of them ruining it, it's the other.]

Sorry, sorry! [stahn stops, wincing a little—he managed to be completely oblivious to any romantic undertones or cuteness because he thought it would be easier this way. he's definitely giving leon the "did i do a bad?" look right now.]

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[Always gotta ruin the moment somehow... but Leon just shakes his head with a sigh.]

Just be more careful.

[He can't actually be mad at Stahn when he's looking at him like that, okay....]

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Right... I really didn't really there were so many.

[or maybe he wouldn't have shook himself off like that. it didn't even get all the petals out of his hair, so now he's trying to carefully pick out the ones he can see, scrunching his nose a bit and canting his head to the side.

in some respects, stahn can be so competent, and it others... he's kind of a childish mess.]

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[... He is a childish mess, and Leon will firmly refuse the fact that he's fond of this childish mess at all.

(Even though he is.)]

...We should return inside. The others will likely be back soon enough as it is, if they aren't already.

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Oh, right.

[does he look... disappointed? maybe just a little, even if he knows leon is right. and that's exactly why he doesn't protest it at all.] I guess we've been gone for a while... the others will worry if we don't get back soon.

[farewell, cute ice candy date, he enjoyed it while it lasted.]

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[Sorry, Stahn.... it's a hard life, but reality always comes crashing back in just a little too soon.

Quietly, Leon hums under his breath.]

That's correct. There are still plans that we have to make, after all.

[They have to have a party meeting. And so...cute dates are over and done with.]

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[it's such a hard life, and this is why he'll keep fighting. so it'll get easier. so they don't have to abruptly end their nicer outings to work and worry about literally everything but their own happiness.

it turns out, stahn has a lot more things he wants in life than what he once told ilene; things have gotten that much more important now that he has something so much more tangible to strive for. even if part of him still wants to just settle down and have a warm family life, there's so much more to strive for—even just the simple moments like these.]

Yeah... I guess you're right. We really don't have any time to waste, even if we can't leave until morning. [he'll accept it and acknowledge it.

but he's not happy about it, either!! stahn will push himself to his feet though, waiting for leon to stand so they can get moving.

(because even though he could offer a hand, he's sure leon wouldn't take it right now.)]

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[Stahn's right, of course. Leon will push himself up as well, nodding firmly, brisk and businesslike. It's time to return to their task.

It's time for them to focus on what needs to happen, even if it was a nice break, and Leon feels more settled now. He's not afraid of the situation anymore. It's still worrisome and stressful and concerning.

But they can handle it, and at the very least, Leon's more grounded.

(But then, hasn't Stahn always had this effect on Leon? More and more, it feels.)

And it's enough, for Leon to be able to square his shoulders and return to the Inn to plot their next course.]