#drabble: osculumabmor [ 01 ] —*
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❝ Don't worry, we will protect you from her beauty. ❞ // zev to al in the cheekiest way possible
Perhaps he had been staring.
Even so, he looks away as the ranger walks passed the two of them, Promise trailing behind her for a moment before she spots him sitting with his meal in his lap. Amber hues lift to the bob cat who shifts course, a slow smile winding across the warden's face as the large cat shifts to nudge her head beneath his elbow to get a sniff of his food.
" Hey— " Alistair whines half-heartedly as his large hand moves to rest against the large cat's head both in affection and to keep her from lapping at his food. He watches as she lowers her body until she is all but in his lap, her head rubbing against his thigh as he settles back in. It offers a nice distraction from his stolen glances toward his fellow warden, a fact that their new assassin friend has become keenly aware of. For as Zevran moves to sit down beside Alistair, his own rations in hand and gilded eyes glancing from him to the bob cat, then back to Alistair with a wicked smirk.
❝ Don't worry, we will protect you from her beauty. ❞
Alistair's expression grows deadpan, gaze slowly trailing away from the pleasant interaction to look the elf in the eyes. He spots the shit eating grin on his face, as his eyes slip from him to look at the beauty in question. Deep in his mind, Alistair knows Zevran is only trying to rile him up, to get him to slip or worse, make a fool of himself. But he can't help himself as he follows Zevran's gaze to find Litriu not far from them on the other side of the camp fire, tending to Whar who seemed to gotten caught in some nettles on their way here.
Her expression is focused, as if she isn't being observed by two men in her company, as if she isn't the topic of their one-sided conversation. Alistair hasn't spoken a word but he looks long at his companion, watching the way her nose scrunches as she tends to her animal, or how her auburn hair covers her face just enough that he can't tell if she notices or not.
Knowing her, she already has.
" I don't need your protection. " Alistair finally chimes in as he forces himself to look away from her, focus once again on his meal in his lap. He can almost feel the crow's smirk on his face without looking, working to put food in his mouth to avoid having to speak again. But he did not deny that her beauty had been what was captivating him in the first place. He can hear the Antivan man start to tell a story, one that was likely meant to make him blush, or even make him lash out. After all, he didn't exactly have the reaction Zevran may have been looking for. Only the image of a love sick fool who is easily goaded into silently admitting such a thing. It has his chest tightening anxiously, but the deep, resonate purring sounds from Promise are a comfort as Alistair sneaks her a piece of dried meat.
He doesn't notice as Litriu looks up from Whar to watch as Alistair feeds the large cat, watches as her charge bunts her head against his knee. Steely hues soften ever so slightly as she watches Alistair laugh, a sweet song as the dimples in his cheeks deepen and his palm smooths down the coat of the bob cat with such gentleness.
Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
#muse: alistair theirin —*#drabble: osculumabmor [ 01 ] —*#alistair || verse: not this again i'm ready this time (origins) —*#alistair || ship: i'm caught up in her design and how it connects to mine (litriu) —*#ooc —* maybe not as cheeky and turned into a sweet moment for the al x litriu multiverse but it was still fun whoops
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