#🎐 may the wind guide me back to you

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small and gentle reminders of you

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the way au ra show affection is quite novel to some but for ito... well let's just say it makes them quite flustered

inspired by @vantaray's comic! it was such a cute little headcanon, it lives in my head rent-free at all times

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flex those guns baby, we love to see you as you are!

auraugust 2024 - flex

bonus meme under cut

Ito and Urianger are looking on in confusion

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Come on now, who cares if you have two left feet? Let us dance!

auraugust 2024 - dance

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a famous cowboy turned simple farmer for the sake of their son finds themselves in company with a mercenary who wishes for a fresh start...

auraugust 2024 - frontier

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Serpentine. Draconic. Devil. I've heard it all to describe how my people look. I wonder... What would you use?

auraugust 2024 - serpentine

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Thancred and Ito can agree on one thing. It's that holding their elf boyfriends can be a bit... tough.

auraugust 2024 - giant

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to find a safe harbor from the storms

auraugust 2024 - safe harbor

I made two edits so I'm just adding the other version cause why not

alt caption - these bitches gay, good for them!

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He found them sitting alone atop the Congregation. It was the wee hours of the morning, the sun not even gracing the horizon with its first light and yet he knew they would be awake. Sleep would not come to them after the events of the Vault and it seems neither for him. He did not hide his steps, not hiding his deafening clinks of armor as he let his hand pull out the chair beside them. They did not remove the tight white grip they had upon their hair, didn't move their tear-stained checks towards him as he took a seat upon their right, and they did not breathe in his direction as he faced his eyes towards them. It was a standoff then. Ito did not move to face him, made no noise to acknowledge he was even there while Estinien made no move to speak platitudes. What was there to say that was not already given? To this grief that marked this stoic and proud warrior so plainly? Nothing spoken could bandage this bleeding heart. Nothing said could bring him back. So he simply let out his hand between them. An offer. A kindness of touch he is sure no one has yet offered them but the young boy under their care. A reminder that he is here, no matter the path. They fit their small hand in his with nary a word, their grip tight enough to make his armor groan in protest but he held them gently as they broke and broke upon the early morning sun.

auraugust 2024 - standoff

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the fisherman and their catch

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.˚₊‧the end‧₊˚.

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That’s pride baby!🌈

thanks @whitherwanderer​ for the tutorial!

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They going to a fancy dinner (and the Satrap is gonna have to deal with them making heart eyes at each other)

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THIER HEIGHT DIFFERENCE MAKES ME INSANEEEEEE

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Sleeping Drago(o)ns

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I'm still foaming at the mouth about Estinien being ace so everyone gets to hear about it.

Head cannons under the cut cause wow... this turned out long.

Ok so I mostly head cannon him as a sex-repulsed ace but really, anything works

Anyway, lore

Back during his shepherd days, he had a few crushes

Sure, they were very far in between considering he was just a kid but also because his home village was pretty small

Besides his brother took up most of his time

After joining the military in hopes of becoming a dragoon well...

There wasn’t much thought other than getting though the training and getting revenge

He wasn’t a stranger to beauty though

I would say it was around this time that he figured out he was bi since he found beauty in women and also men

He even thought Aymeric was quite beautiful but he definitely wouldn’t act on that cause why lose his only friend?

However, even if he thought someone was beautiful he would never think about sleeping with them

Didn’t even cross his mind

He wasn’t an idiot and didn’t know what the birds and the bees were either, he was in the military, plenty of ruckus coming from tents late at night that he would get the hint which ones to sleep near and which to steer away from

He just never had the urge or the want to do it

If anything it made him grimace even thinking about himself in those type of situations

Flirting made him nervous, thinking of that was something else

Now, as I said, he didn’t give much thought on all of this anyway, more focused on getting the power to kill Nidhogg

It was probably around the time he was traveling around the east did he really figure out that he had absolutely no interest in sex

When he was traveling and was done hunting down the eyes of Nidhogg did he really sit himself down and think about what he wants in life

He was thinking maybe picking up being a shepherd again since the life of a solider was something he knew he wouldn't be able to do forever

Even entertained the thought of helping Aymeric in the house of lords should he ask

But he does know for a fact that he doesn’t want to fight forever

Then the topic of partners came up in his head

He knows that he does want a partner eventually, especially now that he is in a much better space to spend time on a connection with someone else

Though... would he ever want to be physical with that person?

He doesn’t think about sex right away of course since the boy got emotional problem up to his elbows so the thought of like a simple hug is what got him flustered at first

Then after a while did it come to the topic of sex

And man... he was not interested in that still

He thought at first it was because that is a very exposing state to be in with someone so maybe eventually he would be able to just he wasn’t emotionally ready for the idea now

But then more thought was put into it

And more

And a little bit more

And still he never wanted to have sex with anyone

It was all a bit confusing, he really didn’t know what to think about it for a while

Then Ito was a thing

It took him (and her) to really figure out where his feelings where for her

And when they both figured it out and started a relationship, they took it slow

Like really slow

This isn’t Ito’s first relationship and might not be Estinien’s but they both have been long out of the game and don’t really know what to do

I mean, wow, holding hands was a big deal

Then (much) later things became more comfortable and they were able to do things much more comfortably like hugging, kissing, sharing a bed, the works

It was when Ito was making a move to more heated territory late one night did Estinien finally figure out he was ace

Ito could tell right away that he wasn’t comfortable, stopped, and then proced to ask him if he was all right and if they should leave

They had a very long conversation that night and finally it was Ito that brought up the word ace

They were more comfortable in their sexuality of being a grayace, have been for a long time, so they knew what was up

After what Ito told him, he went looking into it

And bam, he finally knew why he never thought much on it

So there we have it! Please add on to it if ya want or change it around for your story, I’m always a sucker for seeing ace characters!