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leela + brax as people who work in a library (can be either undercover or au, you decide :D)

oooh... I choose AU!! I LOVE writing platonic leelabrax asxhsksbdksn — this can also go along with a university teachers kind of AU, if you want 👀

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The university archivist is a strange man, with cutting eyes and the kind of look that says he knows far more than anyone around him. Leela is not sure how true that is, but she can tell that he believes it. She has never seen him soften the way he does when she approaches him with a question; at first, she becomes defensive, because she does not want him to see her as fragile — she does not want anyone to see her as fragile, or soft, but especially not someone she works with.

The library is a nice work environment, a place she can help people and learn more herself. She gets strange, disapproving looks, sometimes, when people hear her stumble over words in her second language or ask why she does not use contractions — she did not even know what a contraction was, until she looked it up in the dictionary. Where she comes from, combined words do not exist as they do in English.

Irving Braxiatel, known among university students as "The Icicle" — a funny name, considering that the school's headmistress is called "Ice Maiden," almost as if the two of them go together in some way — seems to become warmer when Leela works with him. She never asks why, and he never truly tells her anything outright, but she senses a connection. He does not point out her shortcomings, or the ways she differs from most; in turn, Leela does not pry into his constant secrecy.

There is something guarded about Brax, but then again, there is also something guarded about her. Perhaps in some quiet, unspoken way, they understand each other.

send me a character pairing + an AU and I'll write three sentences(ish)

#hi hello yes i love the idea of leela + brax + a slight language barrier #leelabrax and linguistics is kind of my niche??? like every time i write them i come back to this #they mirror each other!! they are understood without having to say a word!!#brax is the ONLY person who never talks down to leela because of the language barrier/cultural differences #even romana does it albeit unintentionally but she DOES sometimes dumb things down #(for lack of a better word) and seems bemused by leela's confusion #but brax? brax NEVER does. he sometimes has to explain stuff to her but the way he talks is the same as he talks to anyone else #there is no difference in the respect he gives her even when she stumbles over words or doesn't understand things #and that's FOUNDATIONAL! from weapon of choice! the first time is when she questions what gryben is #and narvin scoffs and romana kind of gets nervous but brax simply butts into the conversation and lays down the facts #i just think there's something very special about the fact that he is the only person who doesn't treat leela ANY differently #even though she IS different #the only difference is that he is slightly soft with her ajdjxxnskzndjs #Lu rambles #Lu writes #ask games #dweu #gallifrey #leela #brax

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