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ɴɪɴᴀ ᴢᴇɴɪᴋ ([personal profile] callmedeath) wrote2033-06-16 07:35 am
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-21 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ He furrows his brows at that. Pretend to be married? Why? Right, because apparently it's better to pretend to be a couple than brother and sister… Not that Matthias could ever believe she was his sister. He's well aware he looks at Nina in a way that isn't appropriate.

He shakes his head and opens his mouth to protest, but she's the one who's suggesting this to keep him safe. Marriage, whether fake or not, provides a layer of protection. That's everything he's ever learned about it. And Nina has done nothing but protect him—from the icy waters of the True Sea, from the lingering chill of the snow and water, from the Grisha she knows so well.

This should be easy. ]


You want to pretend to be married to me?

[ Why this is so shocking to him, he doesn't know. Nina likes to shock. She likes doing things that make his heart beat a little harder.

He eyes her for a moment before he curls the corner of his lip upward. ]


Will you still make your jokes?

[ This is important. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-21 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Smiling, he shakes his head. Incorrigible. That's what she is. Absolutely incorrigible. And so very Nina, too.

It does offend his Fjerdan propriety, but Matthias has left Fjerda behind him. Perhaps he did the very moment she spat in his face the word 'slaver'. While marriage is something sacred to him… there's something a little intoxicating about being able to pretend to be her husband. He's already hers, but… This is putting a different label on it.

He won't be just her Fjerdan. ]


Do you think it will work? That they'll believe someone like you would marry someone like me?

[ Nina marrying a Fjerdan. Nina marrying someone all and literal and stubborn enough to not want to laugh at her jokes so loudly. He's so different to her. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-22 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
It is.

[ He concedes quietly with a small nod.

Would people believe someone like her would be with someone like him? Matthias knows what he's done. She knows what he's done. People who look at them won't know that he once hunted her kind because her kind had taken everything away from him. They won't know the endless cycle drüskelle and Grisha live every day. Fear drives them.

Matthias is afraid now, but not in the same way he had been of Grisha before.

If he pretends to be married to Nina… Well, what if he likes it too much? ]


You forgot exasperating. Wiggles too much in bed. Claims all the sheets for herself.

[ And she's kind and wonderful and does things to his insides that he likes very much. ]

You also forgot beautiful.
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-22 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I don't!

[ He laughs, flustered. She's not supposed to come to that conclusion! But expecting Nina not to do as she bids whenever she bids isn't wanting her to be herself at all.

Glancing down, he doesn't pick at the waffles again. He exhales softly, his shoulders shifting. There's still time for her to change her mind, to go back with her people and rejoin her life. She won't take it, though. Stubborn to a fault. Infuriating, too. ]


Have you ever done this before?
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-23 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ So, this is new for her. At least he won't be the only one fumbling around.

Matthias prides himself on his work ethic, on his ability to see his duty through and to do so with the most honour. But this? This isn't as simple as capturing Grisha. While he takes a piece of himself to every mission handed to him by Brum, this requires all of him. (This, at least, he won't look back on with shame.)

And Matthias Helvar doesn't do anything half-assed. Paddling and pushing a heavy piece of wood in thick furs should prove that. ]


We are a team.

[ She keeps his heart working. He kicks. They've proven how good they are together, even before he knew her name.

Still with a serious expression, he teases, ]
You know, in Fjerda, the wife is expected to hold her husband's hand wherever they go or else he risks becoming lost.
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-24 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Your paws are very tiny.

[ But he suspects that he'll be able to hold his hand, anyway. It's strange to think there had been a time when the thought of holding her hand repulsed him. Now… it's all he wants to do.

She's done something to his insides, and he's concluded it's not because of her power.

He leans across the table, feeling an impulsive burst of playfulness. ]


It's a Fjerdan secret, Nina. You can't go around telling everyone, then everyone will be holding hands and it'll lose all meaning.

[ It's only meant for one Fjerdan. Him. And Matthias Helvar can be quite possessive. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-25 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ His heart flutters at that. Husband. He's never been a husband before, and never thought he would be. His life had ended when his village burned. All he had was the drüskelle. That was before Nina. Now he gets to be something—someone—more.

He smiles before he nods toward her plate. ]


Are you sure you don't want to finish your waffle, min fru?

[ Matthias figures if he's to be her husband, he's to ensure that she doesn't make any rash decisions, especially when it comes to her beloved food. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-26 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ It does make him itch. Matthias likes plans. He likes knowing where he's going, what he's going to do there, and how long he's meant to stay. It's part Fjerdan customs, part drüskelle rules, part him.

Placing his hand in hers, he's gentle when he grips it. She's asking him to take a leap of faith, something that he's still not entirely confident in. What if he loses his footing and they go slipping into the icy waters again? Or she ends up injured or captured and taken away from him? What if he's discovered by his drüskelle brothers?

Matthias prefers plans. They keep things in order, people safe, and expectations clear. But everything to do with Nina has been an explosion of spontaneity.

He smiles softly at her as he considers her words. Everything in him wants a plan, but Matthias knows that's a luxury that perhaps they don't want. ]


We could go to Novyi Zem. There are no wolves there, but I have heard there are dogs. We could pretend to be farmers.

[ Where the weather is neither warm or cold. It won't favour him or her like Fjerda or Ravka would. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-26 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ When she stands, he quickly glances around, hoping that her movement hasn't drawn unwanted attention. Not that he'd know, anyway; Ravka has been an idea to him for so long, one that harbours those he had sworn to stop. Everyone around them could be unwanted attention.

Now… It seems like he's busy being fed by that nation.

Flushing, he peers up at her for once. He thinks to press his lips together to prove difficult, but maybe he has his whole life to do that. He ensures to take a big bite of the waffle considering she's offering him something so precious to her. ]


I'd wear several shirts. It isn't proper to wear none.

[ The drüskelle won't kill Matthias. Him being a stubborn dumbass baking in the sun wearing several layers will.

With a playful purse to his lips, he shrugs. ]
Long sleeves, right up to the neck.
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-26 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He laughs loudly, scrunching up his face. It's not like the roar of laughter that had emerged from him at the whale huts, which has been laced with some incredulity. This is Matthias' laugh.

Gripping her hand, he peers down at her. ]


I will wear nothing but pants for you, Nina.

[ Even in the cold, although he suspects he'd have her to help warm him up.

With pink blossoming at the tops of his cheeks, he glances around the street. It's a little too obvious he's practically a tourist, so Matthias tries not to look so out of place despite being blonde and big and very much the Fjerdan stereotype. ]


We should rest. We can go tomorrow.

[ Although, if she wants to board a ship now, he's more than happy to do so. But there's the issue of money and possessions and everything that they aren't carrying on their backs at this very moment. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-27 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Us when it should be you. He can't help his soft sigh. Nothing can be simple. It feels unfair. Nina deserves to rejoice being back home, especially amongst her people and friends. But Matthias can't be a part of that.

Somewhere during the shipwreck and the whale huts and their snow-covered journey, she's started to mean something to him. He'd claim it's the frostbite talking, but he's never felt this warm in his life.

He squeezes her hand. ]


Maybe it's best you speak. [ Best to have a plan in place, at least. Matthias would prefer it. He expects Nina might, too. ] I can't hide how I talk.

[ How Fjerdan he sounds. If her friends are truly her friends, they'll know she had been taken by drüskelle. The math is easy to pull together. ]
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[personal profile] furred 2023-06-28 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Peering over her head, he drops his gaze to hers. Perhaps he'll come to terms with her accepting her choice and the consequences of that choice while out at sea. Or maybe it'll take him a lot longer than that to finally realise that she's chosen him, warts and all, leaving everything she knows behind.

Ducking his gaze, he nods. She'll nag him until he's started the process of accepting what she's confessed until he's blue in the face and as flat as a pancake.

He lifts his eyes to hers and nods again. ]


It sounds more beautiful than your snoring.

[ Matthias smiles and brushes his fingers against her jawline. But he agrees. After losing everything, he's gained everything again. He doesn't want to let that go, despite what she might think. ]

But I still think you should speak. If your friends try and find you… [ He lifts a big shoulder. ] They will never leave us alone if they think you are in trouble.

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