Duende - Unusual power to attract or charm (Written for an "ask" post where people could send a word and a pairing for me to write a blurb).
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"You just can't see what you do to people."
Ichabod Crane didn't hear those words when Agent Reynolds spoke them. If he had, he would have wholeheartedly agreed.
For Abbie Mills had charmed him from their first meeting, from her first words to him. They were mildly threatening, but her voice was so soothingly melodious and she held herself with such grace and authority that he was immediately enthralled.
She doesn't know what she does to people. How could she? How could she know her power to charm everyone in her orbit, to be able to command his heart with a single word?
Not even a word. A gesture. A look. How many times has she calmed him, stopped one of his rants with a softly uttered, "You done?" or "Okay." or merely a raised eyebrow? And how many times has she allowed him to rave on, knowing how he needs to let off steam from time to time or he'll pop?
No, his Lieutenant is blissfully unaware of her power over people. Over him. And that's what it is: Power. She has completely enchanted him, and he will happily follow her to the ends of the earth and beyond as many times as is necessary.
Abbie Mills is not a witch like Katrina, but she possesses a magic all her own. And Ichabod Crane is only too happy to be under her spell.