I'm sorry, Author Alert people. This is the fandom and pairing for me right now.
Rating: T, minor swearing and mentions of sex in a handful. My mind started going in the gutter around 40 or so, so I took to interspersing the last few in between the ones I'd already written.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters. Enjoy!
#1 - Bandages
Even though she certainly didn't like him injured, Lucy secretly loved when Laxus was in bandages. They made him look just too damn cute, especially when his face was wrapped. He just didn't appreciate the sentiment.
#2 - Secrets
She was really rather proud of herself, when, after several months of secret dating, Mira suggested (again) that she go out on a date with Natsu. If Mirajane, the matchmaking barmaid who had a habit of over analyzing everything into a romance, hadn't cottoned on, then Lucy was a better actor than she thought.
#3 - Hair
"No, really, how do you get it to do that?" "It's natural, Lucy, just drop it already."
#4 - Muscles
Nearly every man in Fairy Tail had a well-developed body; she was used to seeing them half-or in Gray's case, completely-naked. But seeing that small black mark on muscles that she didn't even know existed, she would have sworn up, down, and sideways she had never seen a well-built man until she met him.
#5 - Presence
Everyone. Every single mage knew that he wasn't to be trusted again. So he couldn't figure out for the life of him why this hyper newbie wouldn't just leave him alone.
#6 - Power
Sometimes his sheer magical power left her breathless. He would say the same thing about her, but it's a different kind of strength and she wouldn't believe him anyway.
#7 - Lost
He has no sense of direction. She tries not to laugh, but assumes that the day Gajeel and Natsu found him, he was probably just lost.
#8 - Age
They would always drag age into their bickering. According to them, she was a baby and he was ancient. But it didn't matter, and they always, without fail, told each other that age was just a number, because that's what they believed at the end of the day.
#9 - Forest
The first time Laxus brought Lucy into his forest, she had no idea that it was a big deal for him. He never even brought his Raijinshuu there; it was his safe place, his haven.
#10 - Window
Laxus was the only one allowed through her window. He knew, because he electrified the outside. Her team soon learned to love doors.
#11 - Jealousy
She had no reason to hate Evergreen; it was obvious that the mage liked Elfman. But Lucy couldn't help it, because Ever knew Laxus when he was younger, and her first memory of him was when he told Cana to strip for him.
#12 - Sentence
There was something about that "This is for Lucy!" that worried him. He hadn't meant to go overkill.
#13 - Sickening
"Man, that's totally gross." "Then why do you keep watching, hothead?" "What did you just say to me, stripper?!" "Guys, go somewhere else if you're going to fight. We can't keep rebuilding the guild every time Laxus and Lucy hook up against a wall."
#14 - Team
Natsu never really minded that Laxus had basically stolen his partner. Well, okay, he did. But it was kind of hard to steal her back when she looked so damn happy.
#15 - Self-Restraint
It took everything Lucy had inside her not to go into the past again and talk to the teenaged Laxus. Especially when the Raijinshuu started sharing old stories. Plus, Erza hid the book, may she be cursed for all eternity.
#16 - Support
That was another thing she liked about Laxus; he always backed her up, even when, okay, maybe she shouldn't have cursed Erza and stolen her cake.
#17 - Defense
Lucy didn't care if she was weak and he was strong. She would defend him from Master and the rest of the guild until the end of time, because he had the heart of a true nakama, even if he wasn't just a nakama to her.
#18 - Warmth
Anger was white-hot like his lightning. Pride was a deep burning, and sadness a cold kind of numbness that spread. But this warm feeling, deep in his chest and low in his stomach...this could only be Lucy.
#19 - His
Walking home, bruises blooming on the pale skin of her neck, her clothes ripped to shreds, and the scent of Laxus on every inch her body, Lucy thought, Let it never be said that dragon-slayers aren't possessive.
#20 - Dragons
He scared her when the scales appeared and his muscles bulged; Natsu and Gajeel didn't understand. She wasn't scared of him, she was scared for him.
#21 - Coat
Lucy knew his coat was special. So she also knew to duck when the enemy ripped his precious jacket, even though it was only on the arm and he never put his arms in the thing anyway.
#22 - Edolas
The morning Laxus found out about Edolas, he spent the rest of the day sulking (brooding, he called it) around the guild because he didn't have an Edolas half. That is, until Natsu started laughing and comparing his reaction to Gildarts, at which point he punched the Salamander into the ground and went home to sulk (brood) in private.
#23 - Fashion (For Him)
Lucy was very kind not to laugh at his choices in clothing, and instead said absolutely nothing. Even if she was dying to introduce him to the wonders of a shirt with sleeves.
#24 - Rethink
"On second thought, you should stay with the vests, but maybe lose the fur lining? It looks like your hair." Because she loved the slight view of his tattoo, a sight she wouldn't get to see if he wore sleeves.
#25 - Clarity
"You want know why Natsu doesn't sneak into your bed anymore? Because you. Are. Mine. Now. And even Salamander and Iron-Head know it."
#26 - Pink
If she was ever going to change the color of her guild mark, she knew she'd change it to a shade of blue that matched his eyes. But he won't let her, because he thinks it's so perfectly Lucy.
#27 - Ambush
Oftentimes, in the first month or so after they went public, Laxus would stroll into Fairy Tail, interrupt whatever she was doing, and attack her with a long kiss. He would then stroll just as casually back out of the guild, dodging whatever object she had on hand to throw.
#28 - Fashion (For Her)
He found Lucy's choice in clothes...irritating. Because she shouldn't be showing that much skin to the world. Because she worries about her clothes too much. Because they're too flimsy. And because her fashion choices make him want to throw her up against the nearest wall, but he can't, because it would ruin the mood to have the guild watching them.
#29 - Ripped
He also sort of loved her clothes, though, because at the end of the mission they were usually ripped to shreds, and then it was much easier to get them off her.
#30 - Expression
It was that annoying, insufferable smirk on his face. The reason she would drag him to the nearest floor, or alley, or bathroom, or tree. The only way to get that off him was to shock it off.
#31 - Again
"Oh, god, Lucy. Do that again. Please." Lucy never thought anyone would ever hear the great Laxus Dreyar beg. And no one but her ever will.
#32 - Stopped
There was a time when Lucy was turned to stone, unable to move. But that was nothing, compared to the first time he ever smiled at her.
#33 - Memorize
Early in their relationship, Lucy would simply stare at him. He never knew why, and he never asked, but Laxus had a deep suspicion she was doing the same thing he would do sometimes: committing every second to memory.
#34 - Competition
Laxus and Lucy have identical trophies in their bedrooms. Fairy Tail had a cooking contest, and well...they're not very good at losing.
#35 - Senses
"Shit, kid, can't you smell like something other than strawberries and vanilla?" "Well, old man, can't you taste like something other than cinnamon?"
#36 - Spices
He was still moping about it a week later. "Cinnamon? I seriously taste like cinnamon?" She consoled him by saying he smelled like a summer storm. He told her she tasted sweet.
# 37 - Run
When Lucy started talking about marriage, Laxus didn't even flinch, even if Macao and the other married mages told him to run. In his mind and Lucy's, they were just making it official and giving the guild a legitimate reason to party and get really, really drunk.
#38 - Alcohol
Laxus rarely drank- his power was too dangerous to cloud his judgment with cheap liquor. When he carried Lucy to the guild infirmary, barely alive from an S-Class mission, he didn't just get drunk, he got Fairy Tail-drunk, and passed out underneath a table.
#39 - Kiss
She told him that she trusted him with her life and with her heart. That was their first kiss, and Laxus still remembers it every time he looks at her.
#40 - Hangover
Even the horrible headache he had-after his tryst with the strongest stuff Mira had in stock-couldn't dim his happiness when Laxus heard she was going to live.
#41 - Stares
It was a good thing they didn't ask why the guild would stare at them so much. Laxus wouldn't take too kindly to the idea that they were scared by the smile on his face; a sight that was quickly becoming a common occurrence.
#42 - Stupidity
God forbid anyone should dare to try and attack an injured or recovering Laxus when Lucy was near. It only happened once. No one, not even Natsu, was ever so foolhardy as to try it again.
#43 - Intelligence
Laxus often marvelled at Lucy's brain. Sure, he could take out someone with a single blow. But could he find a single spot in a place he'd never been before, while a battle was raging, with a clue that wasn't even identified as a clue? Not really.
#44 - Aphrodisiac
To him, there's nothing more potent than a bold Lucy. The day she struts into the guild and casually sits on his lap is the day that everyone finds out they were dating. To his credit, he manages to wait about two minutes before he stands up, topples his chair, throws her over his shoulder and sprints back to his house because it's closer and he needs her now, dammit.
#45 - Time
It isn't until three days later that Laxus lets her out of his house long enough to return to the guild and answer to a squealing Levy, Mira, and Lisanna, a worried and theatening Natsu/Gray/Happy combo ready to pound Laxus to pieces, and a deadly-quiet Erza, who was sharpening her sword through all the questioning.
#46 - Forget
Lucy has never done this before, but when Laxus has his heated gaze and gentle hands on her and only her, she forgets to be nervous and leaves him awestruck.
#47- Obvious
He thought he made himself very clear that she was his. He only knew one way to make it clearer, so when Lucy looked like she was about to take that offer of a date from one of her fans, he pulled her to him and moved his mouth on hers until the only thing she could say was his name.
#48 - Slow Death
"Did you just...whimper?" "No, I didn't. Keep going." S-Class mages do not whine or make other weak sou- "Oh, you did it again!" "You're killing me here, Luce, you really are. Keep going!"
#49 - Scar
He doesn't know why this blonde girl finds his scar so interesting. He's had it since he was little, and he doesn't care about it. However, he does gain a new appreciation for it when she reaches up and tentatively strokes her thumb along the line.
#50 - Idea
It's on his way home from a long, difficult mission that he realizes he's not looking forward to a hot shower, so much as seeing her face. He buys the ring, a golden (lightning-colored, he smirks) band with a star-shaped diamond, in the next magic shop he sees, and then he goes ahead and buys the wedding bands there too, because he can.
The rings are magicked, of course, so he can always find her. God knows she gets in enough trouble for it to be necessary.
+1 Extra - Romance
When he reaches the guild hall, he wastes no time. Lucy stands in the middle of the guild hall and turns when she hears him. She drops her drink when she sees S-Class mage Laxus Dreyar on one knee, staring at her with a deadly serious look on his face, like he's never seen her before. He says, "Here." And puts the ring on her finger.
She always did love his own personal brand of romance.
Author's Comments: Yeah, yeah. If you want to hate on the pairing, there's a response on my profile. I was originally going to do the challenge everybody else does. Y'know, 50 themes, 50 sentences? But I tried, and I just couldn't. I'm not capable of leaving things vague.-shrug-
The lost sense of direction, and probably a few others, were inspired by the other LaxusXLucy stories on . I would mention you by name, but I've read nearly every single one, and I don't remember for the life of me which is which. So if you read this and find an element of your story has showed up here, please message me or review, and I will write your name here and give you credit. I don't mean to steal anyone's thunder.
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*The Dragon one, I mean to say she's scared for him 'cause if Laxus has to use that much power, chances are his opponent is crazy powerful and he's probably injured.
...God, I'm such a sappy romantic.