It's a quiet, warm day when Lexa invites Clarke out to watch the Nightbloods train. Curious, Clarke agrees and brings her sketchbook along. She spends a couple of hours taking the time to sketch each of the children in action, occasionally asking their names to write on the bottom of the paper.
The sun is high in the sky when Lexa calls for a break. Most of the children head inside for lunch, all except for a girl no older then five, and Aden. Lexa doesn't notice either of them when she sits next to Clarke, peeking at the drawing.
"Heda?" the girl looked nervously between Clarke and Lexa before settling her eyes on the Commander.
Lexa turns to the child. "Yes, Rose?"
"You promised we could pick flowers at lunch."
A smile tugs at Lexa's lips. "I did promise that. Are you sure you don't want to eat first?"
Rose nods really quickly before glancing back at Aden. Lexa notices the look and turns to Aden. "Go eat, I will watch her." Aden nods slowly and retreats to the building for something quick to eat. He'd been watching over Rose and a couple other of the younger children, since they arrived.
Lexa stood up and turned to look at Clarke. "Would you like to come pick flowers with us?"
"I would love to."
With a smile, Lexa took Rose's hand, allowing the girl to lead her over to the side of the training field where several daisies poked through the hardened dirt. Clarke followed behind, watching Lexa interact with the little girl. It dawned on her how much the older girl cared for them. She'd just spend all morning helping them train with swords, and was forgoing her own lunch to fulfill a promise to a small child to pick flowers. Absently, Clarke wondered if there was anyone who did the same when Lexa was a child. Somehow, she thought not.
Rose pulled Lexa ahead of Clarke, reaching the daisies in just seconds. There were more further out, but Rose had her eye on these ones for a specific reason. She let go of Lexa's hand to quickly gather the flowers. Turning, she hands them to Lexa with a triumphic smile on her face.
"For me?" Lexa asked.
Rose giggled. "No! You have to give them to Clarke."
Lexa's face went red.
Clarke stopped beside Lexa, looking at her curiously. "Lexa?"
Lexa handed her the flowers. "I'm suppose to give these to you."
Clarke's face went just as red when she accepted the daisies. "T-thank you," she stuttered.
Rose beamed.
A/N:
To work some more on my writing, I will be doing prompts everyday. That doesn't mean that there will be a post every day, though some days may have multiple posts depending on how much I write. I do have a long multi-chapter fic that I am currently planning out, this is just to pass time and improve writing before I begin that.
Also, I have a tumblr under the same name as I have here. I post both these prompts, and random other things as well. I also have AO3 with the username kadience if you prefer that. The same things will be posted there as they are here.
