Like my previous fic "Bonds", this was originally written as a response to a claim made on the "1sentence" theme community on Livejournal. You can go check out that community for details, but basically what people do there is take a set a themes and write a sentence for each theme. I hope you could enjoy the results.
Fandom:
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Pairing: Maria Traydor x
Albel Nox
Theme set: Gamma
Top Rating: M (for sex
references – some kinky stuff is suggested, but there's nothing
too explicit or disturbing)
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Star Ocean 3 or its characters, and I certainly don't make any money out of this fanwork either.
Other Notes: Unconventional het. Contains game spoilers. The lines vary in length and aren't related to each other in any way, apart from the overall pairing of course. Because of the way I see this pairing, the tone is generally light-hearted and sometimes pretty naughty.
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1. Ring
Albel
rang Maria on her communicator and bitched her out on how he had no
idea how to use the damn thing – an ironic complaint, she thought,
for he must've worked something out in order to yell at her like
this; perhaps he just wanted an excuse to call her?
2. Hero
If
the tradition was for the man to protect the woman, it didn't seem
to apply to Maria and Albel; she was the one who kept having to cover
his butt when he launched himself into yet another battle he couldn't
possibly win alone.
3. Memory
The
first time Maria had seen Albel had been when he was locked up in
that torture chamber; she occasionally taunted him by saying that if
he kept being such an ass he could end up going back there, but Albel
would rather not be reminded.
4. Box
One
of the many modern-world items Maria introduced to Albel was the
television; he thought most of the 'shows' on TV were complete
crap, and if Maria was being honest, she felt inclined to agree.
5. Run
It
was actually quite fortunate that Albel could run so much faster than
Maria; she was pretty pissed with him right now, and he didn't want
to think of what might happen if she did catch him – too bad he
didn't take the range she had with her gun into account.
6. Hurricane
Neither
of them were terribly big fans of strong wind; Maria got annoyed when
it blew her hair into her face, while Albel's problem with it was
rather more embarrassing than that.
7. Wings
There
was something strangely ethereal about Maria – her slender, almost
delicate build, her soft blue hair, her pretty face, her strange
powers, the fact she came from beyond the stars; Albel half-expected
her to sprout white wings, but then he decided from her snotty
attitude that she was certainly no angel.
8. Cold
Maria
noticed that Albel's tight crop-top made it all too easy to tell if
he was cold or not.
9. Red
Albel
made more than a bit of a mess when he fought, which meant that
sometimes Maria's clothes would end up soaked in blood; needless to
say, she didn't like her clothes getting ruined, so she thought she
might just have to punish him for it later...
10. Drink
While
the group was spending time at Airyglyph's tavern, Maria was amused
to find that Albel was a terrible drunk – in fact, the case was
proved when he staggered up to her and slurred on about how she was
the sexiest woman he'd ever seen in his life.
11. Midnight
Loud
moaning could be heard from the room Albel and Maria shared well
after midnight, much to the annoyance of Fayt, Nel, and everyone
else; they just wanted a good night's sleep!
12. Temptation
If
Maria hadn't been so refined, she would have given in to temptation
and given Albel a good spanking long ago; he could be such a bad boy,
after all.
13. View
Nice
view, Maria thought idly as she watched Albel leap high into the
air to take a swipe at yet another bothersome enemy.
14. Music
Maria
thought that Albel's jagged two-tone hairstyle made him look
something like a rock star from her world; but when she played some
hard rock on the music player to show him what it was like, the
swordsman just called it an obnoxious racket and wanted her to "shut
that damn noise up" straight away.
15. Silk
Maria
and Albel were both wearing the same kind of pretty silk stockings
the other day; if it was a coincidence, it was certainly a strange
one...
16. Cover
When
Maria snuck under the bed covers, Albel couldn't quite tell what
she was going to do – but when he found out, he enjoyed it more
than he thought he should.
17. Promise
Maria
promised Albel that she would never look up his skirt again, on the
condition that he didn't try looking up hers.
18. Dream
A
sudden yelp disturbed the pleasant dream Maria had been having, and
she woke up to see Albel sitting bolt-upright in bed next to her; as
it turned out, the poor man had had yet another nightmare.
19. Candle
When
Maria brought in a cake with twenty-five candles on it, it took Albel
a moment or two to realise it was supposed to be for his birthday.
20. Talent
When
it came to inventing new items, Albel and Maria excelled in different
areas – Albel was the better blacksmith, whereas Maria was the
superior writer; though they didn't realise it, their different
talents seemed to complement each other.
21. Silence
Silences
between Albel and Maria were always tense; whether it was sexual
tension or something else, nobody knew.
22. Journey
They'd
been struggling across the Mosel Dunes for what felt like forever;
Maria was becoming exhausted from the heat, so she asked Albel if he
would be so kind as to carry her the rest of the way – then said
she was joking before he even had a chance to snap at her for it.
23. Fire
He
got so fiery at the smallest provocation, and yet even with that hot
temper he was afraid of fire; Maria was intrigued by the irony
surrounding Albel.
24. Strength
One
of these days, Maria would have to tell Albel that physical strength
was meaningless if he didn't have the emotional strength to face
his demons and – in her own blunt words – get over himself.
25. Mask
Maria
could see straight through the mask of glory that Albel always wore;
underneath, there was an insecure young man who desperately needed
help, whether he wanted it or not.
26. Ice
While
the group was exploring the frozen caverns within Airyglyph's
mountains, Albel was disturbed by a bat and ended up chasing after
it; before Maria could warn him in time, he slipped on a sheet of ice
in the process, and Maria was struggling to stifle her own giggling
after that.
27. Fall
Maria
was caught unawares by a flock of baby dragons and nearly fell off
one of the steep cliffs of the Barr Mountains; she was glad Albel
could be bothered to save her, but she couldn't help but wonder
what made him of all people do so, and in any case, she wasn't too
appreciative of his talons cutting into her arm.
28. Forgotten
When
Maria and Albel had sex, they forgot their differences for that time;
conversely, when they started arguing again the day after, it was the
passion – if it could be called that – they shared that was
forgotten.
29. Dance
Albel
couldn't believe it when Maria asked him to dance with her at the
Aquarian ball they'd both been invited to, but he went along with
her anyway; it didn't mean he was any good at dancing, though.
30. Body
They
seemed to like taking jabs at each other's physical characteristics
– when Albel called Maria flat-chested, she came back at him by
commenting on his androgynous figure, and so on – but the truth was
that they enjoyed each other's bodies well enough in bed.
31. Sacred
The
latest venue for Albel and Maria's bickering was the main chapel at
Castle Aquaria - was nothing sacred to them!
32. Farewells
When
the group was parting ways after the defeat of Luther, Albel strode
right up to Maria and said to her that he never wanted to see her
face again; Maria herself just laughed and replied that if that was
the case, why did he bother coming up to her just to tell her that?
33. World
Their
universe was nothing more than a video game – and Albel was even
more baffled by that revelation than the rest of the party, for as an
Elicoorian he had never even heard of a "video game"; Maria was
going to have to do a lot of explaining, then...
34. Formal
Fayt
raised an eyebrow when he noticed that Albel's formal wear was
almost as feminine as Maria's, if not even more so.
35. Fever
Albel
had come down with a fever, and Maria was going to make sure he
stayed in bed instead of going out to pick fights with people.
36. Laugh
There
were many occasions where Maria laughed at Albel – often when it
became obvious he wasn't the man he liked to think he was – but
the rare times they laughed together did feel much better for some
reason.
37. Lies
He
could deny it all he wanted, but there was no escaping the fact that
Albel had an odd fascination with Maria; actually, the same could be
said of the blue-haired girl with regards to Albel as well.
38. Forever
It
was obvious from their bickering that Albel and Maria were not the
type who would settle down and live quietly and happily together for
the rest of their lives.
39. Overwhelmed
Last
night had been almost too much for Albel; that Maria woman was
surprisingly kinky for someone who normally seemed so cool and
sophisticated.
40. Whisper
Maria
whispered quietly into Albel's ear that his underwear was showing
through the slit at the front of his skirt, much to his
embarrassment.
41. Wait
Maria
was getting sick of waiting for Albel to do his hair; so sick of it,
in fact, that she decided that one day she'd take those silly
rattails of his, tie his wrists with them and...
42. Talk
"I
wish your personality was half as good as your looks," Maria told
Albel; "I could say the same thing to you, worm," replied the
Glyphian.
43. Search
Albel
spent several hours looking for his stockings before he realised that
Maria had 'borrowed' them for the day.
44. Hope
Albel
hoped that someday he could get the upper hand over Maria in bed –
but going by what their sex life was like, that wasn't going to
happen anytime soon.
45. Eclipse
That
morning, Maria was trying to wake Albel up and tell him that one of
Elicoor's moons was eclipsing the sun today; but the grouchy
swordsman just turned away from her in bed, saying that he couldn't
give a damn.
46. Gravity
Albel
was confused by the reduced gravity on the Diplo; he was even more
confused by a comment Cliff made about the sorts of things some
people did in this kind of environment, but Maria told him not to
worry about it – at least not for the time being.
47. Highway
After
yet another petty squabble, Maria ended up asking Albel – jokingly,
of course – if their arguing meant they were on some kind of
highway to romance; the swordsman's face turned bright red before
he told her to shut her mouth.
48. Unknown
There
was still so much that Albel and Maria didn't know about each
other; it was all down to Albel really, because he neither understood
the world Maria came from nor would he allow himself to open up to
the Earthian girl.
49. Lock
Maria
heard Albel thumping on the door outside her room on the Diplo and
smirked to herself; one thing she hadn't told the Elicoorian was
that the door needed a code in order to unlock.
50. Breathe
Albel
breathed in the scent of Maria's hair and wondered why it smelled
of strawberries; she replied that her world had something called
shampoo and conditioner, and that his planet should hurry up and
invent it sometime soon.
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