You know when you have an insta-head cannon? (But you can't post it on Tumblr since you swore to yourself that you wouldn't post anything on Sunday in honour of the late Richard Griffiths, the actor who played Vernon Dursley, and his famous line 'no posts on Sunday'.)
Here, have one!
Disclaimer: I don't own the following characters.
Dedication: The anon on Tumblr who asked me for more Jeyna.
Jelly Beans
"Hey," the guy said. She'd seen him around the fort; he was one of those kids that had been there forever and who was brutalised by everyone. Gwen had just introduced them in New Rome. "I'm Jason."
"Reyna," she said.
"Nice to meet you," Jason said. He held out the bag he was holding out. "Jelly bean?"
The principia's doors were pulled open and dropped, so that they shut with a bang. Gwen, Dakota and Bobby marched right into the senate like they owned the place, which they didn't but they came around so often that they had joined custody of it.
"Sweet or spicy," Gwen said.
"What?" Reyna asked looking up.
"Well, it's suppertime. You tell me if you want something sweet or something salty to eat, I'll go down to the kitchen and pick up something that fits your particular craving. Because we both know that you're going to say that you've got too much work to do to come to dinner, but I for one know that if you don't eat you're going to make a habit of it and pass out somewhere." Gwen said. "Sweet or spicy?"
"I don't care," Reyna said scribbling her signature on another paper. Wait- what was she even signing?
"Pick up food for me Gwen," Dakota moaned.
"I provide you your Kool-Aid," Gwen said strictly. "That's more than enough."
"Then get me food. At least I'm interested in it." Bobby said, his eyes scanning the place for food as per usual. "Oh- jelly beans, thank gods!"
Bobby picked a jelly bean from the bowl, tossed it into his mouth and nearly cracked a tooth.
"Ewe," he said spitting it out. Aurum and Argentum growled. "Why would you even have these in a bowl, are you trying to kill me?"
"I think she was targeting Octavian," Dakota said.
"These are stale," Gwen said examining a piece of candy. "Really Bobby, it's not that bad."
"Are they?" Reyna asked looking up from her paperwork.
"Yes," Bobby said massaging his gums through his cheeks.
"I'll pick up another bag tonight," Reyna said with a sigh as her to-do list got longer and her bedtime got further away.
"Reyna, do you even eat these?" Gwen asked frowning.
"No, I hate jelly beans. You know that." Reyna said.
"So why do you keep them there?" She asked.
"It's to get rid of Octavian, I'm telling you. Even he can't talk with a mouthful of cotton and blood gushing out of everywhere."
"For Jason," Reyna said. "Imagine him coming back and there being no jelly beans. That boy and his candy… I wouldn't hear the end of it."
Nobody said anything all of a sudden.
"I'll get you something sweet," Gwen said finally, patting Reyna's hand. "See you in five, Rey."
"Sure," Reyna said before turning back to her work.
