I know, I know. I'm supposed to be working on my other fics. But this 1sentence challenge asked to be done, begged even. So I had to do it for Oswin and Fiora. Why? Because I seem to be the only one who thinks that in order to resolve the whole "should Fiora be with Eliwood, Kent, or Sain?" debate is to give her to a fourth and unrelated party. Not really, they just kind of naturally fell in my lap while writing my other Fire Emblem fic. I think they needed something, because they really would make a great couple.
These are based off the LJ prompt community 1sentence. They aren't really in chronological order.
This fic officially is dedicated to Kitten Kisses because she has been my fanfiction hero for years. And she's not just the kind of fanfiction hero who writes that sugar rush story five years ago and then doesn't get any better. I thought she was pretty good five years ago when I started reading her stuff, but she's amazing now! Her stories are far more descriptive and well thought out. I believe that if she didn't review one of my stories I would have let it die. But because my hero started reading my story, I found a reason to pick it up again (even though I hadn't written for it in two years). Let's not forget she's sweet. My hat goes off to you, Kitten Kisses and I hope you really enjoy these drabbles.
Solidarity
#01 – Comfort
Fiora always had to do things herself and she found for once that turning around and finding Oswin giving the lectures she was about to dole out to be very reassuring for some reason.
#02
– Kiss
Fiora
wasn't really jealous of Serra when she saw the cleric give Oswin a
peck on the cheek, she just wanted to give her pink pigtails a good
tug is all.
#03
– Soft
Sometimes
the armor made people think that he was anything but approachable,
but if they knew how gentle he was with a pegasus they might think
otherwise.
#04
– Pain
Oswin
scolded Fiora, telling her that punishing herself by ignoring her
wounds was not going to help anyone alive or dead and she had never
felt so relieved to be on the opposite end of the nagging.
#05
– Potatoes
There
was something so admirable about a man with so much decorum and honor
doing something so below his station such as help to peel potatoes
for the evening meal.
#06
– Rain
Modesty
was one of Fiora's stronger qualities, so seeing her white dress as
it clung to her curves due to the rain that soaked her was something
Oswin couldn't admit he enjoyed seeing; even though he found
nothing objectionable to his eyes.
#07
– Chocolate
Ostians
were so frugal during war and Oswin was even more so than the rest;
so Fiora was extremely surprised to find a small bag of chocolates
sitting on her cot one afternoon.
#08
– Happiness
Florina
deserved the happiness she had found with Hector; Fiora knew she
didn't deserve anything of the sort, but Oswin insisted on
otherwise.
#09
– Telephone
Oswin
let Fiora sit with him while he wrote letters; mostly because she
didn't ask who he was writing to and secondly because he loved the
way her body curved when she was drowsy and slept on his cot.
#10
– Ears
Fiora
couldn't explain why she blushed when Oswin rubbed her pegasus'
ear so tenderly, maybe it was because she imagined him being so
gentle with a woman some day…
#11
- Name
Oswin
actually had a long and dignified name, his family was from a long
line of Ostian knights after all; Fiora was the only other person
whom he would teach his name and she was the only woman who could
roll it off her tongue quite easily…with some practice of course.
#12
– Sensual
She
was far from lovely at that moment, she had straw stuck in her hair
and she reeked of pegasus, but Oswin caressed her face, tilted her
chin upward slightly and brushed his lips against hers, with no
warning or ceremony.
#13
– Death
"If
you keep leading long enough, eventually you will let someone down,"
Oswin told Fiora as he lay flowers on a grave.
#14
– Sex
Fiora
thought she would have popped a blood vessel when she found Farina
half clothed sleeping in a tent with Dart; how dare she think she
could do such a thing when Fiora had to keep herself from even
thinking about Oswin!
#15
– Touch
Oswin
wasn't one given to raptures and serenades but when Fiora touched
his face just so, and when her eyes met his, words strung together in
such an appealing way that almost gave into his temptation.
#16
- Weakness
A
cry rang out and before Oswin could fully register that it was Fiora,
an arrow was sticking from her twitching body; the knight had never
severed an enemy's head so quickly.
#17
– Tears
What
made Florina cry wasn't just that her sister was hurt, but the
horrible painful look that Oswin had when he carried her to Serra.
#18
– Speed
It
was quite obvious that as long as she was on the back of a pegasus
and as long as he was wearing armor, Fiora was faster than Oswin; but
take both pegasus and armor away and it was an even playing field
that Oswin won eventually, but not without a challenge.
#19
– Wind
The
way the wind whipped her hair away from her face so that he could
focus on her eyes and more importantly, those candy pink lips of
hers, made him dread having to ask Hector for permission to marry a
little less.
#20
– Freedom
"If
you love Fiora so much, Oswin," Hector began. "Nobility can do
nothing to stop you from marrying her."
#21
– Life
He
wouldn't ask her right away, he still needed time and there still
was a war, but fighting wasn't all there was in this life and he
hoped to spend the rest of it with her.
#22
– Jealousy
She
stressed that it wasn't jealousy she felt when Serra flirted with
Oswin, it was just so entirely inappropriate.
#23
– Hands
Everyone
had gone to sleep except her, she went out of her way to meet him
when he came off his watch and slip her hand into his; little
gestures like this were all they had for right now.
#24
– Taste
Oswin
didn't like sweets, but the way Fiora would rapture over them made
him enjoy them some what.
#25
– Devotion
Fiora
felt romance was so out of place with duty and the world at stake,
but she couldn't shake this sophomoric adoration she had for a
certain Ostian knight.
#26
- Forever
When
they weren't in battle he couldn't keep his eyes off of her, and
naturally his hands followed and the realization that their ruse
wouldn't last forever hit him very hard.
#27
– Blood
Fiora
did the best she could, but Oswin's wound was far too severe and
her hands were soaked and warm with his blood; she had never before
been so happy to see Serra doting on him.
#28
– Sickness
She
couldn't stop marching just because she had a sniffle…and
coughs…and a high grade fever, but Oswin had her bundled up and
tucked in Merlinus' wagon before she could even really protest.
#29
– Melody
Fiora
was a warrior so she found no benefit in singing, but Oswin liked the
way she would whistle to herself in her rare idle moments.
#30
– Star
Far
too old to be wishing on celestial bodies that she could not reach,
Fiora curled against Oswin's body, which would hold and provide
that reassurance that she had always craved.
#31
– Home
Ostia's
marble columns were not something that Fiora thought she could adjust
to, but Oswin training recruits or lecturing Hector were some things
that she could always relate to.
#32
– Confusion
Lyndis
had been puzzled at first, she had always assumed that Fiora had eyes
for Kent, but was relieved in an almost guilty way when she saw Oswin
steal moments alone with the eldest pegasus knight.
#33
– Fear
Unshakeable
had always been a word used to describe Oswin; nothing could make him
quibble in fear, but the idea of marriage (even to Fiora) had the
middle aged bachelor shaking in his boots.
#34
- Lightning/Thunder
Oswin's
armor rumbled and menaced, all enemy eyes were on him; what they
didn't expect was Fiora to come down like feathered lightening from
the sky.
#35
– Bonds
They
both knew this wasn't right, it was the wrong circumstances, the
wrong timing, everything; but looking down at the ring that graced
her left hand, Fiora couldn't help but smile secretly.
#36
– Market
He
liked having her with him when they were shopping for provisions
because the men selling their wares would give Fiora a better price
for obvious reasons; he just didn't like the way they looked her up
and down when they thought he wasn't watching.
#37
– Technology
The
design of his armor had been changed so that almost no weapon could
get through and he would have worried for magic users still, had he
not had so reliable an attack force against them.
#38
– Gift
"I
didn't know it was a custom in Lycia to give a ring, in Ilia
knights give the feathers of their pegasus to the one they love,"
she said handing him a leather necklace with the treasured feathers
tied to it.
#39
– Smile
Getting
him to smile wasn't as hard as everyone seemed to think, especially
when Fiora was around.
#40
– Innocence
It
was getting harder to ignore Serra's questions about her ring, but
Firoa did her best and shrugged every time the cleric asked who she
had received it from.
#41
– Completion
It
was over, no more threats to humanity loomed in the distance and they
had begun the journey home, to a place Oswin hoped to share the rest
of his life with Fiora.
#42
– Clouds
There
first day back in Ostia had been an uproar: in addition to pouring
rain, Florina had left for the plains with Lyndis and Kent leaving
Hector an angry raging mess and Oswin to try and console him, Fiora
knew that this would only be part of their life from now on.
#43
– Sky
Six
months later, just in time for the wedding, things calmed down:
Florina came back, Hector was relatively happy and Oswin was just a
little less stressed, and Fiora couldn't have been happier.
#44
– Heaven
She
remembered almost nothing of the day save for the look in Oswin's
eyes when she finally came down the aisle.
#45
– Hell
Just
as things settled down, Oswin and Fiora had their first fight of
their married life over whether or not Oswin would take her with him
on a dangerous assignment.
#46
– Sun
Summers
in the scorching sun were tough in Ostia, Fiora didn't take very
well to the new climate; fortunately Oswin helped make the nights far
more bearable.
#47
– Moon
It
was just an old Ilian wives' tale about the moon's cycle but
Fiora was willing to try anything in hopes of conceiving a child.
#48
– Waves
It
was so out of Oswin's way to do this, but he knew going to visit
Ilia and her parents' grave was just something Fiora had to do and booked a voyage on a ship for her.
#49
– Hair
Fiora
was rather surprised to find that Oswin was skilled not only with a
spear, but at making French braids as well.
#50 – Supernova
She had met him when her life had imploded on itself; there was a war, her entire unit had been killed, and she just couldn't trust herself, but with Oswin there was just so much solidarity, from the way he looked to the way he acted, and Fiora knew she could feel safe.
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