How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Fandom: Eve

Rating: K

Genre: Friendship, Family

Pairing: Eve/Will (sometimes), Nick/Katherine (sometimes)

Summary: Weekly oneshots to celebrate the second series of "Eve", all based on a one-word prompt. [Contains some Eve/Will, and some Nick/Katherine, and some general ones. More like a lucky dip than anything else...]


AN: Eve's back! Hooray! To celebrate, I thought I'd try and do some weekly posting of some kind, and then came up with this: a chapter for every episode this series. Mostly Eve/Will (because I'm trash for the pairing and most people who know me have realised this) but Nick/Katherine will most likely make an appearance and there might be just some general ones in there too.

Title comes from the Florence + The Machine song; It really fits the show, and I recommend you give it a listen :)

Big thanks to the lovely Chelsea, who helped me by picking the word prompts :) I hope she likes these!


DISCLAIMER. I don't own anything. Not even a crumb.


Week One: Happiness

Some Eve/Will, shipper!Lily in the background, and sleepy cuddles. Because I'm in need of sleepy cuddles right now after catching up on that first episode, don't hurt me.

Set during 02x01.


Not needing sleep gives a person a lot of extra hours to think about things. That's what Eve often finds herself doing when she's left alone during the long night hours that pass by whilst the rest of the Clarke household are resting, and tonight, lying on the basement floor, is no different. Usually, after the events that have passed today, she would expect to be thinking about her mother, where she is, and what her plans are, but when she tries to focus on it, she finds her mind drifting, returning once again to her conversation with Will, about him and his mother. Eventually he did fall asleep, just as he said that he would; she could tell when his breathing evened out into the soft sighs that are continuing now. But his face still looks troubled, and Eve can't help wondering if, to coin a human phrase she has recently learnt, she hit a nerve with her questions about maternal relationships. It makes her feel a little guilty inside, and she can't have that. She won't be able to focus properly until it stops clouding her mind, not until she can remove that crease from Will's forehead that mars his slumber.

She doesn't know all that much about human comfort - it's an area she should collect some more information on, really, but, with more pressing matters at hand, she hasn't really had a chance to before - but she knows enough to come up with some sort of solution. She shuffles over onto her left side, manoeuvring herself, and the sleeping bag, closer until she can extend out an arm that wraps around Will's shoulders that are buried somewhere in the layers of hoodie and sleeping bag. At first, it doesn't appear to make any difference, the frown still there, but, slowly, it begins to fade; Will lets out a muted exhale, rolling over in his sleep and burrowing closer to the source of the comfort, his expression becoming more peaceful as he relaxes.

There's the sound of muffled snorts from the sleeping bag beside her. Eve looks over her shoulder towards the other girl; her eyebrow raises, forming her features into some kind of inquisitive expression, but Lily only shakes her head, letting out another chuckle behind the barrier of her hand.

"Saps," she whispers eventually once the laughter has subsided, a playful yet complaintive tone to her voice, before rolling her eyes elaborately and rolling over so that her face is pressed into her pillow (possibly to hide the smile that's still on her face).

Eve's not sure what that word means - or whether it's intended as a compliment or an insult or both - but that doesn't really seem to matter right now. The feelings of guilt are evaporating, just like the worry on Will's face, and, upon reflection, they both seem happier for it.


Well, that's all for now! See ya next week, dears :). X