Hello!
This was written a few weeks ago for Lenalove 2018, but I ended up busy with other things and forgot to post it here and on FFnet. There was three days with one theme each, which were Friendship, Family and Romance. I am posting Friendship and Family as one story, though the friendship's drabble is a stand alone and so is the family one. The same way, relations are friendship/platonic in Friendship, while in Family, they are obviously familial.
The Romance drabbles will have their own story each on FFnet (as I can only tag four characters so I wouldn't be able to tag all of them), while on AO3 it will be one story with a chapter for each romance's drabble (since I can tag all characters and relations). There are in total four drabbles, three with the ships I ship/love most for Lenalee, and the fourth is an implicit aromantic Lenalee.
Fun fact: I also ship Alma/Lenalee, but I did not find inspiration to write something. I can see them bonding by sharing a friendship with Kanda (which can also make an OT3).
I hope you appreciate!
Butterfly's thoughts: Romance (Lou Fa)
Their first interaction happened when they arrived from the battle of the Ark, and even if it had been brief, there had been a surprise in Lou Fa's eyes as Lenalee smiled at her, both feeling a certain comfortableness as two young women watching the silly boys. Lenalee had thought the small blush on the scientist's cheeks had been from Allen, but later, she would realize it had not been the case.
They met more often, as the Asian Branch helped Headquarters more. Lenalee would find Lou Fa sweet, and Lou Fa would feel she understood why Bak had a crush on Lenalee.
Lenalee had more than once offered reassurance to Lou Fa, noticing when the young woman would get uncertain of herself; but their relation changed the day Lou Fa saw Lenalee walk off from a room with a look that made the scientist's heart hurt.
She had followed, and Lenalee had stopped when she noticed, Lou Fa had hesitated but when teary eyes glanced her way, wide but hesitant and longing, Lou Fa had rushed the little distance that separated them to hug Lenalee.
Lenalee had almost crumbled into her arms there and then, but she gathered the strength to lead them to her room.
And it had been once Lenalee had calmed down, that she realized how much she loved the hand brushing her hair, the warmth close to her; it had been them both who realized how much they loved having the other in their arms.
That was the day they shared their first kiss, and the day that marked the start of their romance.