A-Z Zed and Syndra

J— Jokes

Some would consider Zed and Syndra to have dark humor. The chuckled to themselves at the misfortune of others, occasionally making a mocking remark loud enough for someone to hear. They were even prone to playing mean jokes on the other.

Zed once poured a cup of sugar into Syndra's tea when she turned away. The sudden overload of sweetness turned the mage a bright green, making Zed laugh for several minutes before holding her hair back as she let it all out.

As revenge, the sovereign filled Zed's boots with the special mulch she used on her plants. Her secret ingredient? Presents left behind by Ionian's mountain goats. The ninja had to throw them out after.

Jokes kept them smiling and they loved each other for it.

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K— Kiss

Zed and Syndra's first kiss didn't happen for a long while. It happened by force really. No romance.

The sovereign was watching the Master of Shadows studying artifacts his scouts had brought him. She walked over to him, grabbed him by his collar, and made him stand up. Syndra was mad that it had taken this long. Zed was mad that the mage almost made him drop his work.

"Syndra, what are you—"

"Just shut up and let me do this."

She yanked him down and pressed her violet lips on his. Zed tried to fight the urge to kiss her back, but the mage was just so irresistable. By the end of it, the ninja was wearing more of Syndra's lipstick than she was.

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L— Laugh

Zed loved the way Syndra tilted her head back, scrunched her nose, and levitated slightly higher when she laughed. If he ever had the misfortune of facing against her on the Fields of Justice, he heard it… a lot.

Syndra was amused with how much hell she could put the ninja through. She tossed him around like a ragdoll with her sinister magic and she laughed as she did so. Ultimately, Zed lost to the dark mage.

But he would make her pay for it in the privacy of their bedroom.

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M— Marriage

There was never anything nice people said about a man coming and leaving a woman's home. Syndra even heard those words inside the Institute of War from other, more traditional, Ionians. It didn't bother her. Although, she did bring it to her ninja's attention.

He raised a brow at her, confused with her sudden interest in settling down. They were both relatively young, getting married was a thing older couples did. Then there were a number of things that seemed to be getting in the way. Noxus was waging war on Ionia again, Khada Jhin was haunting Zed's nightmares again since his release from prison, and the Elders of Ionia was hunting Syndra down again.

Zed grabbed his mage's hand and grinned.

"When we eliminate our little pests, I will marry you."

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N— Noon

Syndra was a queen in her palace. In other words, she slept in until the sun was high in the sky. She would wake, throw on her silk robe, and then wander her empty temple. That didn't change when she started letting Zed stay over.

The ninja was an early bird, out of bed before the sun came… until he started staying over with Syndra. They were awake almost all night just bonding with their words or even in a more physical way.

Zed then began waking even later than Syndra.

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O— Obstacles

Things weren't easy for the young mage and ninja.

Zed was once again trying to figure out who Khada Jhin was and why the killer was hunting him and his former brother, Shen. Syndra, too, was in hiding from the Elders of Ionia. They had caught wind of her alliance with the Master of Shadows and they had to put an end to it. The mage was forced to move her temple over the sea to keep herself safe.

She looked over the Ionian ocean towards the mainland, hearing Zed's footsteps behind her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, bringing her close. In his arms, Syndra felt like nothing could touch her.

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P— Pets

The only animals Syndra had in her temple were the birds that sat on her balcony. It was rather hard to have an animal companion when you were hundreds of feet off the ground. That was until Zed brought home unlikely guests home with him.

A pair of koi fish— a male and female. One had calico patterns along it scales and the other was pure gold.

Syndra spent hours just staring at them swim in the water she held together with her magic. She only left them alone for a day and when she came back, the female was huge. Zed whispered something not so subtle in the mage's ear, making her blush.

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