Published: 15-Oct-2015
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Observations
Characters: Gaius, Robin(f), Lon'qu
Setting: canon-verse
Words: 355


It wasn't until a few weeks after Gaius had shoved all of his candy at Robin in an attempt to buy her silence that he realised something.

It was an epiphany, really. One that he'd hope no one else would find out, other than her most trusted confidants.

She was a complete pushover.

Er—though not in the sense that he could just order her about, or that she was physically or mentally weak. But in that she just—couldn't help but help others.

"You really do need to learn when to stop," he remarked offhandedly, one day. "It's got to be unhealthy."

"What would be unhealthy? And on whose part?" She replied, a look of satisfaction on her face as Lon'qu all but ran away from the tent, having been pelted with countless potatoes and suffering from both a bruised self-esteem and head.

Gaius tilted his head slightly. The potato in her hand was looking strangely threatening. "You know what? Never mind. It was just a random thought that I've lost now."

Robin raised an eyebrow at him. She obviously didn't believe him—but she wouldn't push it. Nice to know that she wasn't so nosy, not like other women in the army. Such as Maribelle.

As silent thanks, he held out his bag of candy, letting her take only one sweet under his watchful eye.

Robin had set the potato down when she accepted the candy, and he surreptitiously grabbed it, tucking it away where she couldn't see it. Thieves had sticky fingers that often avoided notice. Had to, otherwise they'd never make a living.

But he supposed that it wasn't such a bad thing. Not his sticky fingers, of course. Her need to help, he meant.

Robin's job may have been to act as the tactician, but her work spanned more than just keeping them alive with her tactics. She kept the army together in a way that Chrom, for all of his battlefield charisma and leadership, couldn't do.

He could appreciate that. As long as potatoes didn't go anywhere near him at as fast a speed as it had at Lon'qu.