Talk Mystic to Me

Cast: (F!Corrin x Odin)
Prompt: A drabble featuring Odin and F!Corrin as a ship

For a brief time after the fall of Anankos, Odin Dark was compelled to return to his homeland. He and Corrin knew that Valla needed their new queen, so she reluctantly agreed to stay behind. After a month's time, Odin would return, thus Corrin waited. She would need to guide this new age for the new Valla, in the meanwhile. Corrin would receive aid from her servants and Azura, as well as both her families. Yet none could fill the place in her heart Odin had left.

"What are you reading?" asked Azura during a moment of rest. She had walked into Corrin's chamber and found her reading.

Corrin squinted at her book. "It's a very old fantasy novel." She squinted harder. "I'm getting a feel for how all the characters speak."

"Oh. Okay." Azura went over to look out the window and did not bother asking further questions. She had her answer. Corrin sighed.

"They all speak the same as Odin. I know he tries to hold back when we're together, but I miss his theatrics now that he's gone. So I'm trying to figure out all his flowery descriptions so I can impress him when he comes back. You know, show an interest in his interest."

Azura did not look at Corrin, but did wince. "Oh… That sounds… nice…"

"You think I should ask Leo for advice? He's known Odin longer than I have," Corrin added.

"Um… I think I'm hungry. I'll see you later." Azura awkwardly walked out of the room. Corrin shrugged and went back to her book.

Corrin and Leo were having a small lunch together, during another moment of rest. Leo looked at his sister with confusion.

"What did you say?"

"I'm asking if you know why Odin speaks in his certain manner."

Leo shook his head. "No, that… That's always been there." He chuckled. "Heh… I hated it at first. One of the reasons I sent him on fake missions when he was first assigned to me."

"You've known him for so long…" Corrin mused. "Are you sure none of it rubbed off on you or Niles, or you didn't decipher any of it?"

"Well it's not as though it were a foreign language. Though he did have a strange dialect when we first met… Must've been from that home kingdom of his." Leo shrugged. "But regardless, I have a vast vocabulary, thus his flair for dramatic and somewhat antiquated words did little to stun me. I usually followed what he was saying."

"Hmm. Did he have a favorite phrase or anything?" Corrin frowned. "I listen to him, but it all just kind of meshes together for me."

Leo put a finger to his chin. "Hmm… He did describe things as 'fell' a lot of the time. And… he had a tendency to curse the blood in his veins, saying it ached. And rarely, I thought I'd heard him mention his hand hungering for… something." Leo grimaced. "I don't even wish to know that one."

Corrin shared Leo's expression. "Yes…"

A month had passed, and the day had come. Odin had returned to Valla. There was little explanation, but much fanfare. Most of it from Odin himself. Felicia and Jakob alerted Corrin to her husband's return, and she came running to greet him.

"Odin, I've missed you!" Corrin jumped into his arms.

"Ah! My wonderful wife! I've missed you even more!" He pecked her. "Even surrounded by my oldest friends, I kept thinking about you!" Odin grinned. "I even came up with some more pet names for you!"

Corrin took a moment to think. "My soul… had a seizure… awaiting your… unholy return."

Odin raised an eyebrow. "Uh… It did? Are you okay?"

"Oh, uh, I meant…" Corrin cleared her throat, and tried to speak as deeply as possible. "The evil blood in my veins was… toiling over… the… dark flames of… missing you."

Odin frowned. "… Corrin?"

She sighed. "I'm sorry, Odin. I thought that I'd learn some of your speech patterns, and surprise you when you came back."

"Oh… I see," Odin said with a nod. Corrin tried to get out of his arms, so he set her down. "But I thought you liked it when I spoke normally."

"I do, but… I know how much fun you have with theatrics, and I missed you…" Corrin blushed. "I suppose it was my way of trying to keep you around, even when you weren't here."

Odin simply smiled and embraced his wife. "My love, it warms my aching blood to hear of the lengths you went to recreate my presence! So too did my heart howl before the endless abyss of loneliness during our month of separation!"

Corrin laughed and returned the hug. "Hahaha! You make it sound so easy!"

"Let us bask in the wondrous glow of each other's company, Corrin of the Dragon's Blood!" Odin announced. "Oh and maybe I could teach you a phrase or two."

Corrin smiled.

"I think I'd like that."

A/N:

Around a week ago, it was one of the mods' birthdays. So a few of us decided to write some drabbles about their favorite pairings. I wrote a F!Corrin x Odin drabble, as you can see. This was actually my first experience writing for any character from Awakening in a serious capacity.

The idea of Corrin trying to awkwardly sound like Odin is very endearing to me. I know they get a lot of flak in the fandom (and some of it is deserved), but I actually really like Corrin. Both versions of Corrin.

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