I own nothing.

"On your left," a voice said as he ran past Lucy on the forest trail. That didn't stop her from squeaking, jumping, and falling. Hearing her crash, Farron stopped and turned around.

Of all the women he thought it might be, he hadn't expected it to be Lucy. Her blonde hair was twisted into a tight bun and her athletic clothes left little to the imagination. While he might not be as lecherous as Vander, even he couldn't help considering how large her bust must be if it was still so large in the tight sports bra.

"I didn't mean to startle you, Miss Lucy," he said politely as he held out his hand.

Her eyes shot up from where they'd been trained on his chest. "Uh, just Lucy. The only people that call me Miss Lucy are staff or people who want something from my father."

"Of course," he replied. He squatted down to get a look at her knee. "Shame Cris or Zen aren't here. They could heal that with no trouble."

"It's just skinned up a bit. I can clean it when I get back." Even still, she realized, it stung enough that she wasn't going to be finishing her run.

"I'll walk with you."

She swallowed. "No. You're fine. I mean, it's fine." He arched an eyebrow at her and she hoped her blush could be explained away as exertion.

"I'm surprised you run," he said, deciding to take pity on her.

"I have to run after Natsu a lot, so it made sense. And of course you run. You obviously have a runner/swimmer body that is rather lickable and I really wish I could stop talking now."

Farron chuckled. "I don't know. I'm rather enjoying the rambling."

"Right now, I'm wishing there were forest vulcans on the island. Or that I had my keys and Virgo could put me out of my misery."

"Natsu…That's the fire dragon slayer, right?"

"Yeah. He's spent the most time with me. After Mom died, Dad said I wasn't ready to take on any slayers. He wasn't wrong. Natsu and Laxus came around every few months. Gajeel fell off the face of the planet until I found out about him being with Phantom. I think I embarrassed him."

"What did you do?"

"Marched in there and dragged him out by the ear. Picture it: all 6 foot 3 inches of dragon slayer being dragged out by my tiny ass and he's just making this whiny noise like a scolded dog."

Farron barked out a laugh.

"I'd already talked to Makarov, the guildmaster of Fairy Tail, about taking him. Dad had sent Gajeel and Natsu to separate guilds to keep them out of trouble but didn't realize that Phantom Lord was just barely not a dark guild."

"Your father has sent a few marriage requests to mine."

"Doesn't surprise me. He's sent them to every eligible bachelor between Fiore and Pregrande."

Farron stopped. "He sent them to Pergrande?"

"A few. I found out after the fact. Pointed out that any man would be more interested in Natsu than in me."

"Have you thought about marriage?" he asked as they started walking again.

"You asking?"

"No, just wondering. I mean, if you're planning on continuing the family tradition, wouldn't marrying a dragon slayer make sense?"

"Possibly," she said as the reached where the forest path met the road. "I have spent too much time fighting my father for the little bit of freedom that I do have. I'm not giving it up just for the sake of having a pretty face in my bed."

She looked him in the eye and he realized that she'd known exactly what his magic was and had rambled earlier to not give him a reason to listen into her thoughts. She knew he'd asked as a way to put feelers out for his brothers.

"You're a terrifyingly intelligent woman."

"So I've been told." She smirked. "Thank you for your cooperation."