20 Themes of Alanna/Liam
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Notice
Liam wasn't one to not notice a pretty girl. It was a given fact of life, that people noticed the pretty ones and overlooked the homely ones. He couldn't classify as the Lioness as a beauty nor as an ugly woman. She was neither, but she was something.
Strength
She had never been one to notice ones looks. She noticed strength and weakness. Liam however managed to capture her notice of both his looks and his strength.
Fears
She was afraid of death, of spiders and of the Duke Roger. He was afraid of her magic. She should have realized from the very beginning that their relationship would not last and if she was truly honest about it she wasn't quite sure she wanted it to last. She had George, and Liam was a wanderer no matter what she liked to think.
Faithful
The cat was her guardian. Although Alanna didn't appear to realize it, Liam did. He was her friend, her companion, but he was also her guardian. He was also the second person Liam looked approval from when he started his relationship with Alanna, the first being Coram.
Sword
She was quick with a sword. She was quick when riding, when using a bow and arrow and she was a quick learner. But she was not quick to catch on when he left subtle hints about their breaking. He felt awful for it, and for using her destiny as a reason to stop their relationship but she would be better off for it.
George Cooper
He did not know Cooper. All he knew was that he was the only one who held all of Alanna's love. It was in the way her voice sounded when she spoke to him. She had to much respect for her Prince to full love him, she had to much admiration for him. For George, she had both but she had managed a way to balance that for he had the same thing for her. He did not know Cooper but he knew all to well that it was he who held her affections above all others.
Past
She did not know his past. She did not know all the past ladies he'd ever been with nor did she care to know. With Jonathon it had been a bitter disappointment, a bitter reminder. With George, she knew that there had not been many for reasons that remained secretive. Not that she would like the reason if she learned. With Liam there was always a doubt, always a question as to why he loved her or if he really loved her or if she was just a ploy. She did not like the doubts that it fed her.
Understanding
He understood when Faithful gave him a look. It was a warning that told him he wouldn't last long. That although she seemed to love and hold great esteem for him it was only because there was someone else absent. He was glad for that warning and when he started to reach the point that he knew they would end soon it made it slightly easier to know all along that it wouldn't last.
Mourn
She mourned the loss of Liam. Deep down though, she knew she had always understood that it was not meant to last. They just weren't suited for each other and in the back of her mind a pair of dancing eyes reminded her just why.
Moments
There were moments when she would pause and look at him. He couldn't compete with Jonathon for looks, nor with George for humor or loyalty but there was something. There indeed was something very special about him.
Sharp
She was sharp. Her temper knew now limits, and Liam understood that she had her fierce pride. He also understood slowly what pushed her to those limits and what could break her pride and he was glad she'd refused the Prince. She would have been broken almost under a year.
Death
They did not agree on it. He tried in vain to make her understand his point. She couldn't. He understood that, for after awhile he realized what she thought of death. The end, it was over there was nothing more even going to the Peaceful Realms offered nothing to her. It was nothing to her.
Far
Distance in age was nothing. Distance in their life styles was nothing. The distance in her eyes, when she was riding was something. He knew she was thinking of someone else, and he could understand perhaps even sympathize with her. She was missing someone she hadn't really realized she fully loved yet.
End of the World
They reached the roof of the world, but Liam termed it the end of the world. For that one day, when he woke up to find her missing his world was truly ending. Perhaps that was what the seer had meant by he would know his last battle. This was one he had not won and could not win.
Travelling
Travelling was no longer enjoyable for all her efforts to remain friends. He could see she understood that they could not continue their affair, and she was accepting of that. More then he thought she would be if he admitted it. It was just not comfortable between them, for she was far to accepting in his opinion.
Raoul of Goldenlake
Upon meeting her old friend, Liam was startled. He'd never really pondered Alanna's past, her squire years or her page years. He had only heard of her then and now events, and seeing her playfully talking with the tall man he knew it was too late to wonder on it.
Coronation
As the coronation approached Liam knew it was indeed the end. So he sent the letter hoping it was the right choice.
Battle
Seeing her, the minute she realized what was happening was a glorious sight itself. The anger, the passion in her as she ran out of the throne room ready to kill anyone who blocked her way was glorifying and magnificent. He felt blessed seeing it, because it was not everyday you got to see the Lioness in a rampant.
Death
Seeing his death was nothing like he imaged. He had imagined unbearable pain, and then slow coolness. Instead he had blackness, poison spreading throughout him and as he laid there, aware that he was dying, aware of the battles around him he could not help but wish he could have held on a bit longer.
Seeing him, arrows by his side and pale as the untouched snow she had once despised, she felt a weakness. There was nothing glorifying in his death and yet there was.
Quiet
She was quiet at times and George let her be. He understood that the death of Liam had caused her pain and he could understand. She did not love Liam like she loved him, and even if she had, he had competed with the Prince and lost but he was hers and she was his and he would give her all the time in the world to be quiet.
A/N: I never even thought about writing a Liam/Alanna fic in the life, and I really actually liked writing it ). It was different from Alanna/Jon were you have a lot of detail and George/Alanna you do too, but with Liam you have some detail but the rest you can just kind of imagine.