Ruffled.
She often left Tobias with his mouth open in awe.
The way she walked, so gracefully and yet with so much power in her steps.
The way she spoke, quietly and so compassionately that the entire room heard her easily.
The way she tilted her chin when she was speaking to dignitaries, the way she bit her bottom lip when she was thinking, the little, secret winks she would give him as she stepped down from a speech or some other social function where it was "inappropriate" to do anything more.
The way she took insults with nothing more than a half smile and an apology that left both him and the offender confused. The way she never got mad but always got even.
The way she always kept her cool.
He'd seen her fear-scape, with her by his side of course, and he'd watched her as she bravely faced each fear. Watched her body shake before something snapped and the solider in her took over.
It was sad but it was also inspiring.
Some days he missed the old Tris, the one who wasn't so unshakable and sure of herself, or at least wasn't forced to hide it like she did.
This Tris, his Tris, had been forced to become a very good actress over the years.
And while he was proud of that, he still took pleasure in knowing that if anyone could ruffle the unshakable, unbreakable Tris's outer mask in front of hundreds of people, it was him.
And that's just what he proved when he proposed to the newly named Leader of Dauntless in front of, literally, the entire Dauntless Faction.
He still smirked thinking about it, Tris had looked so gorgeous that day.
Christina, who had still been Tris's friend at that point, had done her makeup and helped her pick out an outfit for her acceptance speech she was being forced to give now that the people of Dauntless had named her their leader.
He knew she had been nervous but she hadn't shown it, she'd worn the perfect smile on her face and spoke with confidence and just the right amount of excitement, even throwing in a fist pump towards the end. She'd been perfect.
And then, just before she had a chance to disappear, he'd gone up to her dropped down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
And just like that he'd, rather successfully, shattered Tris's well-placed mask.
She'd looked so shocked, everyone had, but he hadn't worried about her saying no, he'd had a feeling and he was usual right with those.
And then, after a full ten minutes of stammering and stuttering and suitably wrecking her reputation of social perfection, she'd finally said yes. Her face completely red from blushing and in the softest, meekest voice he'd ever heard from her.
And Tobias had proved that yes, it was possible for Tris to have ruffled feathers; it just had to be the right person doing the ruffling.
Yes, I too noticed that my drabbles have been getting a good bit too angst-y over the last while, so I decided to mix it up a bit and throw in some nice, wholesome fluff! Hopefully I didn't mangle it to bad seeing as I am in no way a 'fluffy' authoress and usual do something a little more… sad. Or tragic, depending on my mood.
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