The characters belong to Eoin Colfer.
I Have a Song to Sing, O!
He'd saved her ass so often, and such a pretty ass too, but all she noticed about him was his own. The banter he'd annoyed her with had kept her going after Julius, but all she'd noticed was how he irritated her.
He'd wondered if it was a cross-species thing, until he saw how she liked a Mud-Boy. All he could do was wait for the next time she needed the abilities she took for granted, stop moping like a love-lorn loon and play the merryman. How he wished he could lose that persona and show her the real one
Author's Note; Because I didn't think it could be done, though Lli beat me to it and did it better. Grace-notes if you spot the musical reference.
