OTP Meme 9: Hanging out with friends.
Stahl and Sully had yet to marry.
While this thought did not plague him enough to stay awake too long at night, it did worry him somewhat during his waking hours. He knew that Sully meant that she loved him above all others (except, perhaps, Kjelle, but he was fine with that) and would for the rest of their lives, but it still didn't keep him from being paranoid when she became close to another man… especially when that man was Gregor.
Stahl originally didn't have a problem with the man and was glad to have met someone with similar interests as himself. They were quite close and he found that Gregor made for an excellent sparring partner. Then, Sully challenged Gregor to a duel, wondering why Stahl was so intent on sparring with the man rather than Sully herself.
Gregor was the victor, and Sully walked away grumbling. Stahl did warn her about the older man's strength, yet her hotheaded nature got the best of her. Then, the nickname started.
Before the duel, Gregor stuck to calling Sully things such as "miss" and "ma'am" and other pleasantires of the sort, but then the "Sullykins" started. Stahl expected her to argue back, call him an equally humiliating name.
She didn't and instead embraced the newly bestowed name. This shocked Stahl: as far as he knew, she'd never allow someone to call her a nickname, with the exception of Gaius (although that man gave everybody a nickname, so there was no problem on his part.) Stahl was certain she would beat the living daylights out of him if he so much as thought of giving her an affectionate name, although she had no problem giving him one. Regardless, for the first time since his best friend danced with the previous girl of his dreams, Stahl felt jealous of another man.
He tried to not let this show on the outside, although another wave of rage always washed over him when he heard the word "Sullykins." Stahl hoped nobody would notice until he felt like it, although it appeared that Robin had known from the very start. As such, after only a few days of anger, Robin suggested that Stahl and Gregor should duel one another.
It was the most brilliant idea that Stahl had never thought of.
As such, he and Gregor dueled on a lovely Thursday morning and, for once in Stahl's life, he found himself holding his own against a seasoned and older professional. Their duel dragged in quite the amount of spectators, although Stahl was certain Gregor was doing this only to add more to one of their humiliation. Any time now, the seasoned mercenary would knock Stahl onto his-
"WAH!" Stahl shouted as he fell onto his face, a feat that would make even Sumia proud. He did not see that coming at all!
"Stahl too distracted, no?" Gregor chuckled as he offered a hand towards the younger man.
"I don't need your help…" Stahl shoved away the hand and fell onto his back, absorbing the feeling of defeat and pain. Oh gods, that hurt really bad! He winced as the ground came into full contact with his injury. From the corner of his eye, he saw his fiancé approach him.
"What has gotten into you Stahl?" Sully leaned over her groaning love, a slight trace of concern in her voice.
"I… I hate it when he calls you that!" he shouted, startling his fiancé and confusing her even further.
"What do you mean?"
"You know! Gregor calls you Sullykins all the damn time," Stahl huffed angrily and looked away from her. "I… just get so jealous that you'd let him give you a nickname but never let me."
"… Ugh, seriously Stahl? You could've called me that all along. I seriously thought you were bold enough to do so."
"I thought I wasn't bold enough," he admitted sheepishly, although Sully knew otherwise. On the outside and in public, his boldness was as existent as Kellam was to most. However, when he spent long nights with his fiancé he could be very forward and bold to the point that even Lon'qu would blush.
"I think not, Stallion," Stahl blushed deeply at Sully's forwardness. Although it was no secret that they'd spend long and pleasant nights with one another, he never expected her to bring up such a thing during the day in public. Realizing her mistake, Sully gasped lightly and covered her mouth… But it was much too late for that.
They were met by the laughter of their fellow Shepherds.
"Ooooh, how'd he get that name," Nah giggled to her mother whom was smirking.
"I'd love to find out myself," Chrom teased.
"Oh gods Sully, look what you've done!" Stahl whimpered as he curled into a small ball, much to said woman's amusement.
Sully dropped her shocked façade and smirked, making Stahl shiver in fear. There was no way she was going to-"You know how Stahl is supposedly the perfect mean? In some cases, he's well above that," Gods, she was!
"Do tell! I have done many observations on that matter," Miriel adjusted her glasses and leaned in, much to Stahl's horror.
"Well, you see, when Stahl and I ha-"
"BAH! NO SULLY!" Stahl screeched, literally swept her off of her feet, and ran like a madman towards the stables with a bright red face.
A/N; Nicknames are inspired by the Sully and Gregor supports and the Youtube comment I saw on the Sully and Stahl supports… Hanging out with friends in my FE:A head cannon involves some sparring and Frederick's Fanatical Fitness Hour (if you want to know where that came from, look at the Frederick and Tharja supports.)
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