nerdiethings | Fantasy AUs

They listen to strength. Dad is strong and so are you. It'll even out.

I’m not totally sure that’s a good thing… especially in this case.

It means you shouldn't overthink things. It hasn't done you well.

It’s hard not to this time. I made things more complicated trying to simplify them.

I wouldn’t be surprised if your folks hated me at this point.

You're breaking your promise at record speeds, huh?

W-what promise?!

About accepting love and affection wherever it came from?

I didn’t say that! I just said I wouldn’t be surprised.

Most people aren't this resistant to people liking them.

Uh, this is like the third time I completely messed up their understanding of the world.

That is pretty brutal. If only all five of us had some way to find emotional support and clarity through such confusing times.

[ Adora just nudges her. ] You have a little sister now, you know. You should be bothering her.

So do you, when you think about it. And you both probably have a bit more in common.

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No way! She’s all cute and sheltered and whatever. I wasn’t even allowed to talk to her.

You're both strangers in a strange land with some messy parentage. Both have a lot of staff and guards you need to win over. Both probably a little scared of what it all means.

You're a different kind of cute though.

[ She nudges her again. She doesn’t say anything. But she nudges. ]

[Shaking her head, she wraps an arm around Adora's side, leaning her head into her shoulder.]

… I really like you, you know. [ She rests her head on Catra’s. ]

That's good. Cause I like you too.

[ She hums a little, somewhere between appreciative and displeased but— ]

My mom said it was weird for royals to only have one kid, since… heirs and stuff. I guess that’s at least one thing they don’t have to worry about.

Probably. But...

Well, best to keep both of you away of grandma. She's weird about that kind of thing.

You keep mentioning her. I only ever heard about the king’s father…

She probably likes it that way. Grandma doesn't think a queen should be more well-known than the king. She...

She likes a lot of the stuff grandpa did too.

Your dad says she didn’t want women to have power. I still don’t get that.

I think... its weirder than that. She likes power, but she doesn't like to call it power. She likes power on her terms. No one else's.

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