Fantasy AUs

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[hououji]

I’ll check the herb garden…

[fluidgender]

But there's other things too. Maybe we should both be going on more... walks. And stuff. [With the confidence of a younger Ranma suggesting date spots.]

[hououji]

I'm more than certain you're getting enough exercise, my love. Especially if you resume Adora's training.

[fluidgender]

Well, something slower would be nice for you. And I would not mind spending the time making those activities enjoyable for you.

[hououji]

I’ll be all right, my love. Really. There are bigger things to focus on. Kaori really stirred up the public, and Adora was badly injured.

You said the ward of the far king was here, as well, right? We’re going to have enough on our plate without you having to worry about twelve years that may not come for decades.

[fluidgender]

Yes... we'll have to talk with her about that.

As for Nia... we certainly can't tell her about any of this either. I'm not sure she knows how to keep a secret.

[hououji]

[ She giggles a little, but it’s strained. ] She certainly seemed that way. I’m not certain how he could have raised someone so sweet.

[fluidgender]

I suppose he had people to do that for him. Adora was lucky with Leslie.

But then again... maybe it's easy for a man with that much power to be nice for a few years.

[hououji]

Your father certainly couldn’t pull it off…

I think I’m going to check on the girls. I don’t want Kaori to be too anxious.

[fluidgender]

Pops was a neurotic mess who saw everyone as a thread. The fae king... if he didn't see Nia as a threat, he probably thought he could afford to be nice. Even if he didn't mean it.

Just don't work too hard too quickly. You're still recovering.

[hououji]

The clock is ticking. I’d like to be with my daughter. That’s all.

[fluidgender]

[This is exactly why they were afraid to tell her.

They close their eyes, sighing. They won't protest.]

[hououji]

[ Fuu will lean down to give them a soft kiss. ] It will be all right. Just some time to adjust.

[fluidgender]

Just don't go masking it either, is all I ask.

[But they will happily kiss back.]

[hououji]

I think I’ve been fairly straightforward with my feelings.

[fluidgender]

I don't think most people say sentences like that when they talk about their emotions, darling.

[hououji]

What would you have me do, then? I don’t know how else to react.

[fluidgender]

[Person who spent most of their life emotionally stunted blinks.]

...feels like this is one of those trick questions that don't have any good answers.

[hououji]

I didn’t mean it to be…

[fluidgender]

No, no, just in the... either way I'd be controlling yer feelings like Pops kinda way.

[hououji]

My love, you could never be like him. I promise you.

[fluidgender]

I feel like we're getting off the subject of you not pushing yourself after you see the girls.

[hououji]

My life is already shorter. I don’t want it to be boring or pointless.

[fluidgender]

That's way too fast to be assigning worth to moments.,,

But I'm not asking you to rest forever. I'm asking for you to rest while you're recovering from a poison.

[hououji]

I’ve been healed. It’s not the pace of a queen to rest too much. There are things that need to be done.