Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Balthier/Vaan
Characters: Balthier, Vaan
Additional Tags: spoilers up to phon coast, sorry for the title i’m hilarious and also suck, it’s my self-titled album y’all
Summary:“Ah yes– and how good are you at keeping secrets, I wonder? Out of curiosity.” Because there’s one he must get off of his chest if he is ever going to deal with this thing blossoming in the darkness of his ribcage. A moment on Phon Coast, shortly after the exchange with Ashe.
written with the help of @infucatusannulos/orinoxvaldan, who wrote the excerpt that’s the summary, as well as a good chunk of Balthier ranging from perspective to dialogue.
“A moment passes, and Balthier reaches out beringed fingers to brush a strand of wild platinum from the Dalmascan’s face to tuck behind his ear. His hand vanishes but a second later.
The sight is almost laughable – Vaan jolts from the touch, eyes wide only for a fleeting second as they search behind Balthier towards the other four far down the beach. He mirrors the gesture. Far down though they are, the party is unaware, or at least, is polite enough to fein it in lieu of giving them some semblance of privacy.
Irksome though their company may be at times, Balthier applauds them for their combined cognizance. Unlike Vaan, at least everyone else knows when to leave him alone.”
This part stole my heart !!!
Also when you wrote Balthier finally looks his age !
I love how you manage to write them so well ! Balthier speaking with more elaborate sentences, while Vaan is Vaan lol Straightforward, simple but in a good way, he’s honest.
Difficile – difficile – Final Fantasy XII [Archive of Our Own]
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