(( ooc: I'm here for every single one of those scenarios! He can be surprisingly nice when he's smitten but he can also be a big tsundere about the whole thing honestly just pick your poison lol ))
[Listen: Everyone has to come to the market district at some point or another. Everyone. Even Felix is not immune to the Need for Things—but he generally prefers to come to the market early in the morning, you know? To grab his one item right when the shops open and leave before too many people begin milling about, because dealing with a crowd... is a pain.
But Marianne needed to come to the market in the afternoon, for what she assured him was a very, very important reason!! Something for Dorte, he assumes, and while he's well aware that what she considers to be very, very important is probably not what he considers to be very, very important—well. As weird as she may be, Marianne is. She's. ...Hmm. If pressed, Felix would say that she doesn't rankle his nerves, so long as she refrains from apologizing for every little thing! That she's helpful, even if he does have to keep an eye on her clumsy self! That she's easy enough to talk to, considering that, as long as the conversation is centered around animals, he isn't expected to say anything at all!
So, in short: Marianne isn't terrible company to keep. Felix isn't opposed to spending time with her, which is why he's currently standing beside her as they look out over the incredibly crowded square they need to cross. Did every vendor in this area decide to have a sale on the same day... Goddess...]
...Hmph. [HMPH.] You certainly picked a busy day to visit.
[Just a typically dry thing for Felix to say, but as he glances over at her—oh, shit. Don't apologize, don't apologize...]
[Marianne absolutely did have a very, very important reason for coming to the market today of all days, and for once... it does not have anything to do with Dorte!! FOR ONCE... (Dorte is involved in that she absolutely did ask for his advice earlier in the day when she was frantic and panicking and he was like chill but beyond that??)
She looks on at the crowds with Dismay, because... well... will Felix want to endure this Crowd? There are so many people! Maybe she should turn around and tell him that they should go home? But that would also be annoying... The look on her face is absolutely one that's on the verge of apologizing, get ready felix... IT'S COMING!!!! except,
she stops herself in time because well, you know, after spending so much time with Felix... and despite that some of the time they don't talk at all and just pet Liam and his friend group, she knows that apologies don't actually ever do anything to help when it comes to him... Especially with the way she so often says it, it's a bad habit of hers, and one she's determined to correct!! so, instead, she'll be... Positive! Optimistic!]
Um... maybe since it's so busy, there will be more options...!
[or..... less options.... Marianne keeping it intentionally vague there with the word 'options' so she doesn't accidentally reveal the goal of her shopping trip today. she's so clandestine now, she feels like claude would be proud.]
...It might also take longer than I thought it would today... so, Felix, you can stay here and wait for me if you like. You definitely don't have to come with me to every stall...
[YES!! this is Good! She's giving Felix and Out! Marianne says this, even as her eyes like fill with panic at the size of the crowd shifting before her, hm]
[More options? There are fifty rude ways Felix could respond to that, ranging from "Every stall is going to be picked over before you get there" to "If you know what you're looking for, then you only need one option," but—hey! That definitely... was not an apology, and you know, that's enough for Felix to hold his tongue. It's not that apologies themselves bother him; like, people should apologize whenever they're being especially stupid, but Marianne apologizing for every little thing...
...Pbbt! It's just good to see her owning her decision! Showing something close-ish to confidence, but that still doesn't prevent a sort of half-huff, half-snort when she kindly provides him with an out. Stand in one spot and wait for her to pick her way through the crowd, especially when he can see that face...]
And I won't. [Not that he knows how many stalls Marianne wants to visit, but let him just make that clear even as he takes a step forward.] But I'm already here, so there's no point in standing around.
[Lead the way, Marianne!!! ...Or, well. That would make sense, since she's looking for Goddess knows what, but again: that face. Fighting her way through swarms of people is obviously not her deal, so after a second's hesitation, he does what any proper Faerghus gentleman should do: he turns back to her and holds out a hand, palm up, while he coolly and casually continues scanning the crowd.]
You should... stay close.
[So give him your hand, girl! There's nothing awkward about this! Also oop @ me, I'm settled now, sorry I've been SLOW.]
[The look of intense relief on Marianne's face when Felix says he won't leave her High and Dry... It's really there! Yet another reason to feel grateful towards Felix, who shouldn't have to humor her and her Mysterious shopping trip at all, but does so anyway? He's the MVP... the Champ.... And...
wait? HOLD UP? "STAY CLOSE" ???]
-- !
[Marianne staring at Felix's offered hand as if it is the only thing in this market place that EXISTS, nothing else is registering for her... HM, this is... this is truly a proper Faerghus gentleman gesture, she could maybe seen Dimitri or Sylvain offering their assistance to someone who needed it (not to her though, she'd never be so bold as to imagine that, but um... Felix? This is mean of Marianne to think that he WOULDN'T, but he's always struck her as more of the 'i will support you, but silently, and also! keep up! marianne!'
The only awkward thing about this is Marianne's silence and unnecessarily long pause as she realizes that this is happening, and she should just take his hand already! She wouldn't dream of refusing! Maybe if this was in the past, when she'd spurn human contact just out of principle -- but life is better now, and she's made some strides.... not that many strides to stay wholly unaffected by Felix's very kind gesture, and she can feel the heat rise in her face as she stares at the ground, at Felix's hand, at anywhere that isn't Felix's face, and slowly
tentatively... FINALLY
holds her own hand out to... to rest on top of Felix's, DID THIS TAKE A WHOLE HOUR?? it did NOT thankfully, but it probably feels like it did, thank you on the tip of her tongue as well as are you sure? and both turning into one jumbled mess of:]
T-thank yousure?
[oh my goddess]
I-I mean -- t-thank you, Felix...!
[it comes out more like 'flex' because she's hastily stumbling over her own words here...]
[I'm very keen on prompts 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, and 19. Can also do a mixup of multiple prompts. Very willing to AU into other series if need be. Please feed this stoic botanist some fluff.]
[A truly proper Faerghus gentleman would have, like, bowed before offering Marianne their arm, but listen: Felix has to shoulder people out of the way, so Felix needs some room to maneuver! It's necessary—and surely Marianne recognizes this, which is why he doesn't even bother to look her way.
Until, of course, it feels as if he's been holding his hand back her way for a solid year? Long enough for him to feel somewhat foolish, anyway, which is why he does glance back at her, wondering if a horse wandered by or something—but, uh. Oh. ...Oh. Marianne isn't excitedly watching a nearby animal; she's staring down at his hand instead, cheeks turning redder by the second, and he only has time to think a single though (cute?) before he abruptly jerks his gaze away. It's not— he's not—
He's only doing the sensible thing, he tells himself as he feels Marianne's hand, feather-light, tentatively settle atop his. There's nothing more to this, even though he feels almost awkward as he gently closes his hand around hers. It's... funny, really; like, he wears gloves all the time, but it's only now that he's (uncomfortably) aware of them? Some traitorous part of him wonders what her hand would feel like in his, without this barrier between them...
...And that's stupid. Goddess. Almost as stupid as Marianne's jumbled, stumbled words, which should be funny—but aren't? He feels a hint of warmth creep its way up the back of his neck, but hey, let's not think about that. No way.]
It's nothing, [he responds as coolly as he possibly can, because who's feeling some type of way about this? Not him! No, sir!] It's best we stay together. Finding you in this crowd would be annoying.
[Yeah!!! This is PRACTICAL, baybee—and the longer he stands here, the more confusing things are going to get, so you know what? It's time to take a step forward.]
This way.
[To the opposite side of the square! Follow him, please, as he weaves through all these people, making sure to keep his grip on her hand firm but not... excessively so. He's hyperaware of this, for whatever reason? Bizarre. Stay close...!!!]
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Usagi Tsukino | Sailor Moon | OTA
euphemia li britannia | code geass | m/f
peko pekoyama | super dangan ronpa 2 | m/f
junpei tenmyouji | zero escape | m/f
tsukino usagi ☽ sailor moon ☆ f/m*
also, how dare you invoke the spirit of my middle school otp. )
Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA
ariel ♆ tlm ♆ ota
Llewellyn Watts | Murdoch Mysteries | m/m
Insector Haga / YuGiOh / m/m
Vincent Valentine - FFVII - OTA
esther moreau / original / m/f
Kou Seiya | BSSM
Ashe ☠️ Overwatch ☠️ ota
Scorpia | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | f/f
Maria Renard | Castlevania | F/M
Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA
marianne von edmund | fire emblem three houses | ota
no subject
i told you it would be a fellden au
But Marianne needed to come to the market in the afternoon, for what she assured him was a very, very important reason!! Something for Dorte, he assumes, and while he's well aware that what she considers to be very, very important is probably not what he considers to be very, very important—well. As weird as she may be, Marianne is. She's. ...Hmm. If pressed, Felix would say that she doesn't rankle his nerves, so long as she refrains from apologizing for every little thing! That she's helpful, even if he does have to keep an eye on her clumsy self! That she's easy enough to talk to, considering that, as long as the conversation is centered around animals, he isn't expected to say anything at all!
So, in short: Marianne isn't terrible company to keep. Felix isn't opposed to spending time with her, which is why he's currently standing beside her as they look out over the incredibly crowded square they need to cross. Did every vendor in this area decide to have a sale on the same day... Goddess...]
...Hmph. [HMPH.] You certainly picked a busy day to visit.
[Just a typically dry thing for Felix to say, but as he glances over at her—oh, shit. Don't apologize, don't apologize...]
this is Perfect
She looks on at the crowds with Dismay, because... well... will Felix want to endure this Crowd? There are so many people! Maybe she should turn around and tell him that they should go home? But that would also be annoying... The look on her face is absolutely one that's on the verge of apologizing, get ready felix... IT'S COMING!!!! except,
she stops herself in time because well, you know, after spending so much time with Felix... and despite that some of the time they don't talk at all and just pet Liam and his friend group, she knows that apologies don't actually ever do anything to help when it comes to him... Especially with the way she so often says it, it's a bad habit of hers, and one she's determined to correct!! so, instead, she'll be... Positive! Optimistic!]
Um... maybe since it's so busy, there will be more options...!
[or..... less options.... Marianne keeping it intentionally vague there with the word 'options' so she doesn't accidentally reveal the goal of her shopping trip today. she's so clandestine now, she feels like claude would be proud.]
...It might also take longer than I thought it would today... so, Felix, you can stay here and wait for me if you like. You definitely don't have to come with me to every stall...
[YES!! this is Good! She's giving Felix and Out! Marianne says this, even as her eyes like fill with panic at the size of the crowd shifting before her, hm]
UM? THE SWAN PRINCESS??? u truly get me
...Pbbt! It's just good to see her owning her decision! Showing something close-ish to confidence, but that still doesn't prevent a sort of half-huff, half-snort when she kindly provides him with an out. Stand in one spot and wait for her to pick her way through the crowd, especially when he can see that face...]
And I won't. [Not that he knows how many stalls Marianne wants to visit, but let him just make that clear even as he takes a step forward.] But I'm already here, so there's no point in standing around.
[Lead the way, Marianne!!! ...Or, well. That would make sense, since she's looking for Goddess knows what, but again: that face. Fighting her way through swarms of people is obviously not her deal, so after a second's hesitation, he does what any proper Faerghus gentleman should do: he turns back to her and holds out a hand, palm up, while he coolly and casually continues scanning the crowd.]
You should... stay close.
[So give him your hand, girl! There's nothing awkward about this! Also oop @ me, I'm settled now, sorry I've been SLOW.]
IT'S MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME
wait? HOLD UP? "STAY CLOSE" ???]
-- !
[Marianne staring at Felix's offered hand as if it is the only thing in this market place that EXISTS, nothing else is registering for her... HM, this is... this is truly a proper Faerghus gentleman gesture, she could maybe seen Dimitri or Sylvain offering their assistance to someone who needed it (not to her though, she'd never be so bold as to imagine that, but um... Felix? This is mean of Marianne to think that he WOULDN'T, but he's always struck her as more of the 'i will support you, but silently, and also! keep up! marianne!'
The only awkward thing about this is Marianne's silence and unnecessarily long pause as she realizes that this is happening, and she should just take his hand already! She wouldn't dream of refusing! Maybe if this was in the past, when she'd spurn human contact just out of principle -- but life is better now, and she's made some strides.... not that many strides to stay wholly unaffected by Felix's very kind gesture, and she can feel the heat rise in her face as she stares at the ground, at Felix's hand, at anywhere that isn't Felix's face, and slowly
tentatively... FINALLY
holds her own hand out to... to rest on top of Felix's, DID THIS TAKE A WHOLE HOUR?? it did NOT thankfully, but it probably feels like it did, thank you on the tip of her tongue as well as are you sure? and both turning into one jumbled mess of:]
T-thank yousure?
[oh my goddess]
I-I mean -- t-thank you, Felix...!
[it comes out more like 'flex' because she's hastily stumbling over her own words here...]
Nico Acosta | OC | M/F
Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA
Perne Archevauliere | FFXIV Non-WoL OC
Gar Logan | Titans
Agent South Dakota | Red vs Blue | OTA
Shin ♥ AMNESIA ♥ m/m
Namine | Kingdom Hearts | OTA
Kairi | Kingdom Hearts | OTA
I LOVE IT TOO... this is my idea is such a banger
Until, of course, it feels as if he's been holding his hand back her way for a solid year? Long enough for him to feel somewhat foolish, anyway, which is why he does glance back at her, wondering if a horse wandered by or something—but, uh. Oh. ...Oh. Marianne isn't excitedly watching a nearby animal; she's staring down at his hand instead, cheeks turning redder by the second, and he only has time to think a single though (cute?) before he abruptly jerks his gaze away. It's not— he's not—
He's only doing the sensible thing, he tells himself as he feels Marianne's hand, feather-light, tentatively settle atop his. There's nothing more to this, even though he feels almost awkward as he gently closes his hand around hers. It's... funny, really; like, he wears gloves all the time, but it's only now that he's (uncomfortably) aware of them? Some traitorous part of him wonders what her hand would feel like in his, without this barrier between them...
...And that's stupid. Goddess. Almost as stupid as Marianne's jumbled, stumbled words, which should be funny—but aren't? He feels a hint of warmth creep its way up the back of his neck, but hey, let's not think about that. No way.]
It's nothing, [he responds as coolly as he possibly can, because who's feeling some type of way about this? Not him! No, sir!] It's best we stay together. Finding you in this crowd would be annoying.
[Yeah!!! This is PRACTICAL, baybee—and the longer he stands here, the more confusing things are going to get, so you know what? It's time to take a step forward.]
This way.
[To the opposite side of the square! Follow him, please, as he weaves through all these people, making sure to keep his grip on her hand firm but not... excessively so. He's hyperaware of this, for whatever reason? Bizarre. Stay close...!!!]
jyn erso || rogue one || ota
cassian andor || rogue one || ota