Her Name

[shinon]

Title: Her Name
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
Character/Pairing: Kent/Lyn
Genre: Romance? I guess?
Word count: 486
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Happy birthday, wonderful_words.


It's a strange reversal, and one she doesn't think about too often, but “Lyn” used to be her everyday name and “Lyndis” the one reserved for her family. Now she's “Lady Lyndis” to everyone and “Lyn” only to those who knew her before. And not even everyone who knew her before – with Florina it's always “Lady Lyndis,” and – come to think of it, it's only Mark who still calls her Lyn these days.

She doesn't mind, exactly. It's not that she doesn't like the name. It was a while before she could hear it without the memory of her parents intruding. That was their name for her, the name they used when they talked in the ger at night, letting the embers fade. It was the name her father had used to rebuke her more than once, and it was the name of the heroine of every story her mother had ever told her. It was a while before she could hear it without remembering them, and a longer while before she could remember them without pain.

Now it's different, of course. The name has many more uses than she would have suspected: the original Lyndis's Legion, her other armsmen, and her grandfather use it. That's fine, because she loves and trusts these people, and they've become her new family. But it's different when all the nobles she's had to learn to think of as fellow nobles use it, or when someone else does introduces her and she has no choice but to be Lyndis. It's as though they're trying to expand her family without her permission, and one person she does not want in her family is Marquess Araphen, whom she now has to treat civilly. When she's allowed to make her own introductions, she still says “Lyn,” as petty as that sometimes feels. She's adjusted, for the most part, but the considerable part of her that is still Lorca wants that much appeasement.

She's adjusted, for the most part, to the point where hearing the name her parents gave her doesn't make her heart constrict a little, but there are exceptions. There are two exceptions. There are two people who can say her name and make it mean exactly what it always has: you are loved, you are safe, you belong here. The first is Lord Hausen, which makes sense. The second is Kent, so much so that it doesn't matter that “milady” was never part of her name before. He makes it fit. It seems like it's just a longer form of her name and not a title. If it's a step up from “Lyn” to “Lyndis,” then his “milady Lyndis” is something else entirely – maybe it's the way he pronounces it, maybe it's the look on his face when he says it. Maybe it's the way he doesn't seem to notice any of it.

Maybe it has nothing to do with names.

Comments

[sacae.livejournal.com]

Awww, Tav~~!! This needs to be on FFN. It's just that epic. I looove it. ♥ So cute~! *Hugtackle* Thank you so much~!

[ergoipsofacto.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and I'm glad you like it! As a matter of policy, I generally don't post giftfics on FFN, but if I have your permission to do so, I could make an exception of this one. :le shrug:

[sacae.livejournal.com]

Do it do it do it. :3

[ergoipsofacto.livejournal.com]

Done. XD

[lazulidragon.livejournal.com]

Aww, how sweet!

[ergoipsofacto.livejournal.com]

Thanks!