The Return
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shinonTitle: The Return
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Characters: Shinon, Gatrie
Word count: 498
Warnings: Mild language, drinking
Notes: Prompt: "the world needs more Shinon/Gatrie frienship.
just them being the awesome friends they are ♥"
Set just after chapter 18 of PoRbecause I never get tired of ripping off throwaway lines from my own older fics
He's minding his own business - you could maybe say "licking his wounds," but he's still at that phase where he's pretending he doesn't have any - and then out of nowhere Gatrie hits him like a brick wall.
"You're back!"
His first impulse is to say "get off me," but instead he says, "Yeah." And then he says "get off me," because Shinon is not the kind of guy who tolerates hugs, even considering the circumstances.
Gatrie gives him an affectionate pound on the back that somehow manages to jar each of his injuries individually, then releases him and steps back, grinning. "So glad you're all right! It wasn't the same without you."
"All right? Why wouldn't I b-" There's a glint in Gatrie's eyes that he finds highly suspect. "Oh, goddess, are you crying?"
"Erm... no?"
"Good answer." He shifts uncomfortably. It wasn't the same without Gatrie, either, not by a long shot, but he's trying to get through this with a minimum of feelings. Those are a pain. "So, you're taking orders from the brat now. Did the deal with House Damiell fall through?"
"No, it went fine! Better than fine. Astrid is..." Gatrie laughs in that way that means Shinon's probably going to spend the next few days hunting down the pretty little swindler who fleeced a certain lunkheaded mercenary of his last few gold pieces. Or his last few thousand. Already they're back to routine. "She's really something, you know?"
"No, but I'm sure you're gonna tell me all about her. Whether I wanna hear it or not." Hopefully he can at least get a reasonable description of her, so he can start asking around. ...Or making vague threats to all the girls following this piddling little band ol' Ikey-boy has taken to calling an army. Either way.
"Yep!" Gatrie says brightly. "Come on, I'm buying the beer." Shinon doesn't need to be told twice. It's been a long damn time since he could afford beer that didn't taste like it'd been watered down with piss. Practically since he left.
So he lets Gatrie drag him down off Tor Garen into the nearest town, and into the nearest tavern, and it isn't until they're both working on the kind of drunk people write histories about that Gatrie finally asks, "So why'd you come back? What made you... change yer mind?"
"No." That would ruin the mood. "We're not talkin about that." He still can't believe he lost to Ike. Ike. A deal is a deal but he's not gonna just take this lying down.
"But Shiiiinooooon..."
"Look, I'm back, all right?" Shinon snaps. "When somebody gives you a horse... as a present... you don't, uh. ...Something about teeth."
"I bet it's 'cause you missed this," Gatrie says, gesturing broadly. "You missed me! Hey everyone, this guy came back 'cause he missed me soooo much!"
"Shuddup. I'll punch yer teeth out."
"No, you won't."
No, he won't.
And yeah, he did miss this idiot.
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Characters: Shinon, Gatrie
Word count: 498
Warnings: Mild language, drinking
Notes: Prompt: "the world needs more Shinon/Gatrie frienship.
just them being the awesome friends they are ♥"
Set just after chapter 18 of PoR
He's minding his own business - you could maybe say "licking his wounds," but he's still at that phase where he's pretending he doesn't have any - and then out of nowhere Gatrie hits him like a brick wall.
"You're back!"
His first impulse is to say "get off me," but instead he says, "Yeah." And then he says "get off me," because Shinon is not the kind of guy who tolerates hugs, even considering the circumstances.
Gatrie gives him an affectionate pound on the back that somehow manages to jar each of his injuries individually, then releases him and steps back, grinning. "So glad you're all right! It wasn't the same without you."
"All right? Why wouldn't I b-" There's a glint in Gatrie's eyes that he finds highly suspect. "Oh, goddess, are you crying?"
"Erm... no?"
"Good answer." He shifts uncomfortably. It wasn't the same without Gatrie, either, not by a long shot, but he's trying to get through this with a minimum of feelings. Those are a pain. "So, you're taking orders from the brat now. Did the deal with House Damiell fall through?"
"No, it went fine! Better than fine. Astrid is..." Gatrie laughs in that way that means Shinon's probably going to spend the next few days hunting down the pretty little swindler who fleeced a certain lunkheaded mercenary of his last few gold pieces. Or his last few thousand. Already they're back to routine. "She's really something, you know?"
"No, but I'm sure you're gonna tell me all about her. Whether I wanna hear it or not." Hopefully he can at least get a reasonable description of her, so he can start asking around. ...Or making vague threats to all the girls following this piddling little band ol' Ikey-boy has taken to calling an army. Either way.
"Yep!" Gatrie says brightly. "Come on, I'm buying the beer." Shinon doesn't need to be told twice. It's been a long damn time since he could afford beer that didn't taste like it'd been watered down with piss. Practically since he left.
So he lets Gatrie drag him down off Tor Garen into the nearest town, and into the nearest tavern, and it isn't until they're both working on the kind of drunk people write histories about that Gatrie finally asks, "So why'd you come back? What made you... change yer mind?"
"No." That would ruin the mood. "We're not talkin about that." He still can't believe he lost to Ike. Ike. A deal is a deal but he's not gonna just take this lying down.
"But Shiiiinooooon..."
"Look, I'm back, all right?" Shinon snaps. "When somebody gives you a horse... as a present... you don't, uh. ...Something about teeth."
"I bet it's 'cause you missed this," Gatrie says, gesturing broadly. "You missed me! Hey everyone, this guy came back 'cause he missed me soooo much!"
"Shuddup. I'll punch yer teeth out."
"No, you won't."
No, he won't.
And yeah, he did miss this idiot.
