Ingvar x Lydia fake dating au where they have to pretend to be a couple to sneak into a palace to steal a Very Important Object (reasons unspecified)
Ingvar is pretending to be a specific nobleman who was invited to an Event at the palace and whom he swapped places with. Lydia is his wife
Takes place in Arrida
Ingvar is taking the opportunity to be as bumbling and distracting as possible (loud and boisterous and knocking things over) to draw as much attention as possible while Lydia sneaks off to let Hal, Jesper and the twins in the back way to do the actual thieving. he's surprisingly good at it
when all goes to hell and the burglars are about to be discovered, Lydia accuses Ingvar of cheating on her and they stage an overly dramatic screaming match which will be gossiped about for years to come. the real noble is a little upset when he discovers this
“Hal? Permission to abandon the ship? We are too happy here and I can’t stand it.” Lydia groans.
“Request denied.”
Stefan starts up another merry jig on the little harp he'd managed to barter off of the visiting trader last week, and Jesper's dance moves grow still more erratic.
Stig attempts to copy him, with reasonable success. Ingvar does too, with considerably less.
"Just enjoy it, Lyd," Wulf says lazily.
"Hmph."
Kloof barks excitedly as she leaps over to join the dancers.
I'm so obsessed with this scene. There's so much storytelling just in the fact that Ziggurat is this nice to Jack and supportive of his art. Out of context it looks like a dad walking in like "are you winning son" and listening to his kid ramble about his interests. In context we know this is just him manipulating some kid by enabling his obsessive tendencies and inflated ego. It makes Hades feel less like a corporation and more like a cult, which makes me slightly less mad about them retconing it to be a cult later. Rare Beyblade villian W.
I tend to give him an enormous number of younger siblings mainly so he can carry them all around. He takes after his dad who is also Fucking Huge (his mum is quite small and it was a tricky birth) and the kids are regularly seen doing odd jobs around Hallasholm because the family is permanently cash-strapped
for prompts, remember that Jesper & touch post that did the rounds the other day? Ingvar hugs, take it any direction you like
Ingvar loves hugs. He loves giving them and he loves getting them; he has it all down to a science.
Hal is good to hug. He makes a funny squeaking noise at first, but relaxes quickly. He hugs back. Ingvar knows not to hug him too hard or for too long, though.
Stig is great to hug. He likes hugs, he hugs back enthusiastically, and he doesn't mind being squeezed. He squeezes right back.
The twins are convenient to hug. Ingvar likes to hug them both at once; it's a great way to stop them from fighting without throwing them overboard. Much more pleasant, anyway.
Stefan is fun to hug. He loves it when Ingvar's enthusiasm lifts him right off the ground; he laughs delightedly when Ingvar spins him around in a whirling circle.
Edvin is nice to hug. He always smells good and his returning hugs are surprisingly strong for someone of his size. He lets Ingvar hug him for as long as he likes.
Jesper is hard to hug. He's so small and slippery, but can be scooped up and hugged tightly and carefully. It's funny when he hides his face in Ingvar's shirt.