#yes still on the 'Avior was Warden's steward' train

[starlitangels]

Hey Star! How about a sick fic with Avior and Starlight~? 💞

Ooh! I like it!

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"Here," Avior said, setting a mug of tea on the end table beside where I was sprawled on the couch. "This should help."

"Isn't there magic to decongest my damn nose?" I complained, scrunching my nose up as I wiped at it with a tissue.

"If there is, I don't know it. I'm a demon. We're not susceptible to human viruses, and I never spent enough time on Elegy to learn magic for viruses."

I groaned, sliding down the couch upholstery and rubbing at my temples. "Y'know, the older I get, the more colds suck."

"Want me to turn up the temperature?"

"No. It's plenty warm in here."

"You just said the cold sucks."

"No. A cold. The most common human virus is a low-level sickness people used to believe came from being cold, so it got called the common cold. And the older I get the more this kind of virus sucks."

"Oh. Why have humans not developed a vaccine for it?"

"It mutates too fast. We'd never be able to keep up. Thankfully, for most people it's more of an inconvenience than anything else. This one's just hitting me hard. The fact that it's allergy season might have something to do with that too."

"You'll have to unpack the concept of allergies for me another day." He sat beside me on the couch and wrapped his arms around me. "Do you want to watch a movie? Or a TV show? Listen to some music, maybe?"

I shook my head. "Just... talk to me."

"About what?"

"Anything you'd like. I like listening to you talk. And, given your... 'proclivity to speak at length,' I've gotten pretty good at listening too. Tell me more about the demons you've stewarded."

"Did I tell you about the one who went on to become a Rehabilitator with the Department?"

I shook my head again, ignoring the pounding. "No."

"They went missing a few months before you and I got trapped together with all the breakouts and Solitaire attacks. They're smart and extremely capable, though. I'm sure they're going to be fine. In fact, back when they first coalesced, they took so long to do it that half the stewards ready and waiting thought they'd never step out of the Elision Well. But I knew they were just taking their time. Then I got assigned as their steward and they were so smart..."

My eyelids fluttered as I leaned on Avior's shoulder and chest, just listening to him talk and his heartbeat thump gently under his ribs.

#answered #Star does Micro Fics #Redacted ASMR #Redacted Audio #Redacted Avior #Redacted Starlight #yes still on the 'Avior was Warden's steward' train #you can't change my mind #I forgot that in the past I've done Micro Fics in second-person... my bad #I don't think I have THAT much brain space this time