so, i really, really liked this ask, and ended up kinda writing a short thing inspired by it, i’m probably going to throw it up on ao3 in a bit if i’m still somewhat confident about it (edit: right here). i don’t know if it’s any good, especially since i’m more than a little sleep right now and haven’t really edited it at all, but here it is:
“You know,” Percy says, his tone meandering– bordering on wistful, even, “I think I would’ve asked you to dance, that time in Westruun.”
Rather than doing what he’d hoped and be make playfully nostalgic by his reminder of a time bygone, Vex throws back her head and laughs loudly, as though they weren’t under the gaze of scores of attendees, all keeping a close eye on them, circling their way across the ballroom floor. “I knew you were looking at me, then!”
Overdressed & Underappreciated 