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Our Copy

Summary:

Onyx Storm spoilers!

Everyone is accepting Dain and Sloane like each other.
But what is our main couple’s reaction to it?

Aka

Xaden and Violet have some fun seeing Dain and Sloane on the sparring mat.

Notes:

This is just a fluff/humor oneshot, because i can never get enough of Riorgail after THAT ending.
If you are like me, this is for you!

Also, sorry for misspellings, English isn’t my first language.
All the characters belong to Rebecca Yarros.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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I'm so tired.

I just fought with Rhiannon, and my sore shoulder is proof of that. I'm sitting in the stands, watching people fighting one after the other. I'm fed up with blood and violence. I wish that for a single day in my life there is something else that is not about the war.
But it's not like that.

A yawn escapes from my lips, and I look around. The professor is calling the next couple to fight

“Sloane Mairi against... Dain Aetos.” As soon as I hear their names I concentrate on the carpet.
Imogen does nothing but talk to me about how cute they are together and how he looks at her when she doesn't see.
God, she has to fix things with Garrick.

But, I admit, he's right. I noticed the way they exchange glances and jokes. They look like me and Xaden at the beginning of our acquaintance.

I feel the onyx bond getting more intense, and the steps of Xaden's boots reaching me from behind. He sits next to me, and his arm surrounds my waist as I rest my head on his shoulder.

"Am I wrong or Aetos is eye-fucking Sloane?"

A chuckles come out of my lips.

"Not even a greeting? I'm starting to think you care more about Dain than me.”

He silences me with a light kiss on the lips, which fortunately no one notices, since we are at the top of the stands.

"Hi, love. Since when does your dear friend Dain have a crush on Sloane?”

"For... weeks. And I think it's also reciprocated-“

A grimace covers Xaden's beautiful face.

"Bullshit. Sloane has good taste, she could never have a crush on Aetos.”

"Do I have to remind you that I had a crush on Dain and now I'm with you? Does it mean that I have bad taste and you're calling yourself ugly?”

“Your amazing fucking brain needs to stop working sometimes, Violence.”

“They actually look like us.”

The reasoning takes voice on its own, and Xaden looks at me as if I had just declared that he wanted to join the venins.

"Is it a joke? You're comparing me to Aetos, for the second time. You really want me to go there and punch him.”

Meanwhile on the carpet Dain has blocked Sloane on the ground, but she is still struggling to free herself and manages to straddle him with great effort.
"I mean, look at them. They are a cuter version of us.”

“Are you saying they are our copy? Well, Vi, I appreciate that.”

“Not exactly, we're more…toxic.”

He gives me a long confused glance.

"Xaden, I was attracted to you when I thought you wanted to kill me.i would define that a little bit toxic."
He smirks.

"So you're toxic. Not me.”

"You kept hidden from me that my brother was alive, love, I think that makes you toxic too."

He places a kiss on my hair, then agrees.

"Okay, they may be less toxic, but those two remain our copy."

 

My wish for today has been fulfilled. I’m spending time just talking, and not thinking about violence, blood and war. And i know Xaden is enjoying it too. It feels all so… relaxed. When Sloane points a dagger at Dain’s throat, Xaden breaks the silence.

“They really are our copy.”

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