I love love love reading headcanons so I wanted to share one of mine
I imagine this taking place on an epilogue-like episode where we see Judith all grown-up in ASZ (just like the last chapter of the comics with Carl)
I don’t know yet how to put a ‘under the cut’ thingy so I’m sorry for the long text bellow but I swear is fluffy
Judith is one of the legacy leaders, member of the council and also the official historian of ASZ, and one of the ways she’s found to keep the new generations educated on their history is by telling stories to the children by the communal fire pit after dinner
she loves to tell stories about the brave man and the daito master, both inspiring leaders and parents; about the metal arm man and the justicious priest, fierce defenders of ASZ and their people; about the widow and her kind late husband, and how they love inspired everyone and they always found each other, until the very end
she also tells stories about the great silver-haired lady and the kind archer, and these stories are fan favourites among the kids because this duo is just so badass together, always in sync, always hiding an ace up their sleeves, tricking their enemies - they always save the day
but they’re also fan favourites among the old gossip folks too because everyone who really met them back in their glourious days knows that these two misterious warriors had a really special relationship that nothing and no one could tear them apart even thought no one really knew what happened between them
and, differently than all the other heroes of Judith’s stories, the great lady and her archer decided to leave years and years ago and no one ever heard about them again (the daito master returned with her brave man and they got to grow old together to everyone happiness)
all they know, and that’s the way Judith always finish her stories, is that they drive off to the west on a motorbike to never come back
BUT, from time to time, coming back from a trade or hunting trip, someone gets injured or even goes missing, and a few days or weeks later, the missing person returns to the ASZ and tell stories about being helped by a old woman who looks like an elf queen among the men, with gentle but fast hands, and by a gruffy old man with an imaginable strenght and cunning for his age
they kill walkers and enemies viciously, and also mend broken bones and cure wounds
they only ask ‘where are you from?’ and get satisfied with an ‘ASZ’ answer
and they work together so nicely, and they move around each other so smoothly, and they barely speak but is visible ~and kind uncomfortable~ that they communicate with their eyes and bodies and know each other better than anyone else
and, sometimes, their convalescent companion gets a glimpse or two of physical affection between the two of them; a playful bump of shoulders, a cuddle in front of the fire, a quiet and reverent kiss; and they get really uncomfortable because it’s like watching something sacred happening
their love is the deep-rooted type, and it blooms in the silence of the forest, away from intrusive eyes
and when they get back to the ASZ and go to report their adventures and troubles to the council, they say ‘they never said their names, just asked me to say hi to little ass kicker. are they the great silver-haired lady and the kind archer?? I know they left and headed west long time ago but..could be them??’
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