pairing : aventurine x gn!reader
content : ver 2.1 spoilers, fluff, angst?
Aventurine didn't do love
Sure the guise of such a sweet sentiment was only a weapon in his arsenal to reach his means, but never would he actually be stupid enough to fall in love. That would only be a liability for him, a weakness that people would use to get to him. Aventurine always thought of himself as incapable of understanding how one would feel such a strong connection for a person who was almost a complete stranger to them.
Just as he could not understand romantic love, he couldn't decipher the fluttering feeling in his stomach every time you were around him.
'Are they doing something to me?'
He thought to himself. That must be it, that was the only way he could explain why his stomach would drop or why his heart would beat race whenever he heard you greet him in that honeyed voice of yours, that was the only way he could comprehend why he felt such a strong urge to maintain proximity with you at any given moment, or how his entire world would feel brighter whenever you greeted him a good morning when you saw him around the IPC headquarters.
One consultation made his entire world halt.
'Your symptoms clearly indicate that you are a lovesick fool gambler'
Ratio's voice echoed in his ears even hours after their meeting.
'Love? That can't be it...'
In truth Aventurine was scared of love and the anguish it brought with it, he denies himself the warm embrace of the emotion because of the harsh coldness that followed after. Aventurine marks himself as unworthy of being loved. He was a gambler, a liar who is always scheming and thieving; who could possibly love a person like that?
Then why was it that when he returns from almost the brink of death; he finds you at his doorstep?
You looked like a mess, eyes red and puffy from crying. If he didn't deserve love then why were you embracing him so tightly, holding him close like you feared he would disappear once again? And why were you confessing your love for him with such sincerity in your voice that even the Aeons couldn't take that away from you?
And if even the Aeons couldn't deny this to you who was Aventurine to do so?
And in that moment Aventurine allowed himself to embrace the warmth of the feeling called love.
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