More of that DimiAshe food cause I want Ashe to be covered in Dimi cape
The first time it happened, they met.
It was particularly cold on this Faerghus night. The snowstorm had come worse than usual. The 5 year old Ashe was freezing as he was trapped in the alley with nowhere else to go. The small albino boy shivered as he tried to warm himself, feverishly running his hands up and down his arms. The boy cried as he thought he was never going to see his family again. Then a voice rang out in the distance.
“Hello?”
Ashe looked up and hoped his parents had come back for him. He looked but only saw white in the distance.
“Hello?!”
The figure came closer and Ashe could start making them out. It was too short to be his parents and looked to be a young boy instead. As he approached, Ashe could see what he was wearing. The young boy looked covered in layers with scarves around his neck and had blond frilly hair to accompany his beany. Ashe instinctively waved over for the boy to come over. The boy saw this and rushed over to the alley quickly.
“Hello? Daddy? Oh! Who are you?! Why are you out here like this?! Here.” The blond boy took off a scarf and one of his jackets and covered Ashe tight.
“T-Thank-k Y-Y-You...” Ashe took a moment to sink into his new layering. “I-I’m A-A-Ashe...”
“I’m Dimitri Ashe, nice to meet you. Here, come on, we can’t stay here. Let’s go in deeper.”
Dimitri led Ashe into the deepest part of the alley he could and made work to make a fire. He gave Ashe another layer and went to work furiously. Soon enough, fire was made and the two sat in front of it next to each other.
“Thank you Dimitri...” Ashe unconsciously snuggled into Dimitri’s shoulder and brought his bare feet closer to the fire.
“Keep the scarf Ashe. If you ever get cold, just wear that and it’ll keep you warm. It’ll be like I’m always keeping you warm. I want to protect you. Alright? I’ll keep you close and you can just relax with me. We’ll be together. Alright?” Ashe could only nod at Dimitri’s question and went further into Dimitri.
The second time it happened, it was pure accident.
Ashe and Dimitri were enrolled in Garreg Mach by that time and realized that they already met before on that cold Faerghus day. Ashe already insisted on returning his prince’s scarf, but Dimitri demanded Ashe keep it for himself. But now, here they were, lost from the group on the way back from the Battle of the Eagle and Lion. Night had nearly fallen and the two decided to make camp and resume their way back to Garreg Mach in the morning. Fire and shelter were already set and so now they sat next to each other.
Dimitri noticed Ashe bringing his arms close. “Are you cold Ashe? Why don’t you take my cape?”
Ashe pulled away as Dimitri already took off his cape to cover him. “Your Highness! You know I can’t. You’d be cold too and it’s not right fo-“
Dimitri cut him off. “Ashe...” Ashe saw Dimitri give almost a pleading look in his eyes. “Please? Let me take care of you.”
Ashe blushed at the comment but got his response through. He snuggled back inward and let Dimitri wraps his cape across his smal figure. The cape smelled just like him and Ashe relaxed at the scent.
Dimitri’s arm slung around him, so naturally he laid his head in his shoulder. They stared at the fire together and watched as it flickered. As Ashe fell asleep, Dimitri brought them close to the fire to lay down and snuggle in the warmth. Dimitri smiles at how pure Ashe was when he wrapped around the small boy.
In truth, he may or may not have led Ashe away from the group with Byleth’s permission.
The third time it happened, it was special.
War had happened, death happened, Ashe and Dimitri were separated as the Imperial Army forced them out. Most people left everything they had, but there was one thing Ashe couldn’t leave behind: Dimitri’s scarf.
Ashe could remember Dimitri screaming at him to flee and save his own life. He didn’t want to leave His Highness behind but he knew he didn’t have time to argue as Dedue already urged him back into the monastery.
5 years passed now and it was cruel. 5 years of not knowing what happened to Dimitri, running and fleeing Imperial soldiers as they threatened to kill him and his siblings. Years of having the thought in his head that Dimitri was probably dead. It was too much. And when they met again, the pain came back as he denied anyone coming near him. So more months passed and finally, it happened again.
Dimitri and Ashe went alone to do some training with small bandits. They thought nothing of it. Dimitri was ultimately more protective of Ashe this time around after Gronder. But what they thought was small bandits turned to the worst quickly. Imperial archers had snuck their way into battle and ambushed the two. They quickly wrapped up the battle and now we’re on the way back to report what happened. However, an arrow shot and went right into Ashe’s ankle. Dimitri didn’t hesitate as he slashed Areadbhar through the soldier. Ashe collapsed onto the ground in pain and Dimitri panicked.
“Ssshit! Ashe, Ashe! Listen, it’s going to be okay!” He lifted Ashe bridal style and frantically searched for quick shelter. He saw a cabin in the distance and sprinted. “It’s going to be okay Ashe, stay with me!” Ashe nodded, not wasting his time talking as blood leaked from his ankle.
Dimitri burst through the cabin and set Ashe on a nearby table. He closed and blocked the door and got the fire going before getting to Ashe.
“Ashe, this is going to sting so I need you to be brave okay?!” Ashe nodded yes. “Okay, hold my hand.”
Ashe harshly grabbed Dimitri’s hand as he grabbed the front of the arrow and pulled it right through. Ashe hissed but stayed strong for his prince. Dimitri took off Ashe’s boot and sock to inspect the wound and saw a hole go straight through with what looked like something about to turn into an infection. Dimitri found a nearby bottle of rum and poured it on, Ashe almost screaming and tightening his grip on Dimitri all the way through.
“I know it hurts Ashe just stay strong for me!” Dimitri tore off a strip of his old academy cape that he brought with him for Ashe and wrapped it tight around the wound. Ashe’s cries died down as the rum took affect and the pain subsided. Dimitri tightened the wrapping and brought Ashe close to hug him. “You’re so brave... Now let’s get you warm.” He carried Ashe once again and brought him to the fire and sat with him.
They sat in silence for a while as Dimitri let Ashe catch his breath and process what went on.
“Dimitri?”
The prince pipped up. “What is it Ashe? Does it hurt?”
“No no, it’s just... Never mind...”
Dimitri turned Ashe’s head to face him. “You can tell me anything you know...”
Ashe sighed as he let his shoulders go and his back slouch. “It’s just, we’ve spent so much time together and... I just want... I don’t know... I don’t know what it is...”
Dimitri connected the dots and smiled. He turned Ashe to him and said a phrase Ashe never imagined hearing in his life
“I love you too Ashe.”
Dimitri one-upped himself and did something Ashe never conceived was a thing that could even happen to him at all: Dimitri kissed him. All the pain he felt melted into this first kiss of theirs, all the years of the cold he had to be alone, now heated in the love in his kiss. Ashe started to tear up as Dimitri laid him on his side and spooned him. He detached his large fur cape and draped it over the two of them. He could feel every part of Ashe’s frail body where he was cold.
“Do you remember what I said to you when we were young and I found you in the alley Ashe?” Ashe looked up at him, his cheeks a blush red from the cold or embarrassment. “I told you to have my scarf. Do you remember why I did that?”
“Because you wanted to keep me warm when it got cold just like that. That you wanted to protect me in a way...” Dimitri brought him in closer and planted a soft kiss on his forehead.
“I want to protect you Ashe. I’ve loved you from the moment we met. So please, you may be a knight who’s meant to protect his king, but as your husband-“ Dimitri cut himself off as he realized what he said.
Ashe looked up in shock. “Husband...?”
Dimitri sighed and grabbed something in his pocket. “I was going to save this for when we were back at the monastery. Hopefully when this was all over and everyone was alive, but seeing as you now know I may as well ask.” He grabbed a beautiful ring that was silver with sapphires lined around, a lion insignia on the top and inside the ring, a message of, “My guardian angel.”
“Ashe Ubert... Will you marry me...?”
Ashe snuggled into his new fiancé’s arms and in tears gave a passionate yes. Dimitri put the ring on Ashe’s finger and it was a perfect fit. They said nothing more as they snuggled by the fire. It was just as Dimitri said when they were but young boys.
“I want to protect you. Alright? I’ll keep you close and you can just relax with me. We’ll be together.”
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notes from bae: OHHHHHHHH MY GOSH sorry it took me so long to submit this but..... :’)) this is sO CUTE. anyone wrapped up in dima’s cape/clothes is A++++ for me, but ashe..... from their childhood days..... aAAAA i am!! weak!!!
A+, i love pegoryushima with my whole entire heart, and i wrote a whole longfic about them! they deserve lots of hugs!
i really like this ship because i think all 3 of them have unique and interesting dynamics with each other. ryuji and ren (sorry, habit) have bonded through being the first phantom thieves and continuing to work that way together. mishima and ren have bonded through ren bolstering mishima’s courage and helping organically foster a change of heart in himself. mishima and ryuji COULD bond through their shared trauma and both being ex athletes if atlus weren’t cowards. ryuji clearly shows compassion for mishima and frequently asks after him in various scenes.
they’d be cute all together, and i think they could really support each other.
