Cindy is kind of a popular figure in her area, people come precisely to see “the cute mechanic from Hammerhead”, right?
And Holly is also kinda popular in Lestallum as the coordinator of the powerplant workers
so they would be such a popular couple for the Lucians??????? People would gossip about them all the time, and each time they meet the people in the streets are smiling and making thumbs up at them
They get discounts when they go to the restaurant together and the shops give them free samples of everything
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i didnt have a particular direction for this but i think i got some good stuff here? i love these ladies and ive been meaning to do something for a while so here's some random cindy/holly fluff! (and also a boost out of my writing rut maybe?)
cindy plans a weekend stay in lestallum. cid has finally forced her to take a weekend off, because while he's proud of her for being so devoted to the job he wants her to enjoy life while she's still young! says "i been doin' this since you was in diapers, kid, i can handle a few days on my own" when she tried convince him that she needed to stay at the garage, it was important!
she showers, first thing. holly has this really nice shampoo, one that smells like coconuts. cindy uses it, of course, singing along to the music streaming from her phone as she scrubs it in. she does a little dance after she's all dried up, keeps the tunes playing as she dresses; shorts, because the lestallum heat ain't something to play around with. a tank top, borrowed from holly. her cap, tossed lazily onto her mostly dry hair. its curling already, and she knows it'll start frizzing up the moment she steps out, but she doesn't worry about it too much.
marketplace stalls open early, and by 10am the sweet smells of fresh food are already trailing throughout the city. cindy follows a few scent trails, letting her nose lead her to breakfast. she picks up a few extra treats. she peruses the shops for a while. she picks up a few tools and parts because damn she'd been looking for that particular part for weeks, and she could always use extras. she starts up a few conversations with another customer, which goes well until the part where he asks for her number and she excuses herself swiftly with a "sorry, i don't have a phone!" as she checks the time on her phone.
eventually the road takes her to the gates of the power plant. she doesn't have to say anything to the woman standing guard at the gates; she nods and gives a little half smirk, says "i'll call her" while she pulls out her walkie.
about ten minutes later there's a little blimp in the distance, marching her way. cindy waves the arm not weighed down by bags and the blimp waves back. it comes closer and closer until that blimp becomes a person, approaching at a slight jog. the person becomes holly, all smiles despite the huff in her breathing, her bangs bouncing around her face as she slowly comes to a stop in front of the gates. when they creak open cindy places her bags down, only just soon enough to avoid dropping when she's smothered into strong arms.
"baby!" holly laughs before lifting cindy, doing a short little spin. when she puts her back down they're both laughing. "it's so good to see you!"
"i saw ya last night, didn't i?" cindy asks, pinching holly's cheek. "don't manhandle me! i swear, ya ain't got proper manners."
cindy said it with not heat whatsover, and holly laughs all breathless in response. they part after a few seconds and cindy takes a moment to admire her. holly's upper body is out of her jumpsuit, the empty sleeves dangling at her sides. she wears a tank underneath and under the midday sun her girlfriend's arms look extra specially toned. holly smiles at her and pushes her bangs out of her face, and cindy can't help herself from leaning forward and peeking her on the lips.
"well," holly says, placing a hand on cindy's waist. "what's the occasion?"
gesturing to her bags sitting a few feet away, cindy simply says "lunch time" and holly brightens immediately.
eventually they're shooed away, not unlovingly, by the guard with an amused "no loitering, sorry boss," so they instead pick up the bags and migrate to a bench. they find one, miraculously shaded from the hot sun, in a little corner. the lunch she'd gotten for cindy has gone lukewarm, thanks to a few shopping detours, but holly doesn't seem to mind as she devours it. the woman mentions, mouth full, how hungry she is due to skipping breakfast and cindy knocks her (somewhat gently) on the back of the head.
"stop skippin'!"
holly talks around a big bite, covering her mouth. "i didn't wanna be late."
"well wake me up next time! i can whip somethin' up quick."
she hopes the look she's giving her partner is intense enough-- judging by the way holly nods a bit bashful like and turns away, she figures her job has been done. nevermind how often cindy has skipped meals herself, so engrossed in her work that the time of day just eludes her until it's late and her stomach is protesting. she wouldn't let holly do the same, no way. just like she would do for her.
once the food is gone holly leans back, shoulder to shoulder with cindy, content to listen to her rattle off things about the new parts she bought. they pass time in this way until holly looks at her phone and frowns, pulling away from their comfortable position to say that, unfortunately, time was up.
"thanks again, cindy. you really didn't have to."
"way i see it, i probably did." cindy leans in and holly grabs at her, kissing her quickly but intensely, so much so that when she pulls back cindy follows, kissing her again until her girlfriend pulls back with finality.
holly straightens her jumpsuit. "see you later?"
"duh," cindy smiles and walks her back to the gate, waving as she marches back inside. slowly, until she becomes a blimp in the distance. cindy sighs, gripping her bags tighter.
she travels back through the marketplace, somehow manages to abstain from spending more. she gets back to holly's place, opens the door with her spare key and stares into the empty apartment with a distant loneliness.
cindy kicks off her shoes and turns on the tv and checks her messages. she eats a snack and she strips down to her underwear and she lies around in bed, watching videos until she drifts off.
she doesn't stir when holly comes home later that evening. instead, at the dip in the mattress beside her she rolls over, right into her arms.
Cindy doesn't exactly like labels for herself, she isn't very interested in pursuing a relationship at the age when everyone does
She's lost her parents so clearly she's got other things to think about
And Cid isn't the kind of guy with whom you have a healthy conversation about risk prevention, his only advice on sex was probably "be careful"; that + living in a small town means she's probably not even aware of all the subtleties of sexual orientation
Never sleeps with men because she just "doesn't want to" and it seems logical enough to her
She has been in love with Holly for the longest time, but confusion + time means she thinks they're just gal pals for a very long time
They've messed around a little as teenagers: mostly kisses and sometimes wandering hands, but no further
Holly living in Lestallum, she has access to a wider perspective on wlw culture and is more comfortable with labels and concepts, but she's still a dumbass that can't understand flirting at first
Her first experience is with an older woman from the powerplant, after that she's able to better register all the attraction going on between Cindy and her
She makes no move until after she loses her friend to the daemons and starts realizing that she can lose the people around her
But they only truly get together after Holly is kidnapped by Niflheim, when Cindy makes the experience of that risk
They don't really know how to make it work long distance and the first times they meet each other it's complicated and awkward
They send each other old fashioned letters because they think it's cute, but with the war they don't always arrive and then they arrive but the envelopes are opened so they switch back to texts
Decide to keep their relationship open after a few months because they can't see each other a lot and Lestallum is too full of lesbians
Holly sometimes sleeps with girls and then calls Cindy to file her in on allll the details
(Once she called her while she was with a girl but the experience wasn't as fun as it was in her head)
When they manage to see each other they always go to a fancy restaurantl
But they also very much enjoy drinking beer in the streets until they can't walk straight and kissing each other in dark alleyways
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@aginanaomi a réagi à votre billet “u now whats a good f/f ship? holly and cindy lmao as soon as holly...”
Oooh that's a nice one about them being open and casual :D they're both very busy! But have a lot of love for each other ❤️
I’m glad you like the idea :D
I can really picture them calling each other on the week-ends and talking about their work and how tired they are and Holly says she’s been going out for drinks with this cute colleague and Cindy is like “oh my good tell me everything how is she???” and being all supportive
of course sometimes it stings a bit because she wishes she could just drive to Lestallum and see her girl, but they make it work anyway <3
u now whats a good f/f ship? holly and cindy lmao as soon as holly mentioned cindy promising to take her out i was like! harold! theyre lesbians! i got annoyed with the guys when i played the assassins festival for being surprised that the girls are friends i was like duh of course they are
I KNOW RIGHT????????
I am in complete denial about the Assassin’s festival, Cindy and Holly are in a relationship and have been for years thank you
But I can imagine that their relationship is somehow open because they live far away from each other and they both have a lot of work and there are a lot of cute girls around holly all the time so they’re okay with casual hook ups
But they still come back to each other as often as they can
