Woke up and decided to warm up with a little writing exercise. Decided to leave it ambiguous because I was thinking about the thread that connects all of my girls and their men together...
To the world, she was difficult. She was problematic and impossible. She was a tangle of emotion and hurt, held under layers of closely guarded secrets. She had secured each one away with an intricate lock of fire and fury, of want and desire, of sadness and heartache. She held her secrets close, allowing no other to see them. Allowing no other to touch them. She had made a promise to herself years ago that she would never be weak again. She would never break again.
But she allowed him in. She allowed him to see her. She allowed him to touch her. In the quiet moments they were able to steal alone together, she allowed him to truly see her for who — and what — she was. Damaged in places that would never fully heal. Scarred deep in her soul. Scared of the possibility of being left alone, forgotten by those she loved, deemed too difficult to love in the end.
And when he reached for her, he reached as a man who loved her. Not a man who wanted to cage her, or fix her, or hold her down. Just a man who wanted to embrace her, and kiss her, and whisper to her…
“It’s okay. You can finally rest with me now.”
Talk 2 me abt aria pls I beg. What's her favorite food, color, meal to cook with Leon, how many pets will they get, hybrid omegaverse theories, what color do they paint their bedroom, how often does she sing in the shower, what is her favorite shade of nail polish? I want to know everything!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg, Idk how long I stared at the page just drawing a blank. Over here yapping in DMs about Aria but ask me specific questions about my baby girl??? Nothing. Silence.
Ok, I got my shit together. Here we go. Oh, also, I added pictures!
Aria is such a pasta girlie. Like, she will throw back any kind of pasta you put in front of her. Whenever she goes on ops to Italy, she HAS to take time to get authentic Italian pasta (it just doesn’t compare to the pasta in the states, but she makes do). Now, for meals she cooks with Leon… it’s still pasta lol. But, they make it fancy. She begs him to grill steak, or chicken, or shrimp, and then they do fancy alfredo or fancy pesto. They can’t do it often because it takes planning, but when they get enough time off together, it’s absolutely one of the meals they make. Aria loves seeing Leon in a apron that he insists all grillmasters wear (she’s not convinced).
She loves purple (because I love purple) but it’s like a DARK purple.
(I’m coming back to the omegaverse part because how DARE you ask me about omegaverse!)
When Aria and Leon finally move in together for the first time, it’s in Old Town Alexandria, VA. She loves the river and it’s close to DC (although she hates being that close to all those government agencies, she makes sacrifices for Leon) Leon promises to keep Aria’s presence there a secret, but eventually the DSO, BSAA, and various other agencies learn she’s around. At first, Aria pretends she doesn’t really care about the place, since it’s a temporary stop for when they’re not out on jobs, but over time, she starts to put up curtains, and hang paintings, and one weekend she pins a bunch of paint swatches against the wall. Leon wanted to go with gray, but Aria told him absolutely not and they ended up painting the walls a dark forest green.
Aria does all of her thinking in the shower! That’s like.. her office away from work! She sings, dance, thinks (overthinks…) all of it. When Leon heard her singing in the shower the first time, he poked fun at her, and she hid his wallet and keys from him for two days. Refused to give them back until he PROFUSELY apologized. He absolutely pampered her, gave her a foot massage, bought her Belgian chocolates from the chocolatier down by the riverwalk that she loved. He still makes fun of her, and she still hides his keys every time.
Aria used to never get her nails done until Sherry dragged her to a nail salon one day. Aria complained, saying she couldn’t get her nails done because they’d just get ruined out on an op, but Sherry told her she had no choice and also told her that she HAD to get something else beside just a manicure. So, Aria got a french manicure that first time. She loved the way they looked though, and so she asked Sherry if they could go again. This time, she actually got color. She still keeps them short (can’t have claws out in the field, if one broke she might actually have an aneurysm) but she’ll get either dark red or black/grey. She also starts getting her toes done too (Sherry becomes a wonderfully bad influence on her tbh)
Oh, the pets! I forgot the pets! Well, they don’t originally plan on getting pets. With how they both work in counterbioterrorism, it’s pretty dangerous and sometimes they’re not entirely sure if they’ll come home alive. BUT, one day, Aria is out on a job of her own in the South American forest and she finds a stray cat hiding in the burned-out wreckage of a car. The cat is a tortoiseshell Aria names Cricket because she rarely meows, she only squeaks/chirps. She’s very much a scrappy/chaos gremlin and Aria falls in love with her instantly. She can’t leave her behind and so when Leon comes home from his own op two days after her, he takes one look at the small thing and just… sighs. Cricket immediately starts fighting with Leon’s shoelaces.
Eventually, years later, they adopt a dog too. He’s a retired German Shepherd/Lab mix who Leon took in because his owner was killed on the job and the dog needed a home. Leon didn't know his handler well, but something about the dog's floppy ears and big bright eyes called to him and so he volunteered to take him. His name is Bishop and at first Aria is afraid he’ll hurt Cricket, but he takes one sniff of her little chaos gremlin before huffing quietly and turning around to find a spot on the rug to lay down. He’s incredibly well trained and amazingly attuned to Aria’s emotional state. Leon didn’t bring him home to be an emotional support dog, but he quickly becomes Aria’s shadow, always nearby when he needs her. Bishop actually calms Leon, who secretly worries about Aria at times (because he's just a worrier)
Ok, so Omegaverse. Lord have mercy, here we go. You know I can’t stop sending you all that wolf Leon art lol. Well, so of course, Leon is a wolf, but Aria doesn’t really give me wolf vibes. You gave me the fox idea and I ran with it. I haven’t really looked at Omegaverse from the animal side of it, BUT, for these two, absolutely. Aria has always been more of a solo operator. She left the military, she left the government, she went dark after she was assaulted and burned. She is very guarded, slow to trust, small in stature, cunning, and very much locked down emotionally. She’s been hurt deeply in ways that would keep her from opening up to anyone and make her very dangerous to anyone who tries to get close to her without her permission. Leon is much more wolf to me. He’s protective (literally every game he’s saving someone lol), he’s territorial, loyal, and very attached to those he’s close to. Even outside of this HC, it’s just in his nature to protect people and so imo it translates really well!
Since I love me a power dynamic, Leon would absolutely be an Alpha and Aria would be an Omega. Whenever I dive into Omegaverse, I do like focusing on the dynamics side of things but I also love making my Omega a brat. Aria is a brat in general, so she'd definitely be a bratty Omega, which of course, Leon would be in to (Once they get comfortable with each other). I think that would also really play into their relationship, especially given Aria’s trauma history. Aria is slow to trust but Leon is patient. Aria already saved Leon’s life multiple times and so in a way, he returns that to her by being disciplined and not rushing her, even though he starts to catch feelings first. She also catches feelings, but with her background, she’s more closed off and afraid than anything. That’s all I got with omegaverse so far lol but if I sat with it, I'm sure I could come up with a whole fic's worth of stuff
Uhhhhh, yeah that’s all your questions (I think?)! This was really fun to work on! This got really long but it was so much fun to think about! I hadn’t thought about some of these things! Thank you, my love, for asking about my baby girl!
