#oc!caden

[zmariottaxdraws]

A little lockdown sketchy. His name is Caden, and he owns a hardcore fitness center. Did a fit-fat-fit challenge for youtube, got divorced, and got fat again (not intentional). Has a good sense of humor about the juxtaposition of owning a fitness center with such a hefty belly.

[adxvictorium-blog]

Original ask is here

self-indulgent? ._. It’s my Fem!Sole.  (Look! I did the write, with the words and stuff! haha) As I stated in my tags on the original post, this is AU towards Caden because my headcanon is that they’re only best friends and they don’t feel anything for him romantically. ouo I thought the prompt was cute though. 

"Why are you always in here?" Haylen hummed quietly as she looked over towards Caden who was making themselves useful by crafting up some stimpaks for the other soldiers.

As Caden's attention drew towards where Scribe Haylen was their cheeks tinted a light shade of pink as they shrugged their shoulders. They feared to speak because their voice would most likely crack. There were many reasons why Caden likes to hang out at the Cambridge Police station. They liked that it was a little more laid back than from when they were on the Prydwen. Caden also really enjoys talking with Haylen, they've actually gotten pretty close over such a short period of time and Caden is happy to call Haylen their friend.

"I like being here.." Caden mumbled lowly.

Haylen could only grin at the reply, Haylen was anything but stupid. the scribe knows that Caden hangs around at the police station for the off chance that they would run into a certain Paladin named Danse. Just as Haylen was about to open her mouth, low and behold Danse walked through the door and Haylen's grin only spread more as she watched Caden's face turn a little redder.

Caden was fixated on making the stimpaks, trying to calm their own mind that they didn't realize that Danse had spoken to them. They were snapped out of their daze when they felt a hand on their shoulder. Caden's head snapped up to see Danse standing beside them. Danse looked quizzical as he stared at Caden which only made Caden blush darker.

"Are you not well?" Danse asked softly and Caden had to swallow the lump in their throat.

"I-I'm fine sir! Sorry, I was just making some stimpaks for anyone who would be going out soon." Caden finally breathed out quickly, they hadn't realized they were holding their breath and now they were mentally slapping themselves.

"Pfft" Haylen let out a small noise of amusement which caught Danse's attention.

"What's so amusing to you Scribe Haylen?" Danse asked and Haylen tried to wipe the grin off her face.

"Nothing sir." with that said she walked off as Caden was internally screaming for her to come back.

Caden knew it was no secret to Haylen that they sort of had a crush on the Paladin and its not like Caden was able to hide the guilty look on their face every time Danse was in the same room. Caden would often forget what they were doing or mess up their words when ever Danse spoke to them. Knight Rhys thought that Caden was just being clumsy all the time yet he failed to realize that they work perfectly fine when Danse isn't around.

"Uhm- I-I need to get some more things.." Caden said softly as she tried to slip away from Danse but ended up banging their hip into the chem table. They let out a loud "fffff" noise as if Caden was deflating. Haylen could only watch from across the room and cover her mouth to resist the urge to laugh loudly.

Danse looking rather concerned, tilting his head off to the side slightly as he spoke. "Are you alright soldier?" He raised an eyebrow as he watched Caden's eyes close and their hand come up to wave in front of their face.

"All good! It'll just bruise a little that's all." Once again, Caden was mentally kicking themselves.

"Soldier, come with me. There is something I'd like to discuss with you." Danse spoke loudly and demanding which made Caden's eyes open and her body stiffen. "Oh crap, am I in trouble? One too many slip ups? Is he gonna kick me out!? oh craaap!" Caden thought to themselves as they followed Danse into the old Interrogation room.

"I've known about something for a long time and I think it needs to be addressed before you end up killing yourself," Danse said, his facial expression softening a little. Wait, was he- smiling a little?

"W-What do you mean?" Caden tried to play it off as if they didn't have the faintest idea of what Danse was talking about.

"I know you like me, soldier. I know it's more than simple friendship you feel as well." Danse's own cheeks tinted a light pink as he spoke out.

Caden felt like they lost all the air in the lungs as they heard Danse speak. their eyes widened and their face turned a dark crimson, Caden's attention went to the floor- it had become more interesting to stare at.

"I've been watching you a lot actually. Stumbling over your words, tripping or banging into things because you're not paying attention. Haylen also told me when I told her I had my suspicions."

Caden swallowed loudly. they didn't know why but they got a really, really bad feeling in the pit of their stomach.

"I guess what I'm saying is- Now that you know, that I know can you please be more careful. I don't want to take you out onto the field and have you get killed because your attention is on me and not the enemies." Danse spoke sternly as he walked passed Caden.

Caden's head hung low, they knew Danse was only looking out for their well-being but it still sucked to be called out and have nothing happen.

Danse stopped in the doorway before turning to face Caden. "I don't know what I'd do if I lost someone like you. You mean a lot to me solider."

Caden's head shot up, their eyes once again widening but this time from utter shock. As they turned on their heel to face Danse he was already walking away. Caden placed their hand over their heart as if trying to stop it from beating so quickly. A small smile spread to Caden's lips as they trailed out of the interrogation room. Something told them that today was gonna be a good day.