17. height difference kisses where one person has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes
Nox is not a tall person.
Not by a long shot.
It’s a fact that’s never particularly bothered her, though it can be annoying to need to climb on chairs (or whatever furniture is nearby) to reach things sometimes. It’s always a little inconvenient to ask for help in grocery stores, too, but it’s nothing she can’t handle.
Still, she’ll be the first to admit that having her very tall and handsome boyfriend living with her has made her life just that much easier.
…and that much harder, she thinks, eyeing the glasses she’d wanted to drink out of, now sitting on a shelf just out of her reach. She’d never used to use the upper shelves before he moved in, but now…
“Need some help?”
She can hear the smile on Ilya’s voice before she even turns to look at him—or rather, before his face appears above her, smirk curling his lips. His hair is pulled back into its usual place at the nape of his neck, with a few loose strands falling into his face, the button up he’d been wearing all day unbuttoned just enough to show a little bit of cleavage.
She’ll never have enough words to tell him how beautiful he is, she thinks distantly. She’s the luckiest person on the planet, truly.
Nox leans back against his chest after a beat and he laughs softly, bending to press an upside-down kiss to her forehead.
“I wanted to drink out of real wine glasses tonight.”
“Mm. Feeling fancy?”
She snorts. “Maybe a little.”
“Is this a special occasion? Or just another Tuesday?” he asks, hands coming to rest on her shoulders, rubbing gently.
“Just a Tuesday,” she hums, eyes sliding shut blissfully as he continues to massage her shoulders.
“Well,” he murmurs, and Nox can feel the vibration of his voice in his chest. “In that case, allow me…”
She opens her eyes just as she hears the familiar clink of glass, smiling and reaching out as she says, “Thank you, baby, I—”
Ilya moves the glasses she’d wanted from the middle shelf to the highest shelf.
Nox blinks.
Once, twice, and then—
“Ilya!”
Her boyfriend wheezes with laughter, dancing away as she turns in his arms to swat at his chest. She’s laughing too, even as she continues to playfully hit at his chest until he catches her wrists and she buries her face in his shirt.
“Rude!” she laughs, shaking her head.
He wraps his arms around her, swaying on the spot as they giggle.
“I love you~” he says sweetly, as she peeks up at him.
She snorts into his shirt. “Yeah, okay, sure.”
“I do!” he insists, tightening his grip on her as she pretends to pull away. “You’re my everything.”
“Mhm.”
“My moon and stars.”
“Uh-huh.”
“My dream girl.”
“Sure, I am.”
“Light of my life,” he sighs, and this time he doesn’t give her a chance to brush him off, cupping her face in his hands and bending to press a kiss to her lips.
He has to bend nearly in half to reach her when she’s flat-footed like this, and though it makes them both giggle, she doesn’t want him to strain himself too much. Pressing up on her tiptoes as far as she can, she kisses him back, throwing her arms around his neck to help keep balance.
After a moment, Ilya slides his arms around her waist and lifts, straightening his back and smiling into her lips as she squeaks indignantly when her feet leave the floor.
“Put me down, you big dork!”
They’re both laughing as he does as she asks, leaning in to steal one more kiss. As he pulls away this time, Nox notices that his freckled cheeks are flushed, and he’s obviously flustered as he reaches up to brush the stray strands of hair out of his face.
Resting her hands on his waist, she tugs him closer again and murmurs, “Now, will you please get those glasses down for me?”
What do their respective families think of their relationship?
The Ryder family fully supports Sara - Even if Scott teases her most about it, but Sara knows it’s in good faith. Jaal’s family is similar, except a bit more extra about it. He’s playfully teased, some members disapprove, others highly approve and cheer him on and try to get close to Sara (cough, Sahuna, cough). But otherwise, they’re widely supported.
Neat and tidy, everything has its place. His workspace (and even private locker) has nothing personal attached, he keeps it separate from home. His apartment is kept clean and neat too, but is not a shrine; it’s a lived in tidy anyway, thanks to Fish. (And later on, Ori.)
15. Biggest and smallest short term goal?
Make it to a DI rank, work their way through C-Sec to specialist crime.
25. How do they see themselves 5 years from today?
Since I’m writing Sirens era Kolyat a lot, let’s go with: “higher on the ladder.” Disconnect era Kolyat cools his ambitions.
002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday?
Not really! When she was young the clan was constantly on the move and they rarely had time or money to celebrate birthdays. Now that she’s older, she’s still in the habit of forgetting about her birthday but will certainly treat herself to a few extra bottles of the best antivan wine hehe
020. What are their hobbies?
So in my Big Spreadsheet for her, I’ve it written down that Santhe likes art, experimental potionmaking, and dancing, which are 100% self insert traits. Art supplies were limited when she lived with the clan, but she did a lot of sketches with charcoal and made her own paints to decorate the aravels with. At Skyhold, she sometimes helps Solas paint his murals!
For experimental potionmaking, sometimes she’ll bring a basketful of herbs up to her room and spend an afternoon trying to figure out how to make potions taste/smell better.
Lastly, dancing! I’m a ballroom dancer irl, but what we do isn’t really like the dancing we see at Halamshiral. Santhe learned to dance during her education in antiva and orlais, and of course the dalish have traditional dances of their own!
090. How bodily expressive is your character?
Santhe dances, so in that way she’s able to convey her emotions through her footwork and movement. During regular conversation she’ll gesture/emphasize a little with her hands!
roboticbiotic replied to your post “I think one of the things I really adore about Andromeda is the music...”
I did a mash up of "Uncharted Worlds" and "Heleus" a long while ago, and it's practically seamless how they flow into each other. I've really come to appreciate ME:A's music a lot.
