With Purpose and Without / [Read on AO3]
Fennec POV // Oneshot, 4.4k // Rated T
Characters: Fennec Shand/The Armorer
Tags: Prompt Fill, Strangers to Lovers, Pining
She knows, out of anything, that two things can't be true at once:
Din's purpose here, whether he accepts it or not, hinges on his armor. Their work, for all they've managed to do so far, wouldn't have gotten nearly as far as it had without another pair of very well-armed hands. His reliance on his armor is obviously ingrained in him. He wouldn't be useless without it, but he would be vulnerable.
But his happiness hinges on his truthfulness, and the breaking of his creed has been a sore spot for some time now.
-- And the Armorer cannot fulfill her purpose without the ruining of Din's.
These things refuse to overlap.