Hi! It took me forever but I finally wrote another fanfiction. It didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted it to sadly, but it’s kinda cute anyway so I’m posting it. It was supposed to be either platonic or romantic, but it ended up sort of pre-relationship/romantic? I think? Takes place anywhere after the season 2 premiere. Enjoy! (Oh, and I realize my app references are from like 2011 and I took some liberties with explaining Bejeweled. Oops.)
Eve could have laughed at how focused Cassandra was.
The redhead had been staring at her phone all morning. It was a quiet day in the Annex for the two women as the boys were off on a simple retrieval. Eve had been doing paperwork, but Cassandra’s attention was on the screen. Ezekiel had introduced her to the Bejeweled app the previous day, and now Cassandra was hooked.
Eve realized she’d been staring at Cassandra. Not that Cassandra would have noticed— this was a particularly frustrating level. After her fourth attempt, she was down to her last virtual life. She let out a groan.
“This game is stupid.” Cassandra frowned and set her phone down for the first time all day.
Eve finally did laugh. “You think so? Really? It should be a piece of cake.”
Cassandra looked thoughtful for a moment. “I don’t even enjoy it that much.”
The Librarian looked sheepish. “The colors…”
“What about them?” Eve was intrigued.
“I like the colors. Sort of. I guess… It’s just that the diamond is clear, right? Not for me, usually. The geometric shape for diamond is always blue. Even though the mineral diamond is clear. And in the game, the color is right for tiger’s eye, but not the cut. Squares should be red, tiger’s eye should be a rectangular prism.”
Eve was confused. “If it bothers you, then why—“
“It’s forcing me to think a different way. And I don’t know, maybe it’s confusing me more than anything, but there’s something great in being overwhelmed by these shapes and these colors but then beating the level anyway. Like I’m…” Cassandra sighed. “It’s the same satisfying feeling like when I had my first solo artifact retrieval. Not just winning for the sake of winning, but… learning, too.” Cassandra’s brow had become furrowed as she talked. “I just like that I’m thinking differently. That’s all.” She pushed her phone further away from her. “It’s fine, you probably don’t understand.”
Eve stood and walked over to where Cassandra sat at the long table. She put her arm around the redhead’s shoulders and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “I understand. And I’m proud of you.” Cassandra smiled up at her. “Now come on, let’s take a break. We should get some fresh air. Coffee?”
Cassandra beamed. “There’s a new shop that opened last weekend, it’s a little further than our usual spot but I’ve been dying to try it out!”
“Sounds perfect.” Eve smiled warmly as Cassandra jumped up to collect her coat.
Maybe later she’d introduce Cassandra to Temple Run…
