What I Mean

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (Video Game)

F/F | for legendofthesevenstars | 100 words | 2023-01-11 | the lamb | AO3

Carna | Sharla/Linada (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Carna | Sharla, Linada (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

"Fiora asked me yesterday just what it is I love so much about you."

"What's this?"

Sharla pauses, reminiscing even though it was just a day prior - less than.

"I couldn't tell her."

"Oh? A secret? You've no obligation to tell me, then."

And Linada is being serious, of course. She's always serious; her razor-sharp long-nailed Machina wit is very, very dry.

A good enough reason to fall in love with a beautiful lady doctor, isn't it, Sharla?

But she just can't seem to articulate. She looks at Linada wistfully, and Linada, with an elegant adjustment of her goggles, understands.