There was a crazy storm last night & I had the most beautiful vision of Childe being Lyney's first kiss in the middle of a thunderstorm...poetic cinema truly
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Lyney has been crushing on Childe since he was a tween and Childe had just become a Harbinger, & would come around & see the HOTH kids when he + Arle were on missions together. Childe never noticed him much, but Lyney was smitten - esp when he realized Childe is trans, too
Anyway, one day years later when Lyney is 19/20 and Childe is in his early 20s, he visits again, but this time he Notices the charming, outgoing young man who's apparently next in line to be the Knave. He approaches him, asks to spar, & realizes they have a lot in common...
Meanwhile, Lyney is freaking out bc this man was his queer awakening & now he almost seems like he's flirting (he absolutely is) & no one prepared him for this. He talks a big game & flirts with the audience during his act w Lynette but he's never actually Done anything w anyone
One day there's a massive, terrifying thunderstorm. Lyney can't find Childe anywhere, but then he remembers something that he'd told Lyney offhandedly years ago, friendly advice to a kid who was afraid of the dark:
Childe always sits outside during storms. Not bc he likes them, but bc they scare the shit out of him. Something abt them reminds him of the Abyss. So instead of trying to shut it out, he goes out & faces it head on. It reminds him that he always survives.
(this has stuck with Lyney for years, even if he no longer fears the dark)
So Lyney goes out into the storm & after a few minutes, Childe looks up & sees a sopping wet cat approaching through the rain. Lyney tells him how he'd known where to find him, &
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So Lyney goes out into the storm & after a few minutes, Childe looks up & sees a sopping wet cat approaching through the rain. Lyney tells him how he'd known where to find him, &