Title: change?
Rating: G
Fandom: GrimGrimoire
Relationship: Lillet Blan/Amoretta Virgine
Wordcount: 211
Short summary: When an old shopkeeper calls Amoretta her daughter, Lillet wonders whether she should change her appearance…
When an old shopkeeper asks Lillet if Amoretta is her daughter, Lillet has two very conflicting thoughts.
Yes, in a way, Amoretta is the “daughter” that Lillet has “raised”, away from the Magic Academy and a life of insufficiency, and introduced to the wider world. But no, Amoretta is not her “daughter” in the other sense; she is her partner and equal in their house. She is not a child-figure to Lillet, nor her student, nor anything that would be anything like the daughter the shopkeeper thinks Amoretta is. Which only means…
Lillet’s face has started to show her age. She’s older now. And while Amoretta will always call Lillet lovely…
Perhaps Lillet understands a little bit how Opalneria felt. She doesn’t necessarily want to age her outside figure down, but…
There is so much left of their future. Lillet is not planning to leave this world anytime soon, and she’s not going to let Amoretta leave either if she can help it. If doing a little cosmetic magic helps make this future a little easier, away from nosy outsiders, then…
But Amoretta frowns. “Why do you have to change?” Amoretta wonders, caressing Lillet’s face, brushing over creases in her skin. “Why can’t I?”
Which makes Lillet think, maybe Amoretta’s right...