Untitled: Balthier/Penelo Title: Untitled Fandom: Final Fantasy XII Pairing: Balthier/Penelo Theme set: A Rating:PG-13 Warning[s]:None.
#01 - Slow Balthier, uncharacteristically, insists on this relationship going slowly; she strikes him as too young for anything else.
#02 - Steady One day Balthier lets Penelo try out the airship controls; he’s impressed by how steady her hands are when she’s never touched them before.
#03 - Breathe She leans on his shoulder, and he can feel her breath on his neck.
#04 - Relax Very few people have ever seen him be completely relaxed; she isn’t actually an exception.
#05 – Friends She thought being around him was much different than being around her regular friends, though she did have a feeling she might have the same problems trying to keep him out of trouble.
#06 - Candle One night Penelo nearly burned down a tent attempting to make the setting romantic; Balthier assured her it was a nice thought.
#07 - Light Light was something that came to mind when he thought of her, unlike his past which somehow only seemed dark.
#08 - Stars They’ve had long conversations about them, on nights when keeping watch was little more than staying awake.
#09 - Sunrise She would suggest that they watch the sunrise together if she could convince him to get up that early when it wasn’t necessary.
#10 – Daylight It exists for him even at night, in the form of her hair.
#11 - Stroll For her walking was a common task and for him it was a bit of a chore, but walking together proved to be a pleasant novelty.
#12 - Food He’s never met anyone with quite the same appreciation of the concept.
#13 - Rain She has to take her hair out of the standard pigtails so it can dry more easily; he tells her it looks nice that way.
#14 - Emotions Penelo doesn’t hide her emotions, but Balthier makes a hobby of it.
#15 – Dance She enjoys dancing, and he certainly enjoys watching her.
#16 - Lost When she was tied up in the mines, the handkerchief in her pocket was one of the only things that kept her from feeling completely lost.
#17 - Letter One day he found a piece of paper containing a letter she had written to him; it was crinkled, worn, and hidden, and from before she even knew his name.
#18 - Colors He takes her hand in his, and she finds herself dazzled by the many colors of his rings.
#19 - Soul Sometimes he can’t help but wonder if being around him so much is tainting her somehow.
#20 – Binds He still has too many, and he doesn’t want to tie her down.
#21 - Links Somehow what ended up linking them was the mistake of a common enemy.
#22 - Music Balthier doesn’t point out when Penelo starts humming to herself; instead he listens closely and enjoys the sound.
#23 - Drinks He wont let her sneak a sip of anything alcoholic; he doubts that he’d succeed in keeping this relationship quite so innocent if they were both drunk.
#24 - Hot The weather is hot is Dalmasca, and Penelo tries oh so hard to convince him that he really doesn’t need all that clothing.
#25 – Cold She tells him she’s cold, and he takes the cue to wrap his arms around her.
#26 - Conversation He has an unfortunate habit of using words she doesn’t know, but she smiles and listens anyway.
#27 - Blanket Penelo thinks one blanket is plenty for the two of them; Balthier would rather have his own.
#28 – Jewelry He wears considerably more than she does, and somehow that seems fitting.
#29 - Pride It might have been a problem for them, if he still held on to the views of the society he gave up.
#30 – Lace She gave his handkerchief back to him, but she remembers it, every little detail of the lace around the edge.
#31 - Curious Curiosity is a large part of what draws her to him, not that she would admit it.
#32 - Windy She thinks he looks majestic when the wind is blowing his hair about; he just finds it frustrating that he’ll have to fix it.
#33 - Parents He knows he should be sad for her that her parents are gone, but sometimes all he can conjure up is envy.
#34 - Duty He says he doesn’t have any, and she recalls the people she left behind in Rabanastre.
#35 – Crying She was crying the first time he saw her, so he lent her his handkerchief.
#36 - Share She shares much of her past with him; he doesn’t return the favor.
#37 - Keep She doesn’t have anything of his to keep, nor does he have anything of hers; their only keepsakes are memories.
#38 - Close Somehow she feels close to him, despite the fact that she knows next to nothing about him.
#39 - Simplicity With the ornateness that pervades everything about Balthier, it amazes him that he’s somehow found himself with a girl that lives on simplicity.
#40 – Grave Aside from Fran, she’s the only one that knows he made a small grave for his father when they returned from the Pharos.
#41 - Tomorrow It’s a concept Penelo worries about more than Balthier, but both would rather focus on today.
#42 - Run It’s what he does, despite assertions that he flies instead, but sometimes when she’s looking at him he finds he can’t quite move at all.
#43 – Flying His place is the sky and it seems like one day it may be hers as well.
#44 - Whisper This all began when she whispered him a question and he, without thinking, said yes.
#45 – Window She gets such a look of childlike amazement when she looks out the window of the airship that he can’t help but find it adorable.
#46 - Apologies When she returned her beloved keepsake to him, she said she was sorry for all the dried tears.
#47 - Bugs He can’t stand them, and she laughs at him when he occasionally jumps at the sight of creepy-crawlies.
#48 - Sleep She falls asleep snuggled against him, and he doesn’t bother to move her to her own bed.
#49 - End Balthier knows that this relationship won’t last; Penelo hopes it will never end.
#50 – Doors The Strahl’s doors are always open to her, and that’s something not many can say.