DIVERGENT imagines

"How you unwind together after training"

Four | After a particularly intense training session, Four tells you to get changed into something comfortable and meet him by the stairs, looking serious but with a glimmer of something in his eyes. When you meet him by the stairs after getting changed and freshening up, he's holding two cold bottles of beer/juice, and as you greet him, he straightens up from the bannister and nods at you to follow him. He leads the two of you down a corridor you didn't know existed, which winds up to a fire escape exit door; outside is a brilliant sunset, the sky blazing orange and turning lilac. Four takes you by the hand, his long fingers giving you a reassuring squeeze, and he guides the way across rooftops until finding a comfortable spot. The city surrounds you as you both take a seat and lean against each other, shoulders pressed together as you appreciate the breeze, urban landscape and the setting rays of sun. You sip on your cold drink and feel yourself relax against him - he takes your hand and massages soothing patterns into the back of it, his thumb released tension spots. Four tells you how proud he is of you, how much he sees you improving each day and how he observed how much of yourself you put in each training session. Talking with him is easy: he's a good listener, and seems to know and understand everything you tell him without rushing you. By the time the sun has settled over the horizon, your drink long finished and his arm wrapped around your shoulders to keep the evening chill at bay, you feel relaxed and at peace. He presses a kiss against your forehead for a long moment, and smiles down to you. "C'mon, time to head back," he says, "they'll be serving dinner soon. Let's go get us a seat."

And you know that even if you sit together, side by side, no one will say anything.

Eric | After an intense training session together, Eric wraps things up with the class in his usual stern manner, but eases up as soon as he comes to you and falls into step so that people get out of the way for the two of you. Eric already made plans with you the day before so you both head for his apartment within the Dauntless compound. His apartment is sleek and modern whilst also bare and utilitarian, mostly black walls and gunmetal grey detailing. The first thing he does is run a hot shower - for you both. His shower is big and fits you both easily, but he's careful and determined to get you clean and relaxed: he stands behind you and loofas your tired body, before massaging deep circles into your shoulder blades, easing the remaining tension and working free the knots beneath your skin as hot waters pelts down on you both. Once you're done and both wrapped up in white bathrobes, Eric picks you up bridal style, showing off his strength - his whole persona changes so much when he's alone with you, though still confident and at times arrogant, he smiles so much more and doesn't miss a chance to make you laugh. He sets you down on the bed, and goes to get the two of you drinks to enjoy. Though he had promised to cook you dinner, you end up cuddling and talking and teasing each other for way longer than you should, so dinner turns out to be milk and cereal eaten in bed, a place neither one of you seems eager to leave. He is relaxed around you and you always put him in the best mood, so he would rather spend the evening close to you than around anyone else. To him, that's the best way to spend time and unwind after training.