Avatrice one shots

learning to swim

"Ava there will be missions where you may need to have swimming ability. I don't want a mission to be compromised because we would need to save you from water instead of demons,"

It'd been a long shift at work and a late night and the thought of having to wake up for a long day of training made the two of them more tired. Beatrice had brought up the idea of teaching ava to swim after one of their late night talks. It wasn't that ava was opposed to the idea, but she wanted to face the bigger problem of adriel and how to slash his throat.

Something as mediocre of learning to swim felt like she was being babied. But ava was tired and wanted to sleep and if giving Beatrice what she wanted was the way to finally get rest she'd just do it.

"Okay, fine we can do it tomorrow,"

She was already under the covers and in a bad mood and just wanted to sleep. Beatrice could tell and was tired herself so finished cleaning up quickly before she went to bed.

She sorted her and avas training clothes for tomorrow and checked for any word from mother and the other sisters. Grabbing ava a glass of water, as she knew if she didn't ava would wake up in the night to get herself one, she quietly got into her side of the bed.

After much insistent pining from ava that she couldn't let Beatrice sleep on the sofa bed and they should simply share the bed, they followed into a rhythm every night.

Beatrice would sleep on the side near the door and ava slept near the bathroom. One thing about being paralysed nearly your whole life is avas bladder hadnt trained to hold in for very long and they figured it'd be easier if she had closer access. Beatrice also liked being by the door.

And while the agreement to keep to their sides was talked about. Ava also had no sense of personal space. Sure, when she was awake she would usually keep to her side, but she fell asleep within minutes and as soon as Beatrice enters the bed she moves closer to her.

It was as if she anchored toward her. So that was where Beatrice found herself now. Avas arm draped across her stomach with her head buried into her shoulder. When she first started doing this, it made Beatrice feel slightly uncomfortable, the voices of her parents all too clear in her mind. But watching avas face relax whenever she was close to bea made her feel nothing but thankful.

Their time in the alps hadn't lasted more than 3 weeks yet but the two had learned so much about the other. And Beatrice was so grateful ava trusted her after everything she'd had to go through.

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After a slow get up in the morning ava got changed into her swim gear which as she said 'wasn't stylish enough' and the two found themselves at the lake nearby.

"Okay ava first I will go in and you follow okay?"

"Okay, I'm raring to go boss I can feel my swimming skills working already," ava jumped up and down on the ground beside.

"Okay once your feet can't touch the bottom I want you to go on your back and breathe in, putting your arms and legs out in a star shape, this should keep you afloat,"

Ava was nervous, she could feel the ground beneath her disappearing and soon she would be near the deepest part of the lake.

Okay ava you've got this just go on your back she said to herself.

She followed Beatrice's instructions and it seemed to be working and she was staying afloat. But she soon panicked and the air in her lungs released causing her to swallow water and splash about in a panicked state in the water.

An arm was around her waist in an instant as it moved her back to shallow waters.

"It's okay ava just breathe it was your first try and you did really well. Just breathe. It's okay I'll be right here to come and get you every time," Beatrice said, her 'training voice' was still on but she could hear she truly cared.