𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 | azriel

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧

Azriel sat alone in Flavia's apartment. It had been a while since he had been apart from her and he was already feeling deflated. He reached up to scratch at his ear only to remember the earrings Flavia had given him. Azriel smiled at the memory.

***

Several hours earlier.

Azriel flicked through one of Flavia's books carelessly. It wasn't a novel he was interested in but Flavia liked it so he made sure that he read it. He could hear her movements in her bedroom as she changed into fresh clothes after her bath. It was early in the morning and Azriel was wide awake. Over the past couple of weeks, Azriel and Flavia had ticked off a few of the smaller tasks on the list. Currently, out of the thirty tasks Rhys had set for him, Azriel had completed eleven of them. And Flavia was dead set on completing another one later in the day.

As he heard the door to Flavia's bedroom open, he set the book down. "What is it that you have planned for today?"

"It's a surprise," Flavia said, curling up on the couch next to Azriel.

"Should I be worried?" Azriel asked.

"No, besides, it is a task on the list," Flavia said.

As Azriel went to pick up the book he had closed, Flavia suddenly gasped. "You have your ears pierced!"

"Yes?" Azriel said.

"How have I never noticed it before?" Flavia questioned.

"Maybe because I don't wear earrings anymore," Azriel said.

"Why?" she said, "You'd suit it."

Azriel shrugged. "I stopped wearing them a few years ago. I don't really know why."

"Well I have some earrings that would suit you," Flavia said, a hint of excitement in her tone. "Would you like them?"

"I don't know, I haven't worn any in years. The holes are most likely healed by now," Azriel replied.

"Well, you won't know until you try," Flavia said.

Azriel made the mistake of making eye contact and the moment he saw that pleading look he caved. "Sure."

Flavia smiled and ran to her bedroom. She came back out carrying a small box. "I don't really wear these anymore but they would look amazing on you."

As Flavia sat down beside Azriel she turned to him, suddenly looking a little shy. "Do you want to do it?"

"You can do it," Azriel said. "I trust you."

The box was opened and Flavia picked up a few earrings and shuffled closer to Azriel, her front pressing against his side. He made sure not to move. As she bent down to come level to his ear, Azriel could feel her hot breath on her cheek and smell the fresh scent of her soap.

Azriel could feel as Flavia decorated his ear in the piercings. There were only three on his right ear and two on his left but she was meticulous to find the earrings that best suited him. The moment the jewellery slid through the pierced skin, somehow Azriel felt happier. Memories of when he and Cassian went to pierce their ears when Azriel had just turned two hundred. Rhys was there too but mainly as moral support. Azriel smiled.

"There," Flavia said. "Look at me."

Azriel turned his head a little too fast, making Flavia unable to move her face in time. His lips lightly brushed against her cheek as she pulled away. A faint blush dusted over Azriel's cheeks. "Sorry." he muttered out a small apology.