"Wow, aren't you a warm ray of sunshine? Look, I know you like bets, so let's make one. If anything goes wrong i'll take full responsibility and pay you the 20% without even a hiss, but if my suspicion ends up being correct, you will have to admit I am an excellent detective, and my deduction abilities are flawless."
God, she loved safe bets. And thanks to this asshole's ego, she would get her money without having to do anything for it.
"Okay, you are on, pirate."
"Actually, I'm a privateer, not a pirate. Just a formality really, but still, not a pirate"
"For fucks sake, you are unbelievable."
Veronica Hayes was pissed, she had always felt way too much, and saying she didn't like it was an euphemism. She knew it was a sign of weakness, especially when she was grisha in a world that didn't hold much empathy to those with her gifts. She didn't like the feeling, so her alternative was to either freeze or run, little did she know that a certain privateer, just wouldn't let her do it this time.
Disclaimer: I dont own any grisha verse characters.
So um... after watching Shadow and Bone season 2 (which I could talk about for hours), I got slightly obsessed with the whole Nikolai x Mal shipping (especially since the actors gave us quite some content). I'm not really an experienced writer but I wrote a series of these "training scenes" and such to give myself more Nikomal fluff and figured it'd be fun to share it. English is not my first language so don't expect too much, but here are some simple Nikolai x Mal ficlets I wrote <3. Also: it gets better with every chapter.
'"I'm flattered that you care about how I feel in your company," he threw back with a chuckle and a roll of his eyes, stopping for a second.
"I have to impress the king of Ravka somehow," came a reply in a suggestive voice and oh, how Nikolai wished, even yearned to hear that tone, preferably with Mal's head between... okay, no. Nikolai had to chill out a bit. But of course, he doesn't know how to do that so he quickly bit back.
"Oh, you impress me plenty, tracker," and just because he felt daring added a wink.'