weiss + ironwood

[schmisse]

[ it started when weiss was brought back to atlas. she saw ironwood at beacon from time to time, but she definitely did not get too close to him then. she had no reason to. but with him coming in and out of the schnee manor a bunch of times in a week, she can't help but not get close.

at first, it was just her making niceties over how insufferable her father can be at times. it definitely wasn't within jacques' earshot, of course. and at first, it was just an attempt to make friends, because she doesn't really have anybody she can be friendly with at home, save for her family's butler. but then when the charity event happened, she felt like he wasn't just some guy who didn't see eye to eye with her father. he was something more.

weiss wasn't childish. at least, not anymore. and it surely wasn't like her to think of him before sleeping, nor was she the type to get giddy over the idea that he would be visiting again. but every day that he didn't, it would incite her anticipation and hope that the next day, he'd be there. yelling at her father. her father yelling at him. it doesn't matter.

and during those days when she was grounded, she'd occasionally offer him some tea before he left. sometimes, there would be cake, or cookies. on good days, she'd ask about atlas academy, as if she were interested in attending school again. she wasn't. she just needed a topic so that he could stay longer and talk to her.

today is different, though. ironwood had always acted cold and unreceptive to the small moves she's been making. now, she intends to do something bigger. he seems like he's in a bad mood after yet another meeting with jacques, but maybe she can help him out? ]

General Ironwood. Are you leaving?

[ stay longer!! again!! ]