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Queen of Tragedy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Place of rocks and trees, and trees and rocks...and water.
Age: 33
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Originally Posted by RadiantBeam
And now another Lutecia-short! With Vivio! .... Those have been surprisingly rare from me, lately...
Anyhoo!
Spoiler for Winter Wind:
As a cool winter wind nipped at her skin, fourteen-year-old Vivio Takamachi shivered and sneezed violently.
“Bless you,” Lutecia said absently. Her lips twitched at the corners.
Vivio swiped miserably at her nose with the back of her hand and scowled at Lutecia. “Don’t laugh.”
“I’m not laughing.”
“You’re thinking it.”
This time, Lutecia couldn’t hold back the chuckle as she glanced down at her young friend; the two were walking home to Vivio’s house, Lutecia having gotten off work early and coming by to visit and pick the younger girl up. The day was cloudy and gray, with sharp winds and a chill in the air that promised snow.
Unlike Lutecia, who wore a light black jacket, Vivio was just in her school uniform. To say she was miserable was an understatement.
Lutecia sighed. “You know, if you hadn’t been such a good kid and insisted that Lio borrow your jacket after hers got ruined in gym, you probably wouldn’t be cold right now.”
“What, and let her freeze?” Vivio shivered and rubbed her arms, desperately trying to warm herself. “At least my house isn’t as far away from school as hers is.”
“You’re still freezing.”
“Oh, shut up,” Vivio mumbled. “It isn’t like you tried to stop me.”
Lutecia shrugged and went back to walking, but she glanced at her friend out of the corner of her eyes, quietly taking her in for a few minutes. Vivio was still short, having not yet hit a teenage growth spurt, and Lutecia had a few inches over her yet. “Come here, Vi,” she said.
“Why?” Vivio was in full sulking mood now.
“Just come here, would you?” Lutecia unzipped her jacket. “I’m still big enough to force you, but I’d prefer you be willing.”
Vivio pouted, but she came to Lutecia regardless; to be honest, she loved any excuse and opportunity she had to be close to the older woman. She wasn’t sure what Lutecia had in mind, and blinked as the summoner pulled her close, one arm tight around her waist, pulling her in so that her jacket covered them both—as best it could, in any case.
Cue heavy blushing and stuttering. “C-Cia?”
“Hmm?”
“What are you doing?”
“You’re cold.” Lutecia sighed. “I don’t like seeing you shiver. Besides, one of these days you’ll probably be taller than me, so this might be my last chance to do this to you.”
“B-but we’re close, and…”
“I’m fine, Vi. Unless you have a problem with it….”
“No!” Vivio’s yelp was quick. “No! No problem!”
“All right, then.” Vivio could have sworn that Lutecia’s grip on her tightened slightly, but maybe she was just imagining things. She sighed and hesitantly rested her cheek against Lutecia’s shoulder, delighted when the older woman didn’t complain. “Ne, Cia…”
“Hmm?”
“Thank you.”
Lutecia smiled. “No problem.”
Vivio sighed. As good as this felt… “Nanoha-mama’s going to kill you if she sees this, you know.”
This time, Lutecia laughed.
“I’ll take that risk.”
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Hold on, this is fluff! What happened to my angst?!
Spoiler for Author's Notes:
1. Inspired by something Shiny said about how she'd like to see some more ViCia fluff, and behold, ViCia fluff was written. Maybe she should make more requests, eh? 
2. Yes, this is pre-Never Confessed based off Lutecia and Vivio's ages. Oh, the innocence, the feelings, the confusion, the UST... the massive, massive amounts of UST.
3. Ah, Lutecia, I love how you say one thing and then when I stop to think about it, I realize it can mean something else entirely. If any of you read this and catch the line I'm referring to, you get free Internet cookies. 
4. Even back then, Lutecia wasn't afraid of Nanoha. She probably regrets that now, three years later. Probably.
5. Vivio is shorter than Lutecia! This one made me laugh. Not by much, granted, but she was shorter than Lutecia for awhile in my series; didn't hit a growth spurt until she was seventeen in "Shadow" and "Sunrise", ironically enough. Wonder if on some subconcious level on my part, her growth spurt and becoming taller than Lutecia was supposed to show her becoming more supportive of her girlfriend or something symbolic like that.
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Everyone else already guessed the line, so I won't bother  . For some reason, I found Lutecia's comment about not being able to do that for Vivio very long due to their heights really adorable! 
Loved the last exchange, but a bit of a question: if this is prior to their confessions, why would Nanoha be upset? Friends can do that kind of thing for each other (minus the UST though ).
And at #5 in the Author's Note....I took Vivio's growing taller than Lutecia as "so now we can tell physically who holds the whip in the relationship" J/K, I took that as symbolism that Vivio's increased in maturity beyond her years to be closer to Lutecia, who's much older. 
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