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While visiting Hidden Ember, Aloy is shocked when Abadund calls her Erend's forgeheart. As Aloy does, she decides to gather evidence to determine if that's true.
Very loosely written for Ereloy Week 2023 Day 2: They Were Roommates (with a hint of Day 4: Friends to Lovers)
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While in Meridian rallying her Carja allies, Aloy hears of a dangerous new hunter-killer in the Cut. She, along with her support team of Erend, Talanah, and Kotallo, head into Banuk territory to take it down. Along the way, Aloy and Erend struggle with their strained relationship, Talanah learns how it feels to be decidedly someone’s first choice, and they team up with some familiar friends to kill a machine that acts like no machine has before.
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He glances out into the common area before coming the rest of the way into her room. Once the doors shut, he says, “I wanted to get Zo some flowers.”
Aloy blinks, knowing that there are pots and pots of plants right outside her own door. “You what?”
“I thought they might cheer her up!” he says, crossing his arms defensively.
She tilts her head in question. “You’ve seen the number of plants around here, right?”
(Or: Erend wants to bring Zo some flowers and Aloy knows just the type. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: flowers / “There’s no way I’m letting you go alone.”)
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“It’s not too deep. I don’t think it will scar if we put some of Zo’s herbal medicine on it,” he continues. You’ll only have the one. How’d you get that, anyway?”
The moment flashes through her memories: a young Bast throwing a rock at her. “I got it when I was a kid.” She sighs, the memory stinging but no longer haunting the way it used to. “But I’m sure you’ve seen that.”
Erend frowns at her as he wipes along her cut. “What do you mean?”
(Or: Erend tending to a small injury of Aloy’s gives her the opportunity to share a bit of herself with him. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: sunlight / “Are you sure about this?”)
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“So when Zo said that everyone told you not to throw me a party…”
“I decided to go ahead and do it? Yeah. I just kept it small. That’s why it’s just me and Beta.”
(Or: Erend and Beta throw Aloy a surprise birthday party. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: hands / “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me.”)
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- Part 2 of Hammer and Bow
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Things with Aloy are… uncertain.
Before he left for Hidden Ember, she coaxed him out of bed in the middle of the night, took him to the western entrance, and kissed him for the first time. Assuming he’d never get another chance, Erend pressed her up against the mountainside and they made out for over an hour.
When he left the next morning, his scarf carefully arranged to hide the numerous marks she left on his neck, Aloy only gave him a wave as he rode off.
(Or: You see the rating. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: stolen / “Will you stop laughing and help me?”)
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Aloy shifts away from the side, moving closer to Erend and trying to calm the anxiety in her stomach. “You have a nice singing voice. The song was…surprising, but I liked it.”
Erend freezes before very carefully saying, “You liked the song?”
“Yeah. And I liked you singing it.”
(Or: Aloy just wanted a relaxing night at Hidden Ember. But when does anything ever go to plan? Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: firsts / “Don’t look at me like that.”)
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He beams as he jogs over to meet her where she’s already stripping the Bellowback for parts. “How many times is it that you’ve saved my ass now?”
Aloy grins when she looks up at him. “I lost count about a dozen or so back.”
Erend laughs at the jab; she’s not entirely wrong.
(Or: Angry machines continue to reunite Aloy and Erend and remind them how well they work together. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: reunited / “We really have to stop meeting like this.”)
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It all happens so quickly. One moment Aloy and Erend are fighting a Shellsnapper near the Base; the next, Erend is slumped, unmoving and bloody, on the ground.
Aloy’s first instinct is to run to him, which surprises her when she spends hours thinking about this moment later.
(Or: Erend suffers an intense injury which unlocks feelings that Aloy didn’t realize she had. Written for the Ereloy Week prompt: injury / “I thought I’d lost you.”)