Chapter Text
One—Realization
Prompt - Beginning
Description – Dimitri is trying to sleep in his room at the Academy, but something is on his mind.
Word Count: 232
Staring up at the ceiling, he knew it would be another restless night. The image of Rose's beautiful smile was haunting his, as always. He'd tried reading, meditation and even an ice cold shower—nothing worked. Nothing could banish her from his mind, and it was driving him insane.
He wondered when his feelings for the temperamental girl had changed. When was the exact moment that his interest had shifted. When had he stopped looking at her as an impartial instructor, and begun looking at her as a twenty four year old man?
It wasn't when she had attempted her sneak attack in the gym, or even when he'd caught her in the lounge with that moron Zeklos. Rolling over and hugging a pillow to his chest, he sighed, a sound filled with sadness and longing as he pictured her standing in the window of that run down house in Portland.
It was that night, he realized, the very first time he saw her. He'd been attracted to her from the very beginning, and it had grown more intense with each passing day. As he learned more about her—her determination and her loyalty, the goodness within her—it had morphed from a simple attraction into full-fledged love.
He was in love with Rose. His seventeen-year-old student. His future guarding partner. And there wasn't a damned thing he could do about it.