tandem by airauralintensity (aka me, xyzcekaden!)It makes the prettiest, most delicate sounds; but i

tandem by airauralintensity (aka me, xyzcekaden!)It makes the prettiest, most delicate sounds; but it also knows how to be powerful.fandom: under the oak tree (light novel, webcomic)characters: maximillian calypse, riftan calypseship: maxitan (aka lipmac)genre: romance, fluffthemes: maxi plays the piano, canon-tangential, fanart included, dialogue only, lack of narrative text, drabbleword count: ~370rating: K+read it below or on ao3!~~~A/N (12.28.2021): For the Creative Secret Santa on discord! @sophiemaye requested art of Maxi and Riftan playing the piano together. Alas, my drawing skills aren’t that great, so I only drew one of them playing. Partially in apology for being flexible with the prompt and partially in explanation, I wrote two different headcanons as to how they could end up in that scene. For a bonus challenge, I wrote only in dialogue / without narrative text.There are TWO distinct scenarios in this one post! The piano emojis serve as a page break.Thanks sophiemaye for the prompt and for letting me share the work! Happy holidays, everyone! ❤~~~“Oh! R-Riftan, you scared me.”“Sorry, my love. I heard the piano from the hallway, and I was curious who it could be. No one has ever used the piano in this room before.”“I’m s-sorry! I didn’t mean to ov-verstep…”“You know everything in this castle is yours.”“Right.”Plink, plink.“I didn’t know you could play.”“I c-can’t. I was just trying to fig-gure out the tune to a song I heard Rudys h-humming earlier … then I s-started playing around with the keys. It’s noth-thing.”“You seem to enjoy music. Should I hire a live-in bard?”“No, no! Not to th-that extent!”“Hmmm.”Plink, plink.“It’s a lovely instrument, d-don’t you think? It makes the prettiest, most delicate sounds; b-but it also knows how to be powerful.”“I can’t say. Not much room for a lyre on an expedition caravan, much more a piano.”“Oh. R-right, of course not.”“Er, um, why don’t you play me something?”“Ah, no. I c-couldn’t.”“You seemed to be doing just fine before I came in.”“I-I wasn’t really playing, th-though.”“Okay, play fake piano for me then.”“Riftan!”“Just let me stay and listen. Please?”“ … Well, alr-right. I did figure out part of Rudys’ lullaby. I’ll pl-play that so Riftan has something nice to l-listen to.”“Go ahead.” “You were right. That was lovely.”“I’m g-glad it pleased Riftan.”“I didn’t know you could play the piano.”“Yes! It was the onl-ly form of noble training I received back in C-Croix Castle… I did not need t-to speak to learn.”“That’s nonsense! I shall hire a vocal tutor right away. You should be able to sing while you play if you so desire!”“No, n-no thank you! I like playing the piano by its-self, truly! The piano can do all of my talking f-for me.”“I love your voice.”“Oh, thank you… But, d-does that mean Riftan does not l-like my piano then?”“Of course not. You’re so talented you could go on tours. I shall hire a tour planner.”“Riftan!”“All of Whedon needs to hear you play! There will be stadiums packed with admirers—”“… Yes? ‘Admirers’?”“On second thought, you should not go on tour.” -- source link

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