Title: Patience is a Virtue
Fandom: In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan
Rating: G
Length: 126 words
Content notes: Swift-Arrows-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle/ Bright-Eyes-Gladden-the-Hearts-of-Women; courtship; falling in love
Author notes: Thanks to china_shop for beta, encouragement and dealing me this crack in the first place.
Summary: Patience is a Virtue, possess it if you can; seldom in a woman lest she can hold her man. -Elvish adage


Swift was a woman of direct action, but the pursuit of delicate creatures required a softer hand. While she had never lacked for male companionship, she was out of practice at the gentle art of courtship, and there was something about the stern librarian that made her want to get this right. So while she may have bullied Bright Eyes’ favourite foods out of the kitchen staff and intimidated the children into giving up the best picnic spot, she took her time luring Bright Eyes away from his haven. Her reward was lying replete in the shade, her head resting a hair’s breadth from his thigh while he read to her excerpts from A History of the Battles of Elves and Men in an ever-softening voice.