S&B Oneshot

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Title: To Want in the Dark of the Night
Rating: T
Fandom: Shadow & Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy
Pairing/Characters: Aleksander/Alina Starkov
Critical Tags: Post-Season 1, Book & Show Canon, Light Angst
Summary: If he was her ghost, maybe she was his, too. And they would haunt one another in an eternal chase until there was nothing left but the quiet, the dark, and the tiny haze of light from whatever stars dared to shine down on them.
Excerpt:

With her next turn, Alina nearly shouted. The pillow next to her was now occupied, and a painfully familiar pair of dark brown eyes blinked at her. Alina shoved a palm against Aleksander’s chest as though that would be enough to send away the ghost.

Of course, it wasn’t actually a ghost like the tricks of the light that usually plagued Alina in the corner of her eye or in the deep of the night. This was actually Aleksander.

“I wasn’t even thinking about you,” Alina hissed. She kept her voice low. Not that anyone would be listening, really, since her guards were stationed two doors away, past the War Room, but she was still holding out hope of falling asleep shortly. Getting into a shouting match with a Grisha only she could see would not help that goal.

“Very well,” Aleksander agreed. “You weren’t thinking about me at all.”