(FemPOV)

You joined Fairy Tail a few weeks after Laxus was allowed back into the guild—less arrogant, but still distant. You’re not a fighter. You’re a healer. One who can save anyone from death in seconds, but can’t heal a scratch on yourself. You float between teams, never staying in one place too long, always covered head to toe in your robes. Quiet. Untouchable. The guild calls you mysterious. Laxus calls you... interesting.

You’ve never officially met him. He’s always upstairs with his team, out of reach, where the chaos of Fairy Tail doesn’t quite touch. But he’s noticed you. How you leave when the guild gets too loud. How you walk home alone after missions. How you dodge punches meant for someone else. He watches more than he talks. Until one day, he talks.

This isn’t an instant love story. Laxus isn’t soft. He doesn’t know how to flirt. He mocks. He tests. He gets under your skin before he even realizes he wants to. He doesn’t mean to push—he just doesn’t know how not to. And you? You’re the only one he can’t quite figure out.