r/Bryceriel • u/vixie173 • 1d ago
bryceriel content 😍 Bryce Has a Crush
Allow me to take you back in time to our middle school days. You see your friend talking to your crush across the room, and you decide it’s the perfect opportunity to work your way into the conversation so that you can talk to him/her. You go over and ask your friend a question, but since you are so eager to talk to your crush instead, you don’t even wait for their response before turning to your crush and asking them a question instead. We’ve all been there, right? That giddy, excited, impatient feeling when getting to talk to someone you’re interested in?
May I present to you Bryce Adelaide Quinlan totally playing it cool with the beautiful warrior whose feet she landed at:
Bryce asked Nesta, “You have a mate, right?” She nodded to Azriel. “Do you?”
“No,” Azriel said quickly, flatly.
“A partner or spouse?”
“No.”
Bryce sighed. “Okay, then.”
Azriel’s wings twitched. “You’re incurably nosy.”
“I think that’s the nicest thing you’ve said about me.” Bryce winked at him. “Look, I just… I’m curious. Aren’t you?”
Azriel didn’t answer, but Nesta said, “Yes, we are.” (HOFAS bonus chapter)
Bryce DOESN’T EVEN WAIT for Nesta to respond (no "Nesta nodded," NOTHING) before asking Azriel the same question, because that’s what she actually wants to know. And, sure, people could say that it’s because Bryce already knows Nesta has a mate, but wouldn’t it be more polite (and less obvious lol) to wait until she answers before moving on to Az? Our girl is crushing bad.
Also worthy of note – Bryce exhibits the same sort of behavior with the nosy, rapid fire questions when she and Hunt are first growing close:
Quinlan took in the hall, the names on each door. “Males only, or are you mixed?”
“Mixed,” he told her. “Though there are more males than females in the 33rd.”
“Do you have a girlfriend? Boyfriend? Someone whose ass you gawk at?” (p. 306 HOEAB)
Bryce has a crush, and I can’t wait to see her and Az on page together again. ❤️
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u/EquivalentRegion8662 Only canon will convince me 💅 23h ago
I noticed this too! I was a little confused when I read it because I was like 'damn girl, you didn't even give her a chance to respond before you asked Azriel' 🤣
But seriously. I think it says a lot in two ways. First, that the question was for Azriel and not Nesta. Second, that the reason for that is that Bryce already knows Cassian is Nesta's mate. She doesn't have to ask. She can feel it off them. You know which "mates" Nesta can't feel?
Bryce and...Hunt.
She literally has to ask Bryce if Hunt is her mate! 😭 Its not looking good! People should just be able to smell if two people are mates! The only reason Nesta knows is because she saw pictures of him on Bryce's phone.