Characters: Roxy, Ogron
Pairings: Oxygen (Roxy x Ogron)
Rating: T
Suggestion From: (Literally Everyone) various anons, BadEndFriends

Lesson

"Wild Heartbeat!"

Roxy let her magic fly at the practice dummies set up at the other end of the room, and growled in frustration as their only damage became evident - a dark purple line of glitter where the spell hit. She tried again, and then with both hands instead of one - same results.

After a few more failed attempts, she shrugged against the wall, hopelessness blooming in her chest. Bloom had instructed her to take some time to practice spells in Sibylla's training room while she and the Major Fairy discussed the upcoming trial. Roxy could control her magic in emergency situations based on instinct, but she knew she'd need more practice to get anywhere close to the Winx's level.

If she got near the level.

From the doorway, there was an amused chuckle. "Having trouble, are we?"

Roxy went from fearful to annoyed in a matter of seconds. She straightened up and walked back to the center of the room, sparing only a glance back towards the voice. "I'm doing perfectly fine, Ogron. Thank you."

The red-haired man leaning against the doorframe didn't flinch at the tone of voice, only smirked. "By all means then, don't let me distract from your practice."

She huffed and focused on the dummies, letting a ball of energy charge in her hands. You can do this. Just think of his face on those stuffed heads, and you'll be fine.

She inhaled and let the magic go, overshooting the heads of the dummies by a good foot. Instead of cutting them clean off, she left a deep gash in the cave wall behind them.

Ogron burst out laughing, and Roxy felt her cheeks redden. "You," he said between chuckles, "may be the worst shot I've ever seen. How did you hit me in battle again?"

"You want me to knock the memories back into you?" Roxy snapped, letting sparks of green magic fly from her fingertips as she created another ball of energy. This one was aimed for Ogron's head.

Instead of Ogron's smirk vanishing, it widened. "Uh-uh-uh, no harming someone who's come to Sibylla looking for protection, remember?"

The magic dissipated into the air, and Roxy turned back around, unable to meet his eyes. She tried to recreate the ball of energy that was in her hand moments ago, but even that was difficult now. "Whatever. Just...go check on Duman or something. I'm practicing in here."

Behind her, Ogron sighed. ""Well you certainly won't get any practicing done like that – you're far too tense to conjure any sort of magic, nevertheless get your spell to work. Here, let me show you."

Roxy wanted to protest that no, she'd much rather he go jump off a cliff, but before she could he was behind her, his chest pressed against her back. It was...muscular, certainly more than Andy and the band, and even compared to the Specialists.

"See, now you're far too tense." Ogron placed his hands on her shoulders, gently pressing down. "You need to relax, otherwise your magic can't move freely through your body."

The change in attitude was suspicious, but Roxy figured if he planned to attack her, he would have already. After a moment she complied, taking a deep breath. Her shoulders - which she hadn't realized were tensed - drooped. Another breath, and the ball of magic reappeared in her hand.

"Good. Now there are two ways to throw energy like this," Ogron reached for her hand and started to guide her arm through various motions. "First, you can directly fire at each enemy. It allows easier aim, but it takes longer. Or, you can curve a bit of magic, almost like a frisbee. With practice, you can direct it to go from a straight line to seeking an individual person."

His breath was hot on Roxy's ear, making it difficult to focus. "O-Ok. That…makes sense."

"The first three dummies with direct hits, the rest with a single bolt of magic. On your mark."

Roxy straightened her stance, ignoring that it pushed her back into Ogron. She lifted her hand and followed his instructions; she hit the first three square in the chest before launching the bolt of magic. It flew across the room and across the neck of every single practice dummy, cutting them clean through. Ogron's arm stayed with hers, not leading but following along.

"How was that?"

"Um...I mean, yeah. Just, strange, sort of."

"Mmm," she felt vibrations in his chest flow through her body, and she bit her lip. "I've always found teaching magic to be an...intimate affair."

Roxy knew the word choice was meant to vex her, so she purposely kept her mouth shut.

When it became apparent she wouldn't comment, Ogron changed tactics. "Don't you find it strange?"

"What?" Roxy turned her head to look him in the eye.

"The thought that we once spent so much time fighting against each other. And now here we are, fighting for a common goal."

"I'm not so sure how common that goal is."

"Why my dear Roxy," Ogron's smile had a touch of venom. "Don't tell me there are still trust issues between us?"

"I trust you about as far as I can throw you," she hissed. "This little intimate session hasn't made me forget that."

"Has it not? Well that's a pity," Roxy's breath hitched as she felt Ogron's hand brush her hip. "Perhaps we can look into changing that."

"Give me one good reason why."

"Well, to start," he leaned his head closer, and Roxy stayed perfectly still as the tips of their noses touched. "You haven't moved. And such a reaction - or lack of reaction, makes me curious how close two former enemies can get. Don't you think?"

Electricity shot through her at his tone. "I-I...I -"

"Will be here," Ogron interrupted. Roxy couldn't see his mouth, but she could feel his smirk. "Should you change your mind, you know where to find me."

Only then did he step away, turning and slipping out of the room as if he'd never been there in the first place.

Whoo, what a hiatus, huh? Good thing that's over.

The goal, tentatively, is to get one of these prompts done per week. I've been slacking on writing lately, and figured this would be a good way to get back into it.

As always, feel free to leave some suggestions (characters, pairings, theme, etc.) If you've already written in, I've got them written down already!