Divergent One Shot

Relationships were never going to be simple nor were they going to be a bed of roses – however, the majority of the time they could be utterly amazing and that was the part that you should always focus on.

Your relationship had never been the easiest due to the faction that you were in, but you were proud of the both of you for getting through the hard times and coming out stronger.

The two of you had been together for well over three years with Eric being a leader for more than four but you had only been a leader for the past year.

Ever since you'd been made a leader, you had been more than grateful to Eric for supporting you throughout the transition and being there to help you out when you'd gotten home all stressed and worried about things.

You were in the position to work with Eric permanently, and with the both of you now at equal standing within Dauntless, the higher ups had decided that there was no other logical option other than the two of you working together.

It had been agreed for you and Eric to work together because it reduced Eric's outbursts against the initiates, but it also allowed for Four to attend to other duties within the faction.

With the new set of transfer initiates, you and Eric had your hands full because not all of the initiates were happy to listen to you both.

As Dauntless was the 'police' faction essentially, the initiates needed to be trained in hand to hand combat.

The best way to train them was to demonstrate different techniques.

You and Eric were up on the platform, fighting essentially but the initiates were all watching in order to learn the skills that they needed.

"C'mon Eric, you can do better than that," you taunted your boyfriend jokingly as he got up from where you'd tripped him up.

As you were smaller than him it was easier for you to dodge his punches and avoid him whereas with Eric, his punches had power behind them and therefore he could knock anyone off their feet with just one punch.

Eric lunged forward with the intention of grabbing your waist to throw you down to the floor, but he stumbled as you moved out of his way.

The initiates around you laughed as they'd never seen Eric not dominate a task, but he was gentler when it came to the possibility of hurting you.

"You need to get better at your balance Eric, you keep missing," you joked again and the smirk on his face told you that he knew you were messing about.

Eric lunged at you again and this time he managed to grab you before he flipped you so that you were on your front against the platform, and he pulled you arms behind your back leaving you unable to move.

After a few moments he let go and then offered you his hand to help you up.

The two of you turned to the initiates, motioning for them all to collect on one side of the platform.

"What did you all learn from that?"

A smartass initiate by the name of Peter spoke up. "That Eric goes soft whenever he is around you."

Eric scoffed, his facial expression turning to stone as he shot you a quick glance.

"And how do you figure that Hayes?"

Peter shrugged with a smirk. "You barely punched her, you let her dodge you, and when you finally finished with her the grip around her wrists was so loose, we could tell."

"Does that mean you two are together?" Christina questioned.

Eric chuckled, putting his arm around your waist and tugging you into his side.

"Not that it's any of your business," you stated. "But yes, we are together."

You saw many downtrodden looks from some of the female initiates, but they knew realistically they could never end up with a leader.

Peter had a smug look on his face before he spoke up again. "Is that why you go all soft with her? You're not as hard as you make out to be."

Eric's grip on your waist tightened at Peter's words so you knew they'd hit a nerve.

"For your information Hayes," Eric began to answer him. "I am not a person that you should think is 'soft' because I assure you that I could knock you unconscious with one hit."

You saw the subtle paling of Peter's face due to Eric's words.

"And I implore you all to not assume such things of me," he announced to the whole crowd of them.

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Written by Hannah.

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