Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

Arryn started twitching as she slept, especially moving her right arm. She held his hand tighter and whimpered quietly, the nightmare slowly getting worse. Yet again she was crippled and the pain ran through her scars again.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn slowly pulled Arryn against him. "Its just a dream Arryn. You are safe. I am here for you love." Dayn sat up and turned Arryn around, placing his hand on her head and pulling her against his chest. "Don't look around, just focus on my voice, on my heartbeat. I'm here, I am real."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn opened her eyes, a few stray tears running from her eyes. She was tired and wanted to go back to sleep, but she knew she had to wait now. The feeling of his hand on the back of her head, holding her close, was a wonderful relief, no risk of seeing something she didn't want to. "Thanks, love.... I think you caught it... before any hallucinations. But my scars hurt...." Arryn shifted around slightly, pulling the blankets up higher and tighter around her shoulders. "It was the church again."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Shh, don't worry about that now. Just relax love." Dayn looked over to the dresser where Arryn had a few of her healing items and eyed the jar her mother had given her for Yule. He gently leaned over and grabbed it before gently nudging Arryn, encouraging her to turn back around and free up his other hand. "I can help with the scars now.", he said with a smile.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked at him and let go of his hand, slowly turning around for him. She gave him a small, weak smile before facing front.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn leaned forward and kissed Arryn's cheek. "Just close your eyes and focus on me. Focus on my hands, on my voice, on the sound of my breathing." Dayn unscrewed the cap and scooped out some of the salve into his hands as he purposefully took long, deep breaths and exhaled with some force so that Arryn could hear him. He gently dabbed portions of the salve over certain spots on her scars to make sure it covered completely before lightly running his hands over her scars, gently massaging the salve into her skin. Please let this work.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn leaned back against his hands, focusing on the feelings of his hands and the sound of his breathing. Slowly but surely the pain eased away and she sighed with relief.

 

[BookWyrm]

Thank you Mum. Dayn gave his own sigh of relief as Arryn seemed to relax. When he had finished rubbing the salve over her back and arms he gently pulled her back to him, holding the back of her head as he slid his other hand down to grab both of her's. "Now just rest. We can try and go back to sleep, or we can relax and talk for a little bit. Whatever you want to do love."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nuzzled against his chest lightly and pulled the blankets up again. "Thank you. I'm... I think I'm okay to sleep again." She closed her eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn managed to lay down completely, still holding Arryn against his chest, though he noticed that she was still awake. So he began to remedy it the best way he knew how. He started to play with her hair lightly as he quietly started humming.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn slowly relaxed against his chest more, savoring the feeling of his playing with her hair and listening to him quietly hum. After a short amount of time, she dozed off.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn managed to stay awake long enough to hear Arryn quietly sleeping against him. With a content sigh he slowly closed his eyes and let his own weariness draw him back into the fold of sleep.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn woke up in the morning and gently nudged Dayn and she moved around, tucking her head under his chin and nuzzling against his neck.

 

[BookWyrm]

"I'm up....I'm up." Dayn snorted, coughed and yawned before blinking his eyes, slowly coming to the realization that Arryn was nuzzling against his neck. He smiled and tucked his chin down gently on her head. "Good morning my lovely Lady." He gently hugged her before kissing her forehead.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nuzzled against him slowly, still a bit groggy. She didn't want to think about last night. "Good morning, my knight."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn traced lazy patterns over Arryn's back as he stared up at the ceiling. He was thinking of something to do that would be fun. He wanted to get Arryn out of the house and away from the memories of her bad dreams and just let them enjoy themselves for a day. "Soooooo," Dayn looked down at Arryn with a telling smile, "We still haven't gotten around to that mountain riding you've been talking about."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn closed her eyes and lightly kissed his neck. "You'll have to borrow Matthias's shield, though. But sure, I think we could make it work out. It's dangerous, though."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Actually I had thought I might strip down and slid on my stomach the whole way." Dayn waited for a moment as he tried not to laugh, but he caved in the end and bust out laughing. "My thought had been to actually invite the three of them to come with us. I thought it might be nice to spend a little more time together. Kind of break the ice, if you will."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn chuckled. "We'll have to go ask them, then, see if they have a spare shield. I warn you now, it's very hard to see the bumps and ruts that will literally send you flying."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Can't be any worse than being tossed by Hamish off the loft in the stable back home." Dayn realized what he had just said sounded slightly, well, crazy. "Don't worry. I came away without any broken bones that day."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn chuckled. "Love, it's a bit more dangerous than that, I'm afraid...." She nuzzled against him and took his hands in hers. "That's for when the sun is fully up, love." She kissed his cheek and said, "Thank you for last night, love."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn leaned down and gave Arryn a proper kiss on the lips. "Always, love." He smiled again at the thought of finally going mountain riding. "I am honestly excited."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled, glad to hear that he was excited. "I'm glad. Just please don't get hurt, okay...?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn held Arryn's face in his hands. "I promise." Dayn's smile turned slightly goofy as he smushed Arryn's cheeks together.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn laughed and shook her head, making him let go of her. She reached up and gently brushed his hair back, quietly saying, "But really, love... don't get hurt. Be careful, okay? Not just with this.... I don't want you getting hurt anymore."