Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

Arryn closed her eyes and shivered pleasantly, her hands coming to rest on the back of his neck but not moving. She'd toyed with him a good bit already, after all.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Arryn." Dayn's voice was quiet. He wanted to hold onto the beautiful intimacy of this moment together. The feeling of her pressed against him always found a way to render him speechless. He slowly ran his fingers through her hair as he continued, "So much has changed since we first met, yet, all of it has seemed to make us grow closer." He pressed in against her as he nuzzled her neck and cheek. He transitioned from playing with her hair to rubbing her neck as his free hand wrapped around her waist. "How can a wolf like me repay the love he has been given each day since he found his rose?"

 

[Dragongal]

"By continuing to love her as he had been, of course." Arryn gave him a little kiss on the cheekcheek for emphasis.

 

[BookWyrm]

"I'm yours. All of me. All of my love." Dayn pressed his lips against Arryn's neck for a few seconds before pulling away. "With you arms around me I feel like I could take on the world."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn resumed tracing her fingers along the back of his neck. "Well, right now the world doesn't exist outside of this room. Right? "

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn leaned his head forward against Arryn's shoulder and sighed contently. "Just you and me hon."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn opened her eyes and smiled a bit before taking advantage of his position and starting to kiss along the side of his neck while her hand traced along his spine. One hand ran down his side and started slowly tracing over his ribs

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn shuddered for a few seconds before calming down as the goosebumps spread over his skin. He smiled as he relaxed further into Arryn's arms. This feels sooooo good.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn continued working along his neck, then took his chin in her hands and pulled him into a slow, passionate kiss. When she pulled away she went back to tracing along his skin but held off on kissing his neck. She figured he could use a bit of a break.

 

[BookWyrm]

When their lips parted from the kiss Dayn found himself longing for more. Desire had awakened, and with it the came longing. Dayn wished above all things that he could use glamour again. He wanted to take Arryn away to a quiet forest glade or the vast plateaus under the stars, somewhere distant and beautiful for them to be alone together. But no, all he could create was shadow, darkness, the nothingness of the Umbra. His hands had found the place along Arryn's hip and her neck, yet Dayn still laid his head against her shoulder, doubt suddenly clouding his vision.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn was surprised by his response. Normally he'd have been shivering or returning the sentiment, but he seemed upset. Arryn pulled back a bit to tuck her head under his chin. "Dayn, what's wrong? Please tell me."

 

[BookWyrm]

There she was, his loving rose, ever aware. "I don't know how to explain it really." He took a deep breath, focused his thoughts, and continued. "Its this new gift...or curse. My magic, my pyromancy and thaumaturgy, it's all gone. I'm left with this darkness, this....shadow." Dayn looked over as he held out his palm. Dark shadow-like fire danced in his hand as he shook his head. "What beauty can come from darkness? What can I offer to you from this nothing?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked him over for a few moments. "I always kind of preferred the dark of night. It's the only time you can see the stars." Arryn nuzzled against his neck. Maybe pointing out tactical uses would help? "You can hide me like you did in the dream. You can move faster in your shadow... form."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn couldn't help but smile. It did make him feel somewhat better that Arryn found the positive in this. "I don't think I could render the stars for you any more, but I can still offer the same love." He leaned in and kissed Arryn's ear lobe before playfully nibbling on it.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and laid her hand on the side of his cheek before pulling back a bit. She had an idea. He needed to practice this new magic, and maybe she could help. "Can you make it dark all around us? Pitch-black. Try."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked at Arryn, his eyebrow raised for a moment. Why would she ask for total darkness around them? "I suppose I can try." Dayn called upon what used to be his magic and actually managed to cloud the room in partial darkness. He could help but remember Siochana's words about keeping Arryn safe. "I don't want to push this too much. Even if it is tied to the moon in some way, I can't risk creating pure darkness."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled a bit. "That's okay, mo chroi." She had been hoping for full darkness to hide her movements better, but oh well. She moved over him and pressed her lips to his in a slow, long, passionate kiss. It was her way of saying that she really didn't mind his new magic, and that it did have some advantages.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn's eyes widened for only a second before they closed and he gave into the glorious rapture. He responded whole heartedly as shivers and goosebumps riddled his skin. The darkness faded around them as his focus shifted from magic to his wife, and whatever she might have planned.

 

[Dragongal]

Smiling, Arryn pulled away and moved to lay next to him again, though she kept her body cuddled up to his. "See? The dark isn't so bad. You just need to practice on holding it when distracted."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Why would I want to focus on that when you were kissing me? It seemed like a good trade off."

 

[Dragongal]

"Well, I meant that in battle there could be other distractions." Arryn giggled a bit and slowly kissed along his collarbone.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn laughed, shaking his head as he said, "I can focus on fighting. That comes easy to me. Focusing on keeping magic going while this beautiful red head is kissing me is a completely different story."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled at the compliment, but had hoped to make him shiver. So she adopted their age-old tactic of pulling the blankets up and rolling to face away.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn rolled his eyes and went in for the tickle. This time though he made sure to wrap his arms around Arryn before he started tickling, all the better to keep her from breaking free.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn had prayed that he would try to cuddle instead of tickling. So when he wrapped his arms around her she knew she was in trouble. As much as she squirmed and struggled she couldn't get away. between laughs she managed to get out, "Okay, I cede! I cede!"