Ascending Legends

[BookWyrm]

Dayn moved to lay down beside Arryn, still nuzzling her cheek as he pulled the blanket around them both. "I am so proud to call you mine."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn didn't know what to say to that. She looked at him for a few moments, then wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you, mo chroi. More than I ever thought possible for anybody to love anything, I love you. You mean more to me than anything or anyone. Sometimes I still can't believe that you return such love for me, out of anyone. So if you want to call me yours, know that I'm proud to be called that. I love you."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Always." As was his promise, always and forever. Dayn chuckled as the thunder rolled and shook the ground. "Amazing isn't it? Such natural power, made by no magic nor force of mortals. Simply nature on display." He kissed Arryn, nibbling her lip before pulling away. "The energy is almost palpable."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn chuckled a bit. "You seem to be borrowing some of that energy, love."

 

[BookWyrm]

"What can I say? I give my all in both war and love."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn rolled her eyes playfully and moved her head under Dayn's chin. She was feeling rather tired and cuddly, and Dayn made a perfect pillow.

 

[BookWyrm]

Finally. Dayn smiled and settled into the improvised nest, quite content to finally have Arryn where had been wanting her. "Good thing about rain is it sure makes it easy to rest."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded a bit and nuzzled lightly against Dayn before pulling the blankets up more.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn woke up during the night thanks to a decent roll of thunder from a close lightning strike. The rain was still beating down on the shelter, though thankfully no water had made its way in. He adjusted himself and kissed Arryn before closing his eyes again.

 

[Dragongal]

Sometime toward dawn, Arryn stirred. Her breathing was becoming panicked and she was shuddering. "'m not... 'm not cursed...." Arryn struggled against the memories that were taking hold as she slept, but to no avail.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn, roused by Arryn's dreaming, gently ran his hand down Arryn's back as he kissed her cheek. "Hon, wake up. You're having a bad dream." Thinking outside the box, and knowing it would get her attention, Dayn reached down and cupped Arryn's rump firmly enough to hopefully get her attention but gently enough to not cause an issue. He would deal with whatever she had to say afterwords.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn woke up with an immediate jolt and pulled away from him, a terrified look in her eyes as she looked to him.. She was so caught in the dream that even when she had pulled away and was half-sitting up, she didn't recognize Dayn right away, only that he might not be an enemy.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Arryn," Dayn said as he reached out to lay his hand over her's. "You are safe, hon. Its just you and me here."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked at his hand for a few seconds with clear hesitation, then moved her hand so she could hold his as tears started coursing down her cheeks.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn leaned in and hugged Arryn tightly before wiping away her tears. "Shh, you are okay hon. I am here for you. Nothing is wrong, except it is still storming but I prefer to think of that as a different kind of beautiful weather."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn hesitated, then wrapped her arms around Dayn as sobs started wracking through her body. "I'm not cursed.... I swear, 'm not cursed...." At the moment, she didn't remember that they had determined that she was indeed cursed... she was just caught in the memories of her friends getting hurt because of her, and half her own village turning against her. Her dreams had turned the memories worse... making the damage more significant than it had been... in her dreams, they had actually attacked herself too.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn clenched his eyes and held them tight. "It was just a dream Arryn." Tears of his own started to fall. "You are perfect, to me...."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn glanced to Dayn, then held him that much tighter. "Mo chroi... Dom grá tu." Once she started calming down, things started to become more clear to her, but the dream had been scary enough to keep her clinging to Dayn. After a time she quietly said, "Thank you Dayn... for everything."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn held Arryn tightly against him, keeping her from seeing the tears that slowly slid down his cheeks. "Always."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn slowly relaxed until she was merely leaning on Dayn and shivering slightly. "I was in Rorich again... and I was hurt after the first banshee fight... and... I was walking around, to build strength... and... these people, my neighbors and friends, the grabbed me, and started hurting me... because they thought I was cursed." Arryn closed her eyes and nuzzled against Dayn's neck. "I heard you say I was perfect to you... it did mean a lot to me, even though... I was too scared to respond in common at that moment."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn chuckled weakly. "I guess I still need to learn Northern then." He rubbed Arryn's back as he kissed her neck. "I love you Arryn. You are perfect, in every way."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn could tell that he was rather upset. "Thank you, mo chroi." She pulled back and realized that he had been crying. Arryn kissed his cheek, then tenderly wiped his tears away.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn leaned in against Arryn's hand as the tears subsided. "Always."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn pulled Dayn close and gave him a tight hug. She loved her husband dearly and didn't often need reminding, but once in a while he did or said something that made her that much more protective of him and grateful for him; such as, in this case, crying for her.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn slumped against Arryn with a sigh. For having slept all night he felt emotionally drained already. After a moment he straightened out and winced before trying to stretch out the knots in his back and neck.