Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

Arryn supported him, lightly rubbing the back of his neck as she held him close. She knew those feelings, for certain - they were not enjoyable. She held him in silence for a bit, before quietly saying, "You're not weak, love, and you're not helpless either. You were wounded, but that's all, ok? You're recovering, but soon it'll be behind us and I'm sure you'll be running through the woods as a wolf, and I'm sure it won't be long before I'll need your help with something. I know it seems bad at the moment, but I promise it's not. It's gonna get better. Ok?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled faintly before kissing Arryn's neck gently. He rocked back on his knees and looked into Arryn's eyes as he cupped her cheek in his hand. He wanted to have something, some poetic statement to voice the love he felt for her right now, but his mind came up lacking. So, to express his words in a non verbal way, Dayn leaned forward and kissed Arryn's lips in as passionate a way as he could at the moment. "I couldn't find the right words. I hope that makes up for it."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn enjoyed their kiss, and was very happy to note that Dayn had recovered enough for such a kiss. She smiled. "I think I got the message."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn laughed lightly, cringing slightly as he did. He hadn't thought it would hurt when he laughed, but he guessed it did. "I guess I cant be too active right now, or even too humorous." He kissed her again quickly before laying down again. He pulled on her hand gently. "I'm a little chilly love. Won't you join me?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and laid down, curling up against him and lightly laying her head against his chest. She pulled up the blankets for both of their sakes, then nuzzled against his chest with a smile. "Going to sleep now? Do you want me to stay awake...?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"I don't know if I could sleep again just yet." I'm too scared to go back to sleep, is what he wanted to say. The thought of returning to sleep was tantalizing in the idea of getting some rest, but the last thing he wanted to do was risk another nightmare. "I just wanted to be close to you."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled. "You're such a sweet-talker, love." She kissed his cheek lightly, then looked at him with her head cocked to the side, a very slight, concerned smile on her face. "Are you sure that's it? You know you can tell me anything, mo chroi." She reached out and gently brushed back his hair.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled. "You know me too well love." Dayn took her hand and brought it to his lips before rubbing it gently with his thumb. "I.....don't want to go back to sleep. Not right now. I'm.....scared Arryn. You were taken from me, that alone scares me. I wasn't there to protect you. What if something had happened? I couldn't have forgiven myself for being so naive."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn's heart nearly broke. She knew what it was like to be scared to sleep. Scared that anything you'd do would be a mistake and someone else would get hurt. She sat up a bit and moved closer to him, gently running her fingers over his cheek. "You weren't naive Dayn. You should be able to go somewhere in the markets without me. It wasn't your fault at all, mo chroi. How's this, I'll stay up with you, okay? Like you did for me. I'm okay with it, honestly. It's okay, Dayn. Promise."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked up at Arryn, his eyes blurry as he smiled. He laid his hand over hers and closed his eyes before nodding. "Alright." As they got comfortable again Dayn rested his hand on the back of her neck, gently rubbing small circles up and down her neck. It was a challenge and caused his hand to ache some, but after a little while his hand loosened up and he was able to add a little more pressure. "I'm worried about my hands becoming stiff and tight because of the scars."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn enjoyed letting him work on her neck, raising her eyebrows a bit when he voiced his concerns. "I'll make sure they don't. If I can, I'll make the scars thin too, so they won't look so bad or hurt as much. Not that I care how scars look." Arryn smiled and put one arm across his chest, nuzzling his chest lightly.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn frowned slightly. "I didn't mean it that way love." He tried to smile, but he felt slightly bad. "I guess we have both been scarred rather nicely." Dayn hadn't stopped working on her neck, in truth he had progressed down to her shoulders some. Since he was working with one hand he took his time, making sure to pay good attention the either side. He knew she loved this, and it helped keep his mind off of his pain. He smiled when she nuzzled against his chest. "Sometimes I think you like cuddling more when I'm a wolf, but right now I think I might change that opinion."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled. Of course he hadn't meant it. She hadn't taken it that way. "Depends if I'm cold or not. Your massaging definitely puts it in human-side favor, to be honest." Arryn could have purred as he massed her, but held back, sighing happily instead. "I'm glad to see you in so little pain, considering everything," She added quietly, taking his free hand in hers and rubbing her thumb over his palm. "Careful of the shoulder, please. I don't know if it'll help or hurt, but I don't want to find out. I don't know what I did in that barn, but I'm so sore. My hands are all blistered too, I don't know why."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn eased off the pressure around her shoulder. "One of these days I plan on taking some time for that shoulder specifically. I'll need both hands though." Dayn eased over to the other side of her neck and away from her injured side. "Honestly I think if I had been public about my massage training I'd have been the dream boy of a few too many noble daughters. Thankfully I was smart enough to stay silent about it."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled mischievously. "I'm glad, fighting off noble girls isn't fun, getting arrested every time I'd raise a hand. Of course, you'd be worth fighting over, massage or no." She stayed silent for a bit, before asking quietly, "Do you remember what happened in the barn...?" She didn't want him having a flashback, but she felt like she needed to know what she'd done.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn laughed. "I appreciate the sentiment love, but laughing hurts still." He smiled before kissing her. When she asked about the barn he laid his head back and focused. "I remember you being tied and chained, and then...well....after I was.......snared...I remember hearing you and the hunter talking back and forth, but you sounded different. If I didn't know lycanthropy can't be caught through certain relations, I'd have thought you were wolfing out. Next thing I remember is hearing a chains break and ropes snap, then a fight. Next thing I remember is pain and being let down." Dayn placed his thumb on one side of her neck and his first two fingers on the other side before pulling them down gently, flaring out over her upper shoulders before starting at the top again. "From what I can put together, the hunter didn't fare well."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn shook her head a bit. "When I came to he was hanging by a chain tied to a rafter, missing fingers, legs broken, scars in his chest.... Sounds right for me losing it." Arryn closed her eyes as he worked on her neck, before muttering, "Whatever you're doing, don't you dare stop. Please."

 

[BookWyrm]

"As you wish love. But I might need this." Dayn retrieved his hand from hers and started working on both sides of her neck and shoulders. He gently ran his thumbs over the front of her neck, being careful not to use too much pressure, before pressing his fingers in at her neck and moving up towards her head. He gently pulled her hair aside before working right at the connection of her neck and her skull. "Wow, you are really tight right in through here." He worked around that area before working back down her neck. Somewhere between the quiet conversation and the gentle massage Dayn had forgotten about the pain and nightmares. "If I didn't know better, I might have thought you were purring love."

 

[Dragongal]

"Mm, wouldn't surprise me if I was. I imagine this is what it's like when I scratch behind your ears or under your chin as a wolf." Arryn sighed, letting her body fully relax for the first time all day. It was odd to think about, that it was only the night after she'd been kidnapped and Dayn had been tortured. "Gods I forgot how sore I was. Glad you're here to help fix it, though."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Oh yes, but I do kind of purr when you do that though." Dayn smiled. Finally after a few more minutes Dayn gently rubbed his hands over the area he had been working on before wrapping his arms around her. "Any more and you might melt in my hands."

 

[Dragongal]

"Is that a bad thing?" She nuzzled against his chest, one hand on his shoulder and the other running lightly through his hair. She was trying to help him stay awake and keep him distracted from the pain and nightmares. She didn't like seeing him hurt like her.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled as she ran her fingers through his hair. "Well, I kind of like how you feel in my hands now. If you melted, I might be a little disappointed." His hands drifted down to her hips as he stared up at her smiling. His body had begun aching again, but he wasn't about to tell her. If she noticed sure, he wouldn't lie to her about it, but he was just enjoying having all of this time uninterrupted to spend with her.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and kissed him lightly before cuddling up against his neck. "You know.... I need to find my dagger now. Maybe I could start using my blade again, though.... Heh, that's an idea of somewhere interesting to take you, to go see the griffins and their eyres."

 

[BookWyrm]

"That would be something." Dayn thought back to the owlgriff. It had been a rather intimidating experience, but it had also been amazing. Griffins were incredible creatures. "I've always wanted to see one again. I've seen a wyvern up close, but they are no where near as stunning as griffins are." Dayn actually yawned. At first he didn't pay attention to it, but it wasn't until he yawned for a second time that he realized what he was doing. He didn't say much about it. If she didn't notice he wouldn't say anything. He nuzzled gently against her neck, quietly humming a tune as he leaned against her.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn lightly kissed his ear, keeping quiet about his yawning. She listened to him hum for a bit, then quietly joined in, knowing the song. She smiled to him as she hummed, looking at him with love and a bit of concern before curling up on his chest and continuing to hum the song with him in a quiet duet.