Ascending Legends

[BookWyrm]

Dayn returned the kiss before gently nuzzled against her neck for a few moments. "I'll be back before you know it." He eased out the back door, leaving his clothing and boots inside and out of the snow, before shifting and taking off at a safe pace. Over the course of an hour Dayn would sporadically return with game that he had caught before finally coming back empty handed after the last trip. He had managed a couple of deer, a hog, and a squirrel for a snack on his way home. He shifted, shivering slightly as he stepped back into the house to get dressed. "Not a bad night. I'll need some containers to store the blood. Nothing is going to waste if I can help it."





Another hours worth of gutting, cleaning, and storing the meat and Dayn finally walked back into the house with a smile. "We have meat, bones, and blood stored for use. I kept the hearts, livers, kidneys, and stomachs as well. We can sell the pelts in the market for a decent sum. But, right now, I'm going to wash this off." Dayn had left his shirt off, and for good reason. His arms were covered in blood, even some of his chest. After rinsing off he checked the fires again, setting them up to burn for a while before walking over and sitting down next to Arryn. "My hands are free, so if you want I can work on your shoulder now."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked at him and nodded. She moved around so she could lay on her stomach - she couldn't be certain she wouldn't reflexively pull away if it hurt. "Still kind of sore, so not too hard. I trust you, though."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn got himself into position and gently laid his hands on her back. He moved her shirt so that he had full contact to her skin and feel what needed to be worked on better. He started out slowly and making sure everything was loose, just like last time. "You're not nearly as tight as you were last time, which is a big improvement." Dayn worked on loosening her up for a few more minutes, taking some time specifically around her shoulder before he felt comfortable enough to start using more deep tissue work. Her body seemed to be responding to his touch better, and as he worked he noticed he was starting to feel a connection between the two of them. When he would press his hand against her skin her breath was in timing, rising up to meet his hand right as he began to push into the muscle. At the moment he focused on her shoulder, be ever so often he would branch out on other areas to keep from over stimulating those muscles, making them more receptive when he returned to them. "How are you? Is everything okay?"

 

[Dragongal]

"Yeah, I think so. Doesn't hurt much at all... feels good more than it hurts." Arryn tried to make this all as easy as possible for Dayn. She wanted to be able to wield a sword again, here was her shot. "You can keep going if you need to."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I don't want to push it too much, but I can go for a little while longer." By the end Dayn's hands and forearms were sore from the work, but the smile on his face said he was fine with every bit of it. He scooped Arryn up into his arms before carrying her over to the sitting area near the fire place. "Wait one minute, I'm going to grab something." Dayn had set a pot to boil earlier, and he poured it out and prepared some tea before walking back to the fireplace and handing Arryn a cup before snuggling up against her. "I thought you might likes this."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled before leaning back on him. "You were right, I do. This is nice. Thanks for the work on my shoulder, by the way. It feels good now."Arryn couldn't think of a proper word to describe it. The pain had eased and it felt looser, to be certain. This seemed like a good way to heal an injury to her.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled before kissing her cheek. "I'm glad that it is helping." Dayn took a sip of the tea before leaning his head back. "Would you feel up to taking me to the griffins tomorrow?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled widely. "Of course! It'll be fun. We'll get up at dawn... could you spare some of the hunt you just brought or catch something fresh? They'll eat it if it's fresh enough. Though, if you get too close they'll chase you back."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I'll get up and catch some fresh. I'd take from our stores but we do need as much as possible. Besides, I think they would appreciate fresh meat anyway." Dayn took another sip from his tea before a thought crossed his mind. "Shouldn't they be able to smell me? Do you think it'll be an issue?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn shrugged. "I doubt that lycanthropes commonly attack them. As long as you mind your manners, I doubt they'd care much."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Good. Last thing I want is to be attacked by a griffin. Just having a stare down with that Owlgriff was unnerving." Dayn watched the fire for a little while. The flames flickered and played around the logs. He smiled before snuggling up against Arryn, laughing slightly as he thought of a poem. "I am lost in thoughts of you, burning desire like fire for you. Inside my veins burning intense, burning red hot with fierce flames."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and turned slightly to kiss him on the lips. "Poetry, how sweet."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled before stealing another kiss. "Shall I go on? The poem becomes....heated. But if you don't mind, I'll continue."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and said, "I'm not stopping you." This could prove very interesting.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Lava of lust so hot uncontrolled, burning my entire body and soul. Flames of lust are so hot intense, hotter than even Sun's flames. It is burning my entire body, still in spine it gives shivers. Wanting and waiting is so hard, when two lovers are far apart. My very being is calling for you, I am red hot burning for you. Let us burn in passionate desire, by making love like raging fire."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn kissed him, silencing any more poetry he may have been about to recite. "I suppose it's a good thing we're not far apart." She continued kissing him, then said, "Don't tell me your made all of that up on the spot?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn chuckled slightly as he leaned his head around to kiss her ear before whispering. "That, is one of my little secrets." Dayn kissed her again, slowly moving around to her lips. "You seem to like it, so does it really matter?"

 

[Dragongal]

"When you out it that way, I suppose not." Arryn replied as she kissed him. "i suppose I just want to make sure you rally think that before anything."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn was finding it harder and harder to focus on the conversation. "Do I sense the spurring of poetry inspired ideas?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn laughed slightly. "How could I not when your poetry's so... eloquent."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I think I can oblige my lady." Dayn leaned in and kissed Arryn slowly, his hand coming up to caress her neck and cheek. "Maybe somewhere a little more comfortable though."


After a while Dayn still found himself watching the fire, though now he was laying out on the bed with Arryn snuggled against his chest. "Sometimes I read poetry and wonder where the inspiration came from. Other times I read it and understand the meaning completely. If I had been thinking, I might have recited more poetry before now."

 

[Dragongal]

"Come now, Dayn, my heart can only take so much. Besides you did try once - recall? Numerous compliments, including comparing my hair to fire, and my eyes like the morning sky flecked with emeralds. Not exactly a poem, but very, very close. Only I promptly shot you down. And you were still calling me 'Atria'." Arryn laughed slightly at the memory. She kissed his cheek. "I am glad we got past that, though."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I remember." Dayn leaned over returned the kiss. "I am glad that you came to trust me enough that we could move past that. Otherwise we wouldn't be here right now, and that would be quite the shame." Dayn ran a hand through her hair, playing with it in a lazy manner.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled, then said, "Truly. Please don't stop what you're doing. Please." She liked it when he played with her hair like that, it felt wonderful.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn laughed, though he most certainly didn't stop playing with her hair. "Take that feeling and amplify it just a tiny bit, and you get what it feels like when you play with my fur and scratch my ears when I'm a wolf." Dayn reached up with his other hand and began to play and give her a slight scalp massage. "How about that?"