Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

<No, love. They like you fine, I'm sure.> Arryn purred quietly. <When you're better, we'll all go down to the range. They need to get to know you. Theodas is the same with you as usually with everyone. Y'know, he's technically nobility. We've worked with nice nobility too. Hey, we'll go mountain riding when you're good, they'll get used to you real quick then.>

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn wondered if he should tell her about what Theodas had said when he had carried her back from Libro's cave. No, better not to talk about that. He confided in me, even if I told Arryn he might get upset. "Yeah, he seems like a decent elf, if not a little strange." Dayn snuggled up against Arryn before laying his head against her neck. "I think it'd be fun to go mountain riding. I've heard about it, but I've never actually experienced it before."

 

[Dragongal]

<It'd be fun. You know, I like this. You laying on my neck and all. Quite comfy.> Arryn bent her head around and licked his cheek. <Anything else you're worried about?>

 

[BookWyrm]

"Mm. Its nice just being close to you." Dayn closed his eyes and listened to her heart beat for a few moments. "To be honest, yes. But that will come later. Right now lets just enjoy some well deserved alone time."

 

[Dragongal]

<Okay... but first... Dayn...? I was thinking... You know how you said Japhet was caught "warming up" his wife? And you said, they were technically, and legally, married? Normally around here there's a ceremony or else it isn't official, but... does that make us married?>

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gently ran his fingers through her fur as he thought over her question. "Well, in noble law, if a young nobleman and young lady were found together like that they were married to keep up appearances." Dayn gently sat, a smile on his face as he looked down at Arryn. "Most weddings are still done with a ceremony in the South, but there is a far older tradition that some people still choose to do. The secret wedding, a tradition dating back to when the gods still walked among us. Two people go out into the wild, the forest or mountains, and confess their love and pledge their lives to one another. In the sight of the gods they are married, and in the old ways that was more binding than any ceremony made in front of people." Dayn placed his left hand over Arryn's left paw and laughed quietly. "I would have a ceremony tomorrow if you wanted it, but in my eyes, you are my wife, if you would have me as your husband."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and shifted, then kissed him without hesitation. "Of course, mo chroi. My heart, my love, my Dayn, my husband."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled before kissing her, holding her tight against him. "My sweet Arryn. My love, my bride." Dayn felt that making the pledges were unnecessary. They had made unspoken pledges stronger than any words that could have been found. "If you still want a ceremony we can put something together, but in the tradition of the secret wedding we are wed in the eyes of the gods."

 

[Dragongal]

"Well, I just don't want mom having a heart attack if we're suddenly married." Arryn kissed him again. "We'll figure something out. My husband." Arryn giggled. "Its so odd calling you that, but it feels so right."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Well we kind of are suddenly married. But for her sake I think I can avoid calling you my wife around her." He kissed her lips, then skipped her cheek and went straight to her neck with the next kiss before gently wrapping her in his arms and flopping back onto the bed. He laughed as he rolled her over before smiling at her. "It feels right just hearing you call me that." He kissed her cheek, then her ear. "I personally like Lady Arryngale Eleran Braegland. It has a nice sound to it." He kissed her lips again. "But then again, so does calling you my wife."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked at him for a few seconds, then said, "Gods... I'm a Lady... I'm your wife... there was a time I thought I'd never get married... who would want a brawler? I never thought... that I would be a lady." Arryn paused and laughed a bit, trying to process everything. "I'm your wife." She kissed Dayn then pulled back again. "I like it. Arryngale Eleran Braegland...." Arryn kissed him again. "I love you, mo chroi. I'm your wife and you're my husband..." Arryn smiled widely. "And I couldn't be happier with it. I love you."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn couldn't help but laugh about everything. "This will take some getting used to, but I love it already." He leaned in and kissed her slowly, savoring the moment. "I love you too Arryn, my love, my wife." He laid down beside her, holding onto her and every single detail of this time together. "This feels different." He looked over at Arryn with a smile. "Not in a bad way. It feels different in a very good way. You are mine, and I am yours." Dayn nuzzled against Arryn's neck before kissing it as he traced his fingers up her spine. "My beautiful Arryngale, now my lovely wife." Just saying those words made him smile. "Gods saying that doesn't get old."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn shivered as he kissed her neck and ran his fingers down her spine. She smiled at him and replied, "I hope it doesn't. We're going to be married the rest of our lives, after all." Arryn gently caressed his cheek then pulled him close for a kiss.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn pulled the covers up around them to keep the cold away before snuggling up to Arryn. The dozed off for the better half of an hour or so. After they had woken up Dayn had brewed some spiced tea and brought it back in for them to sip on while they relaxed together. "If I recall correctly the first tourney after Yule is about a month out." He chuckled before taking a sip of the tea. "I've participated in it before. I needed the money, and it was an excuse to beat around on people. I wasn't half bad at the joust, but I took first in the sword. Most of them were show knights. They never really fought in battle before and just traveled from tourney to tourney. Far to predictable in their movements and patterns. Nothing like a true Errant tourney."

 

[Dragongal]

"Are you insinuating that you want to go into a tourney? Fight without me?" Arryn smiled a bit. "Remember, if you get too pissed, you run the risk of wolfing. In front of people."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn shrugged. "If there was an Errant tourney nearby maybe, but I don't care anything about going back to the others. The money is good but other than that it's a vanity affair. Besides, I'd much rather have you by my side." Dayn kissed Arryn's cheek before taking another sip from his tea. "Then again if my wife favors the idea of me showing off for her than by all means, I will gladly put on a show in her honor."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn rolled her eyes before taking another sip of tea. "You're incorrigible, y'know that? Ugh, I'd be introduced as a Lady and have to wear a dress. No, I don't think I want you showing off for me. Especially not since we're both Moon-Born. Too much could go wrong."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn thought for a second before looking over to Arryn, his eyebrow raised questioningly. "And just what are you insinuating by calling me incorrigible?" Dayn was being playful, but in a way he was curious. If she noticed something he needed to be aware of, especially now being Moon-Born, it was probably worth taking a look at.

 

[Dragongal]

"Not insinuating anything. You're an incorrigible flirt, that's what, offering to fight in my honor. Incorrigible joker, too, like I'd ever want you to do that." Arryn kissed him, then smiled and said, "But it's one of the many, many things I love about you."

 

[BookWyrm]

That went better than he thought it would. The kiss at the end was nice too. "I am glad that it pleases you love." He leaned in and kissed her lips, then her cheek and slowly moved down her neck, brushing his lips along her skin as he did. "I do aim to please." As he kissed her his finger's drifted up her arm to caress the other side of her neck before coming around to the front to trace light patterns across her skin. My turn to play the shudder game.

 

[Dragongal]

"You're doing a good job then," Arryn sighed as she shuddered. If this is what it had felt like when she did it to him, she could easily see why he had asked her not to stop.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Mm. How about this?" Dayn pulled back slightly before kissing her stomach, barely just touching her skin with his lips before following them with his fingers as they traced around her navel. His fingers traced off to her sides into circles and knotwork style patterns as he kissed her stomach again.

 

[Dragongal]

"Impressive," Arryn said between shudders as her muscles tensed. "I stuck with your head and neck though, so not fair if this is a contest...."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Its not a contest, unless you want it to be." He looked up at Arryn and smiled mischievously before slowly leaning up and kissing her lips as he brought his hands up her back and to her neck again. One hand continued up to trace around her ear while the other lightly brushed across her throat as he kissed her. As he pulled his lips away he gently brushed his finger across them before tracing up and playing with her hair as he nuzzled against her neck. "I'll give you a second chance if you want. But not until I've had my fun."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn shuddered, her heart racing. One hand behind her ear and one gliding across her throat was enough to make her close her eyes for a few moments as she lost her breath. When he started playing with her hair, she opened her eyes and caught her breath again. "That sounds fair."