Ascending Legends

[BookWyrm]

"I don't mind love." He looked over to the side and grabbed his shirt that was laying next to the bed before pulling it over to her with a smile. "Despite enjoying the view I'd rather you be comfortable."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn couldn't help but laugh as she sat up and pulled on his shirt. "Well, your shirts are almost excessively comfy." She'd left the balm on the nightstand table, so that was easily within her reach. She moved behind him once he sat up, and began slowly working the balm over the forming scars. Once she was done, she set to massaging his neck and shoulders while the balm dried before she lightly kissed the back of his neck. She lightly pushed him back down so he was laying before tucking her head under his chin again.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled to himself as he had sat up. There had still been a nice view anyway, so he couldn't complain. He had sat up as she gathered the balms. He leaned forward slightly to let her have full access to his back. He smiled as he felt the slightly cool balms being worked over the rough spots on his back, no doubt the scars that were already forming. When she'd finished with the balms he had leaned back only to be stopped when she'd set about massaging his neck and shoulders. "Oh gods that is nice." The kiss on the back of his neck was nice as well. He smiled when she had pushed him back before laying down and tucking up under his chin again. He gently rubbed his cheek against her head before laying back. "Thanks love."

 

[Dragongal]

"Mhm. Tomorrow we'll make the plans and you'll shave too," Arryn laughed a bit at her last comment. He did need to shave. "But we'll leave that for tomorrow." Arryn nuzzled against his neck one final time before drifting off to sleep. At one point in the night she started having bad dreams, involving that hunter, and he was back for Dayn... she could hear him howling in pain again and struggling as the hooks cut into him. She managed to get him down and remove the hooks, but the silver flecks had gotten to his heart, and he was writhing in pain. As she tried to help him a number of hook cut into her back and pulled her away....


Arryn fidgeted and stirred against Dayn. This wasn't like the other nightmares, this was far more natural... the kind a normal person would experience. As she struggled in the dream though, she continued to fidget, until her hands wrapped around one of Dayn's hands and she held it possessively to her chest. After that she managed to relax a bit, her dreams quieting considerably.

 

[BookWyrm]

The morning sun shown through the slats over the window down directly onto Dayn's face, abruptly stirring him from his sleep. He glared up at the window before using his aeromancy to close the slats. Dayn yawned and cracked his neck before looking down at Arryn. He gently leaned down and moved his head to kiss her neck as he traced his fingers around her ear. My turn.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn opened her eyes in surprise, but then smiled and shivered a bit, holding his captive hand tighter against her chest as she closed her eyes again, enjoying the sensation of Dayn's kissing and caressing. She didn't recall taking his hand, but she vaguely remembered her nightmares, making this morning seem that much better.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gently kissed Arryn's cheek before saying, "Good morning love." He slowly kissed her again before tucking her head under his chin again. "I don't think my hand is going anywhere love, but you can hold it as long as you want."

 

[Dragongal]

"Had bad dreams," she mumbled, the dreams slowly becoming more clear, but obviously less scary since she'd killed the hunter.. rather brutally... this was the first time she'd looked back into the new found memories since she'd woken up like that, actually.... It was quite... red.... Don't think about it, won't hurt. Arryn shifted her focus and nuzzled lightly against Dayn's neck, returning to the rather groggy present.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn nuzzled against Arryn gently before squeezing her hand that held his so tightly against her chest. "Hold it as long as you like." He wrapped his free arm around her to add emphasis. "You already hold my heart, I can trust you with my hand."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and squeezed his hand slightly since he couldn't see her expression. She liked this. He held her, she held onto him, it was nice. She didn't know why she took so much comfort from holding his hand so - the only word she could think of was possessively - to her chest, but she wasn't in a mood to question. She let herself doze very lightly for a bit, then decided that she should get up. Arryn reluctantly let go of Dayn's hand, then moved around to kiss his cheek. "Should we make some breakfast?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gave a kiss in return. "Sure." He was honestly loathe to leave the bed. He felt slightly spoiled from the previous day of cuddling, but they couldn't spend every day like that. Dayn held Arryn against him as he rolled over to lay her back into bed, pulling the covers up around her before getting lost against her lips for a few moments. He finally pulled away, shivering in the slightly cool morning air as he tended to the fire. Once set he stood up and stretched out some stiff muscles before finally pulling on some pants. He sat back on the edge of the bed as his hand fished under the covers until it found her hand. He smiled as their fingers intertwined together. "I'm going to tend to the other fires. I'll let you know when it's warm." He leaned in to steal another kiss before walking out, still shirtless. He'd been shirtless in the house ever since Arryn had made the pass about liking him without a shirt on. Sure it was a little chilly at times, but he didn't mind as long as Arryn seemed to enjoy it. Besides, if they were in the house Arryn wore his shirts anyway. It was a fair trade off.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn cuddled back under the covers, thankful for having such a sweet husband. Of course she did take a glance at him as he walked away before she buried herself under the covers. He did look good shirtless, that was for sure, even with the forming scars covering his back. She took the time he gave her to doze some more. She knew he was worse with cold than her, but he was better than her with managing the fires.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn had finished starting the fires and was waiting for the home to warm up. He sat by the hearth and watch the fire contently as he hummed the tune of an old folk song about gnomes catching a mountain on fire. He laughed as he hummed, thinking back on his grandfather telling them stories when he was a child. As he thought about the stories his mind slowly wandered back to Arryn. She'd always loved hearing him tell stories or sing. She would sit and listen with those beautiful eyes of her's wide and sparkling. He closed his eyes to better picture her; her beautiful hair, cascading like fire across her neck and past her shoulders. Her lovely face, perfect in detail. Her lips. Oh her full, delicious honeyed lips, so tempting and sensuous. His minds eye continued on to her neck, and then further down her body....


He opened his eyes, realizing that as he had been thinking about his wife his body had partially ignited. He looked at his arms as they now danced with flames. He couldn't help but laugh slightly. "Even just thinking about her gets me fired up." He shook his arms, dousing the flames, before walking back into the bedroom. He smiled when he saw Arryn buried under the covers. Slowly he lifted the covers and crawled under before leaning down, brushing back the hair from her face, and kissing her neck. "Everything is nice and warm love."

 

[Dragongal]

"Mm, and yet you still have me shivering," Arryn jested before kissing his lips, then nuzzling up against him playfully. After a few moments, she said, "Want to help me make breakfast? We'll make it big, so we can snack through the day, and we can draw out those plans for the house. Later I should make some more of that balm and maybe replenish my stock of potions, but we can spend the day working together. I could show you how to make a few potions. What do you think of that?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn nuzzled her in return, smiling as he enjoyed the moment. "That sounds like a wonderful idea. All of it." Dayn slowly pulled the covers back, exposing both of them to the nice warm air that had filled the house. "I'm starting to think that being shirtless is helping with my cold tolerance. Though, we also keep fires going most of the time, so that probably has something to do with it."

 

[Dragongal]

"Well, I don't mind you being shirtless as long as you're comfy. Besides the nice view, I can steal your shirts. They're almost like mini dresses on me, but not so restricting, so, I kind of like them." His shirts did go almost halfway down her thighs, and they were nice and loose. She climbed out of bed and pulled on some pants, then took his hands and gently pulled on him to encourage him to stand up.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn stood up and pulled on Arryn's hands before wrapping his arms around her waist to hold her against him. "I don't mind it. Besides, they look better on you anyway."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nuzzled against his chest a bit, then pulled away, taking his hand and leading him into the kitchen.

 

[BookWyrm]

When they had moved into the kitchen Dayn looked through the cabinets and storage curiously. "What did you have in mind?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn shrugged. "A bunch of things that we can eat through the day. Farls, and some... I don't know, sausages, and... foods.... You're the cook for a reason."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn found himself laughing at the comment. "Oh love, you are amazing." He walked over and gave her a hug and a kiss before walking over to the cabinets and starting to pull out what they would need. "Farls, sausages, oatmeal for now, some small fruit pastries, how about that?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and said, "Sounds good, but maybe some meat pastries too? I know mushroom and venison are a good pastry filling." Arryn sat up on the table as she waited to find a way to help Dayn cook.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Alright, that'll work. If you want to work on the farls and pastry dough I can get everything else together, and we can go from there."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn got off of the table and gathered the supplies, and set to work on the farls and dough. She put the farls in the pan over the fire while she kneaded the dough for the pastries.After a bit she plated the farls, taking one and biting into the warm, nearly flavorless dough. She sat up on the counter by where Dayn was working and spread some sweet jam over the farl, taking a bite before offering it to share with him while he worked.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn had set about working on the oatmeal, sausages, and pastry fillings. He smiled as Arryn sat on the counter next to him, leaning over to take a bite of the warm farl that she held out from him. He smiled appreciatively before turning back to his work, only to have the oatmeal served up moments later. He handed a bowl to Arryn before walking over and sitting on the counter next to her with a bowl of his own. "Now this I can get used to."