Why would you need to be more than you are? I love the man you are, and have been. Not an ideal or dream of what you could be. You've given me everything I've ever wished for myself, my love.
[ How she wishes she might explain herself better. The small things she has wanted for herself are the ones he has promised to give her--or already has. Now, she is the one who needs to return it. He desires so much to protect her that she must find a way to grant it for him. Maybe she can purposely leave a trail or some sort to have him find her on the battlefield...
Alkaid pauses once his fingers undo the tie at her back to remove the small clothes that support her breasts. A content sigh leaves her then. The top is far from restricting of her breathing and chest, but, it still feels relieving to have it removed in this moment. The urge to press herself against him entirely is pushed down in favor of their conversation. ]
Nidhogg did not come into Ishgard and promise peace if you obeyed. Your people were not torn between citizenry of their birth or their occupiers. Families were not torn apart by an attempt to change to the new status quo. The Empire broke these people by breaking the fabric that held them together; family and tradition.
[ Alkaid pauses again as she feels him relax underneath her. Her gaze slides to the side to watch how he reacts and moves. Ah, so he likes it. She knows of the spot on his neck and between his shoulders that gives the same response. It is information to note to herself, but she wonders if it might stir that feeling inside him.
One hand raises gently around his neck to remove the protective necklace she made him. She places it beside the pillows, unable to reach the table beside them with her attention moving back to his oppsite ear. Alkaid reaches the point of his ear and gently nibbles on it as he had once done to hers. If she hurts him or he finds it unappealing? She will apologize for it. ]
Gyr Abania is very different in climate from what the calamity changed Ishgard to, isn't it? [ She lips brush along his ear as she continues to talk. ] Once the battle is over and we've beaten Zenos, let me take you to Rhalgr's Reach. It is between here and Baelsar's Wall... we can stop there before we continue home...
[ There is a sense of pleading in her tone at the suggestion. Just as Estinien surmised months ago, Alkaid yearns to bring Aymeric with her. She promised him to take him places to see the world. She still needs to show him the repair work done at Zenith... and now Rhalgr's Reach... maybe even Kugane, or Costa de Sol...
Alkaid closes her eyes. She presses her hips down on him when a spike of lonliness creeps up her spine. Her nose presses to the side of his head, tail slowly moving side to side. She missed him so much; more than she can truly describe. With each new place she snd her sister visited? The thought of needing him beside her to see the world stung again and again. They could travel and then return home to Ishgard...
Her shoulders shake at the sudden emotion taking over her. She can recall the exact moment when she truly understood how much she missed him. It was even in the letter she had sent from Kugane. Her feet had been rooted to the ground as if stone had been tied to her ankles, eyes fixed on the Ishgardian couple that were at one of the stands. They had minded their business and not even noticed that she was watching them. She felt so heavy and numb as she watched them move away arm-in-arm, discussing something privately between them.
Why can they come to this far away city, but we can't travel together?
Of course, she had already known the answer, and scolded herself immediately for the thought alone. They were not tied by positions or duties in the same way. They were not on a covert mission to usurp the rule of the Empire. The knowledge and the answers hardly changed how she felt... or how she feels now.
Alkaid had even debated adding it to the letter she had already written. What would the point of it all be? The letters were meant to fill him with joy and give him an idea of where she was and what she had seen. Not to fill him with remorse or longing....
She forces a shaking exhale to control herself. He is here with her now, underneath her even, in a place neither knows. This can be the start of being able to take him places--regardless of the war in the morning. ]
Aymeric. Let me take you there--not only there, but anywhere you might wish to go. Please. [ She realizes it may change the mood of the night. Yet, this is something she desperately wants him to know. Her voice becomes quieter as the emotions become evident. ] Our talks, being together like this, waking up and seeing you beside me. I missed it all. I missed you. My knight. Even if it's only for an afternoon? Let me take you somewhere you've only ever heard of...
[ She wishes she knew why she felt so strongly of it all. They will have the time to travel once they are wed on their honeymoon. Yet, something deep inside her does not wish to wait for then. She presses a desperate kiss to the side of his head, base of his ear, and neck. It feels that if she does not try to keep him here, with her, he may return to Ishgard without her. ]
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[ How she wishes she might explain herself better. The small things she has wanted for herself are the ones he has promised to give her--or already has. Now, she is the one who needs to return it. He desires so much to protect her that she must find a way to grant it for him. Maybe she can purposely leave a trail or some sort to have him find her on the battlefield...
Alkaid pauses once his fingers undo the tie at her back to remove the small clothes that support her breasts. A content sigh leaves her then. The top is far from restricting of her breathing and chest, but, it still feels relieving to have it removed in this moment. The urge to press herself against him entirely is pushed down in favor of their conversation. ]
Nidhogg did not come into Ishgard and promise peace if you obeyed. Your people were not torn between citizenry of their birth or their occupiers. Families were not torn apart by an attempt to change to the new status quo. The Empire broke these people by breaking the fabric that held them together; family and tradition.
[ Alkaid pauses again as she feels him relax underneath her. Her gaze slides to the side to watch how he reacts and moves. Ah, so he likes it. She knows of the spot on his neck and between his shoulders that gives the same response. It is information to note to herself, but she wonders if it might stir that feeling inside him.
One hand raises gently around his neck to remove the protective necklace she made him. She places it beside the pillows, unable to reach the table beside them with her attention moving back to his oppsite ear. Alkaid reaches the point of his ear and gently nibbles on it as he had once done to hers. If she hurts him or he finds it unappealing? She will apologize for it. ]
Gyr Abania is very different in climate from what the calamity changed Ishgard to, isn't it? [ She lips brush along his ear as she continues to talk. ] Once the battle is over and we've beaten Zenos, let me take you to Rhalgr's Reach. It is between here and Baelsar's Wall... we can stop there before we continue home...
[ There is a sense of pleading in her tone at the suggestion. Just as Estinien surmised months ago, Alkaid yearns to bring Aymeric with her. She promised him to take him places to see the world. She still needs to show him the repair work done at Zenith... and now Rhalgr's Reach... maybe even Kugane, or Costa de Sol...
Alkaid closes her eyes. She presses her hips down on him when a spike of lonliness creeps up her spine. Her nose presses to the side of his head, tail slowly moving side to side. She missed him so much; more than she can truly describe. With each new place she snd her sister visited? The thought of needing him beside her to see the world stung again and again. They could travel and then return home to Ishgard...
Her shoulders shake at the sudden emotion taking over her. She can recall the exact moment when she truly understood how much she missed him. It was even in the letter she had sent from Kugane. Her feet had been rooted to the ground as if stone had been tied to her ankles, eyes fixed on the Ishgardian couple that were at one of the stands. They had minded their business and not even noticed that she was watching them. She felt so heavy and numb as she watched them move away arm-in-arm, discussing something privately between them.
Why can they come to this far away city, but we can't travel together?
Of course, she had already known the answer, and scolded herself immediately for the thought alone. They were not tied by positions or duties in the same way. They were not on a covert mission to usurp the rule of the Empire. The knowledge and the answers hardly changed how she felt... or how she feels now.
Alkaid had even debated adding it to the letter she had already written. What would the point of it all be? The letters were meant to fill him with joy and give him an idea of where she was and what she had seen. Not to fill him with remorse or longing....
She forces a shaking exhale to control herself. He is here with her now, underneath her even, in a place neither knows. This can be the start of being able to take him places--regardless of the war in the morning. ]
Aymeric. Let me take you there--not only there, but anywhere you might wish to go. Please. [ She realizes it may change the mood of the night. Yet, this is something she desperately wants him to know. Her voice becomes quieter as the emotions become evident. ] Our talks, being together like this, waking up and seeing you beside me. I missed it all. I missed you. My knight. Even if it's only for an afternoon? Let me take you somewhere you've only ever heard of...
[ She wishes she knew why she felt so strongly of it all. They will have the time to travel once they are wed on their honeymoon. Yet, something deep inside her does not wish to wait for then. She presses a desperate kiss to the side of his head, base of his ear, and neck. It feels that if she does not try to keep him here, with her, he may return to Ishgard without her. ]