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Post by Rosie on Dec 14, 2010 6:25:33 GMT 10
Title: Pink Rating: G Card: 2 Bingo: experiments gone wrong + mage + tall, dark and handsome + duchess + snowflake Summary: Duke G's attempts at wooing go awry. Dedicated to Lisa, for her canon contribution -- Duke Gareth stared at his hand, his cheeks turning a similar colour to the fire he had just produced. "Was that-?" "My Gift. Yes," he replied, his shame causing his tone to be rather more terse than he had intended. He'd noticed his Gift starting to fade in recent years, but hadn't thought it would turn pink, of all things. He had been trying hard - too hard - to impress the girl, aware his battle stories were not as widely spread amongst women as they were amongst men. He was further conscious of his advancing years, contrasting with the merry girl of twenty-five opposite him, and the gods had chosen their moment to mock him well. "I think it's charming," Roanna murmured, covering his hands with her own warm ones. "Something to soften the fighter in you." She wouldn't have been his mother's choice for his wife, but Gareth didn't much care. Something told him Roanna would be a match for the Dowager, at any rate. "We should go inside," she said, scanning the garden. "My brother will be wondering where I am, and it's starting to snow." She cupped his face with one of her hands, her eyes twinkling. "I don't want my war hero turning pink with cold."
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Post by Lisa on Dec 14, 2010 6:56:19 GMT 10
This is all sorts of pretty, and I love the idea of him being older than her, and believing she can hold her own against a different imperious Naxen duchess.
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Post by Rosie on Dec 14, 2010 7:15:58 GMT 10
Thank you (and thank you for inspiring the canon )
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Post by ev on Dec 14, 2010 7:17:31 GMT 10
Hehe! How cute!
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Post by Elsceetaria on Dec 14, 2010 15:49:54 GMT 10
Prrettyness
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Post by Rosie on Dec 15, 2010 19:24:08 GMT 10
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
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Post by greenie on Dec 16, 2010 3:08:49 GMT 10
Hee, this is so sweet! ;D I like how he thinks that she'll be a match for his mother.
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Dec 16, 2010 14:08:20 GMT 10
Aww, so adorable!
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Post by Rosie on Dec 16, 2010 23:44:59 GMT 10
Thanks! I think every Duchess of Naxen should be able to hold their own ;D
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