Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 7, 2010 1:18:57 GMT 10
Title: Renewal 2
Rating: PG
Length: 225 words
Competitor: Raoul
Round/Fight: 2/A
Summary: Raoul has something more in mind.
The third time Raoul invited her for dinner, Kel thought she knew what to expect. When she walked in, however, the room was lit by just a few candles. The food was more exquisitly presented. And the door to the bedchamber, she noticed, was open.
Raoul himself was reassuringly the same, and over dinner, conversation ranged from tactics to politics to weapons to animals. As they finished eating, though, Raoul's body language changed. He leaned closer to Kel, carefully attentive. His foot brushed hers under the table. His eyes watched her with a particular focus.
“What do you think of this, tonight?” he finally asked. His gesture could have indicated the empty dishes on the table – he could have been asking her opinion of the food – or it could have encompassed the entire room, with the soft lighting and the open door beyond the table.
Kel breathed deeply, once, before answering honestly. “I think that if you weren't a married man, and my former knight-master, I would suspect you of trying to seduce me.”
His expression went sheepish, at that, but he didn't look away. “And if I was... would it be likely to work?”
“If you weren't a married man...” She hesitated. “Who knows? But you are, my lord.” She gave the honorific deliberate weight, taking refuge in the formality.
Rating: PG
Length: 225 words
Competitor: Raoul
Round/Fight: 2/A
Summary: Raoul has something more in mind.
The third time Raoul invited her for dinner, Kel thought she knew what to expect. When she walked in, however, the room was lit by just a few candles. The food was more exquisitly presented. And the door to the bedchamber, she noticed, was open.
Raoul himself was reassuringly the same, and over dinner, conversation ranged from tactics to politics to weapons to animals. As they finished eating, though, Raoul's body language changed. He leaned closer to Kel, carefully attentive. His foot brushed hers under the table. His eyes watched her with a particular focus.
“What do you think of this, tonight?” he finally asked. His gesture could have indicated the empty dishes on the table – he could have been asking her opinion of the food – or it could have encompassed the entire room, with the soft lighting and the open door beyond the table.
Kel breathed deeply, once, before answering honestly. “I think that if you weren't a married man, and my former knight-master, I would suspect you of trying to seduce me.”
His expression went sheepish, at that, but he didn't look away. “And if I was... would it be likely to work?”
“If you weren't a married man...” She hesitated. “Who knows? But you are, my lord.” She gave the honorific deliberate weight, taking refuge in the formality.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!