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Post by infinite on Mar 19, 2011 23:12:48 GMT 10
Title: Two Young Ladies Rating: G Word Count: 252 Pairing: Kel/Maura Round/Fight: 1/C Summary: Wyldon introduces two friends.
Wyldon regarded the two girls with affection – for Maura at least, if not for Keladry yet. He liked Maura, and respected her. She often reminded him of his wife: she had enough flare in her to manage a fief alone, but she wasn’t trying to turn the world on its head. She could defend her people when they needed it, but she wasn’t a warrior. She was the kind of noble Wyldon approved of.
But today she reminded him of his daughters – a young girl in a yellow dress who liked books and music and riding out to have picnics, when she had the chance. She should have had the chance to be a girl, instead of battling off monsters and traitors, and then holed up in a castle with an older man and a pack of wolves.
It was Keladry, he noted, who had brought a glow to Maura’s smile, while she remained formal with the other pages. It was Keladry with whom she had been conversing all evening, following her polite yet perfunctory enquiries after the boys. He wondered what topic had engrossed the girls – dresses, perhaps? He sighed – bandits, more likely. Though he needed to get the pages into their bedrolls soon, he was reluctant to interrupt. Maura needed a friend, a young woman like herself, to talk to, once in a while.
A melodious laugh rang through the castle hall. Wyldon was startled – had he ever heard Keladry laugh before?
He’d give the girls a little while longer.
QC'd by: inthefire
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Kit
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Duchess of Emelan
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Post by Kit on Mar 19, 2011 23:15:04 GMT 10
"Bandits, more likely."
There is SO much to love in this that I don't know what tp do with myself.
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Post by Rosie on Mar 19, 2011 23:15:52 GMT 10
I simply love this. Wyldon's paternal air over them both, as an extension of being a father of four daughters, is delightful to read, and I like that he's hopeful that they're talking about dresses or something girly.
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