Post by mistrali on Apr 14, 2013 5:58:35 GMT 10
Title: Look at the Stars
Summary: Kaddar and Kally fluff.
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13 for mild sexual content.
Fight: 1A
Word Count: 421
Pairing: Kaddar/Kalasin
Other Notes: Title from Coldplay.
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"Look," said Kaddar quietly. She felt him shift from where he'd curled against her on the velvet couch; the movement left a patch of coolness that made Kalasin shiver, and the blast of freezing air from the open doors didn't help.
"Mmph," she mumbled, opening bleary eyes to find a servant tending to the hearth.
"Sleepyhead. You dozed off in the library. There's the Cat Star, look."
"You had to wake me up to look at constellations?" she mumbled.
"Not just constellations," he said, though he sounded contrite. "I know you're tired from the trip to Maren still, but it's eight of the clock, sweet. We have a royal stargazing banquet with the astronomer until the showing is over, remember?"
Mithros and Goddess give me patience, she thought, but he was so earnest about stargazing that she couldn't bring herself to be grouchy. "Can't we skip it, Kaddar?" she mumbled, burrowing against him as he dismissed the servant, who left with a bow. They were Emperor and Empress, after all. They might do as they wished, and Takerh or whatever the curst astronomer was called could wait, surely, just this once?
His hand paused in its stroking of her hair. "It's unlucky to miss a viewing at... this time of the month," he said delicately.
Oh. Horse Lords witness it, she'd forgotten that. Carthakis and their obsession with chronicling the skies, she thought grumpily. She'd been hoping to spend some time resting - with Kaddar, preferably - but evidently that was not to be. Thank the gods she'd put an end to the stargazings that coincided with certain phases of pregnancy: she didn't think she'd be able to bear that if they had another child, not when she'd been tired and frustrated enough being poked and prodded and examined by healers during Binur's time; astronomers would have driven her to despair. But though it might be
eight of the clock, the astronomy viewing didn't start till midnight.
"Can we stay half an hour?" she asked, kissing him to prevent any objections. "I was thinking we could..." She trailed off as his lips met her ear. "I don't know if we can spare time for that," he murmured against her neck, "and bribery won't get you-"
"Anywhere?" she finished triumphantly, after she'd kissed him quite thoroughly enough that they were both sprawled back on the couch, giggling like children.
"That's where you're wrong, Kaddar Iliniat," she said, wrapping her hands around his and settling in for a nap with a contented sigh.
Summary: Kaddar and Kally fluff.
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13 for mild sexual content.
Fight: 1A
Word Count: 421
Pairing: Kaddar/Kalasin
Other Notes: Title from Coldplay.
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"Look," said Kaddar quietly. She felt him shift from where he'd curled against her on the velvet couch; the movement left a patch of coolness that made Kalasin shiver, and the blast of freezing air from the open doors didn't help.
"Mmph," she mumbled, opening bleary eyes to find a servant tending to the hearth.
"Sleepyhead. You dozed off in the library. There's the Cat Star, look."
"You had to wake me up to look at constellations?" she mumbled.
"Not just constellations," he said, though he sounded contrite. "I know you're tired from the trip to Maren still, but it's eight of the clock, sweet. We have a royal stargazing banquet with the astronomer until the showing is over, remember?"
Mithros and Goddess give me patience, she thought, but he was so earnest about stargazing that she couldn't bring herself to be grouchy. "Can't we skip it, Kaddar?" she mumbled, burrowing against him as he dismissed the servant, who left with a bow. They were Emperor and Empress, after all. They might do as they wished, and Takerh or whatever the curst astronomer was called could wait, surely, just this once?
His hand paused in its stroking of her hair. "It's unlucky to miss a viewing at... this time of the month," he said delicately.
Oh. Horse Lords witness it, she'd forgotten that. Carthakis and their obsession with chronicling the skies, she thought grumpily. She'd been hoping to spend some time resting - with Kaddar, preferably - but evidently that was not to be. Thank the gods she'd put an end to the stargazings that coincided with certain phases of pregnancy: she didn't think she'd be able to bear that if they had another child, not when she'd been tired and frustrated enough being poked and prodded and examined by healers during Binur's time; astronomers would have driven her to despair. But though it might be
eight of the clock, the astronomy viewing didn't start till midnight.
"Can we stay half an hour?" she asked, kissing him to prevent any objections. "I was thinking we could..." She trailed off as his lips met her ear. "I don't know if we can spare time for that," he murmured against her neck, "and bribery won't get you-"
"Anywhere?" she finished triumphantly, after she'd kissed him quite thoroughly enough that they were both sprawled back on the couch, giggling like children.
"That's where you're wrong, Kaddar Iliniat," she said, wrapping her hands around his and settling in for a nap with a contented sigh.