escordvi | closed 🪶⚡ all i really, really ever want is under the mistletoe

[He'll have to guide her backwards steps, and she wonders if anyone can see them from up here. At least her back hides them from view as she teases his lips with some not-quite-kisses. She has a sneaking suspicion he is planning something here, some kind of escape, so her arms wrap around him further.]

That you love me so very much.

[A pause, and she takes on a more serious tone, muttering quietly under her breath.]

... And that I would be good at it.

[Whaaaat him planning anything? He just wants to cheer her up while also spending quality time with her. Whatever else could he do—]

I should hope the first is already given. As for the latter...some practice would be best, true. After all, I could say all the words but you wouldn't believe it without more.

[She exhales with a soft laugh.]

I suppose I would find it difficult to believe, even in five, ten years from now... You've got quite the obstacle ahead of you.

[A quiet chuckle as they near the vines and holds out his arm to brush them away.]

Maybe so, but I don't think I'll need that long. And even if you don't believe it, I do.

[She has no idea where it is he is taking her, but she goes along with him anyway, curious eyes wandering past him as he pushes those vines away.]

You are afraid of nothing, are you?

If that's what you think then I must be doing well.

[A playful wink before he leads her to one of the few trees that manage in this location.]

Now, what do you think of this tree? Think it would work for a family of owls?

[Surprise lights up across her face, and though it is subtle, there is no doubt that he of all people could spot it clear as day. This is not what she expected when he led her back here, but there's a warmth that settles into her, chasing away any of the cold that she might have felt. Rarely has her heart felt so full as it does now, and try as she does to hide it, it somehow bleeds into the air with a little breeze that rustles the leafless branches.

With her arms back around him again, and after a quick nuzzle of her nose against his, she looks over the tree, contemplative.]

... Is that not too small?

[There's the slightest quirk of her lip.]

[He's a bit relieved as well as pleased to see that shift, so he just chuckles.]

You always think everything is too small. But fine then, if it is which do you think would be better?

[She was only teasing, made clear by the laughter that follows. Though, now that she looks around...]

No, it is perfect.

[Mostly because it was the one he picked out for them.]

Might need to carve it out in the middle a little more, but that is easy for you, is it not?

Why you...

[He just roughly grabs her by the waist and spins her around a little as his own way to retaliate against her teasing.]

[Laughter echoes throughout the little field they stand in when he spins her, her arms wrapping around his shoulders to secure herself to him. The sound of it dies out as she kisses him, devouring any more of his protests as well.

And when she pulls back, it's with an innocent smile.]

What?

You know what.

[And he will take her lips in return, that warmth bubbling up again as he pulls her in a little deeper this time. At least he's not "ruining" the tree by pushing her up against it—

But it is such a wonderful feeling, a warmth that beats out the colder air around them as he looks at her with eyes shining in mirth and adoration, of a love that has grown so much that it's gone over and beyond than what they once had before. It's moments like these that really make him realize how much better they are, how happier and freer they are.]

But aye, I can carve it out more.

[This time, it's his lips that consume her laugh, making them die into a soft, happy sound before she is returning the kiss in full, passion and silent promises lining the edges of the sweeter taste of it. Each time they share a moment like this, she thinks that she cannot feel any happier than she is then, but then each time, she ends up feeling it more so than the last.

She just did not think a moment like this would come as they are talking about their owl's own family and making a home for them as much as they had done for themselves here.]

We should carve their names on it, too.

We could. Would really make the tree their own.

Mm...

[Her arms slide out from around his shoulders so that she can tug him closer to the tree, stopping when they stand right in front of it. She doesn't do much else now besides press her fingers to it, her magic trickling over the bark.]

We could do it the same way we had on our island.

With our aether, eh?

[He muses a bit at that.]

You think they'd want it?

I do not see why not... It's not as though they have their own that they can use.

[Her smile turns a bit softer, more fond.]

And it will be easier for them to see when it is dark.

[... A light to guide them back home.]

[His gaze softens at that.]

Then we'll make the offer once they approve of the tree.

[As she turns to him again with a sound of approval, she tilts her head and moves closer.]

Is that why you brought me back out here?

What, to look at the tree?

[A glance at the tree, and then at him, her expression taking on a more sheepish look.]

... Yes.

Did you think I brought you out here for something else...?

[There's a more teasing look in his gaze as he leans to further close the gap between them.]

With you, there is no knowing for certain.

[She offers him another kiss then, pausing partway to smile before she closes the rest of it until her lips meet his.]

I suppose I have been a little worried about him. But if I know that he is safe here, then I will be fine.

[A quiet huff of laughter at that before he smiles into the kiss.]

I had hoped this would ease some of your worries. You know, it was actually quite hard for me to let Mid go to Kanver.

[She laughs quietly to herself, the smallest exhale leaving her.]

I had wondered if you ever felt like this with Midadol... but I did not want to ask.

[For the obvious reasons.]

... What did you end up doing?

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