lust rushes, but love waits

I Am Two Parts Ice To One Part Fire, Whichever Side You Find Yourself On, You Will Watch Me Die

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elleregensburg·:

“Of course. I’ll get that for you right away,” Eloise said with a nod, taking a closer look at Aesir’s face. In response to what the prince said next, Eloise glanced down at the floor. “I know you didn’t mean that,” she replied, looking back up. “You’re alive and well, and that’s the important thing.” Briefly leaving the room, Eloise returned with ice and handed the bag of it to Aesir. “Keep that on for twenty minutes, s'il vous plaît.” 

Like a child, Aesir sat silently and patiently for Eloise to return, unmoving in his chair before she returned with the ice pack. He followed her instructions, pressing it firmly to the mark on his face with a nod. “Oui madam.” He responded softly in French, his eyes lifting to look up at her. After a few moments of silence, he decided to fill the space with a conversation. “Are you as mad at me for my proposal to Claudia as Teddy is?”

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Celeste: He'll think it's a toy.

Celeste: But I look into finding a good one.

Aesir: I'm your brother so I can say this

Aesir: You're an idiot

Aesir: But yes, get a leash

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astrid: uNFAIr !

astrid: but its a boy 👦🏽

Aesir: IT'S A BOY

Aesir: I screamed

Aesir: My cat hates me now

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xftheordore‌:

teddy laughed, shaking his head. “oh my,” he laughed, his eyes almost wet from how funny he found that statement. he had a script from his parents, but that was the thing teddy was not the parent of the royal in front of him. 

“first off, do you not care about your country?” he asked, staring aesir straight in the eye. “you have been on this planet for twenty five years? and now, now when peace is more vital than anything you chose to fuck it up?” 

Over his years of working with Teddy, Aesir had come to learn that when he was being yelled at by the man, it was best to just shut up and listen until he was asked a question, so he did. He stood back and let Teddy yell at him until the point of conversation was moved to him and he started speaking.

“That’s a stupid question and you know it. Of course I care about my country, why do you think I’ve put so much thought into who will be their Queen?” He returned, moving to fold his arms over his chest, but a sharp pain in his shoulder caused the young man to wince, before letting them drop back down to his sides. “And to answer your second question, I would be more concerned with keeping the peace, if I knew what that had to do with my engagement.” His words were sharp but his face mainly just expressed the deep confusion that he felt. 

“Two weeks before this shit storm happened, no one cared that I was going to marry Claudia, and yet the day I planned to get on the plane and go and propose, something that everyone knew, suddenly I’m being auctioned off to the highest bidder without my consent? What in God’s name has that got to do with peace?”

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akiko-luckystar‌:

The Japanese princess let out a quiet squeak and went to help him up before leading him to the kitchen. Once they were there, she went to the freezer and dug around for an ice pack. “Now where…ah ha,” she said, finally coming up with one and nudging the freezer door shut with her elbow. “Here you go,” she said, holding it out. 

“Thank you.” Aesir took the ice pack with a grateful smile on one side of his face, the other, concealed now by the frozen brick. “I know that she’s going to find out anyway, because my fianceé pays a surprising amount of attention to my face, but if you come across the Princess of Argentina, would you mind not telling her about this?”

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akiko-luckystar·:

“Um..not on me, but I can go get one, I will be right back,” she said, turning to head into the kitchen.

“Hang on.” Aesir groaned before he grabbed the edge of the table and stood up, following the princess. “Lead the way.”

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vecolicm‌:

She caressed his face, bringing him closer so that their foreheads rested together. “When have I ever been the person to back down and forget?” The taunt in her voice caught as she was thinking about the possibilities. “Yes.” She said finally, looking at him before she kissed him. “If we’re doing this, then we’re doing it right. I love you so much.” Claudia settled down in the covers, smiling at the man she’d be willing to risk everything for.

“There’s a first time for everything.” Aesir pointed out, smiling as Claudia’s forehead came to rest against his own. At her word, a wide and excited smile stretched its way over his face and he squeezed her gently, kissing her again in turn. “I love you too.” His hands moved from their position, unravelling from around the woman and settling on her hips, his palms moving up and down her body gracefully. “I cannot wait.”

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vecolicm‌:

Claudia nodded and slipped into the room. She discarded her robe over the edge of a chair in his room, then climbing into his bed and under the various blankets and sheets that adorned it. She watched him carefully from her place in their bed, her eyes following the edges of his skin.

When her crawled in next to her she wasted no time in wrapping her body around his. She’d never get use to having him always at her fingertips. “No, what more do you want to say?” The sooner it was all out the sooner they could figure out a plan to move forward.

His arms naturally wrapped around her, holding her tightly to his chest, his head resting against the pillow underneath him. Having her at such a close proximity was a luxury he was still growing used to. Aesir thought about her words, not wanting to rush ahead in what was obviously a large decision in their life. 

“I think I’ve said what I want to say. I’m not sure if you have made your decision entirely, but I think we should discuss what happens next. Whether we go to sleep and carry on as if this discussion never happened. Or make, changes.” By changes he was suggesting that both of them cease to continue using birth control, but that was something that he knew neither one of them could do without the full support of the other.

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vecolicm‌:

“I know,” Claudia pulled her hands away, using the edge of the bath to bring herself to stand. She was tired, and in that she was finding herself pulled to the comfort of fur blankets she had almost entirely forced Aesir to bring along. “We’ll do it for us. No one can control our bodies.” She leaned down to kiss his head. “No one can control how much I desire you,” another kiss. “and no one will keep me from having your children the second I get a chance to jump you.”

With that she kissed his temple once more. “I’m heading to bed. Your blankets are calling my name and who am I to deny them?” She teased, her hand slipping from his face before she turned on her heel to leave.

Aesir nodded, watching as Claudia rose from her position next to him, his eyes following her body, entranced. “I’ll be there in five.” He replied softly, turning his attention to the cooling water. He washed his hair quickly before exiting it, wrapping a towel loosely around his hips. His bedroom was their sanctuary, a collection of fur blankets they held their secrets. And wrapped amongst them was the love of his life. 

Using the towel, Aesir dried himself off before he slipped into bed next to Claudia. Somewhere between leaving the bathtub and reaching the bed, his body had awoken and even though sleep had been previously calling to him, now so the darkness outside. 

“Did you want to continue this topic tomorrow my darling?”

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Celeste: I think a good few hours? He's there one second and gone the next, I think he's part cheetah or something.

Celeste: Thank you, let me know if he's there. It'll just mean that he was seeking out familiar people.

Aesir: I will, until then

Aesir: Buy a leash

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elleregensburg‌:

A frown spread across the brunette woman’s facial features. “May I at least get you some ice for that? Or anything else you’d like? It looks quite painful,” She offered. “From what you’re describing to me, it sounds like you did the right thing and intervened at a good time. It could have been a lot worse.” 

“Please.” Aesir shifted in his seat, turning his face towards the light, allowing Eloise to look at it. “I seem to have a habit of stepping in at ‘the right time’ and still managing to get hurt.” The words flew out of his mouth before he could stop them and instantly guilt fell across his face. Anytime he mentioned the accident he felt guilty, he’d been incredibly lucky to walk away with his life that day and he knew he shouldn’t take it for granted. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that.”

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crwnprncaksl·:

“At least it’s a good story to have.”

“You say that but it’s only a good story until Claudia yells at me for ‘messing up my pretty face’.”

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akiko-luckystar·:

“You need an ice pack for that?”

“If you have one lying around I’d appreciate this. My fiancé probably won’t appreciate me having a black eye.”

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vecolicm‌:

Claudia removes her hand from his, wet fingers running through his soaked hair while her eyes scan the look on his face. She wasn’t proud of what she had done and didn’t tell him before for the simple fact that she was afraid. If he had been someone else he might have thought she was insane for what she had done for him.

Proud.

It was a word she hadn’t expected to hear over that. “You don’t have to though, Aesir you don’t have to do anything like that for me. You already do so much for me and this–it should be for you too.” Her fingers trail the angles of his face. “It’s us from now on.”

They were both dancing on the edge of sleep and he could tell, but they were also both so absorbed in the depth of the conversation that they were having, that he also knew he couldn’t let them go to sleep until they’d come to a conclusion.

“Then I want to do it for us.” He smiled, his eyes closing as she ran her fingers through his hair, sighing happily. “I want- I want both of us to be happy making a decision of our own accord. There are only a few things we’ll get to do that will be influenced by only our decisions. Having a baby will be one of them.” 

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Celeste: Has anyone seen a black and white cat, with a heart on his chest?

Celeste: That's Eros, he ended up running out of my room when I was leaving.

Celeste: He normally comes when called. Honestly, he'll just come up to you for affection.

Aesir: How long have you been here and you've already lost him?

Aesir: I'll check in my room

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astrid: 😱

astrid: what did you leave me!?

Aesir: NOTHING NOW

Aesir: Everything I was intending to leave you is being left to my godson/goddaughter

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vecolicm‌:

She had figured he would have thought her statement a joke, but as he began to talk it out she felt her face grow warm. If her heart could have done somersaults she was certain it would have. She understood his frustration. She had done everything in her power to change the course of her life plans, and that was exactly how she had gotten here.

Even with sleep clouding her eyes she still managed a grin, her younger more light-hearted self showing through. “Rebellion through pregnancy? Is that what the future king of Canada is doing?” She teased, but even still became serious once more. “I know what you’re saying. I understand how you’re feeling. I–” She’d been holding back information, keeping him in the dark. “I was nearly married off to the highest bidder, and only bought time for myself through…circumstances I am not proud of.”

Claudia leans forward to kiss his face. “You’re my world, and I did what I had to do to have you. I need you. I couldn’t let them take you away.”

Claudia’s grin translated itself into Aesir’s own happiness and he returned it happily, readying himself to make a joke in return, but then she continued speaking. She was confessing to something that deep in Aesir’s heart, he already knew. He knew that Claudia had been engaged to marry someone else as he had and after hearing how insistent her parents had been at her marrying him after the fact, he had gathered his suspicions from the evidence available to him. 

And he’d been proud of her. 

“I had a feeling you’d done something like that.” He smiled, lifting his chin to kiss the tip of her nose. “I’m proud of you for it.”

He was silent for a moment longer, letting her words resonate within him before he finally spoke again. “So you get it. You get this feeling of needing to do something because I need you. I need you in my life and no one can take you from me. And I need to do this for you."