I want the K 16 - for Cam and Varian, perhaps?
Canon? Nope. And I’m a bit rustier at writing them than I’d like. Obviously this means I need to write more of A Prayer soon, yes? ;-)
I’m not sure how good this is, but it’s done and complete, and I’m counting that as a victory.____“At the sound of the retreating boots, Caeleborn turned to Aelfira, pressed his finger to his lips, and leaned around the low wall.” Camdyn turned the page, then immediately carded her fingers back through Varian’s hair where his head rested in her lap, gently dragging her nails against his scalp.
He exhaled a hum, a small happy noise and tipped his head to chase her touch.
Camdyn set the book aside on the grass next to her hip for a moment, relishing in the feel of Varian’s hair sliding between her fingers, of the sensation of his weight on her crossed legs. She watched his face as she scratched at scalp again. As the corner of his mouth tugged up in a grin, she smiled at his simple happiness. He deserved it and so much more besides. He had always given so much to his people.
It was still strange, still so large as to be vaguely nebulous and something she had trouble truly grasping.
The gentle drag of his fingers against her jaw shook her free, and she felt heat creeping across her cheeks as she looked down at his head in her lap.
She knew it was coming from the gleam in his eye, from the quirk to his mouth.
“My queen?” His voice was soft, and he didn’t try to hide the wolfish edge to his smile.
“Stop that,” she scoffed. The pad of his thumb skimmed over her cheekbone.
“But it makes your flush that much more pronounced and endearing.”
Camdyn swatted his shoulder for that, and at least he had the decency to feign injury.
As he rolled back and settled again, his fingers still cradling her face and hers in his hair, her heart skipped at the joy in his eyes.
His hand slid to her neck. With gentle insistence, he guided her down until their lips met.
It was slow, easy, gentle.
With Camdyn’s hair curtaining around them, Varian kissed her as if there was nothing else in the world but her, and the tenderness of it stole the breath from her lungs. The tip of his tongue flickered along the line of her lower lip, teasing, testing.
The absolutely wicked chuckle he made into her mouth as she nipped at the fullness of his lower lip made her blood sing for him.
The sudden, distinctive sound of a throat being pointedly cleared was like dumping ice water over her head. Camdyn tore her mouth away from Varian’s and her hand flew back to the book, yanking it to her face as she sat back up.
“I apologize, Father. Camdyn.”
Camdyn wasn’t sure whose blush was brighter, hers or Anduin’s, but she was almost certain the heat in her cheeks rivaled the heat of the Great Forge.
“I’ll just find you both later then, shall I?”
Camdyn could feel Varian’s eyes on her still, but she refused to look at him, instead keeping her eyes studiously fixed on the book.
“That would be best, I think,” Varian finally answered, amusement coloring his words. “And close the doors to the gardens on your way out, if you don’t mind.”
As the heavy wooden doors creaked closed, the book was delicately taken from her hands and she was guided back down to taste the curve of his smile.