“Negotiations” || Fianna & Lance
For two such strong-minded individuals, each with a different agenda, any time spent in the other’s company was too much. In the past, Lance found it was incredibly difficult to spend any time with the captain of the king’s guard without wanting to scream. It was hard to like someone when they regularly tore your home apart and arrested your friends. Fianna was wild and reckless and so stubbornly logical. The Welcomer wasn’t so sure she even possessed a heart. They had never really gotten along anyway, Gideon always pinning against each other. He could hardly stand her loyalty to a king that was so unbalanced. She worshiped a man whose crown was studded with the souls of the lives he had stolen.
When he accepted the position of Ambassador, he hadn’t thought about how much time he’d be forced to be with the woman. His new position in the government put them in the same room far too often. The ever-emotional man didn’t want to be followed around by a woman who couldn’t shed a tear for the pain she’d helped cause. But he didn’t have a say in the matter. Almost anytime he was on Palace grounds, she was right there with him. He had to negotiate with her to get even the slightest amount of time alone. They both had to get used to that and eventually even found it bearable.
One thing led to another and well...
Now, Lance was totally whipped. He stood in his kitchen, heating up the kettle to make them both tea as he read over that morning’s White Rabbit. Fianna was still enjoying her break from the guards, fast asleep on the other side of the house. He nearly choked seeing the front page, knowing Fianna would lose it when she heard of Jensen’s announcement. If she didn’t already know Pouring the tea into two cups and heading back towards the back of the house, he tucked the paper underneath his arm.
Walking back into the bedroom to give her the other cup, his kind gesture was met with immediate retribution. Fianna balled up his shirt and hurled it at his face, her aim as true as ever. “Fi! What could I possibly have done now?” He complained, scarcely managing not to drop both mugs. Her taunting never seemed to end. Still, he sat on her side of the bed, placing her glass on the nightstand, before handing her the paper. “Did you know about this?” He asked, taking a sip of his own tea before absentmindedly leaning forward to kiss her forehead.