Forbidden - Elriel Month Day 4
I'm a little late, but here's my short fic with the theme "forbidden". Hope you like it. @elrielmonth
When Azriel finally tells Elain the reasons that led him to stay away from her, the seer feels relief fill her soul and decides it's time to break some rules.
"Forbidden"
The word swirled in Elain's mind when she leaned against the railing next to Azriel. Behind them, the Velaris sky was starting to get dark, with the sunlight set, and the river flowed under the bridge. Because of the party that took place on the other side of the city, only the two were there and he finally told her about what happened at the solstice. Was that why he was avoiding her so much? Because of a Rhys ban and not because he wanted to?
She didn't know when started laughing, but when she realized, her body was bent forward and the sound of a deep laugh escaping her lips, with tears streaming down her eyes. Az pulled away from the rail and looked at her with concern, not understanding why she was laugh.
"Everything is fine?" He asked apprehensively and she took a deep breath, wiping her eyes and lifting her body to face him. The last rays of sunlight shone in his eyes, making them greener than brown, and a soft breeze made his dark hair messy. He was so beautiful, so beautiful.
"Yes" She smiled, unable to contain herself and he shook his head, letting out a nervous laugh, without seeming to understand her.
"Do I tell you that Rhys forbade me to speak to you and is that your reaction?" Azriel said soft and she realized that he must not be understanding anything.
"It's better than all the theories that I had created in my head"
Understanding flashed in his eyes as they stared at each other and he absorbed her words. Slowly he approached, placing one hand on the handrail on either side of her body, pinning her there.
"I would never, ever, walk away from you willingly"
His words were low, almost whispered, but something charged was in his eyes and she felt her heart beat faster and faster.
"You did, before the solstice"
She still remembered the conversations during the night, the times when he kept her company in the garden or returned from a mission with new seeds for her. She missed seeing him at dinners, or when her fingers brushed unintentionally and they took a long time to getaway. And she knew very well that after a while he started to avoid the house on the river and her.
Azriel came even closer and she had to lift her head to keep looking him in the eye.
"Yes, and I had to struggle with every cell in my body and with every thought to stay away from you"
He was so close that she could feel the heat of his body passing to hers as their breaths mixing. If she stayed on tiptoe she could join their lips, and that the cauldron saved her, she really wanted to do that.
"And now?" Her words came out in a breathless sigh when he lifted a hand to put a stir of her hair behind her ear.
His hand slid through the lock of hair to her chin.
"I don't think I have the strength to stay away from you anymore. What do you say, Elain?"
She smiled, feeling butterflies invade her stomach. She still had many doubts about her not-so-new life, about this world where she sometimes felt she didn't fit, but she had no doubts about Azriel, never about him.
"I’ve always followed rules, but I think it’s time to break some"
Standing on her tiptoes she joined her mouth with his and it was as if the world disappeared and there was only her and Azriel at that moment when the stars shone in the sky and he held her in his arms.