" what would you ask for, if you knew that the answer would be yes? " ( from uhtred 😌 ) / @uhtr1d
Oh, god, but that’s a dangerous question, and it’s dancing around a truth that he’s kept tight to his chest for years. And he trusts Uhtred, utterly, because of course he does, but how does he even begin ——
You, you, you, is the answer, the real answer, the one that grips his throat and nestles hot and painful in his chest. But: he grins, barely. " Th’ same thing that every man wants, lord. Good ale, a place t’hang my sword, an’, " a little jaunty raise of the brows, a smile haunting, a tap of the table, " someone in my bed. "
It’s a dull answer and he knows it — but it’s safer than the truth and yet isn’t false, either. He wonders, vaguely, if he’s looking for something; instead of saying it aloud, he picks up the flagon of ale at their table and tops off both their cups, even though they’re still half-full. It’s just how he is. " But I’ve got most everything I need, " he adds, a little more freely. " Why, what would Uhtred of Bebbanburg have if he could have anythin’? "














