Life on the Ranch

"That's how life goes, I guess. There are some things in life that you can't change no matter how hard you try..." - Cremia, Majora's Mask [ Male Malon & Cremia ]

[ladyrosilyn]

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see."

xlonlonranch

"I feel safe with you. No one will hurt me,"Rosilyn said softly. 

[ladyrosilyn]

xlonlonranch

"Landon…Don’t even blame yourself for one second…. this is not your fault,"Rosilyn said as she pulled him tighter against herself and running her fingers through his hair.  "I didn’t think I could live one more day in that house, and hold back my feelings that I have for you."

Rosilyn knew she should have never left the ranch like she did.  She was just at breaking point.  She didn’t think Landon would ever move on and she couldn’t keep pretending she didn’t care for him.  She was sure his father was onto her affection for his son.  It wasn’t that she fawned over Landon.  It was quite the opposite.  Rosilyn started to stay away from Landon more and more.  It was that she knew she couldn’t hide the feelings she had developed.  

Rosilyn knew she shouldn’t have left the ranch. She had let her emotions take hold of her.  She just couldn’t take anymore of it.   Rosilyn was very lucky that Landon showed up when he did and saved her from the bandits.  Rosilyn’s hands were still shaking, but she assumed that may be from the closeness to the man she loved.  

"Please, don’t let this end,"Rosilyn whispered to Landon before placing her lips back on his.

[xlonlonranch-blog]

    Landon let a hand rise to her cheek, his thumb brushing over her cheekbone once. He moved his lips in a chaste and sweet acceptance of her kiss before he pulled away again. His other hand moved to rest on her waist and pull her back into his arms.

                       "I'm sorry," he repeated into her hair, planting a kiss on the top of her head. "I'm so so sorry, Rose... C'mon, I don' wan'cha out here longer'n ya have t' be with bandits."

[xlonlonranch-blog]

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       Merlin snorted, unable to help the amusement that filled him at that— though he knew it to be true, having worked on a farm himself, helping out his mother as much as he could when he lived in Ealdor. “That’s awful.” He exclaimed with a shake of his head, though a grin was wide on his face. “You get a lot of princesses through here wondering what work is like, then? Seems a bit, I dunno… odd.”

       Arthur was no princess, obviously, but Merlin still imagined him doing the same, coming to the ranch and asking for work for the sake of, well, work. His grin grew all the more at the ridiculous idea and he held back a laugh as he shook his head. 

       ”I serve a king, you know— and he has his own duties of course, does enough physically, I s’pose. I don’t think he’s ever wondered at the sort of work that goes into keeping a place like this together, though.” He said disparagingly. “We did— get separated, that is. Can’t imagine they’ve gotten far without me though… They’re a bit hopeless, see.” He suddenly exclaimed with a grin, as though completely unconcerned with the idea that they were gaining distance as spoke with the rancher.

       He held out a hand to shake in greeting, feeling he owed at least that to the man. “I’m Merlin.”

[xlonlonranch-blog]

     "Not a lot'a princesses come 'round here, but there two er three tha' come back a lot." Landon half joked, his grin growing. "Princess'a Hyrule does a lot    Zelda's her name. She comes by near e'ery week. I guess the castle life jus' ain't meant for 'er     I wouldn't wanna be holed up in there e'ery day. Air's too still inside, 'specially castles."

   It was true, the princess did come around far too often for it to be beneficial to Hyrule     but while the king was still in charge Landon supposed she could very nearly do whatever she damn near pleased. Not that Landon cared    he always enjoyed company when the days got a bit too long.

                "Other'n Zelda I've only ever had two other royals come by, but that was when I was a kid. I was barely nine when a queen came on by 'nd demanded m' Dad give her 'nd her daughter a place t' sleep for the night. Didn't like her too much, but her daughter was a sweetheart. We were friends. She didn't talk too much    but she was smart, a quick learner, y'know? She really liked the horses    I thought it was funny at the time. Didn't think the Gerudo had 'nough water in the deserts t' care for 'em but Ann loved the horses." 

    Landon shook his head at his rambling, instead opting to scratch at the back of his neck and glance over to the side as if he would be able to see the knights through the foliage. He had seen Anna plenty of times since then in his trips to the city, although each time made him ache more and more for her and her people. He thought the whole thing was wrong, but who was he in the eyes of the king? He'd snuck Anna food more times than he could count, but it always pained him to see her cheeks become more and more hollow with each visit and how she seemed to become more and more anxious as time went on. Of course, he hadn't seen her in years it seemed.

    He honestly missed the strong willed little princess that would smack him with a stick if she thought he wasn't caring enough for the horses, especially Epona. She always had had a soft spot for the then-filly, and while Epona seemed to run away at first by the time Anna's first visit had ended the two were near inseparable. Landon wouldn't admit that he'd been a little jealous.

    When the man looked back and saw Merlin's extended hand he took it, giving him a firm shake with a smile that had only wavered when he'd begun thinking of the little Gerudo princess. "Landon. You serve a king willingly? Aren't they all a bit of a prat." He joked, grinning wider again. "But y'all did get separated then? You'll wanna catch up 'fore they get real deep in the forest. You ever heard'a the Lost Woods? Well, the woods 're 'bout a week's ride but it's best t' end the problem 'fore it even starts, yeah? Here, time is of the essence, the ranch is just a few minutes away - I'll get ya our fastest horse 'nd point ya in the directions, how's that sound?"

[ladyrosilyn]

whisper

xlonlonranch

“You can’t get rid of me that easily.”

[ladyrosilyn]

Rosilyn listened as Landon spoke and nowhere in there did he acknowledge how he felt about her.  Maybe Rosilyn had read all the signs wrong.  Maybe the caring she saw from him was that of a friend.  She listened as he talked about all the people he felt he let down.  Rosilyn felt in her heart that none of those things were Landon’s fault.  He let the responsibility of these things bind him for life.  Rosilyn went back over and crouched down in front of him.  ”I know you would take care of me, because I believe in you.  Did you hear what I said?  I believe in you,"Rosilyn said as she rubbed his cheek.  "Honestly, none of this matters if you do not feel like I do,"Rosilyn said as her eyes drifted to the ground. She heard what he said about her needing someone who only thinks of her. Maybe she has been wrong about his feelings.  Her eyes searched for his once again.  ”I just thought I was sent to you.  You were to heal me and I was to heal you. Maybe it was our destiny to meet.”

[xlonlonranch-blog]

                "But what if I can't?" He asked again, reaching over to take her small, soft hand in his - inwardly praying she didn't mind the roughness and scolding himself for having such a thought for anyone other than Yira. "I care about you too much to let anyone hurt you... especially me."

[ladyrosilyn]

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see."

xlonlonranch

"I feel safe with you. No one will hurt me,"Rosilyn said softly. 

[ladyrosilyn]

Rosilyn just locked her eyes with his own.  She didn’t move.  She could feel something powerful as he looked at her.  Rosilyn didn’t want to move.  She felt this wall that Landon put up as a hurdle for his love life may have just started to crack.  Rosilyn moved her head toward his hand as it slipped from her hair to her cheek.  Rosilyn’s eyes said everything Landon’s body needed to hear.  

Rosilyn closed her eyes and thought to herself, please let this finally be it.  Rosilyn closed her eyes and felt his lips pressed to hers. Rosilyn gripped Landon tighter to let him know this is what she wanted.

Rosilyn felt the kiss go from something born of fear, to something thought out.  His lips seemed to kiss hers tenderly like every bit of it had immense meaning.  Rosilyn finally felt him pull away to tell her that he wouldn’t let her go.  She wondered if those bandit’s were sent her to let Landon realize he could protect her and for him to finally push past his fear.  Rosilyn knew she loved this man and she couldn’t bear to let him go either.

[xlonlonranch-blog]

   He held her closer again, burying his nose into her shoulder and giving the skin a gentle nuzzle. He couldn't let her go, he didn't want to. He never wanted to. He was terrified that if he did let her go she'd disappear or something would happen that he couldn't control.

                "I'm sorry fer... lettin' this happen, Rose."

[ladyrosilyn]

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see."

xlonlonranch

"I feel safe with you. No one will hurt me,"Rosilyn said softly. 

[ladyrosilyn]

Rosilyn had been scared, but something in her told her that Landon was more terrified.  The way he held her, the reassuring himself over and over that she was okay, it all shook Rosilyn.  He was terrified something could happen to her.   Rosilyn tightened her grip around Landon almost matching his own. She didn’t want to let him go.  "I know you wouldn’t,"Rosilyn responded.  "Landon?"Rosilyn said softly. "Don’t let me go."

[xlonlonranch-blog]

   Landon pulled away at her words, his eyes flickering between her own for a mere moment. She was fine, she was in his arms and she was fine. The hand in her hair strayed to rest on her cheek and he leaned in to press his lips against hers. At first it had been a desperate kiss, but as the moments passed Landon froze against her.

     It wasn't right but... Yira would want him to be happy. He closed his eyes and kissed her gently. His heart thumped in his chest and it almost seemed as though time slowed down. She was here, she was safe, he had protected her. He loved her.

                  "     I'd never even think of it, Rosilyn."

[ladyrosilyn]

whisper

xlonlonranch

“You can’t get rid of me that easily.”

[ladyrosilyn]

"I deserve someone who cares for me.  I think you do.  You won’t admit it to yourself or me… I can’t make you.  Perhaps you never will,"Rosilyn sighed.  Rosilyn stood up and looked down at Landon.  "Yira would want to see you happy.  How do I know that?  Because I would want to see you happy if I were gone. Would you truly be okay with seeing me with someone else? Would you feel guilty if they didn’t treat me like you would have?"

[xlonlonranch-blog]

       Landon opened his mouth to retort more than once, although no words came to his lips and he ended up closing his mouth. Finally, he murmured, "You deserve someone who only thinks of you. You deserve someone who can give you the world in a heartbeat. You deserve someone... perfect, Rosilyn." He wouldn't lie to her and admit that he wasn't forcing himself to put his feelings for her in the back of his mind. How could he protect her? He would never let anyone hurt her or anything touch her. If that meant pretending like she wasn't all that he thought about then so be it.

                                        "When I was a kid I promised my Mom that I would protect her, that nothing would hurt her and she died. I promised my Dad that I would protect him and never let anything hurt him, but I watched him get kicked out of this place to live on his own in the wilderness for seven years. I promised Yira that I would protect her and never let any harm come to her, but I watched while she killed      I watched her face and I saw her eyes go dull... How do you know I'll be able to take care of you? I would never let anything hurt you, I'd die first. Doesn't that sound familiar?"

[ladyrosilyn]

whisper

xlonlonranch

“You can’t get rid of me that easily.”

[xlonlonranch-blog]

                          "    You don't understand, Rosilyn." He insisted, "You've waited so long for me and... Yira she... I don't want to hurt you anymore, Rosilyn. You deserve someone who... isn't me."

[ladyrosilyn]

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see."

xlonlonranch

"I feel safe with you. No one will hurt me,"Rosilyn said softly. 

[xlonlonranch-blog]

    He clutched to her so tightly he worried for a moment if she could breathe. Rosilyn was here, she was fine... It was only two bandits. He'd taken care of it. They were gone and she was fine.

                                "I'd never let anything happen to you, Rosilyn..." He murmured into her shoulder, clutching her even tighter to his chest. One hand strayed to bury in her hair and his lips brushing her cheek. "You're okay... You're okay."

[rpmememaker]

Headcanon meme - send me a symbol and I'll describe my muse's...

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rpmememaker:

❣ - hands

❤ - voice

۵ - feet

❦ - lips

ø - eyes

ღ - nose

♮ - body type

♫ - singing voice

✮ - sleeping habits

✉ - texting habits

✿ - laugh

✍ - writing style

⌨ - time-wasting habits

❅ - keeping warm/keeping cool techniques

✎ - taste in music/literature

☤ - self care/first aid habits

✪ - favourite food/eating habits

☁ - ideal holiday

✄ - nervous habits

☂ - sadness

❈ - ideal birthday

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Lady by the Lake || ladyrosilyn

[ladyrosilyn]

Duria seemed to pick up speed as they made it back to the ranch. Rosilyn felt Landon pull her tight to him.  She felt quite secure with Landon’s arm around her. Rosilyn hadn’t really had any man make her feel secure before.   

"Boy, he seems very excited about getting home!" Rosilyn smiled.  Rosilyn thought the horse probably was excited about feeding time. "I would love to feed him the snack,"Rosilyn said as she turned her body slightly to look at Landon and gave him a big smile.   ”When will you be going to the city again?”Rosilyn asked. She thought maybe when he went back to the city, she could go with him and use a telephone there.  

[xlonlonranch-blog]

    "    Not for 'nother three, four weeks." Landon admitted with a shrug while they came closer to the fields. "We go once a month er so t' sell what we make - most people jus' come here t' buy it anyways. Well, really I just go."

   He pulled Duria past the gate and, once inside he let go of Rosilyn's waist and slid from the horse. He reached his hands out to rest on her waist before he was struck with the thought that it would have been better to ask before he just lifted her off of the horse. 

                            "D'ya want any help gettin' off'a him, m'lady?"

[ladyrosilyn]

Oops || ladyrosilyn

[ladyrosilyn]

Rosilyn stood outside of Landon’s room mortified.   She was embarrassed.  Her face was very red.  Landon came out of the room and Rosilyn had to keep eye contact with him.  She had seen him without his shirt a few times as he worked outside.  She noticed his physique, but she hadn’t thought of him in a sexual way.  Her mind was now so fuzzy and spinning.  She looked into his eyes and he ruffled her hair. He seemed okay because he joked about it.  He was almost playfully teasing her.  "How many others have seen your ass? Rosilyn smirked.  Rosilyn shook her head as he asked about if she enjoyed the view.  She was tempted to ignore it, but she would tell him the truth. Well, not the whole truth. The whole truth was that she liked him.  He was the first nice guy she had ever been around in her life.  She had only been here a short time, but it was in that short time that she felt like a family.  Rosilyn started to look up to the dad.  She never saw Landon as a brother.  She just felt like she was part of this family.  She had quite a respect for Landon.  He worked hard and he was good to his father. Rosilyn had never looked at Landon in a romantic way, until now.  She didn’t want to stutter when she spoke because she was in shock.   

"The view was… it was very…" Rosilyn stuttered.  She looked up at him as he was leaned on the wall beside her.  She just gave him a big smile.  Her face still bright red.  "It wasn’t bad,"Rosilyn said as she looked down at her feet.  Her eyes slowly wondered back up to his, as she gently bit her lip.

It took Rosilyn a moment to collect her thoughts.  "I just wanted to tell you, I finally milked a cow on my own,"She said softly.  Rosilyn was just realizing that she must have liked Landon all along.  She wanted to share her accomplishment with him so badly she ran all the way across the yard just to tell him.  Rosilyn had a feeling that if she was just finding this out… Landon’s father probably already knew.  Landon probably wouldn’t realize though.  She didn’t know much about the death of his wife, except she had walked past his room and saw her brush sitting on the dresser.  Rosilyn started to worry that she may be in for heartbreak.

[xlonlonranch-blog]

   Landon grinned, pulling the tunic he'd swung over his shoulder over his head while she spoke. "Well, I was married. Don' know how it is where you come from but here usually when yer both naked ya see the other's ass more'n once." He teased, leaning onto the wall beside Rosilyn. 

    She was cute when she blushed - well, Landon would be lying if he said he didn't think she was cute all the time. Actually - no, she wasn't cute, she was gorgeous. He bit his tongue as though he could bite back the thought. Yira wouldn't want him thinking other women were gorgeous. He didn't want him thinking other women were gorgeous.

    He wrapped his arms around her waist when she told him her news, lifting the redheaded girl up in the air and spinning her once. When he put her back down he wrapped his arms around her shoulders with a wide grin. "Congrats, Rose! I knew you could do it. We should celebrate - I finished the fence early t'day, I'll go t' the city tomorra 'nd I'll bring ya back a present. How's tha' sound?"

[ladyrosilyn]

"I think you're beautiful." - hylianrancher

hylianrancher  

"No one has every told me that before,"Rosilyn smiled.  "You really think so?"

[ladyrosilyn]

Rosilyn felt butterflies as Landon gripped her around her waist.  She felt him press a kiss to her head.  A nice friendly kiss,Rosilyn thought to herself.  He would never move on from his wife.  It was always going to be friendly gestures, between the two of them. Rosilyn wished there was some way she could tell him that his wife would understand him moving on. She could never do that to Landon though.  It would sound like she only wanted him to move on, to benefit herself.  Maybe someday he would reopen the door to his heart, himself.  She just hoped that she was there when this happened.

Rosilyn leaned over and kissed Landon on the cheek. “It’s a deal,”Rosilyn smiled.  She could feel her stomach rumble.  Rosilyn placed her hand gently on Landon’s back.  ”Let’s go eat,” she said as she gave a smile.

[xlonlonranch-blog]

   Landon was surprised at the flutter his heart gave at the kiss to his cheek. He swallowed hard in an attempt to swallow the feeling back down, his adam's apple bobbing in his throat while he led her back to the hose.

                                       "M'Dad made his favorite t'night - ham. Tastes pretty good, er at least it smells pretty good. I'm starved." He laughed, opening the door and holding it for Rosilyn.

[ladyrosilyn]

Oops || ladyrosilyn

hylianrancher  Oops

Rosilyn was very excited.  She had finally mastering the art of milking a cow. Normally, Landon’s father had to take over because the cow was getting a bit tired of sitting there as Rosilyn kept yanking on the utters.

Today she had finally done it correctly. She ran over to his father and gave him a tight hug. "High five," she said as she throw her hand up.  She watched as his father looked at her oddly.  Rosilyn reached over and took his hand and placed it up.  "High-five means we are celebrating an accomplishment of something good!"Rosilyn said cheerfully. Landon’s father gave her a big smile. He probably sensed the telling Landon was very important to her as she took off out of the barn. "I need to find Landon!  I need to tell him!"Rosilyn said as she ran out.  

Rosilyn bolted out the barn door and looked around.  She spotted Landon heading inside the house.  Rosilyn quickly followed. She was quite winded by the time she made it to the porch.  "Landon,"Rosilyn said as she threw open the door.  She checked in the kitchen and around the downstairs.  He must have gone upstairs she realized and didn’t miss a beat on running up the stairs and rounding the corner to his room. “Land… oh my!”Rosilyn said as she saw he was changing and completely nude. She only caught him from the back, but that was enough to embarrass her. Rosilyn covered her eyes.  ”I am so sorry,”she said as her face turned the color of her hair.  "I…I…I.. just thought… I mean… I wanted to… I milked a cow," Rosilyn said feeling quite silly since she was still standing there.  She felt she was frozen. Her mind started to reply the image of him standing there. He was very toned. She started to feel a warm feeling. She needed to make a fast exit now. "I’m sorry,"She said once again before moving away from his doorway and leaning on the wall outside. How could this man be anymore perfect? Rosilyn thought to herself.  Sweet, loving and the body to boot. 

[xlonlonranch-blog]

   Every last part of his body ached with each breath he took, his shirt was sticking to his back and he had to struggle to refrain from wincing while he attempted to walk up the stairs. He'd had to replace nearly the entire fence for the horses just to discover that they wouldn't have enough wood to make it through the winter, so he'd have to chop up even more.

   His tunic made a hissing nose as it peeled from his back and his pants were off not a few moments later. He just wanted to change into clothing that wasn't stained for the evening, actually typically he hadn't worn anything in these situations before Rosilyn had came to live with them, not that he minded her presence.

   Landon heard a small gasp and turned just in time to see Rosilyn's pale skin flush and her hands cover her eyes. He pulled on another pair of pants, a lopsided grin on his face while he opened his door again.

                    "Rose, i's fine. Trust me, you ain't the first person in the world t' see m' ass." He threw another tunic over his shoulder, his grin growing while he laughed, "Ya liked the view while ya had it?" He teased, reaching over to ruffle her hair before leaning his shoulder on the wall beside her. "Wha'd'ya need t' tell me, Rose?"

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