a pirate's cove
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hylianqueenZelda had spent the past several days searching for a suitable door in which she could learn how to swim. Perhaps it would be better to learn in the indoor pool but Erik seemed incredibly confident in his skills to teach her and Zelda wanted to be by the sea more than anything else. She felt that this would make him happier too and that strangely was something she wanted to see; she had never been fascinated by a man quite as much as she was fascinated by Erik.
The door that was carved with a ship opened to a stretch of beach and a little cave with a boat moored outside it, a fine boat with large black sails. Zelda knew very little about boating but she thought this would be something Erik would want to see and she could hardly wait to find him and show him what she'd found.
She asked the desk which room he'd taken and was given the perplexing answer that Erik had refused lodging within the hotel. Strange, very strange. Still...he had seemed to like the gardens that she had shown him on his first day and Zelda took a chance that he might be there. She found him on the edge of them, set up into a camp beneath the shade of several trees.
"I've found something you might find interesting. Both the sea and a boat."
The door that was carved with a ship opened to a stretch of beach and a little cave with a boat moored outside it, a fine boat with large black sails. Zelda knew very little about boating but she thought this would be something Erik would want to see and she could hardly wait to find him and show him what she'd found.
She asked the desk which room he'd taken and was given the perplexing answer that Erik had refused lodging within the hotel. Strange, very strange. Still...he had seemed to like the gardens that she had shown him on his first day and Zelda took a chance that he might be there. She found him on the edge of them, set up into a camp beneath the shade of several trees.
"I've found something you might find interesting. Both the sea and a boat."
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Date: 2014-06-16 12:25 am (UTC)"It is both, m'lady, and a wise sailor never takes the sea, the wind, or his ship for granted. I'm never more at home than I am on the sea." He trimmed down the sails to give them a more moderate speed, yet still fast enough for her to feel that breeze against her skin.
He leaned around to kiss the apple of her cheek.
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Date: 2014-06-16 01:01 am (UTC)Zelda turned then and watched his face for a moment. Erik was well over a head taller than she was and fully muscle but she did not feel intimidated. Instead, she felt safe and admired and wanted, things she had not felt in a long while since the coup.
She rose up on her toes and kissed him on the mouth, tentative and soft.
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Date: 2014-06-16 02:31 am (UTC)Erik had presence of mind enough to keep one hand on the lines so he didn't completely lose the ship, but his free hand was all about spanning her back, fingertips pressing into the fabric of her dress before slipping up to cup the back of her head. His mouth slanted over hers, tongue drawing along the seam of her mouth, a tentative question.
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Date: 2014-06-16 04:13 pm (UTC)Zelda had never considered opening her mouth during a kiss before but it seemed natural enough to part her lips beneath his and sigh a little, letting the good sensations carry her and abandoning logic and good judgment for the time being.
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Date: 2014-06-16 05:02 pm (UTC)Erik wasn't sure which zinged into his bloodstream harder - the feel of her lips opening under his, the little sigh, or her taste when he slipped his tongue into her mouth and tentatively brushed it against hers. Whichever one it was, he forgot about the lines, forgot about where they were, and wrapped both arms tight around her to pull her closer.
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Date: 2014-06-17 02:06 am (UTC)Zelda lifted her hands to press against his chest and deepened the kiss, giving her silent permission for him to continue. It was further than she had ever been with anyone else but Zelda trusted him with this aspect of her life.
That, and the prospect of kissing was simply too alluring to resist.
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Date: 2014-06-17 01:40 pm (UTC)Erik felt her hands against his chest like fire, but he made no move to shift them away. Instead he near devoured her mouth until his lungs were screaming for breath. His hands wanted to move, to explore the lush body pressed against his, but he'd made his promise to not push for more than she was willing to give, so they stayed flat on her back.
When he finally broke away from her mouth, he didn't move away an inch. He merely pressed his forehead to hers and gulped in air.
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Date: 2014-06-18 02:58 am (UTC)"I think I could do that for hours," Zelda said, sliding her hands up to cup his face. She was certain her heart had never beat quite so quickly and that her breaths had never been so rapid. She felt for all the world like a tiny bird battered by a storm but she was not afraid. No, rather, she was excited.
"Kiss me again?"
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Date: 2014-06-18 02:52 pm (UTC)"At yer service, m'lady," Erik smiled and then leaned in towards her lips again. When they were barely touching, he whispered to her. "If it's hours yer wantin, that can be arranged. I can't see every tirin of the taste of your lips, Zelda."
With that, he closed the distance and took her luscious mouth again.
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Date: 2014-06-20 12:01 am (UTC)Zelda thought it would be very, very easy to get in over her head where Erik was concerned and she knew that her resolve to stay aloof was quickly crumbling. Every touch and every kiss made her simply want more and it took all of her strength to pull away.
"I am afraid I will let you go much further than I intend."
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Date: 2014-06-20 12:23 am (UTC)Erik took a few long, steady breaths and moved his hands up to cup her face instead of wandering over her body like they wanted to. "Aye, as would I," he admitted, resting his forehead against hers. "And the last thing I'm wantin is t'start givin ye reasons t'regret yer time with me."
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Date: 2014-06-20 12:34 am (UTC)"I would not regret it, necessarily. It is just that intimacy when one is a princess is infinitely more complicated than if I were a regular woman," Zelda said, smiling at him.
"I will be no good for anything political if I let you take me to bed."
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Date: 2014-06-20 01:01 am (UTC)He hadn't been thinking about beds; he'd been thinking about the grass just beyond the sand's edge, but he wasn't crass enough to say it out loud. "Aye, any match ye make will have t'be for reasons that benefit yer realm." And she couldn't be spoilt for that match or risk her reputation ending in tatters and threatening her reign. He didn't say that, but he nodded to make sure she knew that he understood.
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Date: 2014-06-21 03:53 pm (UTC)"So you understand that my reasons for hesitation are not for lack of desire," she said, giving him a sad little smile.
"For I wish that I would be able to make my own choices about what I want to do with myself."
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Date: 2014-06-21 04:50 pm (UTC)"A fate shared by many lasses where I'm from," Erik replied. "Fer th'men as well as maids, though a bit unfairly skewed t'the men who're given reign t'their needs without repercussion."
He skimmed his hands up t'frame her face. "I won't disgrace ye, Zelda. Ye've got m'word on it."
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Date: 2014-06-22 01:38 am (UTC)"I trust you," Zelda said, turning her face to kiss his palm. "I just do not know how much I trust myself. It is intoxicating to have someone pay attention to me for a reason that solely has to do with me."
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Date: 2014-06-22 02:43 am (UTC)Erik felt the warmth of her lips burn through his palm. "Then we'll have t'keep each other honest, or stop the kissin altogether."
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Date: 2014-06-22 10:04 pm (UTC)"We will not be stopping the kissing," Zelda said primly. "So we will have to figure out some other way to keep my virtue intact."
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Date: 2014-06-22 10:18 pm (UTC)"Glad t'hear ye say that," Erik responded and cupped her face again and kissed her.