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Lucy Pevensie, The Valiant ([personal profile] called_lioness) wrote2006-08-15 12:25 am

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Susan's nagging her.

Well, not nagging, Lucy admits as she climbs out of the bath and grabs her robe. Not nagging, but asking questions, like "rings" and "dress" and "WHEN are you getting married, Lu?" and Lucy's rather decided she should probably find out the answer to at least some of those questions.

So, she decides as she slips on nightgown and finger-combs through wet hair, she will just have to, when Caspian returns.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Aye," also quietly, and he shifts and pulls her up against his chest.

"Then the end of the month it is."
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"There's nothing I could want more than to be your husband," he says, and although his smile is very warm, mayhap there is something.

One thing.

One impossible thing.

But he just runs a hand up her back, and smiles still.

"What about you, my Lucy? What could I give you?"
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I know," he says to what she doesn't say, and his eyes are earnest, because there's no use in lying, no use in trying to pretend. So he presses a kiss to her cheek, and lets himself think, just briefly, about it, and how sweet it could be, before he pushes it once more to the back of his mind.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"No," he answers, his voice soft. "I don't think it ever will, Lu."

He almost adds an "I'm sorry," but thinks better of it, and kisses her shoulder again instead.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"We can't," he tells her, almost a whisper.

"Lu, it's impossible. If there were a way--"

But he stops himself short, because it hurts, and he's always known this, and what's hurting the most, really, is the fact that he still hopes. Hopes for the impossible.

He almost hates this place for giving him that hope.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"So do I," gently. "I've not even married you yet, but I still wish there were some way."
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I thought it was impossible even to see you again," he tells her, lifting her hand to kiss her palm.

"And here we are."
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
He's quiet for a long while, stroking a hand over her hair.

"That is my hope, as well." Finally.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"It does."

But it's said gently, and Caspian shakes his head.

"But we hope anyway. And we'll--we'll think of something."
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"And Adam and Alanna's child," he points out, with a small smile, "whom I'm certain we will be seeing much of."
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm terribly impressed," he says, sincerely, and straight-faced. "We'll be done with plenty of time to spare before we even take stock."

This is a lie.
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[personal profile] the_seafarer 2006-08-18 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Design flower arrangements...?" Innocently.

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