RP: Open (Some NSFW smuttiness later on)

[wardenalistair]

Alistair awoke in what appeared to be a stable, one that still smelled faintly of Mabari. And horse, of course, but that was more expected. He was also being poked in the bare back by itchy prickly straw. He jumped to his feet.

"Well, this is...horrifyingly familiar. Next I'll be swarmed by a large group of hounds, just you wait."

He did. Wait, that is. Nothing happened.

"O-okay then, maybe not. I haven't regressed to ten years old, have I?" He poked his own cheek, which was still fairly bristly, and glanced down at himself, half-clothed as he was in just the trousers he'd worn to sleep in. "Nope, never mind, still myself. How peculiar. I haven't dreamt of Redcliffe in years, but then this doesn't look much like Redcliffe, does it? It smells like Redcliffe. Hrm."

He wrinkled his nose and headed out of the stable, into what sort of looked like daylight, accidentally kicking some kind of book halfway across the stable floor as he did so. He muttered an apology to the thing and scooped it up, for lack of anything better to do with it.

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[heromiyuu]

"Well, if you think being secluded from you family and being raised like a mass murder weapon is a better 'home' experience..." she chuckled "But please, let's spare the children from such bliss, yes?"

Neria kissed the middle of his chest. "So, now that we have agreed an ordinary life doesn't suit us, what's the plan? Rather than 'never be apart again', which I highly appreciate, what else? What do you want to do?"

She smiled again; Neria was always careful on letting Alistair deciding how things would work on his life, always recalling their conversation, during the Blight, of how he'd never had any power over his own destiny. Truth to be told, she was also always delighted with him bossing around.

[wardenalistair]

"Maker forbid," he chuckled.

Alistair arched a brow, a knowing look on his face at the question. He was very aware of Neria's tendency to make sure he felt heard, felt he had a choice in their decisions. It was one of many things he loved about her.

"I am a simple man, my dear. To be with you, and to be able to hope to live to a ripe old age? That's quite enough. But what," he settled one hand on her waist, the other tipping her chin up slightly, "would you like?"

[heromiyuu]

"Not fair, I asked you first." Neria held his hand and kissed it, smiled widening on her face "What I want... hmm... I want to go back to the Keep once we settle our matters with the order. And to raise mabaris. Lots of mabaris. And I want children to raise... at least one little mage to burn our eyebrows when sneezing. They'll totally drive mistress Woolsey and Varel insane. " she chuckled, eyes dreaming with the idea "They'll grow up amidst the new Grey Wardens and tales of battles, but one of our girls will dream of Orlais and frilly dresses and aunt Leliana will certainly be very pleased to spoil her. She'll give you a hard time with boys piling up to court her." she planted another kiss on his hand "And we'll get old, surrounded by grandchildren, and mabari. Sounds like a good plan, don't you think?"

[wardenalistair]

"Mabaris! Oh, yes, please," Alistair said with a wide smile. "All the Mabaris the Keep can hold, I say. All of them. We'll invite Zevran back and he'll teach all the children to be entirely too sneaky for their own good. Ooh, and you know what we should do." He leaned forward to kiss her forehead and then the tip of her nose. "Seeing Anders here - I rather miss that mage, don't you? We should do what we can to drag him back. We'll keep that Vael off his back with our Warden immunity and I don't know, make sure he brings his lovers with, or something. What do you think?"

He looked a bit giddy with all of these ideas, grinning and giving her a very keen set of hazel puppy eyes.

[heromiyuu]

"Oh, so you want your shemlen so-called brother in law back? I thought you weren't very fond of possessed mages." she tilted her head, yawning " And the Vael Prince... well, he'll have to go through me if he wants Anders."

Neria shifted again, back to Alistair's side, resting her head on the curve of his neck, lazy and sleepy.

"This might sound crazy, but I miss even Oghren and his belch competitions. I won once, before you came back to the Keep."

[wardenalistair]

"I am not very fond of abominations, it's true. They're all 'rawr!' and 'eat your face off!' and 'die fiends!'. But Anders isn't one of those. And I always did like Justice."

His words started to slow, and he combed his fingers through her hair sleepily. He laughed.

"You never told me that, love. Truth be told, I miss all of them. Even Oghren and his belching."

[heromiyuu]

"Varel was very displeased with the competition Oghren set up with the guards." she nuzzled his shoulder and planted a small kiss to it "I heard him calling my name to solve that matter, all stoic and serious... he was very surprised to see me there." she closed her eyes, giggling "Poor Varel... oh, I really gave him a hard time."

[wardenalistair]

Alistair chuckled, the kiss to his shoulder making him squirm slightly. He reached down and tipped her chin up so he could kiss her, a soft, languid press of his lips to hers.

"You were certainly not what he expected as the new arlessa," he agreed when he pulled back.

[heromiyuu]

"Indeed... I guess I exceeded his expectations."

Neria smiled, slowly drifting into sleep, talking only after a good time.

"Vhenan...?"

[wardenalistair]

Alistair's eyes had slipped closed by the time she spoke again.

"Hmm?" he asked sleepily.

[heromiyuu]

"Promise me you'll be here when I wake up?"

[wardenalistair]

Alistair opened his eyes with a pained expression. He kissed the top of her head.

"Not even the Maker himself could drag me away, love," he said thickly.

[heromiyuu]

"Good... otherwise I... would have one more reason to... beat the shit out of him."

Neria still muttered something else, but it was just impossible to understand as she finally fell asleep.

[wardenalistair]

Alistair shifted to curl around her more tightly and whispered into her hair with some amusement, "If anyone could do it, you could, my dear."

He lay awake a while after she had fallen asleep, still reveling at her presence in his arms, but eventually sleep claimed him too.

[heromiyuu]

For the first time in a really good time, Neria slept well the whole night, no nightmares to torment her sleep or the absence of Alistair to make her heart ache.

His warmth and his scent always worked miracles by her sleep and having him back in such tiresome situation was more than she believed she deserved.

When she woke up, hours later, her heart was relieved for having him by her side; she didn't think she would stand the pain of having dreamt all their time together. He looked serene and younger when sleeping, bringing a smile to her face when she recalled the first time they shared the tent. Creators, she was so nervous, but so was he, and everything was very awkward but he had been so thoughtful, so careful and gentle she could hardly picture a more perfect way of trusting her body and heart to someone. She caressed his cheek and brushed his lips with her fingerpads gazing at him fondly.

[wardenalistair]

Alistair had moved during the night to sprawl out on his back, one arm thrown carelessly above his head, the other wrapped loosely around Neria's side.

At the soft brush of Neria's fingers along his cheek, he stirred.

"Nnnngh," he mumbled against her fingers on his lips, eyes closed. He tilted his head back to nuzzle towards the sensation. Someone was touching him, his sleepy mind supplied, and if memory served him, those were his wife's fingers. He hoped. He scrunched his eyes shut even more and got a little furrow between his brows. Please, please...

"Please tell me that's you, love," he said, voice hoarse with sleep and cautiously hopeful, still not opening his eyes.

[heromiyuu]

"Why?"

Neria approached, speaking with a hint of humor just above Alistair's lips, brushing it slightly with her own as she spoke "Expecting someone else?"

[wardenalistair]

Alistair groaned at the touch of her lips and the sound of her voice, relief and desire and need all tangling up inside him. He reached for her waist and pulled her close, opening his eyes.

"Oh, you know. Maybe the wind? A desire demon? Some asshole underling telling me I've overslept my latest big important meeting?"

[heromiyuu]

"Well... I know some chaste types that certainly would say my neverending desire for you isn't something from this world..." she pondered, smiling michievously "But no... no one else except for little, old me"

[wardenalistair]

"Never-ending, you say?" Alistair grinned positively wickedly.

"Whatever..." his right hand drifted upwards to tangle in her hair, "might we..." he kissed her languidly, lips pressing, gentle but insistent, against hers and then dipping to kiss the corner of her mouth before he pulled back. He rolled his hips suggestively. "...do about that?"

[heromiyuu]

Neria bit her lower lip at Alistair's provocative motion, stifling a low moan.

"I don't know. Something on your mind?"

[wardenalistair]

Alistair threw his head back against the pillow and laughed, absolutely unable to keep this image of a smolderingly seductive version of himself up any longer.

Just as quickly, he grasped more firmly at Neria's hips and rolled her and himself so that he was on top.

"You..." he said, peppering kisses under her jaw and down her neck and over her breastbone, "are impossible and beautiful and completely, totally, utterly distracting." He propped himself up on an elbow by her head and gave her a completely wide-open smile, ignoring the blush threatening to creep from his ears and down to his chest.

[heromiyuu]

She laughed openly, wide smile on her face at his words, one hand tangling on his hair, the other resting on his lower back, nails scraping his skin oh so lightly.

"Oh, you flatter me, sir."

[wardenalistair]

Alistair hummed, trying not to shiver at the scrape of her nails against his skin.

He bent his head to nose along the side of one breast and then scraped his teeth over her nipple, soothing the sting with his tongue immediately.

"Mm. Is it working?" He peered at her face.

[heromiyuu]

She closed her eyes and arched her back at his touch, definitely moaning now. His mouth around her nipple send her a jolt of want and desire directly to her bundle of nerves. Her breath faltered for a moment and she gripped his side.

"Go ahead, you are doing good."