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“Are you sure you’re okay to mind them tonight?”
Evka stood in the hall of the Grey Hold, Holden and Mila faced in front of her holding one of each of the twins, Claude in the blacksmith’s arm and Clement in the young lady’s arms.
“Don’t worry, Evka, you and Antoine just focus on having fun, happy anniversary by the way”
“Thanks, twenty years, somehow it doesn’t feel that long”
Holden laughed a bit, “yeah, I get what you mean”
“Enjoy your night in Treviso, Evka” Mila wished the dwarven woman.
Antoine was the only one completely oblivious to the fact that they were gonna spend a passionate, hopefully uninterrupted night of love, as Kage once quoted from Strife “It isn’t a real outing if we don’t come back till sunrise”.
“Evka, mon amour, are you ready?”, the elven warden peered around the corner, walking up behind his wife with a soft smile, “yeah, I am”
“Thank you for looking after the boys, you two” Antoine thanked the blacksmith and his daughter.
“Sure thing”
“Okay, au revoir petite poussins, we’ll be home later~” the elf said sweetly to their sons before giving each a little kiss on the forehead.
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The warden couple waved off Holden and Mila before walking through the Eluvian together, “well, now we have the whole day to each other, my dear~” Antoine spoke seductively as the strolled their way to the docks, “yeah, do you have any ideas of what we could after dinner?”
“Hmmm... other than enjoying your beautiful body when we get home?”
“Getting impatient, are we? We're barely a few feet away from home~”
“Do you blame me, spending over a month dreaming of tasting your exquisite vagina again was all I had” the elf let out a hungry thrill with his tongue, eyeing his spouse with sharp looks.
“Well, you’re just gonna have to wait a little longer, yeah, then.... I promise to give you the best fuck in your life” Evka stated, giving her husband a cheeky tap on the ass making him yip out of surprise then quickly morphed back to a risqué attitude, “I look forward to that, mon petite moineau~”
The dwarf shot a flirtatious wink to Antoine before they continued to travel toward the dock to take them to Treviso.
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“Maker, that was fucking amazing” Evka stated, the wardens walking out of the restaurant they just ate from, “thank Lucanis for the recommendation, that man really knows food”
“Oui, anyways, we have a couple hours, shall we browse the market?”
Evka would always see her husband glance eagerly around the market area whenever they’d visit but they never had the time to check it out properly, guess this was the perfect opportunity to do so.
“Sure, lead the way”
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The market was as populated as ever, stands crowded with people from all over, Antoine beamed looking at all the herbal and alchemy stalls selling exotic plants.
“Well, this just screams ‘you’”
“You know I can’t resist a few gorgeous flowers, they make me think of you~”
“Aww, how sweet~”
Evka looked around at the trinkets and little art pieces on display before turning back to Antoine who was now looking up, he was staring at the massive clock above them which shockingly Evka didn’t notice until just now, the man seemed to be counting in his head, calculating the time.
“Hun, we have plenty of time, don’t worry”
“I know, I just... need to go do something”
“Huh, what are you going to do?”
“Oh, just have something to pick up, I’ll be back in a few minutes, promise”
Confused, the older warden nods her head in agreement before receiving a smooch from Antoine and watching him scuttle off.
‘That’s weird’ Evka thought to herself, she tried not to worry too much about it, but it was very out of the blue and Antoine didn’t really keep things from her, even if it was a good surprise or a gift, she let it slide or at least tried to, and continued to search around the market.
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Evka kept glancing up at the clock while her husband was gone, walking slowly past all the other patrons trying not to stride to far from where the elf left her, ‘where did he go?’, ‘what is he picking up?’ Evka’s mind just swirled with questions before she came to a small stall being run by a sweet looking old qunari woman.
“Hello dear, see anything you like?”
The lady had a voice sweet and smooth like honey; she sat comfortably behind the table that showed her wares, her eyes were a warm, sandy yellow and her was salt and pepper grey, done up in a neat bun with a variety of flowers tied around her horns.
“Oh, I’m just looking around, waiting for my husband”
“Well, feel free to have a look if like, my dear”
The way the woman spoke had such a familiar welcoming tone to it, so well-articulated and polite yet calm and content, “what are you selling?”
“Just small accessories I make in my free time”
Evka looked at the items on t display, they seemed to be badges, all of them being an array of different flowers and herbs sealed in clear wax to form a token-like accessory.
“Wow, they’re beautiful, you make all these by yourself?”
“Thank you dear, yes, though my grandchild would help occasionally, when they get the time to that is”
“Why can’t they more often?”
“They're a fledgling at the moment, they always wanted to be crow, they’ll be finished training next month”, Evka never thought she’d meet such a sweet old lady sound so proud about their grandkid becoming an assassin, guess things just work pretty differently in Antiva.
“You must be very proud”
“I am, and think their parents would be too, do you have children, my dear?”
“Yeah, my husband and I actually just had our first two, twins”
“Oh wonderful, how are you finding it?”
“Challenging... but worth it”, the dwarf rubbed the back of her neck, the qunari lady gave an empathetic smile, “I know how you feel, being a parent is never easy, many choices you make can shape their minds forever and mold them into the person they become”.
The lady’s words made Evka tense and relieved at the same time, the stress of knowing the level of influence she has on her boys and the kinship of speaking to someone other than Kage with many years of parental experience.
“But I can tell your children are going to grow into amazing people and that you are doing great”
“That’s really sweet, thank you...”
Evka shared a knowing smile with the woman before observing her display again, in front of her, she noticed a particular badge with a familiar flower in it, the pressed petals presented a gradient of yellow following into red, a marigold.
“That’s one of my favourites, marigolds, they hold such deep meaning for me”
“Happiness and good luck they represent, right?”
“That is one of their many meanings, yes, but they also symbolise grief, mourning and healing”
Evka froze when she heard that, she looked back at the old woman as she tucked her hand down her blouse, pulling out a similar version of what Evka was holding but as a necklace, “after I lost my daughter and my husband, I’ve kept this flower right next to my heart, when I miss them, I look at it and remind myself of what I have now and that they would want me to be happy”
The dwarf couldn’t help but shed a few tears, the lady stared at the necklace lovingly for a few seconds before tucking it back under her blouse.
“Oh dear, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you!”
The qunari reached out to Evka in worry, to which the warden quickly wiped her tears away, “no, it’s okay.... I’m sorry for your loss”
“Thank you, dear, that’s most comforting”
The warden looked back at the flower, softly rubbing it with her thumb, “my... my husband lost his mom when he was a child... Marigold was her name... he doesn’t talk about it much, but he really misses her...”.
Suddenly, big, cold hands laced over Evka’s, they closed her hands around the pendent and held them together, “well, you take that flower and give it to him, a piece of his mother to keep with him”
“Yeah, how much do I-”
“Take it”
“W-what, no, I can’t just-”
“Please, my dear I insist, you’ve given me enough, trust me” the old qunari woman said in a soft whisper, gently pushing Evka’s closed hands towards her, the flower badge warm in her palms.
“I don’t know what to say.... thank you, miss...”
“Wilfred, Amani Wilfred”
“Evka... thank you, Ms. Wilfred”
“Of course, Evka, I hope you, your husband and children have wonderful lives, thank you for giving an old woman the time”
Amani held Evka’s hands and looked at her with deep gratitude, the qunari woman then pulled back to let the warden admire the flower again.
Evka stared at the marigold in her hands and thought about how Antoine will react when she gives it to him.
“Evka!”
A voice yelled from across the grounds, speaking of the elf, Antoine waved at his wife in the distance, holding an indistinguishable large bag in his arm.
“Is that him?”
“Yeah, Antoine~”
“He’s very handsome, and seems sweet”
“He is, it was nice meeting you, Amani”
“Likewise, Evka, you have nice day now, dear”
Evka waved goodbye to the elder qunari woman, Amani waved back, smiling sadly as if she was saying goodbye to an old friend.
“Desole, I just had something to collect, are you alright, mon amour?”
“Yeah, I... met a nice lady, what’s that?”
The woman pointed at the large bag her husband was holding, upon seeing it closer now, it seems to be a garment bag for clothing, “this? Just something I’ve been eyeing a little while... it’s a surprise~”
Evka felt a bit confused more than curious, though it would be a lie if she said she wasn’t very much interested in what it was, they never usually wear any clothing other than their warden uniforms and their night shirts.
“Is there anything else you’d like to look at?”
“It’s actually getting kinda late”, the two looked up at the sky, turning a darker shade of blue and forming little speckles of stars.
“Ah yes, we should be heading home then”
“Not exactly...”
“Hm?”
“Come on~”
Antoine’s eyebrows narrowed but he did as his love said and followed her.
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Within only a few minutes the warden couple stood in front of the familiar Villa Dellamorte, much to Antoine’s confusion.
“Evka, why are we at Kage and Lucanis’ villa?”
The dwarf just smirked and walked to the left side of the massive villa, “where are you going?”, despite his unanswered question, the elf started trailing behind his wife again.
Walking across the grounds, the couple made it to a building adjacent to the villa, much smaller but still really big, to them at least. Evka went up to the door and pulled a key out of her bag.
“Darling, what is going on?”
Nothing.
The dwarven woman stuck the key into the door, turning it and pulling the handle, a low creak sounded from the hinges as Evka slowly opened the entrance to the guest house, stepping inside, the tiled floors glistened from the candles that light up the hallway.
“Evka, what is- why are we in-”
“I’ve... been talking to Kage, he offered us, for our anniversary, a night in their guest house so that we can be... alone~”
Antoine’s sapphire eyes grew with shock, he looked around the place, an archway that led to a kitchenette on the left and another archway with a small sitting room on the right, down the hall was a set of double doors likely leading to the bedroom. A whole place to themselves for a night, not a tent or a cold inn room, a proper house, just them, all by themselves, Antoine felt like he’d been dreaming or even hallucinating.
“Evka... this is...”
“Yeah?”
“I love you so much~”
Evka just giggled as her husband got on his knees to hold her at eye-level, “I love you too, sweetface~”
“Are you not worried about the boys? It is their first night without us”
“I do miss them and .... I was hesitant about this, but I think Holden and Mila can handle taking care of them, I trust them, and it’s only for one night”
Antoine’s lips grew a warm smile before they met his wife’s lips, his long arms coil around the woman’s neck while her arms embrace the elf by his hips, their lips parted and their tongues met, tangling and slipping along each other desperately, hungerly.
“Shall we~”, Evka broke the kiss and gestured to the bedroom behind her.
“Lead the way, mon cher~”
The older warden made her way towards the room at the end of the hall; Antoine tailed after closing the front door and retrieving his garment bag from the ground.
Evka unveiled the quarters, pushing the big doors open to find quite the bedroom, it was probably the size of about twelve of their tents combined, off to the right was a fireplace identical to the one in the sitting room, in the centre was an impressively large double bed with silk sheets and then to the left was a door, most probably leading to the bathroom.
It was official, Kage was the most generous man in Thedas.
“This is amazing” Antoine stated, setting his bag down on an armchair near the fireplace, “it is...” Evka responded, approaching the colossal bed and leaning against it to see her spouse staring at her.
“So~”
“I’ve been waiting so long to have you~”
The elf closed in on the dwarf as she lifted herself onto the soft mattress, she seductively parted her legs allowing her partner to nestle between them, continuing their kiss.
Antoine gently pushed Evka further onto the bed, hovering on top of her as he tasted the inside of her mouth, the older warden’s strong hand clasped his lower back, “is this alright?”
“When I am with you, mon amour, everything is alright~”
The two grinned at each other before bonding their lips again, the kiss getting more heated and sloppier as their bodies rubbed up together. Evka pushed Antoine off her and swapped their positions, the dwarf mounting the elf’s pelvis and sliding a hand into his jacket.
“May I~?”
“Allez-y~”
Evka moved down to her husband’s waist belt and unbuckled the shield-shaped belt buckle, stripping it clean off Antoine’s hips before opening his coat and taking it off his body, chucking both clothing items on the floor.
“Wait, darling”
“Huh?”
The elven warden sat up with his wife still in his lap, “I want to show you something~”
“Oh, what is it~?” Evka asked seductively and intrigued.
Gently, Antoine leaned the dwarven woman off his legs and got up to pick up his garment bag again, “I was planning to show you at home, but we’re here now, so~”
“Go on~”
“It is a surprise, mon cher, I will only be a few minutes”, the younger warden draped the bag over his arm and approached the bathroom door, “non peeking~”
“Okay~”
Antoine disappeared into the washroom and closed the door behind him while Evka was sat waiting on the bed trying to imagine what her husband was dressing up in, a suit, or some kind of lingerie, very few possibilities came to mind. ‘Something I’ve been eyeing for a while’, Evka wasn’t familiar with her husband’s taste in clothing due to the fact they never dress up.
The man had mentioned in the past that he wanted to be a tailor when he was a little boy, but didn’t say much after that, maybe he has a passion for fashion that he wanted to fulfil somehow with a nice piece of the Antivan style.
Whatever it was, the dwarven woman occupied herself being working on her own garments, removing most of her outer layers such as her waistband, top, pants and boots, leaving her in just her brasier and underwear. She placed her clothing beside her husband’s coat and belt on the ground, neatly positioning them at the end of the bed.
All of a sudden, the woman heard the bathroom door creak as it opened ajar, “Evka, are you turned?”
“What?”
“Could you face away from the door, just for a moment?”
“Sure”
Evka did as her love asked, turning around and facing the currently unlit fireplace, she didn’t have to, but she closed her eyes as well to resist the temptation to look before she was told, she heard a slow-paced clop of heels against the tiles, giving her a tiny hint that Antoine still had boots on.
“Okay... you can look now”
Upon instruction, Evka opened her eyes and swivelled around to see her husband.
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She could not believe what she was looking at.
Antoine stood a bit shyly in front of the door to the bathroom... wearing a dress.
It seemed to be an Antivan take on an Orlesian dress, but also a bit Rivaini, like a Lord of Fortune and an Antivan Crow morphed together.
The elf wore a silvery white gypsy top with long puffed sleeves, leaving his entire clavicle and shoulders exposed, over it was a black leather corset with curves on top for where there are meant to be breasts, moving down, there is a navy-blue skirt hanging around Antoine’s waist that flowed down the man’s back and sides to his ankles but left his legs visible in the front, to which it showed off the last piece, long, black laced high heeled boots that just reached above the elf’s knees, the distance between the skirt and the boots left a small section of Antoine’s soft thighs out to see.
Evka was stunned.
She’d never seen her husband in something so provocative, so feminine, so.... beautiful. He was so radiant, the woman didn’t even realise that he was walking closer to her.
“Darling... you are staring...”
“Huh? Oh, sorry, I just....”
The man’s faced grew from shy to disappointed, “... you do not like it, do you?”
“What, no, no, I love it, I was just... surprised... really surprised~”
“That... was my intention, so-”
Without warning, the older warden put her hands around her husband’s trim waist, pulling him in towards her, “you are so fucking gorgeous~”
Antoine blushed, unable to speak from shock, suddenly he had been swept off his feet, literally, Evka scooped him into her strong arms, holding him like a princess.
“Shall we continue, my lady~?”
The elven man’s face turned full red, biting his lower lip as he nodded yes to his wife. Evka carried her man to the bed, plonking him down and slowly parting his legs, seeing up his dress at his covered erection.
Evka slid her fingers along Antoine’s thighs and up his skirt, “may I?”
“Oui~”
Now with permission, the dwarf hooked her partner’s briefs with her finger and pulled them off up his long legs, tossing them on the floor with the rest of their clothes.
“You have such pretty legs~”
“Merci, mon amour~”
Evka lifted said pretty legs over her shoulders, making her husband lean back with his hands above his head. The woman trailed kisses down Antoine’s inner thigh, closing in on his crotch, his stiff cock pitching a tent in his dress.
Evka pushed the front part of the skirt up to reveal her husband’s dick, standing tall and ready, “good thing you aren’t leaking yet, it would be a shame to stain such a beautiful dress~”, the statement made the man blush even more, the fact that Evka was so into this made his heart flutter.
“Ready~?”
Antoine nodded.
The older warden moved her hands down to the elf’s ass, lifting him further up to her face, she gave the tip of his cock a little smooch before lightly sucking the head into her mouth.
Antoine whimpered sweetly, gripping the sheets as he watched his spouse savour him, slowly easing her lips down his length.
“E- Evka~”
“Hmmm~”
The dwarven woman hummed with her husband’s cock in her mouth, creating a soft vibration around him that sent shivers down his spine.
“Ah~! Mon amour~”
Evka began bobbing her head up and down, sucking her dearest off a bit stronger now.
“My... my darling, Evka... please~”
“Hmmm?”
The popped the elf’s slender dick out of her mouth, “please what, sweetface?”
“Your fingers.... inside... please” Antoine panted, looking up at his wife with pleading eyes.
A mischievous grin appeared on Evka’s face as she lowered Antoine’s hips back down, much to his frustration, an eager whimper escaped his lips, “Evka~”
“Shh, patience Ani~”
The woman moved her hands from her husband’s hips to his calves, tugging on the laces of the boots, “as much as I adore these on you, I think you’d be more comfortable with them off~”
Antoine reached over to try and help her with the straps but was halted by a tuff hand, “no no, you just relax, princess, let me take you~”
The man could feel his face grow warmer from hearing that, he watched as his wife untied the top part off the boots before pulling them from his legs.
“Now, you get yourself comfy, I just be to get something real quick~” Evka ordered
Antoine did as he was told, moving himself from the edge of the bed to the dead centre, laying on his side to look at the dwarf walk over to her bag and retrieve a box.
A very familiar box.
“You are very prepared, aren’t you~” Antoine said cheekily.
“I’m the one whose been planning this~”
Evka returned to the bed, setting the box on the covers, she clicked it open to reveal their favourite toy inside.
The dwarven woman immediately took the strap out of the case and put it on, “are you comfortable?”
“Oui”, the elven man laid back while Evka climbed onto the bed and crawled back in between his now naked legs.
Evka then bent down towards her partner’s crotch area again, “is this okay?”
Antoine bit his lip and nodded yes.
The older warden then proceeded to lift the dress covering the man’s cock, “can you move your legs up a bit?” Evka asked, and Antoine did.
Using her togue, Evka licked down her spouse’s shaft, trailing down below him to his tight entrance, his asshole puckered with eagerness.
“I’m gonna prep you, okay?”
“Of course, mon amour~”
Now with consent, Evka gently rubbed Antoine’s hole with her thumb before spitting directly on his entrance. From above her, the dwarven woman could hear her dearest’s little whines and moans as she rimmed him with her finger.
After a few moments, Evka proceeded to push her index finger inside Antoine slowly, providing it with more of her saliva to be safe. The elf let out a soft moan as his asshole involuntarily clenched around the dwarf’s knuckle.
“Feeling okay, sweetface?”
“Yes... please... continue~”
With that, the woman pushed a bit deeper into Antoine, reaching her base knuckle, she held it there for a minute to let the man adjust, “more~”
“What’s that, baby~?”
“More, please~” Antoine requested.
Evka delivered, inserting another finger inside him, pushing it in a little faster now making the younger warden moan out loudly.
“Do you want me to move now?”
“Please~”
Evka moved her fingers out just about half away and thrusted them back in again, repeating a couple of times, hitting her husband in all the right spots.
“Ahh, hmmm, Evka~”
The elf’s moans where like music to Evka’s ears, she then, while her fingers worked on his entrance, took his stiff cock in her mouth again, adding to the pleasure.
The dwarf mimicked the rhythm of her fingers fucking Antoine with her mouth on his cock, keeping their motion in sync. Evka focused so much she nearly didn’t realise her husband trying to get her attention.
“Evka, Evka~!”
“Hmmm~?”
“I’m.... I’m almost...”
He was gonna cum, already.
He’d really been patient during the past month after the birth, but Evka didn’t notice how patient he was being, holding in his needs so much so that he may not have bothered to take care of himself when he desired the woman of his dreams.
Suddenly, an abrupt warmth entered the dwarven woman’s mouth, a sweet, thick warmth, Antoine let out a strained moan as he came in Evka’s throat.
“Putain, Evka, mon amour, I’m so sorry, I-”
“Hey, it’s okay, baby”, Evka swallowed Antoine’s sweet fluids before moving up to see her deeply embarrassed partner, red in the face and biting his thumb out of nervousness.
“It has been a little while, sweetface, I get it~”
“I should have warned sooner, I should have-”
“Hey~”
“Hmm?”
“Do you remember our first time?”
Evka shuffled beside Antoine, laying on her side to face him, “I... I do, yes... why?”
“Well, when you told me about.... you know who... and we decided to not do penetration until you’re ready”
“... yes”
“When we decided to start with pleasuring ourselves in front of each other, you came early, you were embarrassed then too”
“Yes, because it was mortifying, I... did it on you”
The elf covered his face with his hands, groaning from that horrific memory.
“My point is that this has happened before, and you should know it’s okay with me”
“I know, I just... it’s still embarrassing though”
Evka just chuckled and kissed her pink flushed man on the forehead, taking his hands away from his face and holding them caringly.
“You’re so adorable, you know~”
“Evkaaaa!”
“You are~”
The dwarf began smothering the man with kisses, all around his face and his neck, “Evka, please, darling!” Antoine tried to protest but it was countered by his laughs.
“What~?”
The elf just giggled, his face still totally red.
“Are you good to continue?”
“Yes, I believe I am~”
Evka smirked and moved back on top of her husband, kissing down his neck and along his clavicle, giving a bit of extra attention to the massive bite scar on his shoulder. As she travelled across his top half, she was also positioning herself in front of his entrance, the tip grazing his anus.
“Ready~?”
“Allez, mon amour~”
Steadily, Evka inserts herself inside Antoine, easing it in one inch at a time.
“Ah~! Ah, mon cherie~”
Once again, the elf clenched, squeezing his lover’s cock. Antoine held onto Evka, putting one hand around the back of her neck and the other on her hip, “you okay, sweetface?”
“Yes, I’m alright, mon coeur~”
Antoine spread his legs slightly farther apart, allowing his wife to access him better. Eventually, Evka was fully in, her husband’s tight hole relaxing as she remained still for a moment.
“Ready?”
“Ready~”
She started with a few small thrusts, pulling in and out only a couple inches, listening to Antoine’s whimpers as the dwarven woman started to pick up the pace.
“Hah, ahh, ah putain~”
Evka leaned forward as she thrusted into her husband, landing a passionate kiss on his lips, feeling him humming small moans of pleasure into her mouth.
“AH~! Mon... mon amour, a little faster... please~”
“As you wish~”
Evka started thrusting deeper and more rapidly, gripping onto the elven man’s hips while doing so.
“Ahhh, Ahh~! Evka, fuck AH~!”
“Gods... you’re so fucking tight~!”
Thrusting quickly turned to pounding, the sound of Evka’s thighs hitting against Antoine’s ass rang through the room partnered with their moans. The dwarf’s grasp on the elf hardened as she fucked him harder and faster.
“Evka, oh putain, mon amour- AH~!!!”
Evka wrapped her arms around her spouse’s thin waist and pulled him up onto her lap again, making him ride her, “EVKA, AH~!”, the elf towered over her as him gyrated on her cock.
“You’re so fucking pretty, Ani, fuck~!”
“Mon amour, I- AH~! I am... close again!”
With that, Evka didn’t stop at nothing.
She gripped onto Antoine tight and thrusted up into him as hard and fast as she could muster, her cock throbbed inside him as they were both reaching their peak.
“EVKA, FUCK, OH MON DIEU, BAISE-MOI MON AMOUR, REMPLIS-MOIS S'IL TE PLAîT~ !!!”
One more big thrust and the dams on both wardens breached.
Evka emptied herself into her husband while he released onto her stomach and chest.
The two laxed in each other’s arms after their shared climax, Antoine went limp and rested over his wife’s shoulder while Evka leaned back, one hand pressed against the sheets supporting her while the other remained around her husband’s lower back.
“That... that was... fuck, I’ve missed this...” the dwarf panted, nestling her nose into the nape of Antoine’s neck, smooching his scared shoulder once more.
“Ani... are you okay... baby?”
“Hmmm, mhm~”
“Antoine?”
The elf slowly arose from his partner’s pelvic area and looked down at Evka with pure bliss in his eyes, “je t’aime tellement, mon petite moineau~” he whispered before planting his lips on Evka’s.
Antoine pushed Evka onto her back and continued with their kiss, his togue licking inside her mouth, tasting her like he hadn’t seen her in years.
“Oh Ani, I love you too, sweetface~”
“Happy anniversary, my darling~”
“Maker, it’s been twenty years already, how does it not feel that long?”
“Time flies I suppose, when you’re spending your life with the person you love the most~”, Antoine nuzzled his nose to Evka’s as he stared into her sky-blue eyes.
“You’re the sweetest~”
The warden couple shared another kiss together for a while, a soft, cozy one; they held one another close as they bathed in their afterglow.
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Steam rose from the hot water, fogging the mirror off to the right, Evka inhaled and exhaled slowly as she relaxed in the warm bath, laying on her husband’s chest, listening to his heartbeat.
“This is nice~” the dwarf whispered, stroking Antoine’s arm that was resting across her belly.
“Yes... it is” the elf agreed, leaning his head on Evka’s undone hair.
The wardens stayed silent for a moment, basking in the warmth of their bodies mixed with the warmth of the bath water.
“Antoine”
“Yes, my darling?”
“I’ve... been thinking about what you said... about moving”
Antoine opened his eyes to find Evka now laying sideways on his chest.
“Yes?”
“I think you’re right... it’s the best thing to do, for the boys... at first, I didn’t think raising them in Lavendal would be an issue but when you said... I guess I hadn’t considered some things”
The elf frowned as he noticed the worry and shame grow in his wife’s face, he lifted her chin up to look at him, his sapphires met her skies, “it is okay, my love, what matters at this time is finding a place to settle, you need not linger on what we could’ve thought, this is all still very new to us, you know”
“I just wish I-”
“Ah ah ah, non” the younger warden pressed a slender finger on Evka’s lips to cut her off before she could spiral.
“Evka, it doesn’t matter, we didn’t think of the problem then, but we did now, and we are going to rectify it, in due time, but for now let us enjoy our anniversary, yes?”
“Yeah... you’re right, sor-”
“And no apologizing!”
The dwarf shut her own mouth this time, sinking herself down into the water and buried her face in Antoine soft skin.
“We’ll start looking next week?” Evka asked.
“Of course”
Now with that worry pushed aside, the couple proceeded with their soothing bath by not talking at all and just held each other while listening to the light ripples in the bath water.
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After they cleaned up, the elf and dwarf got ready for bed.
The two threw on the silk bathrobes left for them and returned to the bedroom, “We really need to get Kage like a million gifts for this” Evka joked, stretching and cracking her back.
“Ha, I don’t think he would even accept one gift, plus, I don’t think a million would begin to balance the generosity of that man” Antoine added, falling onto the bed in a cross formation, the open box that was still on the bed bounced with the man.
“Heh, better put this back~”
“Ah yes, perhaps if we have a little time in the morning~” the elven man murmured seductively, making his spouse turn to him with a grin.
“You freak~”
“Hey, you’re the one fucks so well, can you blame me~”
Evka just snickered and took the case back to her bag that was now set on the armchair with the garment suit, both Antoine and Evka made sure the dress was still in perfect condition after their lovemaking, that man is definitely gonna wear that more often.
The older warden opened her satchel to put the box in when a particular item caught her attention, the pin that she got earlier.
The warm coloured flower glared at her.
She debated quickly whether she should give it to Antoine now, deciding if this was an appropriate time or not.
“Mon amour, are you okay?”
“Huh? Y-yeah, just...”
Evka shoved the leather box into the bag and without a second thought, grabbed the badge before closing it.
She clasped the token-like pin in two hands and turned around to face Antoine, who was comfortably lounging on the massive bed staring at her.
“I have something for you... a gift”
“Another? Evka, my love, I know it is a special day but maker, you are spoiling me” the elf chuckled.
“Yeah, but... this is different”
Evka climbed onto the bed and scooched in next to Antoine, keeping the pendent secure in one hand.
“I just thought that this would be good for you to have”. The dwarf took her husband’s hand and placed the badge in it, slowly moving her hand off to reveal the accessory to him.
Antoine’s face morphed from intrigue to a complete blank as he stared at the familiar flower.
“The lady I met, when you were getting the dress, she gave that to me, for you... thought it would be nice for you to have something to keep on you, as a way to honor your mother”
The elf didn’t say anything.
“Antoine?”
Nothing.
“Ani? Are you okay?”
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Tears began to fall silently from Antoine’s eyes.
Small sniffles seeped from him as he tried to process what was happening.
“Shit, Ani, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make you cry”
Muscular arms wrapped around the elf again, his wife holding his head to her chest while she uttered another teary apology.
“Thank you...”
“Huh?”
Evka loosened her hold on the elf, allowing him to look up at her with big, wet eyes.
“Thank you for this... I...”
Antoine looked back at the flower badge in his hand, looking at it closely.
“I never had anything to remember her by... we had nothing when I was growing up... after she died and I buried her... I had nothing to keep from her... this... this is what I’ve needed... thank you, my love, my joy, my amazing Evka”
The elf cried into Evka’s neck as she held him.
Both of them snuggled up under the soft, silky covers after Antoine started to calm himself. He kept the token under the pillow as they drifted off to sleep.
Today was an incredible day and a special anniversary to remember forever.
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