forum The queen and her dragon (open)

Started January 11, 2019 by @Fenrir

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She broke out of her trance as she saw Drake break for air "how did you do that?" She asked quietly, trying to Avery her gave from his chest

Drake coughed a few times before he smirked a little, “Secret.” He rasped.

She glared up at him "you know how I hate secrets," she smiled up at him

He smiled wobbly back, “Yeah… I know.”

He looked up at him expectantly while trying not to look at his glistening sheet or arms oh how she missed being that close to him, "are you feeling alright?" She ask, noticing he was having some trouble breathing

He nodded slowly, taking a deep breath and releasing it, "Yeah, just swallowed a lot of water doing that. I'll be okay in a second."

"one…two..three.." she muttered with a slight smile. "she started to walk back towards the grassy area

Drake took a few more deep breaths, reducing the feeling in his chest before he followed.

"I didn't know dragons would be great swimmers, thought water harmed their internal functions," she mused as they walked along "that was beautiful by the way." She said shyly

He nodded, "It does, you're not wrong," He smiled a little, "And thank-you. It means a lot."

She blushed a bit "your welcome," she said quietly, "is there anything that would help you that we might find around here?"

Drake frowned a little then shook his head, "Not that I can think of, no."

"hm," she thought for a second "anything back at the castle?"

He was quiet for a while, biting his lip before he answered very quietly, “I-If I’m going to stay in the… dungeons… can there at least be some more greenery?”

Val looked sidelong at him "you don't have to stay down there, you can stay out in the gardens if you'd like," she suggested "that's if you want to stay on castle grounds of course"

Drake practically started glowing, "Can I just stay in the garden? I won't leave the grounds or anything without telling you, I swear it."

She nodded "or course, of course," she smiled at his new found happiness "and you don't have to tell me anything if you wish not to, …I'm ttrying o be…less of a couple trip freak." She said quietly "you don't have to swear anything Drake, especially to me."

He nodded a little, still smiling slightly, "Okay, if you say so."

She nodded "the gardens are supposed to be beautiful this year, they're picking a winter theme this time."

He sighed a little, "Do you think I could help?"

She nodded "I don't see why not, though the maodes are very demanding and particular about the gardens" she warned with a smile

He shrugged, "I don't care. It gives me something to do."

"they'll definitely put you to work, they've put me through the ringer for years about how they've wanted things done." Her gaze went off into the distance a bit as she recalled the maides ordering her around while they worked, not particularly caring who she was, only that the job got done. And she didn't care being offered around, in fact she liked being told what to do, not having the responsibility of choices made for once off her shoulders

"Good. I want the work." He nodded a little, "Gives me something to focus on."

He chuckled a little "I forgot you hate being bored,"

"It is the worst thing in the world." He exclaimed, throwing his arms up in the air.

She laughed "Its not the best, no." Her smiled faltered as she realized she'd been the reason why he was bored all the time

"But at least I won't be anymore, so that's a good thing." He smiled slightly.

She snapped out of her realization and nodded "yeah it is," she smiled back "I miss this,"

"What? The walking through the forest thing?" He raised an eyebrow.