Skyrim One Shot

"It truly is a lovely house, right in the middle of the trading capital of Skyrim too." Your new wife Ysolda ran her hands along the stonework that lined the walls of your home.

"When we first met you told me that you wanted to be a merchant, where better than Solitude for that?" She began to unpack the boxes of belongings that she brought from her humble home in Whiterun and that somehow survived the rugged journey in a carriage.

She blushed and walked over to you, smiling hopefully and placing her hand gently on your chest, followed shortly by her head. Her hand ran slyly over your shoulder and down your arm, clasping her fingers tenderly around yours. For what felt like an eternity you both stood there, the emptiness of the newly purchased property being broken only by the spluttering of the lit hearth, you just stood there holding each other, slowly rocking back and forth.

"Do you think that you'll ever hang up your sword?" She asked you out of the blue, the grip on your hand slowly and slightly tightening and her other hand reaching around your back and pulling you closely into her.

"Maybe one day I'll retire from the adventuring life. I would have to hit something big of course and even then, I don't think I'm cut out for a standard life, even if it is easier. Why?"

"Every time you go out, how can you be sure that you'll return? I don't see you for weeks, sometimes months at a time. I understand that you do what you must and that you do it for us. I'm just scared that I'll never see you again." Where her head was resting on your chest you felt a small wet patch develop, you unclasped your hand from hers and lifted her head with your finger until she was looking into your eyes, even though you weren't sure if she could see you through the tears.

"I don't have a choice." You proclaimed, wiping tears away with your thumb as you held her head in your hands.

"Do you not?"

"I couldn't wait that long to see you again. Sovengarde has feasts, flowing ale and battles that last eons. But it wouldn't have you, and no foe is greater than my love for you. No dragon's breath is more powerful than the flame in my heart that is set alight by you and you alone."

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Written by Aaron.