(A/N) Just a fluffy little idea I had. I don't own the Legend of Zelda

Link wasn't much of an expressive person. He never had been, for all the years I'd known him. Even at the most social of events, he maintained a courteous, yet quiet, exterior, mostly communicating nonverbally. This led some people to believe that he was mute. Others who had heard him speak had rarely, if ever, seen him show emotion. These people came to believe that he was devoid of emotion. Of course, they were just too unfortunate to not see him express himself.

They called him a stone-cold man. I knew him to be a big softie. The oxymoron makes me smile. He's a soft stone. It sounds bizarre but it really is the best way to describe him.

They don't get to see the amused twinkle in his eyes or the tiny smirk when I have a mini heart attack over something trivial that I know is trivial. They didn't get to see the kindness and the gentleness in his eyes whenever we got to see our sickly child, hidden in Zora's Domain and fighting for her life, nor the absolute joy when she was well enough to come back to the castle.

Not one person knows of the bashfulness he possessed when we were courting, the way he would blush nervously just upon seeing me when he arrived for dates. Not one person knows of the way he would occasionally sing something for me, only to avert his gaze downwards after in embarrassment if he didn't find his performance satisfactory, even if I found it perfect. Not one person knows of the way his eyes lit up with joy and absolute adoration after we kissed for the first time.

At our wedding, he was so giddy that I even teased him about the sudden emotion. He took offense to that and jokingly glared at me until I kissed him. And then, of course, he was just as excited as before, like he had been after our first kiss. That night, he was all over me in heavenly passion and reverence. That never changed in the bedroom either. No one is to know that.

It's a shame, really. He's quite a wonderful person to talk to and we have had all kinds of conversations from the very severe to the light-hearted to the... improper... and everything in between. And I have loved every minute with him. My soft stone.