Dearest kippers,

In this story Valkyrie is somewhere around the age of 18 – 25. You can decide for yourself her exact age. Hope you enjoy this Valduggery thingy-majig.

Love Rancor Demise. Xx

BORDEOM

Valkyrie was bored. There was no other way to put it. She was bored and there was nothing anyone one could do about it. Except Skulduggery. But Skulduggery was out on a very important case while she was stuck in Gordon's mansion with nothing to do. She'd read all his books more than twice and Tanith and Ghastly were off on a road trip to god knows where. The only other person Valkyrie could call was Fletcher. However, she and Fletcher had fallen out and she didn't really want to speak to him. Basically, Fletcher was complaining that she never let him watch what he wanted to watch when he came over. Valkyrie's reasons for that where A) It was her house and B) He always wanted to watch Tellytubbies. So yeah, she wasn't going through that nonsense again.

Skulduggery came back to the mansion and the first thing that struck him as odd was that the driveway had been swept and the stones put back into their rightful place. The driveway NEVER looked like that. Then, as he entered the house he noticed that the carpet had been hoovered and all the ornaments had been dusted. Yet again, something Valkyrie refused to do. But the thing that confused him most of all was when he stepped into the living room to find his partner trying to do some sort of elaborate yoga routine in the middle of the rug, failing miserably. Valkyrie glanced across at the door and quickly, yet inelegantly, righted herself. "Valkyrie, would you mind explaining what the heck happened to the house?" Skulduggery asked in a voice that made Valkyrie's heart skip a beat.

"You always said that I should keep the house cleaner." Skulduggery walked through to the kitchen to pick up his book he had been reading earlier. He got to the door and stopped.

"VALKYRIE, WHY THE HELL IS THE SINK IN THE FRIDGE AND THE COOKER ON IT'S SIDE UNDER THE COUNTERS?" Slowly, Valkyrie trudged to the door.

"Ehm, I was bored and there was nothing else to do. Like literally NOTHING!" Skulduggery shook his head. "I was waiting for you to come home since, like I said, there was nothing to do."

Skulduggery leaned towards her, "I'll give you something to do." Then he kissed her. He wasn't sure why he said that or why he kissed her but he did, and that was all that mattered. Valkyrie smiled against his lips, this was what she'd wanted for a long time…..

Hope you enjoyed this, it's not my best but it's my first fanfic so I'll see you later alligators. xx