Disclaimer: Fire Emblem and everything involving Fire Emblem doesn't belong to me.

Author's note: Each chapter is a different story; if you don't like a certain pairing, skip it. There's only 1 chapter so far, but I'll be adding more if people like it. So if you like it, review and tell me or I'll drop it. Yeah, it's kind of corny. I know. Get over it.

Chapter 1- Ike/Soren

"If the Daeins attack from the east we'll have a problem; the defenses are a bit weak on that side. We need a new lock on the food supply tent, Ilyana managed to break the last one and-" Soren glanced up from his notes and cut himself off. "Ike? Are you listening to me?"

"Hmm? What was that again, Soren? I'm sorry, my mind just sort of drifted off. I was just thinking about-" He stopped abruptly, nervous about what he'd nearly let slip. It wasn't that he didn't trust Soren, it was that he didn't want to screw up a perfectly good friendship.

"About what? Ike, is something bothering you?"

"It's nothing," he said quickly. He'd never been much of a liar.

"I know how you feel, remember?"

Ike did remember. He remembered how Soren's voice, choked with sobs, had twisted his heart. How the little mage had trembled, terrified of being hated, rejected for the mixed blood he bore. And when Ike had pulled him into his arms, how perfectly the mage fit against him. How his entire body had tingled with pleasure at having the smaller man cradled in his arms.

"Ike, you're doing it again." Soren's voice pulled him back to the present. "You can trust me. I'll never leave your side. Where else would I go?"

The mage had moved while Ike was lost in the past and was now standing too close for Ike to think straight.

"Soren… Soren, I…" Ike sighed. "I'm terrible with words. What I'm trying to say is that… Oh Soren, I just don't know how to say it."

The mage gently rested his hand on Ike's arm. "Then show me."

And he did. Ike pulled Soren into his arms and kissed him roughly, trying to pour all of his love and affection into his actions, to show Soren exactly how he felt.

Soren gasped into Ike's mouth, his delicate lips tingling with pleasure at the force of the kiss. He pressed himself closer to the man he loved. Had always loved, but didn't think loved him back.

They were panting when they broke apart, their hearts racing. "I love you."