Okay, so this had started out as a songfic. In the end I decided to screw the song & that this would just be its own thing.

This is my first fan fiction so any comments/reviews/criticisms are much appreciated^^

Enjoy.

Their love making had been most passionate and had lasted hours into the dark yet cool early morning in the Wu palace. Not that these occasions were a surprise or rare, but rather than the usual loving, lusting and general enjoyment of each other's company she was used to feeling, there was a sense of need tonight. Of course whenever it had anything to do with her Sun Ce, the feeling would rub off on her and an equal emotion of desire and want swept over her too. Maybe she was selfish she had thought as the petite beauty snuggled up in the arms of her husband. She should have enquired within about this out-of-the-norm attitude rather than allow her lust and love overpower this. Or maybe that would have been selfish. Maybe it was better for her to just give him what he wanted.. Not that she was complaining or anything.

She looked up at her love, soaking in his appearance, and noted that, on that charming face she had found herself falling deeper in love with every day, there was an odd look of.. Now, what was that exactly? Da Qiao couldn't quite place her finger on it but there was definitely something there.

Sun Ce caught her looking and, with that character smirk of his, the odd look disappeared.

"What's up?" he asked.

His wife knew he was hiding something somehow. "You tell me." She countered back, although there was more of a serious and concerned note to her voice. The young lady sat up so that she could look him in the eye. He thought about what to say for a while - trying to think of something to come up with - when eventually he sighed and he too sat up. He took his wife's hand in his, looked her in the eye and said.

"I have to go to war."

There. He said it. He hadn't wanted her to find out like this but he figured he'd say it now rather than continue to keep it a secret and possibly lose his bottle about telling her anyway. It was strange how he was not afraid to go off to the war; he was more afraid of telling his wife about it. As he watched her expression drop with obvious sadness and even more concern than was already there, he understood why.

She lay back down in the soft linen sheets to let the newly acquired information soak in. Maybe to comfort her.. Or maybe it was because he was worried - it could have been a combination of both - Sun Ce lay down and held his dear wife in his arms.

Her earlier thoughts of feeling selfish resurfaced. She knew that the country needed him. She knew that he was one of the best warriors out there. She even knew that he actually did enjoy that rush of adrenaline only battle could inject into his veins.

So it really did seem out of hand that she only wanted him to be by her side where she knew he was safe.

This was going to be a one-shot but its become more of a two part story. The next chapter is much longer - I think this is more like some sort of intro..

Hope you enjoy and thanks again for any reviews!

Annie x