Title: Back to Fin-Aqua
Author: Lady Taevyn
Rating: PG
Summary: Just over a month after the double eclipse D.G. needs to get away.
Pairing: Cain/D.G.
Disclaimer: Concept belongs to Frank Baum; characters belong to other more talented people. I'm not worth a good god damned so don't sue.
A/N: This came to me after part 2 but I wanted to incorporate the ending (as sudden as it was) and expand on it.
"Hey Princess; what's wrong?" Cain asks coming fully into the room. D.G. doesn't know how to answer him; because it's everything and nothing. It had only been a month since the double eclipse; and D.G. knew that the people wouldn't wait forever for justice to be done. Azkadellia had done a lot of damage during her reign, and D.G. was left with the cleanup.
"I really wish you wouldn't call me that. I'm no princess." She says turning to face him, her mask firmly in place. It doesn't matter; he'll see through it anyway. He's moved past her to the window allowing her to come to him now; and she does willingly. D.G. shifts just enough to feel the heat radiating off of his shirt and it strengthens her; and God knows she'll need that strength more then anything in the coming days and weeks.
"You should go away for a while before the tribunal starts. Give yourself a chance to get used to all of this." She looks up at him the question unasked in her eyes. "You haven't been to Fin-Aqua since you got here. It might be nice to visit your parents. I'll be with you of course; we wouldn't want anything to happen to the Princess so soon after she's just taken the throne." Just like that he has given her the world. She moves in front of him so she can see out the window, and takes the opportunity to lean into him fully. Cain accepts her weight (slight as it is) and wraps his arms around her shoulders.
"We can leave at first light; and we'll stay as long as you want." He says into her hair. He wishes he could do more; wishes she would let him in. They stay like that for a while; each taking in silence what ever the other is willing to give. Neither one knowing quite the right words to ask for what they really want.
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