I don't know where I'm going with this but I suppose it'll be a drabble series (/cough meaning I need somewhere to vent all my fe:a feels or I swear I will eXPLODE)

This first drabble will be Chrom x avatar robin because smexy prince alert.

I'll also be taking requests, so feel free to drop a review stating which pairing/any prompt you'd like me to write ^ w ^

I don't own fire emblem unfortunately :((((((

The air held a tangy, metallic taste to it.

A storm, Robin thought as she got ready for bed after another tiring day of fighting and death. She eyed her strategy books sitting on her wooden desk guiltily. She really should be looking over their battle plans for the next day and checking inventories, and she did promise Lon'qu she'd look into his stats and how he could further improve his swordplay…

...but the bed that belonged to the Exalt and her seemed to be looking at her imploringly. Robin shook her head and grimaced, knowing she had to get some sleep if her thoughts were becoming that loopy. As if beds had eyes, her thoughts wandered. Wandered to thoughts of her husband and how she had barely seen him the whole day, and as she hastily slipped on her sleeping shift, she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist, dark blue hair echoed in their children tickling her cheek as Chrom rested his head on his wife's shoulder. "I missed you."

Robin smiled and touched his arm, warm and firm as they held her tightly. "I barely heard you come in. Looks like someone's stealth has improved by quite a bit… Chrom?" Her voice turned questioning as she turned her head to get a better view of the unusually silent Exalt. His arms loosened as she turned to face him, a hand coming up to touch his cheek and feeling moisture wet her fingers.

Oh.

It was one of those nights.

They weren't often, but whenever the young prince's walls fell, he made sure the feelings he considered a weakness were always kept in check in front of his army. Only his wife was familiar with them— of the long nights he spent awake, afraid to go to sleep lest the nightmares pull him under and leave him gasping for breath and in tears when he woke up, a tightness in his chest that could only be alleviated by gentle touches and soothing murmurs from the woman next to him. She would stay awake with him on those nights, running her fingers through his hair as he lay on her lap, a book in her free hand. In the morning, there would be some cheeky teasing from the older members of the army of their "nightly activities" that left them so tired in the morning— as if they hadn't slept a wink. But they laughed it off, exchanging secret looks with each other as Morgan feigned vomiting and Lucina covered his ears.

Of course Chrom felt guilty that Robin kept awake with him no matter how many times she said it was alright. But he felt guiltier about the fact that he was glad she did; without her, he didn't know what state he would be in.

Because on those nights, he would miss Emm so much it felt like a knife twisting in his gut, and the pain of her death would be fresh again just like that rainy day.

"Let's get you to bed," Robin murmured, gently slipping her husband's armour off and placing Falchion next to the bed before slipping in, holding out her arms and smiling softly even though her heart ached for Chrom. He sighed, a long weary sigh as her arms came around him, holding him as he did to her on every other mundane night. Burying his face into his wife's neck, Chrom allowed himself to cry.

"I miss her, Robin."

"I know."

Review if you wanna, requests would be greaaaaat because I am out of ideas atm.