I'm with you
Even after ten years since the end of the war against Grado, the King of Jehanna still hadn't wed, but the bond between and his most trusted man, Gerik, was a well known fact. None ever said anything about it, fearing to provoke the King's wrath.
However, whispers about the fall of Jehanna's kingdom for the lack of an heir increased day by day.
Joshua ignored them or sometimes he would joke:
- They already want me dead-, he would say, or:
- I'm not that old and they still want me to have a child-.
He never showed to care about what people said, but Gerik knew better.
Some nights, laying on the royal bed, Joshua would question himself.
"Am I doing the right thing?", "Am I a good king?", "Would my mother approve?" those were the most frequent questions he would do to himself.
He would ask to Gerik too, and would always answer in the same way: he would hold him, kiss him. He would whisper:
- Hey, I'm with you, okay? Always-, and he would take him slowly, sweetly, to make him forget.
And in that moment, when Joshua's mind and body would be entirely full of Gerik, he would think that as long as he would have him he didn't have to worry.
He would think about an heir later, when he would be older, for now he only wanted to be with Gerik.
Author's notes: hello! I'm sorry but this kinda came out very short! The fact is that I feel like I would ruin it if I add something.
I really love Gerik/Joshua and I was surprised when I found out that it actually isn't a very popular ship. At first I meant to do something happier so I don't actually know how it ended up this way. -Feeldespair