Chapter 1

"Cas…pian?"

Peter untangles himself from the sheets, flinging his arm to the other side of the bed to still find it cold. He looks out the window where the sky was still dark.

"Cas?"

Peter sits up, groggily wiping the sleep from his eyes. He looked around to see a thin light coming from underneath the door to their study.

"Is he still…?" Peter muttered to himself. He shivered from the cold air, only wearing a light tunic and trousers. He lit a candle and crossed the room to the study, the stone cold flooring freezing his feet, to find Caspian scribbling his signature on yet another piece of paperwork. The stack he had been working on before Peter had announced he was retiring for the night was finished, followed by another two. He was currently finishing the second-to-last stack and Peter wasn't pleased, especially by the fact that the new king still hadn't noticed his presence.

Peter slowly crept up to the desk and placed the candle holder down onto the middle of the page. Caspian's head snapped back to find an unhappy blonde lover staring down on him.

"Peter, what are you doing up?"

"As if you are one to talk Caspian, why aren't you in bed? It must be nearly dawn!"

"Well…I must have lost track of time, mi amor," tried Caspian with an embarrassed grin.

"Don't 'mi amor' me, and get to bed you idiot!" snapped Peter. "I can't have you wasting away, working into the early mornings, barely awake at the meetings, an-mmph!"

Caspian had taken the chance during Peter's rant to pull him down onto his lap and clashed his lips onto the blonde's. He smiled when he felt the High King give in, opening up to let his dark-haired lover slip his tongue in. When they finally separated, a thin line of saliva connected them and small puffs of air could be seen in between them from the cold weather. Caspian noticed how cold Peter was and wrapped his arms around him to keep him warm.

"Come to bed," whispered Peter, snuggling closer into the warmth. Caspian stood up and carried his husband into their room, settling him down once more onto the bed. He quickly put out the candles in the study and changed. Once he got into bed, he pulled his lover into his embrace, his arms circling the blonde's waist protectively. "I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too."

Hope you liked it so far. Optional rated M smexy scene in the next chapter, so if you don't want to read and end it here, totally fine, you're not missing out on anything. Reviews are welcomed :3 ~KurosakiMikoto