Gwen watched from her spot at the window as Arthur and Gwaine galloped into the courtyard , picking up her shawl she ran from the room along the corridor , through the cloisters and past the guards past the council chambers past bemused servants and outraged looking nobles down the stairs and past the throne room into the great hall and out to the main staircase , she slowed enough to put on her shawl and burst out into the night to greet her husband .Arthur was dismounting as he saw his queen come rushing down the stairs , his smile lit up his face as Gwen launched herself at him , his little wife clasped her hands around his neck as he cupped her bottom she kissed him long and hard her hands moving up into his hair as Arthur took over the kiss . from behind them came the sound of laughter , the remaining knights had returned and were very interested in the reunion taking place in front of them . Gwen slithered down Arthur's chest to the floor and took her husband's hand into her smaller one , she smiled and said "good night gentlemen"and pulled Arthur up the steps . Arthur grinned at his men as he was pulled along by his wife .
In the warm chambers Gwen knelt beside the steaming tub and washed her husbands broad back she moved to his shoulders and couldn't resist kissing his neck , Arthur groaned and tilted his neck to the side. she kissed him again and stepped away to fetch the towel .
Later as Arthur's snores rumbled through the room Gwen left the bed to sit on the purple chaise Arthur had given her as a wedding gift . she was worried and scared, in the two years since she and Arthur had married things between them were perfect except for one thing , the biggest thing, the subject that was never mentioned by anyone ever , children .
The night after the second proposal
Even though Gwen had said yes to Arthur again she told him he could change his mind , she told him about the baby, about everything but he still wanted Gwen as his queen and only Gwen for his queen . As they lay in his bed Arthur stroked the faint lines on her hips and abdomen that were the proof she'd been a mother and he wanted to cry. His son had died and he'd nearly lost Gwen because of pride, if he'd listened to his heart or even Merlin then Gwen would never have had to fend for herself and his son would be here with them now , he decided that from now on Gwen would be his first priority the kingdom would be second ,he had to make the her see how much he loved her and that he valued her above anything else .
The day before the coronation
Arthur sat holding Gwen's hand in his recently reclaimed chambers while she explained to Gaius what had happened whilst she had been away from Camelot she responded to all of Gaius's questions even the most personal and probing questions that Arthur knew Gwen wouldn't want anyone to know about . But she did it for him, and later she submitted to the midwives examination , she said she wouldn't marry him if it meant he'd have no heirs she said she loved him too much for that .Arthur refused to see the midwife and ignored Gwen's doubts and fears .she would be his wife and he didn't care about anything else .