Cherish

by Vapo

30 Day OTP Challenge of Lon'qu x Lissa. Rating will be K for now just to be safe, though it may change later depending on the chapter and certain themes. Lon'qu x Lissa is the main pairing, though other background pairings may come into it.

1. Holding Hands

Chapter 1

Pairing: Lon'qu x Lissa

Prompt: Holding Hands (based off ericandy's 30 day otp challenge)

Set: A bit after their S support

After he proposed to her, she started getting a lot more touchy: not as much as some other married couples around, but more than most. At any other woman acting this way to him, Lon'qu would have flared up in a mixture of anger and uncomfortableness, but with Lissa, he knew it was fine when he was there to make sure nothing happened to her.

While them holding hands before brought back bad memories of his childhood, he knew that after what happened with the assassin incident, failure like that would never happen again. Lon'qu still wasn't as romantic as other couples: him and Lissa didn't kiss or cuddle often, but when they did, it was a moment to cherish every single time for both of them.

So when they were holding hands, walking across the small road outside the camp at night, Lissa took this as a chance for an intimate silence to appreciate how Lon'qu had warmed up to her. Had this been the Lon'qu she had known a few months ago, during his time as a bodyguard for her, he would have been reluctant to even go near her, in contrast to now, where any problems he used to have with her (well, women in general, Lissa often reminded herself) now looked like they'd never existed.

And like every other romantic moment with her husband, Lissa knew to remember it as long as she lived.