After a hard day on the Fields of Justice, Luxanna Crownsguard usually took salvation in the Institute of War's library. Almost the size of a battlefield itself, Rows upon rows of dark Rosewood bookshelves that were so tall she wondered if anybody saw the books on the top shelf. Typically she would see the same faces in there either checking out books or silently reading at the large tables they held there. Heimerdinger always had a fortress of books at the farthest right end of the chain of tables. Ryze and Viktor were always in and out of the athenaeum gathering more books than humanly possible for anybody to read in the amount of time they did. But today was oddly different when she visited today , she detected a different aura about the place. It was dead quiet and not even the daily drones were there today. She would have believed nobody was there until she heard the scratching of what she thought was a pen on paper. Although a part of her was scared to enter the dark aura'd place another part of her was intrigued to see what had made such a phenomenon happen. Quietly Luxanna crept into the library to see not only did this man have many books by him but to her surprise even the Hand of Noxus was studious. His verdant eyes skimming over many sentences at a time and his hand with fluid motion wrote many things down. His bulky structure hunching over the table. His rough exterior somewhat softened by his concentration on the books . Luxanna tried passing the strings of tables gracefully as she could trying her best not to catch the attention of the Noxian.
After walking down a couple tiers of shelves she got to her normal spot. Electromagnetic radiation section better known to civilians as Light. There wasn't to many books about it and most of her skills just came with straight practice and sheer willingness and experimentation it was better for her to actually understand when she read up on the subject. Lux was very good at bending light around her to conceal herself from any onlooking gazer but what Lux was currently having trouble with was the light diffraction around other object other than herself. Grabbing a book or two from the rack she head the way back to the tables but made a slow gradual stop at the start of bookshelves to peek to see if Darius was still there , and to her astonishment he was. His immense arm prompting his head up as he looked down and the many old and torn books that were laid out before him. He seemed worn out but very focused. Luxanna couldn't help but sit across from him a table away , inquisitive to look at the man that so many feared and others dreaded to be around. It didn't seem like he took much notice to her which is what Lux wanted but something deep down inside of her twisted as if she wasn't satisfied with the current situation . Instead of actually trying to read the books she had gotten she was more fixated on him ,with her dazed out a bit looking at the general she lost herself in thought . He brought his head up from his writing and met his eyes with hers. Lux flinched and brought her eyes down to the book she had been pretending to read, her heart was pounding so hard she thought it must be echoing in the large room. Lux trying hard to calm herself wondered why she even reacted to that. She was in battles and tough enough to face men like him on a daily basis. Struggling to actually read the words now her eyes wandered up to check if he was still staring at her and... he was. His emerald eyes pierced right through her , feeling a chill in her bones she just nervously sat there and beamed her ultramarine eyes right back at him as if a way to say 'Aye! This is a public place! I can read here if I want' to bad her body language wasn't the same, It was stiff and he could probably tell that she was shaking but she didn't look down this time.
"Are you having trouble?" He popped off in a rather irritated tone. She had his full attention now, his posture just screamed 'Hand of Noxus' with his face back to the stone hard emotionless face.
"W-What makes you say that?" She managed to stammer from her lips , her knees involuntarily rubbing against themselves.
"Because you have been sitting there for 10 minutes in a nervous sweat and haven't moved a page"
She crossed her arms and stuck her nose up in the air as if she were back in elementary and someone just said they didn't like her finger painting.
"Well for your information , I am learning some complex stuff that would take even the smartest people to couple times to reread to completely break down and to make sense of it" the girl now speaking in a pretentious voice, her nervousness slowly fading as her annoyance raised.
"Just didn't want you passing out in fear Princess, don't worry I can't lay a hand on you unless we are on the battlefield" he spoke with a snide smirk at the side of his mouth, picking up his pen and going back to his work.
Scoffing loudly as she glared back down, but this time she actually was able to read a sentence and capable of retaining the information now. It seemed that she was just too anxious to focus on what she came to do. She started to pour herself into her reading, the pen scratching being the perfect white noise for her until it gradually stopped. Unconsciously Luxanna tilted her head up to find that the general and fallen asleep on his work. She stared for a second just to make sure that he wasn't pulling a prank, but it seemed all his vitals signs seemed normal. Lux was sure she was seeing a side of him that not many could say they ever saw. Darius , Hand of Noxus, the military general had doze off on top of his work. Curiosity overcoming the blond it made her quietly slip out of her chair and take itty bitty steps over to his table. Books on books on books about the strategies of war, could this even warrant a surprise from anyone? She crouched down on her knees and got eye level with him taking a new appreciation for the warrior. His arms crossed under his head made her want to giggle, it was obvious that he was worn out but to think that he would fall asleep in front of her… 'how careless' she thought. Before she could even let a half smile crack out he groaned out as he fluttered his eyes a bit before fully understanding the situation. In shock that he would awaken so face caused Lux to lose her balance and fall over hitting her head on the ground. This made the cold man break out into a roaring laughing fit. Unsure what to do Lux stood back up but didn't move from the spot where she fell.
"Nice down there, Princess?"
"Is that the thanks I get for checking on your well being? I certainly will remember this"
"Does checking on my well being involve drooling and fawning over me?"
"Drooling? Fawning? Are you delusional?" She questioned him standing on her own two feet now, walking over back to her table and picking up her books.
"Maybe-" he uttered under his breath before leaning back in his chair but never taking his gaze from the 'Lady of Luminosity'. "Or maybe I know a Love-struck puppy when I see one"
"As if anyone could like someone like you" before she could even make another step she felt his hand grab her wrist and pull her back on his chest,bowing his head a bit to get close to her ear to whisper his next sentence.
"I think someone already has" his lips enclosing on her earlobe as he slowly nibbled and kissed his way to her neck.
Lux unwilling let out a soft moan as her back ached more against his chest. She felt his heart beating at the same pace as hers. Lux tried pulling her wrist away from his grasp but he just held onto her tighter. Her other hand raised above her , pushing at his shoulder to edge him away but he only grabbed that one too. Sighing in a mixture of annoyance and pleasure she leaned over pulling all her weight forward trying to pull away from him. Darius laughed as he held both of her wrist and she was now bending over giving him a perfect opportunity to pull her wrist back in a jerking motion and make her ass slam against his groin.
"I thought you said you weren't going to touch me unless we were on a battlefield!"
"A Noxian Lying! Help! Someone! Call the High Councilor!" He called out jokingly before he let out a dark chuckle. Slowly grinding himself against the blonde Demacian. He gently laid the front side of her torso against the table she was using to study, knocking all of the books she had neatly gathered in a pile. He put both her hands above her head and used only one of his hands to pin them there, still pressing his lower half against hers as he let his other hand freely roam her body. Lux struggled as much as she could but there was no way she was going to overpower him. Lux started to realizing she relied too much on her magic to escape this.
Her struggling only lasted for a little bit longer before she wailed "Having your fun Noxian scum?!"
"Are you going to admit it or am I going to have to force it out of you?!" He questioned her in his authoritative tone of voice.
"..." no response from the blonde but he could tell her body was shaking, but she couldn't tell if it was in fear or excitement. Was she wrong for enjoying this? He brought something out in her that she rather enjoyed the fight or flight feeling he gave her. Lux was trying to consider maybe there was something more than just little jabs and irritation between them. She knew they would never work out because of where they come from but the way he held her against him made her feel something she hasn't felt in a long time, and she knew it was something that perhaps she did want . Which left a sinking feeling in her stomach and made it turn a little. All the sudden she felt a crash of emotions. Losing something she hadn't even started to grasp.
"Aye! You listening Princess?!" he barked but her response was the same except this time he could hear the silent room now fill with hushed sobs.
He forcibly turned her over from her hips to face him, her rather cute face now had streaks of tears running down realizing that his hands were on her hips now and her hands were free to roam, his hands went down to her thighs quickly and held her down from there.
".. Are you alright?"
A lot of girls cried when Darius played with them they way he did, but never before did he feel this way about some random Demacian tearing up mid foreplay. The fact that he even asked her if she was alright was just a reflection to him that he gave a shit about this runt. But why would he? He wasn't much of a man capable of emotional or compassion, so why did it strike him hard when he heard those childish weeping.
She sat up a bit ,propping herself up with her the help of the table she was now a little closer to his face . His hand reluctantly holding her face and wiping the tears with his thumb.
"How weak" he scoffed in front of her face.
"T-this isn't how I would imagine this to turn out" she managed to croak out .
"Hmm?" she peaked his interest
"My first anything" she started to stifle her sobs.
"What does that imply?"
She sighed as her face started to flush. Not only did she didn't want to mention what she was feeling but it was also embarrassing being a 22 year old to even be without her first kiss and she dreaded that her first time wouldn't be as magical as she imagined.
"Oh" He snickered "Sorry I ruined it but now I plan to take a lot of your first"
He tilted her face up towards hers. "Let's start with a kiss" before she had time to even react he was already leaning down and placing his lips against hers. To lux's surprise he was being rather soft with her,she even allowed herself to press her lips back into his letting herself enjoy it a bit. It was strange to her how her body forged perfectly into his muscular frame. He parted their lips for a second.
"How was that? " she could hear the confidence in his voice, obviously not his first kiss.
She felt his hands gripping her jaw pretty tight but she was oddly really savoring this "Pretty good"
"Pretty good?" he sneered, prying her mouth open by pulling down her jaw some.
"Let's see if I can get a better score than that" speaking as if it were a game to him now.
This time his tongue invaded her mouth, his tongue slowly coiling around hers tugging it in his mouth. Her hands immediately went up to hold onto his shoulders to keep her from falling back or letting him possibly consume her all in one moaned into the kiss as she felt her tongue be tugged and sucked on, squirming as she tried to make her tongue match his. Darius could feel her rather stubby tongue trying to mimic what he had done, she was a fast learner he'll give her that, he was starting to enjoy this a little more than he originally thought he would. Allowing his tongue to be pulled and manipulated into hers ,he felt her grip get tighter trying to pull himself more on top of the rather small adult. Prying them apart again ,there was a saliva string still connecting their tongues.
" Want more?" He said in a self assured tone as if he already knew the answer.
"Do you?" she urged him.
"Do all Demacian's come this sassy or is it just you?" he pulled her mouth close to hers and her opened by mere reaction. Her tongue coming out of her mouth and licking the rim of his lips.
"Are all Noxians this pushy?" she giggled knowing she was leaving a mark in his brain where he would think about her later. She didn't know which was scarier the fact that he marked her or the fact that she wanted to mark him deeper. Her eyes gazing up to the scarred face general, she felt there was a glint of loneliness and sadness deep in those eyes and she knew exactly how he felt without them expressing a word about it.
"And this is the thanks I get for checking on your well being" He mocked her earlier sentence that she had given him before he placed a hand on her back and pressed herself on him while he kissed her lips and forcing his rather large frame on his. This kiss however was much different, unlike before it wasn't him showing off his skills but rather as if he had really wanted to kiss her. The kiss was so deep the little witch felt like her mind and thoughts were melting. Lux poured herself into him, her hand running up to his face gripping at his hair, tugging it back trying to put some space between them so she could catch her breath. Only being able to part their mouths less than a inch it was enough for her to catch her breath. Their eyes still fixated on each other until a bird came flying through the window and landing on Darius shoulder.
"What a terrible wingman." Darius smirked as he broke away from Lux grip a bit. A note was in the talons of the bird, Darius quickly yanking it out clearly annoyed by the fact his fun was interrupted but duty was duty. Swain's companion Beatrice, was a black raven that mostly never left his shoulder unless it was for moments like these. The note was contained a command from Swain demanding his presences at once. He immediately crumbled up the note and threw it on the ground, turning his body away from the little witch and making his way back to his table and picking up the rather large pile of notes he was accumulating and started to make his way out of the library.
"See you around Sparky!" he called out waving his hand beside his head to signal he was out of there.
Lux turning her back and watched him leave, leaning back on the table she was left with her thoughts which is the last thing she wanted to deal with. She wanted to be what happened just be a trivial thing but she could feel the burning desire he left on her. Her lips puckered with passion and her tongue twirled with yearning, she wondered if what happened even chipped into the ice stature that was the 'Hand of Noxus'.