Just a short chapter to start off a story about my Dalish elf and her romance with Zevran before and after the arch demon. Im still trying to think of ideas thats why the chapter is so short. Please tell me what you think.
Zevran watched her from the fire where he sat with the Dalish, she laughed when the Halla pushed its nose into her back trying to get her attention, she reached up running her hand down its face as she pressed her forehead against it. Zevran smiled he'd never seen her like this, she was so happy and carefree among these elves laughing as they shared stories with one another. He watched as she pulled herself onto the Halla's back the vine tattoo that wrapped its way up her left leg standing out against the whiteness of the Halla's fur, she laid her head against its neck wrapping her arms around it as it began to move towards the small pond on the edge of the camp disappearing into the shadows. Zevran stood up slowly walking towards the pond, the Halla reappeared from the shadows slowly walking towards him. He ran his hand over its back as it passed, the moon reflected off of the pond the only light this far from the camp. He looked down to see her Dalish armor laying across the rock, her head popped above the water her long auburn hair flying through the air to land on her naked back.
He ducked into the shadows when he saw her turning around to look behind her, the moonlight shining on her face as she squinted her eyes into the darkness. She laughed as Oghren belched behind her shaking her head and turning it back up to the sky staring at the stars. He could hear here whispering something but couldn't make out what it was, he saw Leliana walking down the trail towards them he pushed himself deeper into the shadows hiding from her view.
"Mayana?" Leliana called to her, she turned sinking deeper into the water to cover herself. "Would you perhaps mind if I joined you?"
"No not at all Leliana." Mayana called back to her.
Leliana slipped out of her leathers leaving her underclothing on and walking into the water. "I was getting rather sick of being stuck with the men and I saw you sneak off, though I did see Zev following you but he doesn't seem to be here with you." She remarked glancing around the pond.
"He probably wandered off into the forest somewhere, I'm sure I would have heard him approach." Mayana replied.
Zevran chuckled peeking out of the shadows at them.
"Have you noticed the way he looks at you?" Leliana asked swimming up next to her.
Mayana shook her head looking over at her "He probably thinks of me as just another girl… another story that he can tell. How he conquered a Dalish elf." She said waving a hand in front of her.
"I don't think so Mayana, its more… its, Maker I don't know." She laughed. "I just know that it's more than that."
Mayana shook her head looking back at the stars. "Maybe" she shrugged.
"I'm going to get some wine… Do you want some?" Leliana asked swimming back towards the shore.
"No I'm fine Leliana, thank you!" she called.
Zevran watched as Leliana walked past him after pulling on her leathers, he looked back over at Mayana who was swimming around in the moon light. He stepped out of the shadows pulling his leathers off deciding he would strip his underclothing off as well since she was naked. He quietly slipped into the water swimming out to where Mayana was.
"It's a beautiful night… isn't it?" he remarked as he got closer to her. She spun around the moonlight shining over her face he reached out tucking a strand of her long hair behind her pointy ear. "Beautiful" he whispered.
"It is isn't it?" She smiled looking up at the sky.
"Not the sky" Zevran grabbed her chin pulling her face back down to his "you" he pulled her closer to him.
"It's cold" she said swimming away from him and towards the shore "I'm going to get out." She walked out grabbing his shirt off the ground and pulling it over her, she bent down pulling her cloak around her before picking up her leathers and walking back towards her tent. She ducked into the tent throwing her leathers aside grabbing a pair of underwear and pulling them on before she walked out and sat next to Lyis sitting down and laying her head on him letting out a sigh.
Zevran walked up to her softly kicking her barefoot with his own. "Can I join Warden?"
She looked up at him following the tattoo that wrapped around him from his back and dipping into his pants. "Of course Zevran." She smiled.
He laid down next to her propping himself up on his elbow following the tattoo with his eyes watching as it disappeared under his shirt. "I like your markings."
She lifted her leg into the air looking at the tattoo "Oh thank you Zev".
"If you don't mind me asking, how far up does it go?"
She rolled onto her right side pulling his shirt up over her hip, he traced his fingers over the tattoo the vines stopping on her stomach just below her belly button. "It's beautiful."
"It hurt" she laughed. "What about you?" she asked looking up at him and running her finger down the tattoo on his face. "Did yours hurt?"
"Not much" he smiled leaning into her touch.
She smiled as she traced her finger along his jaw dropping it down onto his neck and letting it fall down his chest resting her hand over his heart. He put his hand over hers pulling it away and kissing her palm keeping it against his mouth and opening his eyes to look in hers. She smiled and brushed her thumb across his lips "Smile" she whispered tilting her head to the side.
His lips slowly pulled at the corners until his teeth peeked through, she slid her hand up his face brushing her thumb across his ear as she leaned towards his face his eyes still locked with hers as she brushed her nose on his, it took everything he had to hold back from kissing her and she knew it. She ran her finger down the point of his ear running her tongue across her lips Zevran gave in and caught it with his lips watching her eyes slowly close he ran his hand up the back of her shirt till it came to rest between his shoulder blades and pulled her against his body as he deepened the kiss his tongue tangling with hers. She tasted like the sweetest fruit you could ever find in Thedas, he pushed Lyis away from them catching her head before it fell to the ground rolling her onto her back breaking away from her mouth. Her eyes opened looking up at him as he pushed the hair back away from his face and kissed the tip of her nose causing her to giggle.
"I like this side of you" she whispered pushing his hair behind his ear.
"You're the only one who brings this side out of me." He smiled.
"Is that what you tell everyone who you try to bed?" she frowned.
"No my Grey Warden… Only you, you seem to bring a side out of me that I didn't even know existed."
"Really? I have to say I am surprised Zev." She said running her hand up his arm.
He laughed. "As am I" he pushed his lips back against hers.
She pulled away pushing him onto his back, he sat up pulling her into his lap tangling his hand in her hair and pulling her back into a kiss wrapping his other arm around her and pulling her closer to him as he gently kissed her neck pulling her head back and kissing under her chin, she arched her back pushing her stomach against him and tilting her head back. He kissed down her neck letting go of her hair to pull the front of her shirt down kissing between her breasts, she let out her breath in a silent moan throwing her arm around his neck and pulling herself up, she whispered something in elvish he couldn't make out before pushing her lips back against his in a brief kiss.
"Zevran I'm not ready to give myself to you, I'm sorry." Mayana sighed looking away from him.
He grabbed her face pulling it back to face his. "I'm just enjoying your company we don't have to take our clothes off to do this."
She smiled wrapping her other arm around his neck fumbling with his hair "I like you Zev, I like you a lot. But I've already been hurt once and I don't want to be hurt again." She frowned thinking of Tamlen.
"So have I my Warden" he whispered looking away thinking of Reina.
"I'll be careful if you are" she whispered running the back of her hand on his cheek.