A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews and the likes and reblogs on tumblr. :) They are all very much appreciated. This is a missing scene fic.

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Disclaimer: Not mine. All Reign characters belong to Laurie McCarthy and Stephanie Sengupta and The CW. I'm just playing with them.

K is for Kindness

It was a few weeks into their marriage and Kenna had just retrieved Bash's ring from Penelope. Having agreed to try, they were now sleeping in the same bed, though both were strenuously keeping to their side, leading to the inability to relax and sleep well. They had shared their first kisses earlier that night and this change in their relationship brought new tension in their sleeping arrangements. Upon waking again and no amount of tossing or turning had yielded sleep, Kenna decided to leave the warm bed and take a walk to clear her head.

The click of the shutting door woke Bash from his sleep. Turning to Kenna's side of the bed, he found it empty, though the bedclothes were still warm indicating that she had just left. It wasn't the first time that Kenna had left their bed in the middle of the night. She was likely going to the balcony nearby to think. He had found her there the last time when she didn't return after an hour. Just as he was about to go back to sleep, Bash noticed that she had forgotten her cloak and the nights were still chilly.

Quickly throwing some clothes and boots on, he took her cloak with him in search of his wife.

Within a five minutes, he found her shivering by the balcony in just her nightgown, her breath condensing in the cold, sharp air, lost in thought. "You'll catch your death in this cold," he said, holding out her cloak while he approached her.

"Bash!" Kenna turned to find her husband offering her warmth. "What are you doing out of bed?" Bash was kindness itself. He had urged them to try and he didn't push or take what was rightfully his. Now he came looking for her yet again, concerned for her health and comfort.

"I could ask the same of you," he said, enveloping her in her cloak and helping her gain warmth by rubbing her arms to generate heat and in the end, holding her against him with his cloak wrapped around them so that she could gain warmth from his own body.

"I couldn't sleep," she said, looking up at him. "I didn't want to wake you with my tossing and turning. There was no point in both of us being unable to sleep." Being so close to her husband meant that she couldn't help but place her hands on his chest and she fought a desire to reach up and kiss him.

"I know why you can't sleep," he said gently, deciding to broach the elephant in the room. "Now that we're sleeping in the same bed, you're worried that you'll encroach on my side in your sleep. You know you don't have to maintain the boundary." Leaning closer, so that their breaths were intermingling, he added, "You're my wife, we don't have to maintain any boundaries between us." She looked at him and moved slightly closer. He then closed the gap and kissed her.

After the kiss, Bash wanted more than anything to take her to bed and make love to her. Certainly portions of his anatomy were starting to show their support, but he knew that her experience in those matters weren't always good and he didn't want to push her to move any faster than she wanted. "So, shall we return to bed and get some sleep before the morning?"

Feeling better about the whole thing, Kenna just nodded.

The both fell asleep soon after returning to bed, no longer worried about boundaries and woke up in each other's embrace when the morning arrived.

A/N2: Thank you for reading. Sorry about the lag in posting, life is still busy. :( Thank you so much to my regular reviewers. Not sure what I would do without you. Would also love to hear from those of you who have favorited or followed the story, if you have a moment to spare! Even a word or two would make my day and feed my soul! :)

If anyone is interested in a continuation of any of these chapters, please let me know as some had to be ended rather abruptly to keep to the word count limit. I will start posting those after the end of this fic.

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