Epilogue
5 years later

Clarke had been woken up by the birds singing outside. Spring was in full swing now and the many trees around the Castle housed just as many birds. Lexa didn't mind sleeping through their morning songs, but Clarke liked to see the sun rise and the trees bloom. She extracted herself out of Lexa's arms, leaving her wife's warm embrace. The sun was passing through the window and creeping all the way to their bed, casting a low white light on them.
Clarke easily found a robe to wrap around herself and walked on the cold new marbled floor all the way to the balcony. They had yet to place windows and curtains on them, but neither of them minded. It was comfortable at this time of the year when the air was warming quickly. It let a cool breeze enter their room.
Clarke stepped onto the balcony and looked outside. Their room overlooked the Castle's private garden. She could see many people traversing it, walking on the white stoned path with tools and heavy stones on wheelbarrows. Trees and flowers were already blooming, and everyone was mindful of not harming them. This garden had been already hard enough to grow back, and Clarke liked it that way.
Her attention was momentarily attracted to Raven, trying to walk both discretely and without limping, probably so she could hide somewhere with Anya. The blond blood rider was following just a few paces behind, trying to pretend like they weren't going anywhere together. Of course, everyone knew about them, but everyone pretended they didn't. They just waited for the girls to come forward about it which, by the looks of it, would probably take another five years. When Raven slowed down, probably because her leg was hurting, Anya caught up to her and helped her on a bench, shielding them from Clarke's view behind a large tree. The Queen decided to leave them be with a smile.
In the distance, the newly built walls of the Castle separated them from the city. It had been the first thing to be rebuilt, all the people's houses, cleared up from rubles and repaired. The streets, the markets, then the city walls. The Castle had begun reconstruction only two years ago, and Clarke knew it wouldn't be over for another ten years, at least. The only thing which had been untouched and still worked perfectly fine was the mines. The cemetery had been filled, and a new one had been promptly dug up. Everyone was back to work. Everyone was slowly forgetting.
Long toned arms came to wrap around her waist, and Lexa pressed herself against her back, hot skin warming her up quickly.
"Come back to bed? We're on vacation."
"No, you are. I'm working right now."
"Right now?"
Lexa pressed herself even closer, burying her head in Clarke's hair.
"Yes. I was thinking about building a school over there. Maybe rebuild the library too"
"And it really can't wait?" Lexa whined.
Clarke turned in Lexa's arms to face her. The brunette was pouting, the small scar above her lip even more visible. Her hair had grown back, and even though it was usually braided now they were loose, falling on her shoulders.
"Alright, let's say I have an hour in front of me. What do you want to do?"
Lexa's hands came to once again rest on her waist, while Clarke's arms passed around her neck.
"I can think of a few things."
Clarke smiled. She looked back out the window, to the ever-expanding Arkadia, then back to her wife. No one had seen the sight of war ever since the orcs had been escorted back to their mountains. All was well.
"Let's see what you got."


A/N: Hi guys! I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it! As I mentioned previously there is a spin-off one-shot focused on Anya and Raven which I'll be posting later this week, probably Wednesday or Thursday, so you can look forward to that. And now, as usual, I will give a shoutout to all the followers, reviewers and favoriters (?)

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