Epilogue III

Regarding the tattoo on her left wrist, she smiled thoughtfully.

A month had passed after the Aether was sealed away. It seemed that the nine realms were at peace in the wake of the Convergence, along with the end of the Dark Elves… However long the peace would last, she didn't know, and she imagined noone else knew either.

But, given the excitement that had occurred, she was grateful for the downtime.

"I imagine Eir is glad to have you home in one piece?" The other woman asked.

Roslynn looked to her as she was busy with her sketch pad, smiling wryly as she stretched while sprawled at the foot of her bed. "She was for a few days, but since then she takes a stab at making me feel guilty if I don't help her with things around the palace… That woman is something else." She replied.

Evelyn shook her head at the evident whine in her voice, erasing a stray line. "Sounds like she missed you. At least she was there to see you get your tattoo… Must've been proud to see you pledge your services to the throne."

"The Valkyrior have been gone for centuries, but I think it's what my mother would have wanted." Roslynn said thoughtfully as she stared up at the high ceiling, lifting her wrist to look on the geometric tattoo that was a few shades darker than her skin tone. She looked at the brunette and wondered, "You never said what it was you were drawing."

Evelyn started to answer before looking up as someone knocked on one of her doors, eyes softening as a familiar demigod poked his head in to find them present. "You've been gone a while." She greeted him as he stepped into the room.

"I was speaking with my father," Thor explained as he looked to his fellow blonde with a rather expectant look on his face. "Rosie?" He gestured slightly to the doors.

"For the record, I was here first. Also, I don't think it's bad for us to be friends, after all the shit that's happened." Roslynn defended coolly, ignoring his gesture.

Thor rolled his eyes as said woman laughed quietly, "Glad as I am that you pledged your services to the throne, is it too much to ask for a moment alone with my girlfriend?"

Roslynn held stares with him for a moment before wrinkling her nose. "Fine, fine…" She said defeatedly before sliding off the bed and straightening, looking at him as she added with a purposeful toss of her mane, "You're pricklier than Bilgesnipe antlers when you're in the mood…" She caught the warning in his blue eyes and stuck her tongue out before striding out of the room, closing the doors in her wake.

Thor sat down on her side of the bed and took heart when the Valkyrie left down the corridor, exhaling slightly. "For the record, she's a sore loser."

"I noticed," Evelyn nodded wisely, catching the pout on his face and laughing, brushing loose locks from her face as she asked, "I'm not getting kicked out, am I? I really love my room, I mean, it's bigger than my flat…"

He laughed as well, "No, he's not cross with you. Seems he's glad for the matter with the Aether to be in the past… but he did offer me the throne." He added pensively, looking up at her from under his brow as she had straightened at the last few words.

"Well that's something. You as king… Hang on, what did you tell him?" She asked after shaking her head of any notion of celebrating his coronation, meeting his blue eyes.

"I said no, of course." He replied, seeing her brow softly furrow, elaborating, "I won't take the throne so long as he is able to continue his reign. It wouldn't be right, in any aspect… I told him that I'd continue to protect the nine realms for as long as I can, until my last breath."

She puffed at his last four words before cocking an expectant brow. "I'm sure you know well that you're not defending the nine realms without me there with you… Can barely commit treason without my help, anyway." She reminded.

His gaze warmed at her stubbornness, and he lifted a hand to push locks from her face, minding the curious light in her eyes that met his from under her brow. "Hence why he deemed it wise to have you as my companion, and counsel, for as long as the both of us can go on." He amended quietly as he lowered his hand to let her keep it in hers.

She smiled rather proudly, scooting closer to press her forehead to his, giggling when he pulled her against him. Heat traveled up her neck when he rolled her onto her back, and she lifted her hands to push on his shoulders before flipping him onto his back instead. "Is it customary to celebrate for a whole week after winning a battle?" She asked with another giggle at the confused look that momentarily adorned his bearded face, sitting back on her heels as she looked on him.

Regarding the happy brightening in her stare even though a week ago he would've seen her blushing like mad at straddling his waist, Thor smiled playfully. "I haven't heard a complaint yet…" He hummed as his hands had memorized where her hips were, blue meeting green.

ok yes, they did it. see? i'm not as much of a troll as you thought! :)