Disclaimer: Cheers to C.S. Lewis! I write to the glory of GOD, and i don't steal.
Lucy was walking through the woods, she loved it here. She finally had finished writing the protocol revisions and had given them to Peter for approval. He would have a fun time for the next day or two shut up in his office reading. She laughed out loud at the thought. Tumnus had brought her out for a picnic, and she was enjoying every minute of it.
All the horrid worries left behind, she was free to love her beloved. They weren't really so couple-like in reality. They just acted like friends, who loved each other. If that made any sense. It didn't have to Lucy thought. After all how they got along was completely their business. They could be romantic, they just liked to be private.
Now she was walking by herself because Tumnus had fallen asleep for an afternoon nap. She had woken up before he had, however. She couldn't just sleep the day away. She supposed Tumnus needed the sleep, though she couldn't imagine what he had been doing to be so tired. She reckoned that would come with more age, after all Tumnus was older than she. That never really mattered to her however; there were many other couples with wider age gaps than they. The thing was the species gap. Lucy didn't mind, they really were not intending to love each other, but it happened that way. Sometimes she had to consciously decide to love him, after all love isn't just a feeling; it's will. It started out as a feeling, never the less.
Aslan intended this, in any case. He had come to her in a dream. She didn't really remember much about the dream in particular, but she woke up with his face in her eyes, and his strength in her heart, as to what to do. Now she just had to keep the patience for, when she was a little older. Maybe they could have a long engagement, that would at least get rid of any possible suitors, those with any sense, at least. The others Peter would send away personally.
Lucy was lost in her thoughts when she heard hoof beats behind her. She turned to see Tumnus running to catch up with her. Lucy got one of her mischievous grins, picked up her skirts and began to run. She was running barefoot through the forest. The birds twittering above her. The trees swaying in the sunlight. Leaves flowing across the path in the wind; something was shimmering in the light over a small stream. As she reached a meadow of wildflowers, he caught her, but in their momentum they both fell over, and rolled to a stop. Tumnus was right above her looking at her in concern. Lucy just smiled to him showing all her joy. It was at that moment that he leaned down and kissed her. It felt like sparks were flowing through her body, and something in her stomach, just made her want to get closer to him, but he pulled away.
"Lucy, we can't. You know how much I love you, how much I want to, but we can't it's not right. It's not fair to either of us. Maybe someday, if Peter approves the protocol." Tumnus sat up, and pulled Lucy up to sit beside him. She leaned her head on his shoulder. That had been her first kiss, the only other times they came close, Edmund bounded in the room before anything happened. "Lucy, if Peter approves the protocol, would you marry me?" Lucy turned around to face him, trying to hide a smile.
"No, WHEN Peter approves the protocol, I WILL marry you." She was smiling wider than she ever thought possible. Tumnus thought, no knew, that she was the most beautiful being in Aslan's creation, and soon she would be his. She would be given to him by Aslan, to keep and protect, and may Aslan kill him, if he ever failed to do so.
"I love you, Lucy." Tumnus said looking down at her, with his arm around her.
"I love you, Tumnus." She said, both of them looking to where the sun was setting over the tree line. "You're, most definitely, the nicest fawn I've ever met."
A/N: Okay, okay, I'm sorry i took so long, but between projects, tests, drama (in both senses of the word), and a bad case of writers block, I've barely had the time to write, and when i do, i just can't seem to get back to Lion Hearts. I already have the first chapters to the sequel, and the one after that, but i have to finish this first. I'm determined. I will get this done. Thank you all for listening and baring with me. GOD bless you. P.S. REVIEW!!!! :-)