SPOILERS: IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTER AS YOU READ SKIP THE INFO SECTION

Character Background:

Light armor/shield/one handed build. Can use a bow and is decent at magic.

Nord, brownish hair, short. Tan and semi-muscular but nothing ridiculous. This guy is no Jonathan Joestar.

Tends to be Neutral Good

Past is to be fleshed out

Character Factions Relations:

Supported the Empire in Civil War.

Leader of College of Winterhold

Went to the Bard's College

Leader of Companions

Destroyed Dark Brotherhood and kind of knows Thieves' Guild

Finished main quest and refused to kill Paarthunax

Pro Dawnguard

END OF SPOILERS

Important Note:

I do not own any of this stuff. All of it belongs to Bethesda, Todd, etc. This will contain spoilers for the plotlines of the game. Enjoy.

Somewhere between Solitude and Whiterun

The wagon wheel hit yet another large rock which made Tucker smack his head on the floor of the wagon yet again. He grunted with frustration.

"Gods damn it, why don't these things come with pillows?"

Serana looked guilty down at him from her seat. Tucker was sprawled across the aisle of wagon trying to fall asleep to help his wounds heal faster.

"Are you sure you don't want to take a moment to rest? We can hold for a day or two maybe."

"No, no. I'm fine. I just love banging my head post building falling on me."

"It fell on me too to be fair."

"Yeah, but you heal fast. I take a little bit longer."

Serana shrugged her shoulders.

"It's really okay if you want to stop. We're almost to Whiterun. Don't you have a house there? Actually, don't you have a house in every city?"

Tucker tried to position himself so the sun wasn't bearing directly down on him while still being able to talk to Serana. He failed.

"Technically, only five out of the four hold capitals. But those are houses are mainly so that my housecarls have somewhere to stay other than the keeps."

"Oh, how wrong of me. I forgot that you have all those houses for charity and never use them yourself." Serana said with a raised eyebrow.

Tucker managed to flash a cocky grin at her.

"Okay, so there are some side benefits to being a thane in every hold. Is it so wrong that I get a few luxuries for my noble service to the people of Skyrim."

"When you feel you have to tell everybody you meet that you have a house in every major city, yes."

Tucker narrowed his eyes at her for a half second before closing his eyes once more in a desperate attempt to avoid the world that was far too bright today.

"Ugh. I think I finally know how you feel. This sunlight is killing me."

"Absolutely, it must be so horrible for you. It's just literally killing me. I couldn't even imagine what you must be going through"

Serana smirked to herself. She appreciated that he wasn't bothered by her vampirism. He was pretty much the only person she knew that happily made jokes about it with no ill will intended. It made things extra interesting and gave him more options for jokes as far as he was concerned. Plus the added benefit of having a friend with heightened senses, strength, agility, and a great appreciation for beautiful Skyrim nights.

Tucker let out a laugh at her comment, jarring her from her ruminations. It was a big booming laugh that made you expect a half-orc, half-giant to have let it out.

"HA! I do appreciate your concern madam."

He flashed a lop-sided smirk at her before rolling over to try and avoid the sun better. Serana's brow furrowed in worry.

"Really Tucker. It's okay if you want to stop for a day or two. We have the bow and there's no point to hell-riding to Fort Dawnguard just for you to die on the way or feint at the door."

Tucker rolled over and sat up a bit.

"Really Serana. I'm okay. See? I can even sit up. I just love to be dramatic. And I just want to get the bow to as safe a place as possible. I'll probably spend at least a day or two resting and making plans with Isran once we get there."

"No. Probably isn't good enough. You almost died today and you are not going to say probably then go dashing off in the morning. Promise me you'll rest."

Tucker could see the steel in Serana's eyes. A part of him considered arguing but he could see a bit of worry in her eyes. Besides, she had a point. There would be no point to charging into battle with the injuries he sustained. His bones were still mending and if they weren't properly healed he would risk dying within the first few minutes of a fight with a vampire.

"Alright. I promise I will rest for at least a day or two."
"Even if Isran pushes you?"

"Even if Isran pushes me."

The hard edge in Serana's eyes softened and she smiled at him. He smiled back.

"Good, you better not die on me any time soon."

Tucker smiled at her words.
"Who? Me? What would even make you think such a thing could happen?"

Serana rolled her eyes as he put on his most innocent face.

"I didn't magically forget what you did back at the temple."

"Oh, you noticed that did you?"

"Well when you scream "lookout," tackle me to the ground, and shield me with your body as a roof collapses the tackled person tends to notice."

Tucker awkwardly rubbed his neck.

"Yeah, that makes sense."

"You know that along with my dislike of the sun I have the side benefit of being a bit more durable than you. And I heal faster. You didn't have to do that."

"I know." Tucker paused. "I just…. couldn't help it when I saw you in danger."

Tension started to seep into the air between the two at his words. The only interruption being the clop of hooves on the road and the carriage driver humming to himself in a desperate effort to be uninvolved with these two. Serana was the first to speak whilst trying to stifle a blush.

"O-Oh, I mean ... that's very sweet, um, I mean kind-"

"I-I mean not that it was for y-you specifically. I just saw a comrade in arms in danger and jumped…. I-I'd have done it for anybody." Tucker awkwardly interrupted whilst fighting down a blush of his own.

Neither one of them looked at each other.

"Oh! Of course! Good, because I would have done the same. You just beat me to the punch. Um... good job comrade."

Serana awkwardly punched Tucker's shoulder which caused him to wince. Serana withdrew her hand.

"Damn. I'm sorry."

"No, you're fine! I should probably…. Uh ... rest anyways."

"Yeah! That's a good idea. I'll keep watch. And, thanks for watching my back by the way."

"No prob. Same to you."

Tucker rolled over to face away from Serana. Serana pulled her hood a bit lower and started looking around the cart as they continued to look around the road. Both desperate to put the awkward conversation to an end.

The carriage driver sighed to himself. He'd taken the Dragonborn on carriage rides with his other companions before. None of them had been as damned awkward as he was with this lady. Gods, if the Dragonborn had found a lover it'd be the juiciest piece of gossip in all of Skyrim. News of the Empire's recent victory and the Civil War's end would pale in comparison to this news. It would probably even beat the news of those vampire attacks and that Dawnguard lot that had just started up. What strange times they were living in.

There it is. Chapter 1. Hope you like it. Idk how to format this or where all I want to take this so for now I'm just gonna write it through the battle at Harkon's castle. If you have anything you'd like to say please feel free to leave a review or PM me or something. I'm hoping to get this to at least a few chapters/arcs long. If you notice any issues in the writing PLEASE TELL ME. I want to write good so don't feel like you're being nitpicky or mean. I gladly welcome criticism. Doesn't mean I always follow it though. If you want me to change Serana's name to Care Bear or example, likely not. But if you notice I'm misspelling her name or you think I'm making them sound like 5 year olds, I'll likely fix that. Thanks for reading. These notes will be far shorted in future chapters. Thank you for your patience. Have a good day.