Title: Lunch Is Served
Pairing: Pent x Louise
Word Count: 536 (w00t!)
Timeline: Before they left for the Nabata desert.
Summary: Louise insists that her husband take a break and have something to eat.
Spoilers: Pent, Louise, and Erk's past, I suppose. Also the Pent x Louise support conversation (of course).
Dedication: To Phantom Kensai. Because you asked for it. XD
Disclaimer: Fire Emblem is the property of Nintendo and Intelligent Systems. I don't own it … yet! Mwa ha ha ha!
A/N: Wow, this one wouldn't leave me alone till I wrote it. :D

While humming a tune from her childhood, Louise carefully cut the crust off the sandwiches she had prepared by hand. Though she was now known as the Countess of Reglay, one of the most prominent noble houses in Etruria, the blonde woman still enjoyed preparing Pent's meals herself.

'Thank goodness I learned to cook when I was a girl,' the gentle lady thought as she placed the sandwiches on the ornate plate with precision.

She had only been a commoner when Lord Pent had chosen her as his wife. He had looked past her simple heritage and "unlady-like" skills with the bow and seen her pure heart. On that day, long ago, he had smiled at her, and in front of all the shocked highborn ladies, kissed her.

Louise smiled broadly at the memory. Since then she lived for Lord Pent, her Lord Pent. It made her so happy to know that she was the one he loved and trusted the most.

'But sometimes even I can't tear him away from his work,' she sighed as she placed the plate of food on a serving tray. It also bore a silver teapot and two matching teacups with all the necessary condiments.

When Pent went into their mansion's vast library, she never knew when she'd see him again. Oh, it wasn't like he'd physically disappear on her, but he'd get so engrossed in his research that he wouldn't eat or sleep for days on end.

He was in one of those states right now, and she knew he would hardly notice the simple lunch she'd bring him. But she had to try.

Raising her chin up as if she was entering a battle, she took the serving tray and glided over to the library.

Without bothering to knock on the door; he wouldn't hear it anyway; she entered the large room and looked around. Books of all shapes and sizes occupied the ceiling-to-floor shelves that completely covered three walls. In front of the only wall with bay windows was the enormous work desk Pent used.

Count Reglay was there now, pouring over a large tome precariously balanced on other books. He didn't notice her as she approached him, or when she set her tray down on a nearby end table.

"Lord Pent, lunch is served."

"Mm," was his noncommittal response and he didn't even look up.

Louise sighed internally. This was his third day in here, and she feared for his health. Honestly, he was being a bad influence on Erk, who was also starting to pick up the habit of reading all day and night.

Looking at Pent's lowered head, she knew when enough was enough. Desperate times called for desperate measures.

After taking a few moments to adjust herself, Louise gazed at her husband's form again.

"Lord Pent, I trust that you are not hungry?"

"Mm," he said in the same tone as before.

"It's such a pity. I worked on these so hard."

The lady of the house assumed she pitched the hurt and disappointment in her voice just right because Pent immediately looked up.

And saw his wife in nothing but her chemise and skirt.

Research, and ironically enough, lunch, were promptly forgotten.

FYI: Chemise old-fashioned undershirt that women wore instead of a bra. In the game Pent and Louise's titles are spelt "Wrigley" and "Reglay" for some odd reason. Eh, I just chose the last one since Wrigley reminded me of the gum. :P