Note: In this fic I use spanish as Illyrian, mostly because I speak spanish, so I can, but translations here:

Yo te amo - I love you
Más de todo el mundo, eres el amor de mi vida - More than the whole world, you are the love of my life
Eres más importante de mis libros - you are more important than my books
Mi Nesta, mi mujer, mi corazón, mi amor - My Nesta, my wife, my heart, my love
Te quiero - I want you
Quiero tu cogierga conmigo - I want you to fuck me
Chigandos! - fuck!
Soy tuya - I'm yours


Nesta was still panting for breath when Cassian collapsed onto his forearms above her, their breath mingling as they recovered. Neither moved from where they were, Nesta's hands still grasping Cassian's hair, her legs wrapped around his waist, with him still inside her. He leaned down to press their forehead together, and Nesta hummed contentedly, closing her eyes as she pulled herself back together, Cassian's weight above her a comforting, protective feeling. Here, she could stay here forever, just her and him, she smiled when he moved to kiss her temple,

"Yo te amo," he murmured, and Nesta blinked in surprise, she recognized Illyrian of course, but she'd never heard Cassian speak it, "Más de todo el mundo, eres el amor de mi vida," she couldn't understand every word, but she recognized the tone, and a few of the words, but it was the softness in his voice, the way he brushed her hair out her face that brought the tears to her eyes, she let them fall, for once not afraid to admit how she felt,

"I love you," she whispered, and wracked her brain to remember the few lessons they'd had about Illyrian, when she'd insisted he teach her, "Eres, uh, más importante de mis libros," Cassian chuckled,

"Really? Are you sure about that, sweetheart?"

"Well, maybe not more important," she teased, giggling when Cassian gasped in mock outrage,

"You wound me! My own mate!" Nesta couldn't suppress a grin at the word 'mate', earning a matching grin from Cassian as he rolled sideways to pull her onto his chest. She still felt guilty about putting her whole weight on him, even though his armor probably, definitely, weighed more than she did, but she allowed him to pull her onto him, pushing herself up on his chest to brush her fingers through his hair, twirling her fingers around each curl,

"I've never heard you speak Illyrian,"

"We don't often use it, mostly just in official meetings, if then, and when we're elsewhere and don't want anyone listening in to understand, but occasionally, it will slip out, usually when my emotions are running high,"

"So I fucked you so good, your brain broke?"

"Of course you did, sweetheart,"

"What did you say?"

"That I love you more than the whole world,"

"Say it again, in Illyrian"

"Yo te amo más de todo el mundo," Nesta didn't bother to hide the flash of lust she felt at those words, "Although, if I knew I'd get reaction, I would have done this earlier," he whispered, "Mi Nesta, mi mujer, mi corazón, mi amor," Nesta grinned, "I think we need some more lessons," Cassian chuckled, "But for now, we need a bath," Nesta flushed, following his gaze along her body, to where their releases mingled, "Especially you," Nesta made to complain, but finding no argument, just huffed, and yelped when Cassian lifted her into his arms, carrying her through to their bathing room.


Nesta couldn't help the almost constant giggles that escaped her whenever Cassian told her the name of something in Illyrian, let alone when he tried to teach her to speak it properly, but slowly, she was learning. She knew he loved it when she spoke it as much as she did when he had, and Azriel was quickly tiring of her questions about certain phrases, earning her frequent eyerolls, but he did put up with it, so she can't have been that bad, even if some of her phrases were less than innocent. She'd made notes of every phrase she wanted to learn, to say to Cassian, and read them each night, practicing her pronunciation every time she was alone, enough that she remembered them the next time she and Cassian were left alone in the training ring after everyone else had left. It was her fault really, she'd caught him staring at her ass and had been taunting him since. She grinned at him as she finished polishing the last sword, making sure to brush past him when she replaced it on the rack, but yelped when he span her round and pinned her to the wall. She reached for his wings, not quite satisfied with her taunting yet, but he caught both her wrists, pinning them above her head with one hand, the other tracing her jaw. She narrowed her eyes, circling her wrists to try and escape, but Cassian just tightened his grip and pulled her hands higher, so that she was right on her tiptoes,but still having to look up to meet his eyes. She forced herself to take slow, deep breaths, avoiding giving away the way her heart was racing, her body begging for him to touch her.

"Yes?" She asked, her tone slightly annoyed, and Cassian clucked his tongue, wrong approach, "Cass, what?" She asked again, her voice lighter, more gentle,

"That's better," She glared at the comment, but damn if it didn't turn her on even more, "I think you know what I want, but I want to hear it from you," Nesta shrugged, feigning innocence, "Don't try that, you know what you've been doing all evening,"

"Do I?"

"Oh yes, and if you want it, all you have to do is ask, tell me what you want," there, that was her opportunity,

"Te quiero," she all but purred, "Cassian, quiero tu cogierga conmigo,"

"Chigandos," Cassian muttered, and Nesta recognized the curse, grinning to herself as she lifted a leg to wrap it around his waist,

"Soy tuya," she whispered, the rest of her words cut off when Cassian covered her lips with his own, his arm wrapping around her waist as he pulled her of the wall,

"Bedroom, now," he growled, and Nesta smiled to herself, success then, she'd have to learn some more Illyrian if this was what she was going to get out of it, she made a mental note to thank Azriel for helping her, but all thoughts zeroed in on her mate when he tossed her onto the bed, now, now she was going to have some fun.