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~ You were a risk, a mystery, and the most certain thing I'd ever known. ~

He woke up to the warmth of her naked body pressed to his. Her pristine face was mere inches away from him, her hair a dark halo all around. He pushed a few strands away and took in her relaxed features, the slight fluttering of her eyes behind her lids. She was still deep in sleep. Roan traced her cheek, the arch of her neck, the curve of her breast. Her soft skin called to him, as if wanting to be caressed. He pulled away just a little to take her all in, in all her naked glory. She was beautiful. And she was his. He was basked in a strange sense of accomplishment and it baffled him to no end; he didn't set out to get her, hadn't planned on it. If anything, he had barely tolerated her, wished her gone more often than not. And perhaps he had been wise to push her away back then, for Vivian complicated things. What was he supposed to do now? Abandon his path? Take her with?

She stirred in his embrace and big brown eyes fluttered open, still hazed by sleep. It took her a little to register her surroundings. Her eyes went wide a second later making Roan feared for a moment that she would run away, a faint blush already creeping up her cheeks to her ears. But Vivian did the opposite; she inched closer until her forehead hit his chest and clumsily wrapped one arm around his middle. His own arms went tighter around her and he placed a kiss on the top of her head. He was happy and he was in love.

He had been for quite a while now.

Laying there in the cot, limbs entangled, Roan wondered if he could find the exact moment when the little sky girl caught his frozen heart. A shiver ran through him as we recalled some of their few encounters; how he almost let her die in that lake, how he thought of slitting her throat and how he hadn't given her much chance of survival. And there she was, cuddled to his chest. How strange life can turn out to be some times... But when did he stop pushing her away? It hadn't happened instantly, not after she helped him cure the poison, nor after she she lost her friend. It had been slow, but steady and because of little things she did, her contagious positivity, the way she pursed her lips when she didn't quite agree with him and her relentless stubbornness. She was kind and pure and untouched by the harshness of life on the ground. With a sigh, Roan wished despite all odds that she would never have to change.

"Good morning." Her voice came out weaker than she expected, but lifted her head so she could see Roan's face. He met her eyes and his lips turned into a smug smile that made her melt a little more into his arms. She was so love struck she could barely think straight, thoughts just swirling in her head.

"Good morning." God, she loved his gruff voice. Just the sound of it made her hot and bothered. Roan stroked her hair with a gentleness that felt just a bit foreign on him. Not that she didn't like it, or it didn't suit him, but in the sense that he seemed to be rediscovering it, like putting on an old pair or favorite shoes. Closing her eyes again, she relished the warm feeling of being there with him. Had she wanted this from the start? There was no denying she had been attracted to the charming grounder that saved her life time and time again, but had this been her end game all along, to get in his pants? To make him hers? Was he even hers?

His hand was suddenly under her chin, lifting her face towards his. She looked at his lips first, then his eyes, his steel orbs softer than she had ever seen them. Did it even matter if she was his as long as he looked at her like that? Vivian inched closer and kissed him, her arms slowly wrapping around his neck. It started as an innocent little kiss, but with each bite of the lip and grind of their tongues against one another, it heated up fast. Her breasts were pushed against his hard chest, her fingers tangled in his messy hair. Roan's rough hands traced her skin until finally reaching her ass and squeezing playfully.

She pulled closer, wrapping one leg around his waist. His morning wood brushed against her inner thigh and she shuddered with anticipation. His lips broadened in a smile while still against her own. He pushed her on her back and with a swift move he was deep inside her. Vivian gasped at the sudden feeling of being filled up, of the perfect sensation of wholeness. His lips were back on hers as he moved his hips in a maddening rhythm. She broke the kiss for air, craning her head back. Roan's mouth was on her exposed neck in seconds, kissing and sucking lightly at the skin. A wave, like static, surged through her entire body and she felt her walls clench around his member. His thrusts became quicker, prolonging the sensation. She felt his teeth dig in a little too far as he came, but it only made her more giddy on the inside. He collapsed on top her of her, resting his head on her chest and supporting some of his weight on his elbows. He was still heavy, but she wanted him right there, his weight like an anchor she needed to cling to. They stood like that for a while and Vivian hoped he was feeling as blissful as she was. When he lifted his head and looked at her, she resisted the urge to just push his head back down. She wasn't quite ready to leave the warmth of his arms.

"We should wake up like this every day." She smiled at that, his words music to her ears. Had she always been so dumbstruck by him?

"Hmm, I have nothing against it." As she finished the sentence her stomach rumbled. Vivian couldn't remember a moment she felt more embarrassed, despite the fact that she did realize it was something completely normal. She was having a small fit in her mind, trying to come up with something funny to say when Roan planted another kiss on her head and rolled off the cot. She was about to complain, the absence of his skin on hers making the cave seem suddenly unrealistically cold. Her words died in her throat when she realized Roan was moving around the cave stark naked. It was silly of her to blush at the sight of him after they slept together, but seeing him so exposed, with no care that she cold see all of him, no inhibition, made her want to stare even more. And those scars, so beautiful and terrible at the same time. How come she hadn't traced them with her fingers yet? Learned their every pattern?

"If you like watching me so much, you should have said something sooner. I would've stopped wearing clothes all to see you make that face."

"Ah, stop teasing me." She flipped the covers over her face, but not before she saw him pulling a pair of pants on. She heard him chuckle and felt silly for acting like such a child.

"It's not entirely my fault. You're asking for it." With that, the sheet was gone, one second it was covering her, the next it was in a pile on the ground. She was naked on the cot, Roan smiling mischievously. "Come on, we have things to do." He offered her a hand and she couldn't refuse it. She was pulled into his chest and he captured her lips once more.

"We could make this a morning routine."

"Got nothing against that." He planted one more kiss on her lips, bus as he went to grab the rest of his clothes his eyes never quite left Vivian. Her face was still hot and she didn't even know why anymore. Her clothes were scrambled all over the cave, so she grabbed the closest items and flung her over her skin, so utterly aware of Roan' gaze on her. Why did he have to be such a tease? She couldn't really concentrate with him watching her. She also really, really needed a bath. The grounder's voice sounded through the small cave as she was lacing her boots.

"I'll go see if we caught anything in any of the traps."

"I'm coming with." He didn't argue and it surprised Vivian a bit. But she was hungry and couldn't wait to see what breakfast, or lunch in their case, entitled. They gathered their weapons and headed out, falling in step besides one another. She kept stealing glances his way, not entirely paying attention to where they were headed. She wondered silently of how much their new development would change the flow of their daily activities? Until then, it felt to her as if they had an unspoken pact, an agreement that help them both move on and face each day. She about to voice her thought when she noticed they were not on the usual path.

They had been only walking for a short while, only reaching the first of the traps. As she looked back, she found it strange that Roan didn't set the trap back after he collected the animals caught within. She thought for a second that she might have been wrong, after all he was the expert there, but she just couldn't find any of the landmarks she set to orient herself in the forest.

"Where are we headed." She was curious, yes, but more than anything she wanted to show him that she did notice he changed the rout.

"Oh, so you were actually paying attention? "

"Eeeh, from time to time." She admitted, thought it was a bit of a stretch. "I get a bit sloppy when I know you are doing it anyway... So, where to?"

"You'll see, we're close."

"Ok. But hey, I have to ask, there was an explosion last night and you came back smelling of smoke... What do you know about that? Did they blow up Mount Weather or something? " He didn't answer right away, the small pause only making Vivian more nervous. Was it related to where they were headed? Did anyone die? But who was there really left that she knew and cared for? No one.

"Or something... "

"Roan." She caught his sleeve and made him turn towards her. A half smile crossed her lips when their eyes met and she could see the worry behind his. "I'm really curious and you know that not telling me is only going to make it worse."

"The mountain men blew up Tondc." The information struck her hard. She didn't know what to expect, but that wasn't it. She had assumed, for whatever reason, that the skypeople and the grounders would win, their forces banned together enough to subdue the silly men under the mountain.

"Oh." It was the only thing that managed to escape her lips. Roan's brow lifted as if not buying her act of indifference, but was it really an act? She was saddened by the loss of lives, sure. But none of them were closely tied to her own, she probably didn't know their faces not their names. The Blake girl flashed in her mind, but was gone quickly. Vivian had only met her once, and while she had not wished the girl to die, she would not mourn her if it did happen. Who else was there? No name came to mind. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, questions forming and dissolving in her mind before she finally stopped to one. "Were they all killed?" She wasn't sure who 'all' was supposed to encompass. Some skypeople were still in Arkadia, so they were not 'all'. She was pretty damn sure that not all Trikru were in Tondc when it was blown up. Perhaps she just mean the people there in the village. She should have asked if there were any survivors.

"No. I saw a few when I passed by there." He turned from her, grabbing her had and pulling her with. She was again love struck for a moment before another question formed in her head.

"Why were you there anyway?"

"What?"It sounded a lot like he didn't want to answer and it only made her want to know even more. She could have dropped the subject, but Roan's steps quickened as if he could outrun the questions. She smiled mischievously at the prospect of making him uncomfortable. Payback was so sweet.

"You said you passed by. What were you doing there? It's pretty far away." He didn't stop walking thought. The grip on her hand tightened and it hurt just a little. "Hey, look, I'm sorry. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but slow down a little." In truth, she was dying to know what business he had there, thought now that she thought about it, it might have had something to do with his people and that banishment of his. It seemed to be one of the few things that made Roan close up to her. His pace didn't slow and his grip didn't loosen, but the answer made her dizzy.

"I thought you might me there." His words came out in guttural notes, as if he had barked them through gritted teeth. Not far from the usual way Roan's voice resonated, but distinct in a different way. The words and the meaning underneath made her mind blank for a moment and if he wasn't pulling on her she was sure she would have forgotten to walk. She swallowed hard as warmth filled her entire body and she might have skipped a few steps without realizing. She wanted nothing more than to jump into his arms and forget herself in the safety of his embrace. She craved to kiss him and somehow show him he also meant a lot to her. She did none, instead curling her fingers stronger around his.

There were a million things running through Roan's head, but all his thoughts would turn to the steady grip of her slim hand on his. It was such a small gesture and yet it spoke the world to him. He was grateful that she spoke no more of the whole thin, didn't make a big deal of his little confession. In an fairness, going to check if she had been in Tondc was nothing compared with the dozed times he actually saved her life. It was meaningless compared to those times. And yet...

The building came int view. Finally. He was filled with a different breed of worry and questions, but he shut all of them down. He was tired of second guessing and planning everything to serve a bigger purpose. He deserved a break from all. He was the closest to happiness he'd been in... how long was it? Something short of three years? He'd be damned if he was going to make a balk of good ground. He saw the uncertainty on Vivian's face from the corner of his eye, but also the glint of curiosity. The broad smile her lips were turned into made his own curve into a smirk.

They entered the structure, the ground floor completely empty. He felt her eyes on him ans he made way to the far corner and pulled a rope leader down from an unseen thread. He motioned for her to go first and she obliged. The perfect view of her behind as she climbed the damn thing made him curse under his breath. He was pretty sure he'd scare the little sky girl if he groped her with every chance he got. Or perhaps she'd like that? She had proved to be not quite what she seemed. He followed up the ladder once she was on the second floor and got up besides her. She took a look around before turning to him, amused smile playing on her lips. He didn't wait for her to ask.

"I thought it would be a good place to move." She seemed to consider for a moment, taking another look in the room and at the ladder at their feet.

"Safer too. Not as exposed at the cave." She took a step forward and planted her hands on his chest. "But a lot more space. What will we do with all of it?"

"Don't worry, it will have just one bed."

Ok :)) this is all over the place, sort f a small filler-ish chapter I guess... I swear I'll make it up to you guys.

Or, at least i'll try :)) pretty sure you'll hate on me a little for the next few chapters :))

Also... she ain't pregnant... at least not yet, cause I have some... ugly plans for her... let's just say the Ice Nation will not like her much... he he

But I was thinking of it... like another reason for Roan to want to make allies with Clarke and the sky people against the radiations... but i don't know, I'll see when I cross that bridge and depending where this season id going...

Anyways, Thank you for the wonderful reviews and Follows/Favorites 3 They mean the world to me *kisses*