Celebration!
UsakoMamoru Second Anniversary Challenge
Danika Lareyna
Frustration
He groaned, burying his head in his hands. A mountain of paperwork threatened to avalanche down on him from all sides as he heavily lowered his elbows to the desktop. "What kind of idiot would be stupid enough to want to be King of the entire Earth?" he moaned, one of many treaties dislodging itself from the stacks to flutter gently down and land atop his bowed head.
"As I recall," his wife said, gliding up behind him to pluck the paper out of his hair, "You have been complaining about our fate since we first learned of it, over a thousand years ago."
He tilted his head just enough to see long strands of her shining, gold locks in his peripheral vision. "And yet, here I am," he muttered.
She smiled and brushed his ear with a soft kiss. "Destiny has always been a harsh mistress; you know that as well as anyone." The Earth's beautiful Queen nudged him until he was sitting up straight again and lightly lowered herself onto his lap. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she gazed up at him, pride and adoration clear in her crystalline eyes. "And anyway, no one would trust a man that actually sought the duty."
He sighed, wrapping his arms around her waist and burying his hands in the cloud-like folds of her long gown. Even after all these centuries, he was still amazed to think that this angel could possibly belong to him. She giggled musically as he pressed a kiss to the base of her neck. "Promise me you'll stay with me?" he murmured against her soft skin.
"Until the end of time," she replied, burying her hand in his dark hair.
"And you'll give me kisses when the frustrations of the crown get to be too much?" he asked.
"And more," she purred into his ear.
Endymion grinned, leaning his forehead against hers. "Well then, I suppose I will survive."
Just before his lips met hers, Serenity murmured, "See? Fate is not so cruel, after all."