Lekilis and Elryn: Rest, Relaxation, and Romance
Lekilis Aelerothi couldn't be experiencing any more of a splendid day. He could rest and relax more easily these days knowing that his father had been acquitted of a crime for which he'd been wrongly accused of for three decades. His mother could walk proudly and comfortably among Furling society once again. And, he'd felt like a vital part of him had been missing for that three months. Elryn, the only elfwoman he'd ever felt the true and overwhelming level of romantic passion to the point where he knew in his heart that he'd be interested in her for the entire rest of his life. To find her alive and well, despite having mistakenly and heart-rendingly thought her dead so for several years, he'd felt that ultra-vital part of him wonderfully and joyfully resurrected.
They'd fallen asleep on the couch the night before, with the climate-field adjusted to convey just the right level of heat to keep them comfortable.
Lekilis had watched Elryn sleep, He observed her luscious lips curled into a slight smile from the night before. He could certainly wake up just like this morning and be perfectly content with everything. She suddenly opened her eyes, automatically looking to her left and noticed him sitting next o her, his hand having just affectionately brushed through her long strands of hair spread in his direction.
"Pleasant daybreak, my lovely and lively one" he smiled with a relaxed and heartfelt joy when his eyes met hers.
"A pleasant daybreak back to you, my visually-pleasing one" she replied with the beaming grin which always had caused his heart to skip beats.
Lekilis could only continuing flashing his enthusiastic smile. "Did you sleep relatively pleasantly last night, by the way, Elryn? I hope I wasn't tossing and turning around, causing you more discomfort after having to survive the first-rate-hellish setting that is the Erri Empire?"
Elryn laughed that specific melodious laugh of hers which indicated that she understood and appreciated the gist of his humor very well. "I did Lekilis. I really hope you did as well?"
"I did too, love, better than I have for the past lonely . Though I did have a hard time falling asleep after being able to know that I was awake next to you securely with your lovely arms wrapped around my chest. I just couldn't get enough of that wonderful feeling knowing you were back and here to stay. It was the most joyful insomnia I've ever experienced;"
"Oh, don't you worry Lekilis. I am absolutely not planning to leave for any destination even remotely far from you in the next few days or the near future. And I'm sure if any Erri or any of our other enemies ever try to abscond with me again, they'll be facing the full unspeakably-fearsome wrath of Lekilis Aelerothi. And my wrath too."
Lekilis chuckled in admiration when he thought about his other half's versatile and talented nature. He would always remember vividly how that day in the Erri Crown Prince's private chambers at the Diplomatic Meeting Facility, he'd ended up trying to resolve a hostage situation involving her and some of the Erri Crown Prince's Imperial Household Guards. Namely how to get those megalomaniacal fiends to release Elryn from their enclosed circle without them being able to inflict a single scratch on his beloved. Lekilis had been able to break into the Erri Crown Prince's compound during the events of what just might be deemed a serious political miscalculation . The Dark Elf Crown Prince, had attempted a not-unusual-for-him project to ingratiate himself with his father, the supposedly all-mighty feared and respected Erri Emperor.
He brought his mind back to the present situation.
He and Elryn had telekinetically communicated a coordinated plan to incapacitate the guards. Elryn had been observing the guards' fighting technique during her years in captivity, so she'd been able to surprise the immediate guards using her as insurance against Lekilis attacking them with his vastly superior melee skills.
"We make a really good team, Elryn" Lekilis commented with a proud but since tone. "You did splendidly incapacitating those three guards with your 2 strikes-each.
Elryn smiled a reaffirming smile, her greenish-blue eyes staring dreamily at Lekilis. "I feel as if whenever I've attempted to achieve anything in concert with you, I run into no obstacles in my way too obstinate for me to push aside.