Court Rivalries - Chapter 7
Both Brothers Present
Summary: A brother of a certian sergeant goes to court with fancies of catching a lady knight. Dom follows his brother to the escapades of court, hoping to win over his friend before his brother snatches her away, out of his grasp forever.
Disclaimer: I've said it before and may possibly say it again - I do not own any of the charaters in this story (apart from Thaddeus) or Tortall, or even the idea of K/D, so . . . heres the story.
Thaddeus sat gazing across from him at Keladry. She was rather pretty if you looked closely - she had a Lady's beautiful eyes and long lashes, nicely arched eyebrows and a dainty nose.
Acceptable he supposed, even if he preffered more curves on a woman, afterall she had Lady Knight status and would bring his mothers favour.
Frowning in annoyance Thad turned his eyes towards his younger cousin who was trying to get his attention, before replacing frown with overly cheery smile. "I'm sorry Nealan, what was that?" Thad asked politely. "Nevermind," Neal growled, biting visciously at his toast, scattering crumbs across the table.
"What was Dom like when he was younger?" Asked a nearby man. Guessing from his uniform, Thad took him to be a lowly King's Own member, possibly associated with his brother. Lips twitching in annoyance at yet another mention of his younger brother. There were no 'tell me about you, Thad's or any questions about himself, onstead he found himself flooded with mentions of Dom.
Feeling malicious towards his brother, Thad smiled slightly, letting spill on many embarrassing (for Dom that is) memories from when Dom was very small. When Kel became more interested in the conversation than in anything else that he had uttered since he had come to the palace, Thad felt incredibly irked.
Kel laughed and suddenly the double doors leading into the mess crashed open noisily, attracting much attention. Kel turned and saw to her joy and confusement, Dom standing there, slightly out of breath.
Thad's face contorted into an ugly mask of rage at his brothers appearance, and the look of pure happiness in Kel's face at the occurance.
Dom scanned the hall, ignoring the welcoming calls from the other King's Own members, and saw Kel, laughing at something his brother had said. Rage washed over him, completely un reasonably, at his older brother, that he of all people had been able to make her laugh. He made his way over to the table that Kel, his cousin and brother were seated. Sliding onto the bench beside Neal, he whispered in his ear. "Meathead, meet you in the courtyard after breakfast," before smiling and carefully ignoring his brother's pursed lips.
This short chapter is dedicated to all my reviewers, and especially opalshine, who has given me many useful ideas for this story.