Penultimate chapter of this, guys! Hope you enjoy.
The Funeral of Hearts
Romance and Adventure
Rated M
English
Daniel & Vala
Chapter Nine
Vala regarded the fireplace and the flickering, dancing flames casting patterns all over the walls as the only light in the room came from the fireplace. Feeling calm and peaceful now that Daniel was back and a full day of being away from her little, dark jail cell. Sitting at the foot of the bed, the top of the mattress cushioned her back while the floor was a little too cold on the toes for her liking. Fisting one hand in the towel, which was wrapped around her torso and reaching out the other towards the fire, she relaxed further into the bed and felt relief for the first time in weeks that she was finally going home. No more cold... No more fear and agitation as to if and when she will be rescued. She heard and saw Daniel out the corner of her eye, the door opened a fraction and he came in with the dinner he had told her previously about. The clothes he had brought in and put in front of the fire would be surely warm and toasty. As soon as Daniel leaves.
"Vala, you'll end up getting cold again." He grumbled over his shoulder and set the food down of the bedside cabinet next to their water canteens. "Unless you're going to tell me you need help getting dressed?"
She raised an eyebrow and melodramatically pointed a few inches away from her own face. "Oh, and here was I, the damsel in distress being the innocent one for once." Vala smirked and pulled the towel around her shoulders before standing and feeling the small pile of clothes left on the bed. "I was just about to change when you came in."
"Don't let your food go cold." He left her and shut the door behind him, sealing in the heat.
"I won't. Anyway I'm feeling less nausea. So, I will eat once I'm done here."
Once dressed, she followed him, food in hand into the sitting room and main room rolled into one. They ate in silence, the only noise in the room was either the blustery wind outside or the fire crackling in indicate it needed to be stoked with another log. Once she was finished, Vala eyes Daniel, reading and writing in his leather bound journal. She noticed he was nearing the end of the book and there weren't many pages left. She walked over and sat beside him, linking her arm through one of his. "One second, I want to finish this."
"Will you come to bed?" She replied, casually.
"Later, but get yourself gone if you're tired." He turned a page and carried on scrawling, not looking up.
Vala nuzzled his shoulder and felt him stop writing. "But you keep me nice and warm..." She cooed.
"Vala-" He closed the book and looked around awkwardly before once again turning his attention to the journal in his lap.
"Pretty please?" She climbed onto his lap and sat across on his knee, legs dangling down over one of his. "Oh, come on you have to admit we've been locked up in this teeny, tiny home for more then 24 hours and I haven't tried anything on with you once." Face dangerously close to hers, she kissed him on the cheek.
"We can't. So we won't and can you please move?" He moved the book from under her very naked and very distracting thigh.
"Ah. Ruined everything now, haven't I?" Vala sighs and moves her hand over his currently forming beard and hopped off his lap, pausing only to wish him a good night. "Don't wait up."
Only a 'teeny tiny' little chapter for you now, i've already planned the next one and it will be the last and hopefully a bit bigger than this one.
Season 's Greetings and happy new year from me. DCIPHOENIX