Title: Bed of Roses
Rating: K+
Pairing: Lan/Moiraine
Summary: Lan is lonely and goes and get drunk.
Lan entered the old and shabby tavern. He lunged himself in a chair close to the stage where a young dark-haired girl were getting ready to sing. He watched her stroke a strand of hair away from her face. The girl was short and very pretty; she had her back towards Lan. Then she turned around and looked up and met Lan's gaze, her eyes were dark. Lan drew a quick breathe, she resembled a lot of Moiraine. The girl opened her mouth and started to sing.
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
Lan leaned in and listened carefully to the lyric. He had been drinking so much he couldn't tell what he was currently drinking.
'Cause a bottle of vodka's
Still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
Lan closed his eyes and imagined Moiraine in front of him. She was smiling, her warm smile made him happy. He wanted her to smile more. She reached out her hand and dragged him with her, upstairs. She pulled him close and kissed him on the lips.
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
When he opened his eyes again, he was sure he would see her standing there. His heart fell, she wasn't with him. He ordered in yet another drink, and continued to watch the girl sing.
With an iron cast fist I wake up
And French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
It's own beat in my head while we're talking
Lan got mad, why did she leave him here? Why did she go alone? Was she going to meet someone she didn't want him to see? Was she going to see a man? Lan clenched his fists in anger. Why was he such a coward? Why couldn't he just tell her that he loved her?
About all of the things
That I long to believe
About love and the truth
And what you mean to me
Lan tried to sense her through their bond, but she was too far away. He could only vaguely feel her being somewhere far south east of him. He couldn't tell anything about her health or wellbeing.
And the truth is
Baby you're all that I need
Lan wished he was with her. To be close to her was all he wanted. He closed his eyes again. He envisioned Moiraine. Her dark hair, her beautiful eyes.
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
He opened his eyes and looked at the girl who was singing, he pretended that she was Moiraine. He watched her lips move while she sang. Her hair swirl while she was moving.
Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
Just to see trough this payphone
Lan squeezed the note that Moiraine had left to him before she left. He had been out training and when he came back she was gone. A quick note saying she had sailed to Cairhien.
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire
Flies me back to you
He had ran down to the harbor, but there were no ship going to Cairhien. He had thought of riding down, but she would most likely be home again before he reached the city.
I'll just close my eyes
And whisper baby blind love is true
Lan drank more and watched the girl carefully, she really looked like Moiraine.
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
Lan got up and asked the innkeeper who this girl who sang so beautifully was. He was told that her name was Tiana and that she lived in a room at the very inn.
The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Lan managed to get back into his seat, with some trouble but he succeeded.
Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend
The girl stopped singing and yet again met his gaze, she smiled at him. She cme over to his table and sat down. Lan bought her, Tiana, a drink. She leaned over and kissed him, to the crowds' amusement. She took his hand and lead him upstairs as she hummed:
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
A/N: "Bed of Roses" by Bon Jovi
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka's
Still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
With an iron cast fist I wake up
And French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
It's own beat in my head while we're talking
About all of the things
That I long to believe
About love and the truth
And what you mean to me
And the truth is
Baby you're all that I need
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
Just to see trough this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire
Flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes
And whisper baby blind love is true
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as
The holy ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses