A/n- Something a bit different today, a Fodlan couple! This takes place during Part 2 sometime after Petra and Linhardt's A+ support. Pretty sure it could happen in any of the four routes as well! Enjoy!

The Commission Files- File #686 The Language of Love

Characters: Linhardt, Petra

Based on: a commission by lueduar_ on Twitter

Linhardt was sitting on the pier attached to the lake at Garreg Mach Monastery, legs over the edge and fishing pole in his hand. He had the day off from any army duties and he had already gotten in some Crest studies so he decided to relax with a spot of fishing. It was slow going today, but that's how he liked it. But things couldn't be quiet forever and eventually someone who wanted to talk to him found him and interrupted his free time.

"Oh, there you are Linhardt, I was all over looking for you." Petra commented as she sat down next to Linhardt on the pier. "I'm guessing I should have looked here earlier, but sometimes I am forgetting you enjoy fishing."

"Yes, it's something that I don't really talk about with many people, so it's understandable." Linhardt noted. He wasn't too annoyed, Petra was a close friend of his and many of their conversations together were quite fulfilling. "So, why is it that you were looking for me Petra?"

"I am needing your wisdom once again Linhardt." Petra told him directly, which he appreciated. "There is someone that I'm needing to have an important conversation with, but it is with what you would call a delicate topic. As you know I am a very direct speaker, but I am fearing that I will be too direct and scare the person off."

"So you need to find a way to say it delicately?" Linhardt asked to confirm her intentions.

"Yes, exactly." Petra confirmed.

"Well, I'm sorry to say this Petra, but I don't think I have this kind of wisdom that you are looking for." Linhardt admitted. "I am a very direct speaker as well, and I don't really mind if I scare people off with my words, so I've never practiced being delicate."

"Hmm, you are having a good point Linhardt." Petra mused. "You are very direct in your speaking, and I appreciate that from you. Do you have any advice at all you could give me about my issue?"

"Well, let me ask you a question." Linhardt replied. "Is this person you want to talk to a friend or a stranger?"

"Oh, they are a very close friend, but I've never talked to them about this subject before." Petra answered. "Why does that matter?"

"Because if they are a close friend, then it shouldn't matter if you are too direct or not." Linhardt explained. "Friends understand you better than strangers, so I would be confident that your friend would understand your meaning no matter how direct you are. In fact, if they are as close as you say I'd be even more direct so they don't misunderstand your feelings."

"Your words have wisdom as always Linhardt." Petra replied as she pondered his words. "I think I will ponder on them some more. Thank you for taking time away from your fishing to help me out."

"Of course Petra, you are a very close friend of mine, I'll always have time to help you out." Linhardt assured her.

"You are a very sweet and caring man Linhardt, no matter what people say about you." Petra added before quickly kissing Linhardt on the cheek and getting up and walking away. Linhardt was a little shocked from the action, so shocked that he really couldn't respond until after Petra was too far away to call back.

"Petra is as fascinating as ever." He said to himself as he could feel his heart beating just a bit faster than usual. "I wonder who this friend of hers is and what she would call a delicate issue? I should have asked before she left. Ah well, I'm sure she'll tell me about it later." If only he knew. Either way he finished up with his fishing and then went about the rest of his day as he pleased, napping when he felt like it and reading some books when he felt like it as well. Eventually it came to be time for dinner so he made his way to the mess hall. He usually ate with Caspar and they compared how their days went, but it looked like Byleth was eating with him and Felix so he decided just to eat by himself. Linhardt didn't mind it, at least he wouldn't have to worry about Caspar choking on his food. About halfway through his meal though Petra came up to him once again wanting to speak with him.

"Linhardt, I am needing to speak with you privately about something." She stated. "Will you come to my room after you are done eating your meal?"

"Yes, of course, it sounds important from your tone." Linhardt replied. He figured it might be a follow up to their discussion earlier and he was still curious about what could have happened. "I think it should only take me ten more minutes to eat, fifteen at the most."

"I can be waiting that long." Petra assured him. "Thank you Linhardt, I know I've been bothering you a lot today."

"No need to apologize Petra, I'd tell you plainly if you were being annoying." Linhardt assured her back.

"Very well, I'll be seeing you shortly then." Petra replied before leaving to go prepare for their 'conversation' she was planning. Linhardt continued to eat at his normal pace and he was finished in the time frame he had set out to Petra. After giving his dishes over to get cleaned he leisurely strolled over to where Petra's room was and when he got there he knocked on her door.

"Petra, it's me, can I come in?" He asked loud enough to be heard.

"Yes, please be coming in!" Petra called back. "But be making sure you close the door behind you."

"Of course, don't want anyone barging in on us." Linhardt noted as he entered the doorway and turned towards the door to make sure it was closed. "So what was it that you wanted to talk abou-?" As Linhardt turned to face the rest of the room he saw Petra sitting on her bed, but the only thing she was wearing was a purple pair of panties and nothing else. Her chest was out and open for him to see and if he was a little less in shock Linhardt might have covered his eyes, but he couldn't.

"I am guessing from your silence that you are liking what you see?" Petra teased him. For just a moment Linhardt still didn't know what to say, but something came to him quick enough to not make him look completely dumbfounded.

"I'd say it's more from the shock of the whole situation more than anything." Linhardt admitted. "But I won't lie and say you don't look very attractive Petra. Though if you needed more time to get dressed for bed, I would have waited."

"Silly Linhardt, I wanted you to see me like this." Petra teased him some more. "Besides, this is what you told me to do with your advice."

"I don't follow." Linhardt noted. "When did I tell you to do this exactly?"

"Earlier today. You told me to be very direct with how I spoke about the delicate issue I asked you about." Petra explained. "You are the friend I wanted to talk to Linhardt. I have recently realized that I have been becoming attracted to you and that I would like to change our relationship from being just friends to something more romantic." It was with this information that things started to fall in place for Linhardt and he knew what was going on.

"That makes everything much more clear." He commented. "I can see why you'd be worried about being too direct about it, but I think you're still lucky it's me you wanted to talk to, I don't think many other guys would have taken this surprise too well."

"That is why I am being attracted to you though Linhardt, you are not like most other men of Fodlan." Petra noted. "You don't care about things like status or how people say things, and I think you and I make a very balanced and effective couple, covering each other's weaknesses well."

"I won't argue with that." Linhardt commented before realizing something. "Do you mind if I take my clothes off as well, I feel a little overdressed for this situation."

"Of course, that is the point of this meeting is it not?" Petra teased him some more. So Linhardt stripped down to just his underwear as well and joined Petra in her bed. "Well, I've said what I would like to say, so how do you feel Linhardt?"

"Well, now that the initial shock of seeing you half naked has worn off." Linhardt replied with a bit of snark. "I guess I have a few questions. When you say you want our relationship to be more romantic, do you mean in purely a sexual fashion or do you want to attempt courting and become an official couple?"

"I am wanting to try to become an official couple." Petra confirmed. "If everything goes well I would like to be taking you back to Brigid as my husband."

"I see." Linhardt pondered. "Well I'll admit that I've come to see you as a bit more than just a friend over the years and I would be willing to put some effort into seeing if we are a compatible couple. You are and always have been such a fascinating person to me Petra, in a good way of course. You're so much more intelligent than people give you credit for and your work ethic even gets me wanting to get up and do more sometimes, not even Caspar can do that most of the time. So I accept your offer of wanting to try and see if we can be a couple. Besides, I don't really have that many ties to Fodlan, I think Brigid would be a nice place to live."

"You are making me blush Linhardt." Petra noted after he said that. "But that is wonderful news!"

"There is just one thing I need to note." Linhardt continued. "As you know Caspar is my best friend, but what you might not know is that he and I sort of have this sort of casual sexual relationship going on. Would you want me to stop that or is that something you'd be okay with me continuing with him."

"I was sensing something a bit more between the two of you." Petra admitted. "I would say as long as it is just Caspar then it would be fine, he could even join us if you're both interested in that."

"I'd have to talk to him about it, but okay." Linhardt replied. "Thank you for understanding, Caspar has always been there for me and I don't want to leave him hanging like that. And if there is anyone you have a situation with I'm fine with that as well."

"No, there is no one I currently have a situation with, but I appreciate your acceptance if there was." Petra told him. "Now, if that is all the talking done, do you think we can move on to the action part?"

"Sure, if you want to." Linhardt noted. "I should let you know though, it takes me a bit of time to get started, kind of like when we're out fighting, but once I get going I can go for a while."

"I am liking the sound of that Linhardt." Petra replied with a smirk. "But do not thinking you will be getting the best of me because of your experience with Caspar. A future queen of Brigid must know how to please her husband and I've been studying very much ever since I realized how I felt."

"Oh, you have, have you?" Linhardt smirked back. "Then show me what you've got."

What proceeded was probably the longest, loudest, and most passionate night of sex that was ever had at Garreg Mach, and that's saying something. Like Linhardt noted, it took him a bit to get started, but once he did his weird sleep schedule and the energy he always seemed to have for things that interested him kicked in and he was easily able to go round after round with Petra who had her own well of endless energy. Petra was even right about them being compliments to each other, even in this way. Linhardt had the skill and experience to pass on to Petra and Petra had the body and control to twist and contort into any position Linhardt thought up. As weird as it might have seemed to outside viewers it really did help solidify their relationship they wanted to start, seeing just how well they could mesh together in something they've never tried together before. But, as with all good things, they had to eventually slow down and stop. But not before getting a little more action in.

"Linhardt, I am not thinking I can have another orgasm tonight." Petra breathed before she eyed Linhardt's dick still erect. "How are you still able to stand like that?"

"I have no idea." Linhardt breathed back. "I think it might be my last one as well though, if you'd be willing to get me off one last time I think we can finally go to sleep."

"Oh, I am very willing." Petra assured him. "How are you wanting me to do it?" Linhardt thought about it for a moment before he laid on his back on the bed.

"I would like to suck on your breast while you use your hand to get me off." Linhardt stated.

"Kind of like a child would to fall asleep." Petra commented. "Heh, very well Linhardt." So she crawled around on the bed until she was in a position where Linhardt could put his mouth on her breast and she could put her hand on his dick. Linhardt slowly started to lick around her nipple before opening his mouth wide to take as much of it in as he could. "That is actually feeling good Linhardt, keep doing that." Linhardt nodded and continued going just as he was.

While he was doing that Petra was jerking her hand up and down his shaft, slowly picking up speed and rubbing all the spots that she had found were a little sensitive during their little marathon session. Eventually Linhardt raised his free hand up and started playing with Petra's other breast and she was happy that even though the point was to get him off that he was trying to take care of her as well.

"I can feel your shaft starting to pulse Linhardt, are you close?" Petra asked after awhile, but she didn't get an answer. Linhardt just continued to suck on her breast like a child. She figured he was just tired and losing energy, which was correct. She quickly ramped up the speed on her hand even more so he wouldn't fall asleep before he orgasmed, but it was a bit too late. As soon as Linhardt's seed started to spurt out of his tip his mouth fell away from her breast and she could hear him snoring as he usually did when he slept.

"Same old Linhardt, always sleeping at the weirdest times." Petra said to herself, but she was smiling because he had shown her a good time and she had gotten what she wanted out of this night, a new start to a romantic relationship with someone she cared about a respected as an equal. "Well, I'll clean you off and then we can be cuddling. I'm sure you'll have your head between my chest eventually though."