A Gift For You, My Darling (Susan only, please)(R)

[King Caspian X]

"I'm sorry." Caspian said again as the cry reached his ears. He kissed her forehead again and placed a hand on her knee as he had done before, slowly sliding it up her thigh where it stopped at her waist again. "Almost anything?" he asked, hoping that only Aslan would come out of her mouth, like it would from his.

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

"No apologizing" She said just as before, "It was wonderful and I'll probably cry again. But if I do don't think of it, just do it again." Her leg raised again and she put her hand over his wrist when it came to rest "Galen comes before everything," she said before rethinking her words and adding, "And whoever comes from this comes first as well. They are all that matters above you."

[King Caspian X]

"And Aslan." he reminded her, patting her leg tenderly when she moved it. He lipped the side of her face close to her ear, and whispered her name and then decided to create his own words, the ones that he had chosen to use so often, the ones that always gave him hope whenever they fought, simply because she was alive. These were the words that he would choose. He might choose more, but this little phrase seemed perfect for now. "Till Death do us part." he whispered and smiled, lipping her skin again.

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

"Till death do us part," She repeated and touched the side of his face. Always by these words she had tried to live, even when Lamont held her as his wife. But now she had come to believe the words were a lie. Always she would be Caspian's long after the day he died. And when the time came that she should die she would live in whatever afterlife Aslan gave her continuing her love for him. And when they were both dead she would find a way to continue loving him as a wife even in the eternal realm. "I always forget him," She said shaking her head, "I want to keep him above everything, but when the decision tears me between serving Aslan or saving the lives of our children I would always choose them. To see Galen hurt . . . " She wouldn't finish the sentence. He had already seen what would happen if he was hurt. It had snapped her when she had left him alone and he fell from his crib. Already, though he was only a few weeks old, she had failed him as a mother, and she gave him to Caspian and turned away from him believing it was better that he have no mother than one that hurts him. She closed her eyes tight and her grip contracted around Caspian's wrists. No more thoughts like this. Caspian is here. He loves you. Focus on him, nothing else. She listened to his heartbeat and his breathing and in time she let her thoughts go and her grip loosened and her back arched again.

[King Caspian X]

Caspian kissed her. "I understand." he told her. He didn't want to see Galen hurt. Never see Galen hurt. But if Caspian had to choose between Aslan and his son, it would tear him apart. He would have to lose his son. For Aslan. He might go into depression after that, but he would have to do it. Aslan before everything. His focus returned to his wife as she squeezed his wrists. Caspian rubbed her shoulders strongly when her back curved, and kissed it. "Those are my words, by the way." he told her. "You'll have to give them back."

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

Susan laughed a moment as she realized that he had started their game again. But this time she wanted him to play and keep it going far longer than she should. She couldn't help much of it. She was just so happy right now that all she wanted was to play and to fell her Caspian as he continued to enter her body in hopes that she would bear his child soon. She lifted her chin in defiance, but never looked away from him. "Make me,"

[King Caspian X]

"I'll tickle you." he warned, putting a hand on her neck where he knew she was ticklish. "I'll tickle you if you don't give them back." Caspian smiled back at her and stroked her hair gently. "I swear I will." he said again with warning.

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

"Nooo," she said playfully again, "that's cheating. You have to take them yourself." She knew he would either do as she said or tickle her anyway. But if he chose to take the words it would give another excuse for them to kiss, but this time she would hold him there and they would not part for a while. If he tickled she would squirm and laugh as she tried to twist her body in every way she could to escape him. The only danger to it was her injury which could open if she twisted to hard.

[King Caspian X]

He tickled her for only a moment and stopped. He didn't want her laughs to wake the sleeping Galen. Caspian thought for a moment. "Give them back." he said. "Give them back, or I'll bite you." he bared his teeth childishly, showing them off to her. "I'll bite you. Give me my words back."

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

She twisted, just as she knew she would, when he tickled her neck. Pain tore through her torso for a moment and throbbed for another, but was gone after that."I'll bite back," She teased showing her teeth as she smiled. "If you really want them back you still have to take them yourself."

[King Caspian X]

Caspian bit her neck, just as he said he would. "Give -them -back." he said between bites. He looked at her and chuckled, and then bit her again. "I mean it Susan." he said, grinning.

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

Three times he bit so four times she lifted her head and let her teeth meet with the skin of his flesh like a vampiress. "I know you do," She said nibbling on the end of his nose as though she were a mouse and his skin was a piece of bread. "But so do I."

[King Caspian X]

He smiled when she bit his neck. Caspian could see why she liked it so much. He closed his eyes, but opened them and continued their little game. He finally brought his lips to hers, stealing the words back with his tongue. "Mine." he said. "I've got mine and yours." Caspian smiled. "I win."

[Queen Susan the Gentle]

When he kissed her she took hold of the back of his head, pulling him back to her only seconds after they parted. She let her tongue enter him and kept it there for a while with little intention of leaving. When at last she pulled away she looked up at the eyes that gleamed like diamonds smiling, "That was because I felt like it,"

[King Caspian X]

Caspian smiled at her, nuzzling his head against hers. He bit low on her neck, a little harder this time, but not enough to hurt her. The man kissed the corners of her eyes sweetly and then closed his own, resting his head above hers.