"Love you so much," she sighs, flopping the rest of the way onto him, once the tremors have stopped.

He wraps his arms around her and kisses the top of her head. "Love you too."

"Mmm. I--kind of have no idea what to do now, I don't exactly need to do cryptography any more..."

Snuggle.

"And in a week I know what I'll be doing with my time that isn't sexy shenanigans with you but I'm a biiiit at loose ends until then."

He giggles. "Library, maybe?"

"That's probably a good idea."

Hug.

Hug. "I'm sort of torn between walking so I can find it while you're busy figuring out the fountains and flying so the curse isn't tempted to interfere."

Pet pet. "Which reminds me - why is it so hot that I fantasize about raping you but I'm not going to do it?"

She considers this.

"The short answer is 'because I get raped a lot,' the other short answer is 'because I appreciate you going to emotional effort on my behalf,' the long answer is...more complicated."

"Hm." He pets her hair some more. She is very pettable. "Well now I'm extra curious."

"...I'm a little more than eleven hundred years old. I was cursed when I was in my early eighties. I've spent practically my whole adult life with this curse. And most people don't want to rape anyone, but I'm constantly getting raped anyway, but you--you want to, very badly, and you aren't."

"...hm." He smiles. He kisses her forehead.

Snuggle. "And I'm safe here, but that's--not quite the same thing."

Pet pet. "Mm?"

"It's--related, but it's not exactly hot. But I really appreciate that if I were willing to deal with the fallout afterwards I could just hole up in here and go a year without being raped for the first time since I was seventy-eight."

...he hugs her.

Hugs are good. "It's really good anyway. The thing I've got set up with Maran and Tarro is really convenient, and not having to deal with the curse--snacking between meals, so to speak--is excellent."

—giggle.

Snuggle. "And then there's all the unrelated stuff I love about you. Like the fact that you're going to make my little girl immortal."

Snuggle!

Happy snuggles! ~She's going to get her baby back.~

Awwwwwwwwwwww.

"Okay, clothes first, then library," she says, reaching for her dress.