Taking the gold and pocketing it, Ambarys snorted. “I don’t know why I continue to allow you to coerce me into these schemes.”
“Because you love me,” he tried.
“I like you; you’re a decent enough man.”
“Oh Ambarys,” Audric stood, stretching, cat-like, “you know exactly how indecent I can be.” His scarf shifted and the light was streaming in at just the right angle so as to catch on a pendant he was wearing. It glimmered, silver and noble in the light, its sapphires like bits of fallen sky.
“And I suppose this will be the first of many deposits?” Ambarys said dryly, lifting it with a finger.
As if stung, he shrank back, surprising the elf. “No,” he murmured, concealing it again. “This stays with me.” It was a funny, almost poetic thing, that this – the one possession he least wanted Ulfric to discover – would remain with him, in the palace, at times right under Ulfric's nose.
As in most instances, however, Ambarys was kind enough – or perhaps indifferent enough – not to pry.
Hello again! I do hope everyone enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it; Ambarys and Audric are such a pleasure to write together.
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"Divide and Conquer" Ulfric Stormcloak/M!DB, 10d/??
Date: 2014-01-16 11:22 am (UTC)“Because you love me,” he tried.
“I like you; you’re a decent enough man.”
“Oh Ambarys,” Audric stood, stretching, cat-like, “you know exactly how indecent I can be.” His scarf shifted and the light was streaming in at just the right angle so as to catch on a pendant he was wearing. It glimmered, silver and noble in the light, its sapphires like bits of fallen sky.
“And I suppose this will be the first of many deposits?” Ambarys said dryly, lifting it with a finger.
As if stung, he shrank back, surprising the elf. “No,” he murmured, concealing it again. “This stays with me.” It was a funny, almost poetic thing, that this – the one possession he least wanted Ulfric to discover – would remain with him, in the palace, at times right under Ulfric's nose.
As in most instances, however, Ambarys was kind enough – or perhaps indifferent enough – not to pry.
Hello again! I do hope everyone enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it; Ambarys and Audric are such a pleasure to write together.
As always, I look forward to hearing from you!