Of the Fells

[heartofcourage]

"No healer wants to be in this position, Theo." Valentina murmured. "I was lucky that I didn't lose many people."

 

[KieranSoares]

"The only ones y'lost weren't yer fault, love. They were old 'r too far gone." He settled into the grass with her and brushed her hair back soothingly. "I don' know how I can make it any better, love... But I'm here if y'need me."

 

[heartofcourage]

"Just hold me for now." Valentina said softly as he lay back in the grass by the stream to hold her tightly against the thoughts that wanted to drag her under.

 

[KieranSoares]

"Gladly," he whispered, cradling her close as the sun drifted off to the west in the late afternoon.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina got the rest that her weary mind needed there in Theo's arms. She realized then just how much he meant to her and how she couldn't do all of the things that she had done without him. He helped her with Alex, with her surgeries, with her healing. He had very quickly become a very important part of her life.

"I love you, amore." She murmured softly, kissing him as she finally found the strength to speak again.

 

[KieranSoares]

"An' I love you, Val," he murmured before kissing her in return. His soft eyes loomed down at her with clear concern in the slowly fading light. But he didn't ask her any questions or offer advice. She would speak when or if she wanted. And no one had advice for such heavy worries.

 

[heartofcourage]

"Knowing the way that his world works and how cruel illness can be, I don't know if I can let Alex follow in my footsteps. He asks me about his Ma and how she died. He wonders if we might die as well from an illness." Valentina murmured softly.

 

[KieranSoares]

"It migh' not be a question o' lettin' him. No parent can really decide who their children'll be. Alex'll be his own man one day... An' if he's a healer, well... Th'best we can do is support 'im."

 

[heartofcourage]

"I couldn't ask for a better son. I just wish I could save his heart." Valentina said softly, knowing that he would learn some hard lessons in his young life if he kept insisting on following her as a healer.

 

[KieranSoares]

"I know, love," he sighed. "But he'll be okay. Just like you. It won't be easy, but he'll manage." Theo knew eventually Alex might experience the death of a patient despite his best efforts, or hear someone ask to be let go rather than kept alive in pain.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina nodded as Theo mentioned that Alex would find his own way. He was a smart little boy and she had to trust that he could make the correct decisions as he decided what he wanted to do in his life. He would learn that life wasn't fair and often cruel. However, Valentina would never allow him to suffer alone.

 

[KieranSoares]

As night began to settle in, Theo brought Valentina back to Monaghan keep. Sarin had already seen that Alex had eaten and she'd tucked him into bed. Shia was sleeping peacefully too, Sarin at his side. After checking on Alex, Theo brought Valentina to their own room, knowing they could both use the rest.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina was weary as she and Theo got ready for bed. Her clothing was neatly folded and ready to be put back on at a moment's notice. She was wearing her underclothes as she worked on her satchel, making sure that her herbs were restocked and her tools were in place. She glanced towards Theo from time to time, watching as he worked just as quietly before he slipped into bed.

Valentina soon finished her task and she made her way to bed, slipping between the covers to straddle her lover's thick waist. She gave him a smile as she leaned over his body and kissed him with a gentle passion.

"Te amo, amore." She murmured softly. "I don't tell you that enough."

 

[KieranSoares]

"Y'don't have t'say it all th' time fer me t'know it," Theo muttered in return after the surprise of having his love straddle his waist and kiss him so sweetly. He drew her just a bit closer and kissed her in return, his hands resting easily on her waist.

 

[heartofcourage]

"I know how important it is to hear, though." Valentina said softly as she gave him a smile and he kissed her in return, his hands gripping her waist to keep in her place. "You never know when it might be the last time to say it."

 

[KieranSoares]

"Ye've got me there, love," he chuckled, kissing her neck and letting his hands smooth up and down her back, welcoming her further if she liked.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina let out a little sigh as he kissed her throat and smoothed his hands down her back until she was squirming. "This might go a little better if you take off my underclothes, love." She murmured, laughing at the look in his eye.

 

[KieranSoares]

"A gentleman doesn' rush a lady," he insisted while his fingers slipped beneath the cloth and began pulling her underclothes away. When she was bare, he smiled and looked over her lovely form. "Gods, yer beautiful," he nearly whispered. He laid her against the sheets beneath him and as ever, he settled easily into loving her and her body. His hands and lips wandered, over her throat, breasts, belly, and below until his tongue was pressing into her folds and he let her legs rest on his shoulders, intent to please her first as he'd done their first time in her bed

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina's fingers were digging into the sheets beside her head as Theo loved her as he had during their first time together. She whimpered as his tongue licked and suckled at her lower lips, the wetness that she felt for him coating his lips.

"Theo. Love..." She whimpered, her head twisting against the sheets as he loved her like only he knew how to do.

 

[KieranSoares]

Theo's hands were not idle, stroking over her thighs and eventually one hand joined him in pleasuring her, his fingers pressing slowly and lovingly in toward her core while his tongue circled her little bud.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina gasped as he pressed his fingers into her wet entrance, his tongue circling around her nub until she saw stars. It was amazing after so long away from his bed that she could feel things like this. It spoke to the intensity of emotion that she felt from him.

"God!" She cried out, bucking her hips against his lips as she came for him. "Oh...Theo..."

 

[KieranSoares]

Theo didn't give her long to recover before he rose to unbutton his trousers and drew her in tight, pressing his hard cock slowly into her wet core to seek his own pleasure as well as offer her more of her own. With a soft groan, he pumped slowly into her body at first so not to drive himself too quickly to his own climax.

 

[heartofcourage]

Valentina let out a soft sigh as he pressed into her body, loving her with slow motions to savor the entire moment. She whimpered as her lips sought his own, kissing her lover to show him just how much she loved and missed him in the past few weeks.

 

[KieranSoares]

Theo welcomed her once more to straddle him, laying back to allow her to sink down against him. He had no trouble keeping up his slow and deep pace. If anything, her new position of control made his blood rush just a little more and he encouraged her to exercise that power to her heart's content.

 

[heartofcourage]

"It's been too long, amore." Valentina whispered as she planted her hands on his broad chest and rode him as he continued to slowly pump himself into her body. "Far too long. I'm sorry."