Elariel held her breath while she watched Tae'loren process what she had told him. She watched that now familiar tempest behind his eyes, the storm of his uncertainty and self-doubt. She the change in him- the shift from his fear to a place of acceptance. Yes, she wanted to love him. She wanted to love all of him; his past, what he was now, all that he could be in the future. Elariel could feel the change in him; she could feel his body soften as he held her, and his smile was like new sunrise after a battle-filled night. It was pure brilliance with a side of that sharp with she had come to appreciate.<br/><br/><i>"Do I have a choice?"</i>He asked, his tone teasing.<br/><br/>Elariel's lips cracked into a wide smile, wider than Tae'loren would have ever seen on her face before.<br/><br/>"No, no you don't," Elariel answered, holding him tight as he kissed her and pinned her tot he bed. As his tongue wrapped with hers, her legs parted, falling to the mattress so that he could settle his weight between them. She moaned into his lips, completely enamoured by that his trembling fingers skimmed over the curves of her body. While she passed the markets on her way to the library earlier she had passed a store that had caught her interest. She had left a lot of her supplies at the outpost, and she decided that she would buy something new to wear beneath her robes. She wondered if Tae'loren could feel the shape of the new underthings beneath her robes, a difference from the smooth, thin fabric of her shift.<br/><br/>One of Elariel's dextrous hands came up to thread through Tae'loren's hair, to let the locks massage the sensitive crevices between her fingers as she held him to her, not wanting him to break the passionate kiss. Her other hand roamed over his body, feeling the bumps and ridges of his armor keenly. She felt his shoulders, his back, his sides and his rear, she then moved up to one of the many buckles on his protective gear. She played  with the straps and catches, unwrapping her lover with slow and sensual deliberation. She could taste his desire on her tongue as they kissed and it felt as though she was kissing him for the first time in an eternity. So much had happened since they last had such tender moments and Elariel found herself craving it.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>