Re: But he was my trouble.
Was it flirting? Yes. Yes it was. Nate had dared to flirt with the queen he served, not too far away from the king with the power to literally smite him. But the wizard on high had read his tea leaves and his rolled his twenty siders. His magical gut told him that Eva shared these feelings... Why not test his theory? At least he knew she'd look after Brayden.
They were hugging now, Nate couldn't stifle a laugh at her ridiculous baby bump ritual. Before he'd realized, Nathaniel gripped the sides of Eva's dress tightly and without any intention of releasing her. Her smile was once electric and like a magnet he was attracted to it. He kissed the Native, fiercely, with all the passion he'd been saving up over these many months. Their lips felt right, his hips fell forward, and Nate embraced her like a man whose minutes of existence were nearly over. After the kiss, he pulled back just enough to see her eyes, "It was flirting," he confirmed. "And now I'm going to kiss you again," he explained, then did it.