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Lunafreya Nox Fleuret (lunafreyanox) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-12-25 22:13:00

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lunafreya nox fleuret, nyx ulric

Who: Nyx Ulric and Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
What: Gift giving to each other
When: After they finish delivering gifts to the rest of town Christmas Eve
Where: Their apartment
Rating: Could get steamy

Exhausted but happy, and definitely lighter, Lunafreya and Nyx headed back home in the late night. Lunafreya herself felt giddy from the gift giving, from seeing how their friend's eyes lit up at each surprise. Nyx had chosen most, knowing the others better than she, but some had her own touch. Eos needed a holiday like this, she decided. The joy was infectious.

Still, one gift remained, from her at least. She'd thought about Nyx's gift, about how she could show him how she cared. It had taken time and she worried all the same, but now the moment was here.

"Hey, it's after midnight," she murmured, as the door closed behind them. "That means it's Christmas, right?" Her smile was almost shy as she took out the small box she'd been hiding in her pocket. "I think I rather like this Earth holiday."

She had two gifts for him, truly. One, the box, had a handmade leather bracelet in which two emblems were expertly carved, of Tenebrae and Galahd. They were intertwined. The second was bigger, a framed painting. She'd found an artist to paint a picture of he and Libertus and Crowe. She'd gotten all the details from his torn uniform, and the photos he had surreptitiously around the place.

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lunafreyanox
2019-12-26 04:32 am UTC (link)

Lunafreya hesitated, the small box with her gift for him against the palm of her hand, before she tucked it away to take the box he offered. Unlike him, she didn't look away from his face, seeing the glance away, the nervousness, the hope. It made her heart swell, both with affection and with her own nervousness. Each day of this month, December the Earthians called it, she felt they had gotten closer, as they traveled looking for gifts. Enough that she had started to wonder at her feelings, at how welcome they might be.

Her eyes dropped to the necklace as the lid came away to reveal it, and her breath stopped. It was beautiful, a galaxy as if lit from within. Lunafreya wasnt sure what she had expected, but the delicacy of the gift surprised her. "It's amazing," she breathed out, lifting it from the box. The tiny stars and planets rotated as it spun, and she felt a small pang for their own world, so far away. Was their new world contained within? Or were they just in a world of their own?

Smiling, she looked up at him as she held it. "I love it. Thank you, Nyx." She felt the urge to kiss him for that, in appreciation and maybe more, but the thought made her blush. Instead, she said, "I got something for you. Two things." Her smile returned, sheepish. "I can't help myself, you know me." The box she handed to him, and the picture from where she'd hidden on a near shelf.

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insomniashero
2019-12-26 04:51 am UTC (link)

That. Reaction.

It made Nyx feel the greatest he ever felt. She liked what had been provided, and she looked at it with admiration and love. Just as he hoped. She loved it, and Nyx loved that she loved it. It was all he hoped for really. A soft smile graced Nyx's lips. "Princess, I am very pleased you like it." He sighed in relief, as if there was any other outcome. Especially with spending every day with the Princess as close as they did. Looking and searching for gifts. It was hard to not feel stronger for the woman than he already did. It was dangerous.

Then she handed him a box of her own. "Oh, Princess.." Nyx said before she was off to retrieve the second gift. "This wasn't.." But he was already being ignored, so he opened the box to see what was inside. There it was, a beautifully crafted bracelet. Immediately he saw little pieces of flaws to show how homemade it was. Lunafreya made this for him. Nyx immediately loved it more and pulled the bracelet from the box to examine it. Seeing the two symbols, Nyx's finger traced over them softly. How they grew to entwine together. It was almost symbolic if you weren't careful. Nyx wasted no time putting it on his right wrist making sure it was secure just in time to be presented with the picture. "Prince-" He was cut off by the picture.

Nyx held it in silence. It was three of them. Himself, Crowe, and Libertus. As much as he pained for Lunafreya, he was lost without those two in his world. It killed him when Crowe died, and then to send Libertus off while he fought. He had missed the pair of them terribly, but this picture so masterfully painted. "Princess," Nyx whispered. "This is perfect." His fingers touched the painting before looking up to the woman. "My gift pales in comparison.." He laughed softly. Well, leave it to Lunafreya to outshine the Glaive.

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lunafreyanox
2019-12-26 05:16 am UTC (link)

"It does not," she chided, softly. "You gave me the world, Nyx. And I mean that... the necklace just reminds me of the truth if that." She was waxing poetic, but it was so like her anyway. And her words rang sincere. He had not just saved her before, he'd made this second life one of her dreams.

"I wanted a gift for you," she said, touching the edge of the frame, "and they are a part of you. They always will be." She knew it had to be painful just as much as it was happy, but she never wanted to forget the others, no more than he did. "I wish they could be here. And maybe someday they will be. But for now, I'm glad for having you." She smiled up at him, despite the color high on her cheeks. "It is a wonderful Christmas wish, as they say."

She still held the necklace in one hand, and her other hand moved to rest against his chest. Healed skin under fabric, thankfully, and she didn't have to be as careful now. A bit breathlessly, she moved to kiss him, almost clumsily so. Admittedly, she'd rarely done it before so this was still new.

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insomniashero
2019-12-26 03:22 pm UTC (link)

There was surge of happiness when she acknowledged that he provided her the world. Nyx's smile stayed in place while she explained. It was painful yes, but it was the happiest moment in his life spending with those two. Of course, Lunafreya was now in his world and that made him incredibly happy in a completely different way. "I am glad for having you." Nyx whispered to her softly.

He took the necklace from her hand, so he could put it on for her. Once he had it clasped he stepped back so he could see where it laid on her pale skin. Which caused him to immediately look at the line how her her breasts and well, Nyx flushed lightly. "It looks stunning on you." He commented softly.

Then, there it was. Something he had done previously when he was in pain. When he was hurt, and she was worried he was going to die. He had kissed her, and knowing he overstepped himself at that time, though this time she expressed herself to him by pressing her lips to his. Nyx had zero hesitation as he returned the kiss immediately. Pushing forward, Nyx wrapped an arm around her middle pulling her right up against his body. AS he broke the kiss, Nyx let loose a soft moan of satisfaction and made no effort to separate himself from her. His mouth hovering close to hers.

"Princess.." He whispered. "Is this wise?" Not that he cared, but Nyx didn't want her to make a foolish mistake.

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lunafreyanox
2019-12-27 01:08 am UTC (link)

The sudden warmth as he pulled her against him made Lunafreya gasp against his lips. How different, this time; before she hadn't been able to touch him at all due to his injuries (and in the past, always running for their lives). But now she was suddenly very conscious of the height of his body, of the hard planes of his chest, the bands of his arms around her. Glaives were trained for the most punishing physical duty but she'd never been quite so aware of it as in that moment. Having him hold her, all strength and heat and protectiveness, was heady.

His words, though, made her smile, warmly. "Why wouldn't it be?" she said, gently, not moving away. She liked too much the feel of being pressed against him. So long since she'd once thought she lost him. "Because I'm a princess?" She laughed, low.

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insomniashero
2019-12-27 01:57 pm UTC (link)

The warmth pooled around his chest and his stomach with a heavy feeling. This was everything he wanted. Right here. Right now. Right with this woman. Despite all the desired filled whims happening in the moment where he just didn't want to end, Nyx couldn't help the code and honor nagging at the back of his head. For too long, he was faithful soldier to the crown and this moment, where his lips were connected with Lunafreya's was something that tread treason he was sure.

Because I'm a princess? There was a huff a chuckle. There was something of truth to that specific statement, but that was proven at this point to be not the issue at hand for the princess, but there was a bigger issue.

"No Princess," Nyx trailed off, glancing off from her face feeling the shame of his honor now weighing. "Noct-" Nyx cleared his throat. "The King.." He spoke softly, obviously torn between what he was feeling and his honor. Of course, the King wasn't there, and the decision should be easy, but the reality was simple - as much as he died to save Lunafreya, he threw his life down for Insomnia. and the Crown.

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lunafreyanox
2019-12-28 02:25 am UTC (link)

It wasn't quite a splash of cold water, but it was close. Lunafreya's eyes searched his face and saw there the shame, the closed off expression as the soldier reasserted himself. She'd only gotten a small glimpse of the man beneath all of that. She wanted him to come back.

But...Noctis. Their king. And her betrothed. Sighing slightly, Lunafreya let go of him, although she didn't pull away. She wanted this life now, and she wasn't going to just let go of it easily. "Yes, Noctis," she spoke, quietly. "It's....Nyx, that's no longer our world, is it? Can we....accept that Eos isn't a part of this anymore?" She wasn't sure how to address the disparity in how he viewed her in relation to himself. A princess. The Oracle. Promised to the king he served. "I can't end something that doesn't exist here."

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insomniashero
2019-12-28 03:09 pm UTC (link)

The issue at hand, was Nyx never let go of his duties of being a Kingsglaive. It was his life. All he knew at this point, and how was he to venture past that at this point? He died for it, and for her, and for his King. Honestly, Nyx only wanted to let it go, and grab onto Lunafreya and make her his, and damn his duties all together.

But, he was who he was, and letting go of that honor he held was difficult at best.

There was a humbled nod, as Nyx acknowledged that this was not Eos, and as it stood they were past the notion of Eos and returning. They had died. "You are correct," Nyx said softly. "Eos is not in our life any longer." That world was gone, and the world they now knew was this one. The one with people they met here and the friendships they crafted here.

"It's difficult, Princess." He whispered letting the cracks in his exterior show. "I died for the promises I have made, and I can't help the guilt I feel, as if I'm going back on it.." Then his eyes laid on hers. Letting the desire show. "But all I want is to take you in my arms and have you." Nyx would let the princess determine the meaning, because hell, Nyx knew he meant it in so many ways.

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lunafreyanox
2020-01-01 02:50 am UTC (link)

It was almost hard to meet his eyes, not because she was afraid or ashamed, but because his gaze was so intense. That warmth turned to a more intense heat, but at the same time, his words and the obvious anguish there pierced through her like an icy lance.

"You're not betraying a promise." Her words were soft, rather than strident, almost as if she were saying it to herself as well. I'm not betraying a promise. "I can't...live here and be here and yet remain solely in the past. I can't. I want to live." And she realized this was something that also tortured her, at the back of her mind, of what she was in Eos and indeed the duties she had back there. "What if we spend the rest of our lives here and never do anything, never move on, because weare so beholden to what we used to be? I don't want to die having wasted this chance like that. Do you?"

Lunafreya wished she had a better answer, something crystal clear rather than the clouds they had to fight through at the moment. But they couldn't go back and make it all right; there was no way to do so. And she desperately did want to live her life, by her choices, for once. She chose him.

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insomniashero
2020-01-02 03:46 pm UTC (link)

The way she spoke to him, wasn't of malice or shame, and that alone went miles for the man. A man like him was so tied to his honor, that there was little else to have. Well, passion and strength. There were those pieces too. They were honestly two sides of the same coin. Promises being made, and decisions made by fate and not of their own. Well, some were Nyx's own choice, but if you were to really ask him about it, he wouldn't say it was a choice but a thing that had to be done.

The way she phrased it, still sat on his chest heavily. The things they did, and if they were to be here in whatever this place was - after death with each other. This was a different world in which they came from and afforded the opportunity for the pair of them to act on the impulse that they felt for each other.

A princess and her glaive. A relationship that would be doomed in the world they came from, but one that could flourish in the place between worlds and dimensions.

Nyx's will snapped. There was a push forward as Nyx took her and pulled her right close to him. His mouth falling upon her's in a heated desire encapsulating everything he had wanted for this time. Especially since her arrival. Despite his desire he was able to stop the kiss for a moment to breathlessly voice himself. "I choose you, Lunafreya." Before Nyx's mouth captured hers once again.

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lunafreyanox
2020-01-02 05:22 pm UTC (link)

The indecision, the warring emotions on his face she knew were mirrored on hers. Despite her words, her plaintative plea, it wasn't so easy as that and she knew it. They'd grown up as what they were. Bound up in duty and oaths and restrictions. Had either of them actually lived? She remembered each and every time they had told each other of what they had to do right then, from trying to save King Regis to destroying the city to stop Niflheim. Where had there been time for a life?

So when he finally broke, something she could almost feel under her fingers, Lunafreya welcomed it with relief of her own. He felt it, too. She had doubted, had worried. His kiss wasn't gentle or restrained like before; firey, it felt like he was letting every thought and need consume them. She wrapped her arms around him as he nearly picked her up off the floor, her fingernails digging into the skin on his back through his clothes, as she returned the kiss with equal fervor. No one else had made her feel like this, not Noctis certainly. That was why she knew that lingering sadness for the months she traveled Eos alone after Nyx's death. She'd known that the possibility of this passion was gone forever. Had it been why she never resisted her own death?

She couldn't respond to his groaned words because his lips did not let up again. But she felt them. This was the first time they really had a choice. She would take it, greedily. And when they came up for air, she said, voice uneven and distracted, "Nyx....we are free, that's the promise."

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insomniashero
2020-01-02 05:37 pm UTC (link)

It was just like that, they both ran from what was their own duty of the past. Ran from what they had known for the better part of their lives. Her the Oracle, him a refuge and soldier. The oaths that they took from their past lives lifted like a weight from his own shoulders. Who knew if he'd have second thoughts later if he was making the right decision, but one thing he knew right then and there, this was the right thing.

The way her fingers dug into his body, only caused Nyx to gasp lightly against her mouth. Not displeased, but very intent and happy with the feel. Just having her hands on him, or her arms around him was enough to drive Nyx to push forward more. Just as she felt the almost lift, Nyx didn't hesitate this second time. His mouth heated against hers, his fingers trailed down her body coming to land just on the upper part of her thigh. Just a shift of his weight, and another step forward, Nyx lifted Lunafreya up with ease and pressed her against the nearest wall to pin her there, as if he was afraid she'd flee at this point.

The proclaimed freedom did just as it should as their mouths parted. "Yes." He agreed with a light kiss to her lips. "I swear myself to you, Princess." He whispered to her gazing at her face. "Myself, my service, and my body and soul." He promised. Kissing her lips the slightest tender kiss. "I am yours alone." He kissed her again softly as if to seal the promise he just made.

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