certain things had never come easily for edwyn, the crown on his head was a heavy —— and constant —— reminder of who he was and what was expected of him.
however, in that tavern, with edrys so close to him, he was nothing more than +
head thrown back in laughter at his comment, unsure how they grew up so fast to be here in a tavern, drunk and dancing as two souls who had never separated in the first place. her hand held his, bouncing and skipping ↴
+ hadn’t been there before. “ you can’t possibly think i call you princess out of respect; i would call you majesty in that case. no, i call you princess because i know it gets on your nerves and that’s how i know you’ll be thinking +
eyes had been definitely stealing glances her way every single chance he had … that much hadn’t changed from their childhood. edwyn had always thought of edrys as enchanting; he had always had trouble keeping his gaze away from her.
+
catching a breath when the tankard was set down on the counter, leaning against it with her elbows as she leaned over with a soft little laugh that slipped passed her lips. “ mm, ” she hummed, taking another sip before ↴
+ with his arm, pulling her closer as he started to follow the ( awful ) beat set by the singers.
“ next time, we’ll have to dance in a telmarine’s tarvern, our singers apparently way better. ”
lips close to touching her ear as he +
+ interested in something, or in that case, someone —— before he downed another dose of whiskey.
“ i assume we’ll be seeing more of each other in land now, princess. no more forgetting about my handsome face, hopefully. ”
“ just as i would have assumed. ” he let out the loudest laugh he had during the night as he watched her chug drinks like any of his mates would have.
“ you know, calling me ‘my lord’ won’t have half the effect you wish it would, +
both of them have grown, it felt so surreal. she reveled silently in the embrace, inhaling a breath that she wasn't aware she had been holding for so many years. the wondering of his state, if he was safe, if he was ↴
+ part quite well. no one would have guessed.
“ i hear you’re quite the terror of the sea. and men, overall. general edrys, how fitting. ”
throwing her a lopsided smile —— known to his closest ones to show up whenever he was overly +