Sighing as she began to grip his shirt pulling him close. Titania thought to herself how cruel he could be. His embrace was cold and had no warmth. His skin had lighten due to blood loss. Once a graceful walk brought to inelegant stumble. A smile without its charm, shows the inner suffering he was going through.

“Sometimes I question if you have a heart, as you put me through this torture.”

She roughly pushed him away giving him a stern look.“ You search for intimacy but can not deliver a truthful answer to the one you love! I can’t vision myself sharing a bed with you during this time! Leave your animal instincts for a later time and focus on healing your body!”

She picked him up from slumping on the wall and sat him to the bed’s edge.“ I’m sorry for my aburpt outburst. But look at yourself, how can you act so calm and ask the same of me. I could never brush something off like this when it comes to you”. The scent of fresh blood lingered off his injuries. In the corner of the room lied his fur shawl. “It is a shame that such a magnificent shawl is now dyed in your blood. Just another task I’ll do later”.

She fixed his shirt, checking to see if his wounds opened from the shock. Gently running her fingertips over the bandage. Trailing down to the one on his stomach, showing no hint of bleeding. “Good”, she gathered a bowl of water and dipped a rag. Gently cupping his cheek to wash what little dirt stained his cheek. “You must have gotten this from fainting earlier”. She lowered him back into his bed and pulled a chair to his side.

“ I know it is hard for you to admit it hurts. You’re not a very convincing actor I’m afraid. But as a king you owe your people the best leadership. A great leader needs to be able to at least walk a straight line. You’re stubborn and won’t stay still, so I suppose I have no choice but to stay by your side.” She bent over, sweeping his bangs back. And gave a soft peck to his forehead. “Be a good boy not to cause trouble for me while I’m here”. Pressing her finger to his lips, “ though I have to admit it is tempting to see you so vulnerable like this~”.

Starter for @clovenking

Finding Oberon was not a thing one could just do. With Titania, she had no  worries. Ask Spriggan and he would point the way. But with Oberon, it wasn’t even trying to find a needle in a haystack, it was trying to find a needle in a haystack in a field of haystacks. You didn’t even know where to begin. 

The best way to find the King was to wait for him to find you. Sure, one had to deal with the risk of his pranks, but she wasn’t too deeply worried about him. At least so far he had never been outright malicious toward her. Probably because Titania would fold him in half if he did. But then again maybe he’d enjoy that. 

…

As such, Chise had just thrown a long jacket over herself. The chill had gotten a lot worse already, trees changed color from the greens of summer to the golds, browns and reds of fall and many of the plants that came out of the ground once weather got colder were in full show. 

The many rains had helped a lot of mushrooms to grow and old branches and dead trees had begun sprouting large clusters of woodear mushrooms. Beyond that there were many other things. Blackberries, Hawthorn, and not to forget: Elderberries.

She knew of a grove nearby, hidden away by dense bushes and old trees, blocking with only a small animal path leading into it. Careful to not get caught in the branches, she pulled the knife from her basket and began to carefully harvest the shiny black elderberries, dropping large clusters of them into the large basket, slowly but surely filling it. Yet she still left a good amount on each of the bushes for the wildlife and fae of the area to feast on. 

Don’t take more then you need was an important lesson.

Titania was attending a meeting with her prietress, when one of the little soldiers tugged at her dress. She lifted him up to her eye level to give a listen at what he needed to say. He moved his arms frantically as he spoke.

“You tell a jest, could not be Oberon that you speak of. I warned him to be cautious when entering the human realm this time of year.” Titania heard a commotion on the lower levels of the meeting hall. She walked to the balcony and saw a small cluster of Spriggan. “Your majesty, the king has been injured, he waits for you at the medical wing!”

Titania lowered the soldier in her palm to the balcony’s railing. She gave a nod to the Spriggans as they scattered back into the woods. Titania stood in silence, her priestess adjured they hurry to the clinic.

“…I suppose as his wife I should go see what has happened to him”.

—-

“Do you think King Oberon is badly injured?, what if he dies from his wounds?”, the priestess’s questioned in an anxious manner. Titania turned slowly to face the girl, “ You may be in a higher position then most, but no one is to refer to my husband by his name. The women shamefully lowered her head, ” my apologies, My majesty, it won’t happen again".

“On that, my husband would not perish with ease by a human weapon. Let me catch you again disrespecting our lord and it will be your head, girl”.

As they approached the medical wing, the prietress awaited outside, along with the rest that had gathered. While Titania passed patient’s rooms, she waves to those that formed a smile for her.

Even with their injuries they still have high spirits. I should pay more visits to my children as they lie here. They wait patiently all day for someone to greet them besides a doctor.

Titania finally arrived to Oberon’s room and watched at the doorway as they bandaged his wounds. When the room cleared, she walked in and hovered over his bedside. “Why can’t you listen to my warnings? If you did you wouldn’t be in this state. You made the entire kingdom worry. Who do you think will have to do the daily duties of the king while he lies here resting?” She annoyingly sighed and rubbed her temples. “Are you in agony, my love?”

She let out a giggle for how cute his majesty could be. “Such a charming and tender spouse you can be, when met with sweet words”, she smiled.

I’m pleased that he’s at least cheering up somewhat, a pity I can’t do much more for now, duties call.

She nuzzled their noses together, “now then we have much to do before we can have our fun. As for your daily responsibilities, I need you to check the medical wing as well as how many changelings have been sent to the mortal realm, then after try your hand at fixing the problem amoungst the trolls and brownies, there also be trouble on the outskirts of Anthill with one of the gateways, I heard word that man has also began their time of hunting near our woods so be careful when retrieving word from the fair folk, and to finish off your tasks– a patrol check from Spriggan and his men”.

I think he’ll be more than capable to at least finish that much before the day ends

“As a reward for your hardwork, I’ll give you my full attention till dawn comes again”.