[Siggy] : Well she had legs that reminded me of yours, but yours are better. [Siggy] : That’s the last thing I need. It’s bad enough I tried everything to make it stop [Siggy] : And my father lives to ask questions..about everything. He wants to consult your father, about us..

He had called her exquisite so long ago, and he’d meant it then, too.  He couldn’t help but lean into her touch. He’d missed her so desperately.  Alfred couldn’t help but push closer to her, when she did, and his lips met her, and he kissed her, wanting to pull her closer, not wanting her to go away again, not ever, if he could avoid it. 

He nodded. “Me too.”  He kissed her again, between words.  He loved her so much still, and it had been something that he’d not talked about much, not to anyone. He’d spoken briefly to his brother about it, but never telling him more than there’d been someone special in his pigrimage, and that he’d missed her.  He wanted her even closer.  “I missed it all. I missed all of that, missed all of this, and more.”

When she straddled his lap, he smiled at her. “I want to feel you again, too, to connect with you. I need you. I never stopped.” He moved to kiss her again, moving his hands to her hips pulling her closer to his own hips. He didn’t have the same hesitance and awkwardness, he had once, not with her.  “I want to feel it all, again.” 

He liked holding her, he found. She was a lot heavier than she was, the last time he picked her about. He shook his head. “No, of course not. You don’t want one of these drunk warriors, to step on you. You’d have to kick them, if you do, you know. Your my dottir and I give you full permission to kick anyone, who steps on you.”  

He smiled when she made the sound. She was definitely cute.  It made him smile.  He moved about, throughout the longhouse, trying to get to the food.  He smiled when the woman said she was cute.  “She is cute, but we are on a voyage. We are looking for more chicken on a stick.”  

He noticed a group of women watching them even and he smiled, nodding at them, as they approached the food. “So what do you like, other than chicken? You’ve got to eat more than chicken, you know.” 

[Siggy] : A pop up came up and I accidentally clicked [Siggy] : And there was a blonde and moaning. I didn’t mean to and I tried to make it go away, I did not commit any mortal sins, with it. 

He looked at their hands, knowing he should pull back, but he really didn’t want to. He just, had never done that with a girl before.  “I think that it’s important, to see things like that. When you have very few memories or none at all, you want something to hold onto. I lost my Grandfather when I was older. I have all those memories, but with my father, I have next to nothing.”  He thought about it.  “I kind of want to do it, kind of like a memory of the life he led here. I wish i could get one to look just like those, so I could remember him and how his hands created something special.”  

He shook his head. He didn’t want to be alone.  To add to his point, he tightened the grip on her hand and went about trying to weave their fingers, but wound up getting them in all the wrong places and cleared his throat. Well that was more difficult than he figured it would be. 

He couldn’t stop watching her. He still loved her so much. He probably loved her even more, knowing that they had made a child together, in one of their times together. There was someone asleep, that was a part of both of them. “I know, believe me. I’ve fought them before.”  He nodded.  “I am King. It’s still settling in for me, and it’s been a while, even.  No, my mother will not be easy. She is still coming to terms with the fact, that I have kissed a woman. I did not tell her more than that.”

He glanced over at Alfvin when she did and he smiled at her, after smiling at him. He was really special, but so was she. She was exquisite.

“I can handle them for you, too.”  With a slight laugh at her hand in his stubble, he leaned into her touch, a bit. “ I have missed you every single day. No matter what I was going through and I’ve been through a lot, I would look at the stars and moon, wondering if you saw the same one, if you could feel how much I still love you, how much I’ll always love you, always want you, and how despite the fact that I’m a more confident King, you are still the only woman that I have touched..that I find exquisite. I can’t lose you again, you know. It was too hard. I mean, I don’t mean to be overly sentimental here, but it was really hard.”

[Siggy] : I totally am hoarding them, but yes, I have more. [Siggy] : Mine are definitely better than those people looked in the porn I accidentally opened once, too. 

[Siggy] : I do put a lot of work into them. [Siggy] : I’m glad you liked. I told him I put work into mine. [Siggy] : I have more, you know. 

[Siggy] : I’m telling you, bleach. [Siggy] : Don’t ask me! I didn’t ask the why. [Siggy] : I’m fairly certain he was. At least mine are artistic.  

[Siggy] : Scandalous pictures..not meant for me..I need to bleach my eyes. [Siggy] : I’m sure you’ll do great on it, though. Writing is fun. 

[Siggy]: Yeah, sorry. My dad texted me. It was weird. [Siggy]: I don’t even remember what we were saying, now. 

“Good, because I lost you once, I don’t think I could lose you again. It killed me, I was ill for weeks, a good few, when I got home. I love you too much, to lose you.  Now to know we have a child, if we’re allowed to return to each other’s lives again, I don’t see how we could just not do anything to keep that safe. I meant it when I said, things are not always easy for me, with knowing who I can trust. I will trust you with my life, until the day I die. My mother..she’s not going to be as easy to deal with..about him, I fear.”  

He listened as she talked about what her people would want.  “Tell Ubbe to speak with me and we will see what we can make happen. Perhaps he can help me, help us in exchange for me helping him. I do not want more war. I already know another..others will come but I need someone as an ally, and I need you with me, as much as we can handle. I need him too.”  He nodded.  “Your father could be welcome, as long as there is no war. I am trying to fix what wasteland this place is, not create more. But, I will need to speak with Ubbe, figure out if his loyalty is still not with Ivar.” 

He smiled at her, focusing on her again.  “I want you to stay. I wish for you both to stay. I want to see you, to be able to touch you, to see him grow. Things may not be as easy for us, as they were in Kattegat. Could you handle that?” 

He smiled, when he heard her laugh. She sounded a bit like her mother. He still missed her so much.  He’d thought about a lot, on the way back from Frankia, and he was confused about a lot of things, sure about others.  He watched her bring the chicken closer and smiled at her. He was going to walk over there, but then she’d reached her hands up. He hadn’t held her in a long time, but it seemedl ike she wanted it.

So, he leaned down and picked her up, with ease.  “There you go. Now, we can get more food even easier. You’re very short and we wouldn’t want anyone to stop on you, would we? They might step on you and steal your chicken on a stick and go.”