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Kidnapped to Zendac (DareToDream and TheDuchess)

Alexan loved the feel of her hand in his and tingled every time she stroked his skin but soon the injuries beat on him and he drifted into sleep. He slept the sleep of the dead, though thankfully he was not deceased, and dreamed. He dreamed of the two of them, standing in a meadow with flowers blooming everywhere, he keeping her company while she painted the scene before them. Then his dreamed moved to a night time dinner, sitting at his table, each of them drinking tea. He liked these dreams, though he knew they were not meant to be, but still, at least he found joy in a dream instead of not at all. Finally, the dreams faded, to be replaced by throbbing pain, which he suffered in silence. Many hours later, he awoke slowly, his eyes propping open against the glare from the room light. He glanced to his side and didn’t see Susan and his heart began to speed up. “Susan?” he whispered hoarsely, his mouth and throat dry. “Susan, where are you?” he said again, struggling to sit up. He was worried about her.
 
Turning in her seat at the table and got up marking her place and coming into the living room sitting down beside him gently while grabbing the water off the table she looked down at him " Hey sleepy head, how do you feel?" she asked and watched pain strike over his face before helping him sit up and held the glass up for him to drink, she watched him quietly and held her smile on her face, before looking at the bandages and moving from his side to get a pair of scissors and cut them away and gently peeling them off him, she looked at the wound to make sure it was healing properly before placing more bandages on-top of it and started to wrap fresh ones around him having to get really close to him in order to do so, close enough to where her hair brushed his cheek a few times.
 
Alexan smiled when Susan sat down beside him and spoke. A wave of pain chose that moment to wash over him and he bit back a moan. As she helped him sit up, handing him the glass of water, he grimaced. “Like crap” he answered honestly. “But better than I did earlier. My magic is healing me slowly.” He drank then, taking many sips of the water, trying to rid himself of the dryness in his mouth. He bit back another moan as she began to cut away his bandages and inspect his wounds before putting fresh coverings on them. He knew she was trying to be gentle and he appreciated that. When he hear brushed his cheek, he forgot all about his pain. It was so soft and silky that before he realized what he was doing, he had raised his hand and was running his fingers through it.
 
She smiled and continued to work before she felt his hand in her hair, she stopped and felt her eyes flutter softly, that was one of her weak points, she loved her hair to be messed with, her scalp massaged.... it usually put her to sleep but he was just playing with the ends so it just made her smile, she turned her head to look at him and kissed the spot right beside his ear and smiled before pulling back and tying off the bandages gently and sat them aside and looked up at him " that good that you are healing, can you walk? we need to get you off the couch" she said and watched him getting ready to help him if he needed it.
 
When her lips touched his skin near his ear, Alexan thought he had died and gone to heaven. They were so soft and just a little damp and though they were cool on his skin, he felt on fire, flames roaring through his body. He felt his magic surge a little, repairing more damage quickly, and knew her touch had done that. He smiled at her as she spoke and nodded. “I think I can” he said, struggling to get up. He put a hand on the back of the couch to help him stand and grimaced as the action pulled at the slice wound in his side. He held himself steady for a moment, then finally heaved himself to his feet, immediately staggering and falling against her.
 
She caught him and helped him steady himself " careful" she said and straightened him out before moving his arm up placing it on her shoulder and helped him walk towards him room, she smiled and looked at him " we are almost there Alexan see?" she said and reached out opening the door and helping him inside his room and taking him over to the bed and sitting him down gently before looking at the wound on his side, she looked at him and moved back into the living room and grabbed the things she needed and came back over to him sitting on her knees in-front of him and applying the Medicine tot he clean towel and looked to at him " stay still" she said and applied it quickly to his side letting him feel the sharp pain that slowly subsided " this will clean the wound just bare with me" she said looking up at him.
 
Alexan groaned softly as they began to move down the hallway. “Ok” he said softly, gritting his teeth. He couldn’t remember ever being in so much pain, yet feeling so wonderful at the same time. The feel of her body against his as she supported him, and his arm around her shoulders, felt so nice he knew he could endure any level of pain his body gave him. When she sat him down on the bed, he sighed. She disappeared for a minute, then came back with medicine, towels, and bandages. She dropped to her knees in front of him and he groaned, but not from pain. Oh, definitely not from pain. She went to work on his cut and told him to bare with her, an image of them together, bare, entered his mind and he giggled, then coughed as pain swamped him. “Sorry” he choked out, cringing. “Inappropriate picture brought on by your phrase ‘are with me’” he said.
 
Stopped and looked up at him narrowing her eyes and bandaged him up, she wasn't being gentle anymore, she finished and pushed him down on the bed setting everything he needed by his bed and walked out closing the door behind her and looking outside seeing it was close to night fall, she sighed softly and rubbed her head before walking to the window to watch the sunset crossing her arms over her chest.
 
Alexan realized that he had offended Susan by the way she was bandaging him up and he sighed. It seemed he would never get things right with her. He wasn’t normally like that but he cared for her and his pain addled his mind so he said stupid things. When the door closed with such finality, he closed his eyes to rest but soon realized what he had to do. He slowly threw his legs out of bed, gritting his teeth against the pain, and stood. He was very shaky but he was also stubborn and in the end, his stubbornness won out. He slowly left his room, making his way down the hallway and into the living room. Her saw her standing before the window and quietly joined her, bracing against the sill to keep from falling. “It is beautiful every night” he said quietly, looking out at the sunset. He was silent for a few moments until the sun had gone down, then he turned to her. “I am sorry for offending you Susan” he said. “I find myself caring for you but in my pain, I say stupid things. Please forgive me.” He hoped she did but he couldn’t blame her if she didn’t.
 
Jumped and looked at him wide eyed and moved her hands to his shoulders " Alexan, you are in no condition for walking around unnecessarily cmon get back into bed " she demanded carting him away from the window and sighed " don't be stubborn, would it help that i say that i forgive you? will you go back to bed and rest tonight?" She said while walking with him and moving him into his bedroom and sat him back on the bed and looked at him with a worried look on her face, before moving away from him and opening the curtains to the window and sat down next to him looking at him.
 
Alexan smiled, allowing himself to be returned to his room. He liked that she cared enough for him to insist that he take care of himself. “It would help” he said, sitting down on the bed “but only if you mean it.” He hoped she meant it. He had done so many things wrong since he’d met her and he only wanted to make it right. He watched as she opened the curtains to the window and sat next to him, looking at him. He glanced out the window, then back at her. “Thank you for taking care of me” he said. “I….” he hesitated then continued, his voice a little steadier. “I have never had anyone care for me before.”
 
Looked at him and smiled " Don't think a thing about it... after all it is my fault that you are in your condition " she said and turned her head away from him looking down and at her feet and rubbing her head gently and sighing gently, she did blame herself for what happened but now that she thought about nobody could of predicted it all, but still..... looking over to him and reached out gently and took his hand pulling it in her lap and stroking the top of his skin softly, she was going to have to give everything up now... and he wasn't so bad, he just had to keep certain thoughts to himself at times, she was easily embarrassed and when she gets embarrassed she get a little hot tempered, so he was going to have to learn and she was going to learn to be around him.
 
Alexan smiled when she forgave him. He knew she didn’t say those actual words but he knew what he meant. He shook his head. “No, it wasn’t your fault. Had I not snatched you, we’d never have been in that Council chamber. Blame no one but me.” He watched her take his hand in her lap and start stroking it softly and he sighed. It felt nice. He thought about his actions and words and realized he was going to have to behave better, pain or not. He was a gentleman, though he didn’t always act like it. She deserved his best behavior. He smiled at her. He thought about their predicament. Originally, he had planned to still take her home and then come back to a punishment of death but the more he thought about that, the more he realized the Council wouldn’t stop with his death. They would hunt her down because of her knowledge. “When I am better, we should talk about where we go from here” he said.
 
Looked at him and nodded " but only when you are better, you may not know but im good at selective hearing" she said and grinned cutely at him before continuing to stroke his hand softly " do you think you can take some food?" she asked and tilted her head up at him wondering if he was up for it, she didn't think he was but only he knew how he was doing, so she didn't make that decision for him, but she was a bit hungry and she didn't want to make extra if he wasn't going to eat it.
 
Alexan laughed. Actually laughed. And then moaned as a wave of pain hit him. He smiled. “I’ve been accused of that also” he said, chuckling. He enjoyed her smile. It lit up her face. He hoped she knew that. He thought about her question and then shook his had. “No, not yet. I think it would not sit well with my injuries. I can make you something though” he said, starting to move from the bed again. When another wave of pain hit him, he moaned and sat back down. “Or maybe not” he added with a sigh. “I think I could handle a cup of tea though. If you’d like to make me one.”
 
she was positively delighted that he laughed when she was trying to be funny at least, it made her smile grow wider then nodded to him " what kind would you like? And i can make my own food" she gave him his hand back gently and bent down and unzipped her boots and took them off exposing her legging covered feet and set the boots to the side gently, she didn't tell him this but she was probably going to sleep in the chair in the corner to make sure he didn't have to call or go to far to get her, he could just shake her awake if he needed something.
 
Alexan enjoyed her smile for a few more seconds, then thought about her question. “Perhaps some of the white tea that you like so much?” he said. “I have never had it before and would like to try it.” He like tea but had not explored many Earth teas before. He watched as she took off her boots and rested, letting the pain calm down a little. “You should find plenty of food selections in the kitchen” he added when he looked at her again. “Maybe I’ll feel good enough to cook you breakfast tomorrow.”
 
Smiled at him and shook her head " i don't normally eat breakfast....i normally just eat when im hungry and when i first wake up food normally doesn't sit on me very well, so how about lunch?" she asked and smiled at him, she didn't get her figure by eating three times a day every day for the past 5 years, if she did that she would be a chunky tall woman, she placed her hands on her waist and smiled at him " do you mean the white tea i drank last night? or the white tea and peach?" she asked and watched him " and besides i can cook you don't have to cook for me all the time " she smiled and moved forward and leaning forward and kissing his head softly before brushing past him gently and moved to the kitchen to fetch him tea, after he told her which he wanted of course.
 
Alexan smiled. He loved listening to her voice. “Lunch will do. It’s a date” he said, grinning. Then he suddenly thought perhaps he shouldn’t have joked about it being a date. “Or just a get together between friends” he added quickly to cover his butt. He gave some thought to the tea choices. “The white tea you had last night” he said. “I believe you said you like to drink that before you sleep. Perhaps it will help me sleep.” He thought he could have the white tea and peach with lunch. It sounded like it might taste good. When she kissed him on his head, he smiled so wide he thought he’d light up the room. As she left, he closed his eyes and rested.
 
She smiled and made the tea before coming back blending it up the way she liked it, hoping maybe he might like it, she came in quietly and sat next to him after handing him his tea cup, she hoped he might like it and wondered what he was thinking about, she suddenly yawned softly and rubbed her eyes gently " i hope you like the tea " she said and smiled again leaning forward on her knees and looking out the window .
 
Alexan sat up when Susan entered the room and took the cup of tea she offered him. He let it warm up his hands first because steam was flowing from the top of it. The warmth felt good; he was a bit cold from his injuries. After a few moments he took a sip and let the flavor wash over his tongue. “Mmm, this is good” he said. “I can see why you like it.” He drank some more, almost scalding his tongue. “And hot!” He had to pant for a second until his tongue cooled down. He noticed her yawn and smiled. “Big day today” he said. “Rough one too. I’m glad you are safe though.”
 
Smiled and nodded to him " yes... but im more worried about you tho , im just wishing that you will heal quickly, i can't stand to see someone in pain" she said quietly and nodded to him before getting up and moving over to the chair in the corner and sitting down to give him the bed and her the large comfy chair, she smiled at him " you should sleep, you need it after today" she said softly and closed her bright eyes slowly rubbing her cheeks softly and breathed out another yawn.
 
Alexan felt warm inside but it wasn’t from the tea. Or rather, it wasn’t completely from the tea. He liked that she was worried about him. Perhaps that was wrong but it was how he felt. He’d never had anyone worry about him before. “I will be fine” he said, in between sips of his tea. “My magic is healing me as we speak. A few days and I’ll be good as new. Maybe sooner.” He wanted to be better. Now that they knew she was staying, they had a lot of talking to do and he wanted to show her around. He watched her move to the big chair and frowned. He thought about telling her she should sleep in her bed but he didn’t think she’d listen since she was clearly worried. “I will” he said, finishing the tea and putting it on his nightstand. “Thank you for the tea.” He settled back down on the bed and closed his eyes, hoping sleep took him.
 
Opened her eyes and looked at him watching him fall asleep, she got comfortable in the chair and leaned her head up against the back of it, she maybe tossed around to get comfortable for an hour before getting up, she breathed softly and looked over him making sure he was asleep before moving around the bed and crawling into it, she moved away from him so he wouldn't think she was trying anything, and didn't want him to think something was up so she stay ont he other side and sighed softly feeling how comfy it all was and cuddled with the pillow slowly falling asleep.
 
Alexan awoke slowly the following morning, his eyes opening and blinking rapidly. He was groggy, not an uncommon thing early in the morning for him, and he knew that he was still hurt. He closed his eyes briefly and took stock of his injuries, noting how much his magic had healed him overnight. He was surprised he was further along then he thought he would be at that point. Apparently his magic was getting stronger, or something else was influencing it. He remembered then how his magic had flared when he’d touched Susan earlier and his eyes fell on the comfy chair by the window immediately. She wasn’t in it and panic swept through him. It was then that he realized he wasn’t alone in the bed. Slowly turning his head, he saw Susan on the other side of the bed, far away from him yet still close. She was lying on her side, facing away from him, and sound asleep. Her hair was fanned out on the pillow and shown radiantly in the early morning light streaming in from the window. He smiled and watched her for a second, then quietly slipped from the bed and moved to the chair. He wanted her to be comfortable so he gave her the entire bed. He closed his eyes and rested while she slept.
 
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