One Last Secret
Title: One Last Secret/ THE 7-DAY CHALLENGE #2
Author: aoife
Prompt #: 01. Secrets
Fandom: Honor Harrington - David Weber
Rating: PG
Character/Pairing: Honor Harrington/Andrew La Follet, Nimitz (Laughs Brightly)
Genre: AU
Word count: 200
Disclamer: Honor Harrington belongs to David Weber and was first published by Baen.
"I think at this point Andrew, you know almost as many of my secrets as Nimitz does," Her lips quirked into a smile "and you both certainly know me better than my parents do. In fact there are days I'm convinced that you know me better than I know myself."
"M'lady,-"
"Let me finish, please, Andrew? If I stop I'm, -" she wished he had a 'cat, "I'm never going to manage to say this out loud, and, -" she sighed. "I need to because you deserve to know the one secret I've managed to hide from you."
He blinked and Nimitz flowed down from her shoulder into her lap.
"I'm as much of an empath as Nimitz is, Andrew,-" her armsman coloured up, humiliated by the fact that she knew exactly how he felt about her. Nimitz dug the claws of one true hand into her thigh and she swallowed a wince of pain. "If I was willing to say yes, would you be willing to ask, Andrew?"
Her armsman's head had shot up at the question.
"There's a thousand years of precedence,-"
"Andrew. I've already over turned a thousand years of precedence just to hold my Key and be Benjamin's Champion."
He stepped closer and reached out with one hand to cup her the living side of her face, producing a tiny, electric shiver at the bolt of lust that transected them both.
"M'lady?" his breath ghosted across her face.
"Please, Andrew." She leant into the hand cupping her face, almost nuzzling it, and that seemed to snap his control.
"Tester keep us both, because I'm not strong enough to say no, m'lady." The kiss was everything promised, and Nimitz bleeked his satisfaction as he slithered out of the way of distracted human bodies.
Author: aoife
Prompt #: 01. Secrets
Fandom: Honor Harrington - David Weber
Rating: PG
Character/Pairing: Honor Harrington/Andrew La Follet, Nimitz (Laughs Brightly)
Genre: AU
Word count: 200
Disclamer: Honor Harrington belongs to David Weber and was first published by Baen.
"I think at this point Andrew, you know almost as many of my secrets as Nimitz does," Her lips quirked into a smile "and you both certainly know me better than my parents do. In fact there are days I'm convinced that you know me better than I know myself."
"M'lady,-"
"Let me finish, please, Andrew? If I stop I'm, -" she wished he had a 'cat, "I'm never going to manage to say this out loud, and, -" she sighed. "I need to because you deserve to know the one secret I've managed to hide from you."
He blinked and Nimitz flowed down from her shoulder into her lap.
"I'm as much of an empath as Nimitz is, Andrew,-" her armsman coloured up, humiliated by the fact that she knew exactly how he felt about her. Nimitz dug the claws of one true hand into her thigh and she swallowed a wince of pain. "If I was willing to say yes, would you be willing to ask, Andrew?"
Her armsman's head had shot up at the question.
"There's a thousand years of precedence,-"
"Andrew. I've already over turned a thousand years of precedence just to hold my Key and be Benjamin's Champion."
He stepped closer and reached out with one hand to cup her the living side of her face, producing a tiny, electric shiver at the bolt of lust that transected them both.
"M'lady?" his breath ghosted across her face.
"Please, Andrew." She leant into the hand cupping her face, almost nuzzling it, and that seemed to snap his control.
"Tester keep us both, because I'm not strong enough to say no, m'lady." The kiss was everything promised, and Nimitz bleeked his satisfaction as he slithered out of the way of distracted human bodies.