My Darling Girl
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S through Z › Tin Man
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
3
Views:
3,184
Reviews:
1
Recommended:
1
Currently Reading:
1
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I own nothing in 'Tinman' and nothing I do own is worth the lawyer's fees of suing me. No money is made and no infringement is intended.
Chivalry is alive and well
Chapter 3: Chivalry is alive and well
He loved nothing more in the world than this moment in time. DG, his precious princess, his darling girl, was cuddled against his bare chest, naked and sleeping in his arms. Her hair curled around his fingers. Her arms held him close, her knee crossed his hip, toes against his thigh. His mind couldn’t seem to move past her words. //You love me…// His arms would never get enough of holding her. His body would never gt enough of her smooth skin and soft curves.
Cain would never be able to let her go again. And in his world that meant only one thing. It was time to talk to her parents.
Even if it meant losing the heat of her skin against his for a little while. //DG,// Pulling her close for another breath, Cain brushed his lips across her forehead before carefully sliding out of her arms and out of bed.
“Hm, Cain,” He paused, watching her stretch and shift against his sheets. She was so beautiful as she cuddled into his blanket and gave a sleepy moan.
“I’ll be back, Darlin’” Cain tucked the blanket up around her shoulders and brushed her hair back. He forced himself to pull back from her skin and reach for his clothes. Cain watched her while he dressed, making sure she was settling back to sleep.
He took a deep breath and straightened his collar and vest. At this time of day the queen would be in her garden watching the suns rise. Nine days out of ten, her husband was with her.
“Your majesty?” The sound of his own voice shocked him just a little. It was quiet. Almost scared. DG was everything. If he lost her somehow… “May I speak with you?”
DG’s mother turned, gifting him with a smile and an extended hand. “Of course, Captain. Have a seat.” He’d seen echoes of that smile on DG’s face. Her husband stepped up behind her and rested his hands on her shoulders. The smile on the queen’s lips took on even more shadings of DG’s when she touched him. It gave him hope.
Sinking into a chair, Cain stared at his hands a moment.
“Is something wrong, Captain?”
//Wrong?....No.// “There’s nothing wrong.” There was no easy way to say it, so he’d just have to spit it out. “I’m in love with DG. She loves me, too. I want your blessing to ask her to marry me.” A rushing sound filled his ears and he found himself rushing his words. “I know I’m not the man you’d choose for her, an old soldier, a common Tinman. But I’ll keep DG happy, safe. I’ll love her and protect her every day of my life.” Cain’s hands tightened until his knuckles went white. “Please, your majesties.”
DG’s parents shared a smile before her mother reached out a delicate hand to cover his own battle-roughened fingers. “Breathe, Captain.” Her lavender eyes smiled first at him, before it started to curve her lips. “We’ve been waiting for months, hoping the two of you would figure it out.” Her soft laughter finally unknotted his clenched hands.
DG’s father moved to lay a hand on his shoulder. “You have our blessing, son. Not that my willful daughter would need it.” A low laugh sounded in Cain’s ear as the queen’s consort returned to her side. “Like her mother, my baby girl has always had a mind and a will of her own.”
“She does indeed and I love her for it.” Cain found himself smiling at his darling girl’s parents, relief making his heart race. They’d said yes.
“Cain?”
Every nerve in his body responded to his name on DG’s lips. Her voice pulled him to his feet and around to face her. //My darlin’ girl,// Cain opened his arms and caught her against his chest mid-step. “My princess,”
Her arms wrapped around his neck and her lips found his. //Oh, my sweet girl,// Even knowing both her parents were mere feet behind him, Cain was helpless to resist the delicious heat of her kiss. His fingers fisted in her hair, holding her closer along with every muscle in his body. He would never get enough of her in his arms, enough of her taste and heat. Her knee slid up the outside of his thigh. His darling girl was about to climb him in front of her parents.
“My darlin’ girl,” Cain forced his fingers out of her hair and his hands to push her back to her heels.
“You left me,” DG wasn’t about to move back, her arms still wrapped tight around his shoulders. “I woke up alone and cold, Cain.” Her fingers stroked along his jaw as her eyes flashed up at him. She certainly wasn’t going to let him off the hook. It was time to show her that he wasn’t going anywhere .
He smiled, catching her hands and sinking to his knees before her. “Never again, my Princess.” Cain watched her eyes flick to her parents before locking to his with a question on her face. “I want you to wake up in my arms every day for the rest of our lives. I love, DG, marry me.”
He watched her eyes widen, her lips part, and her knees shake. He felt her hands tighten and her body sway. DG dropped to her knees and leaned close against his chest. “Cain, tell me… tell me you mean it.”
Gathering her closer, he pressed her palm to his heart and cupped a hand along her cheek. “You believe I love you, don’t you, DG?”
Cain adored her quick smile and automatic nod. “Yes…”
“And you love me, don’t you, my darlin’?” In his arms every single inch of her pressed closer against his chest. Her hand spread wide over his heart as she wrapped the other arm around his neck.
“Yes, Wyatt Cain, I love you very much.” Her eyes never moved from his, truth written all over her face. //That’s my girl,//
“Then I mean it, my darlin’ girl, every word. Say yes.” His hands smoothed along her back, pulling her even closer, even tighter. Until he could feel her heart racing against his ribs. “Give this broken Tinman your heart. Marry me, my Princess. Say yes.”
Her eyes slowly closed, her arms and his tightening until they both struggled to breathe. And still she didn’t speak. //Please, DG, please say yes.// Finally her eyes opened to show him the shine of tears and the biggest smile he’ ever seen on her lips. “Yes, Cain, my Tinman. Yes, I’ll marry you. Yes, yes, yes.”
Her hair caught between his fingers as her lips opened against his in a deep and breathless kiss. A sharp sound reminded Cain of where they were and who was still watching. By force of will, he ended the kiss but couldn’t stand to let her out of his arms. Not yet, not ever. “Your majesties, I apologize.”
“Don’t. You’ve made my daughter happy. You’ll soon be my son. You have no apologies to make to me.” The queen pulled DG into a hug with a smile. “And you, my Angel. You and I have plans to make.” Her lavender eyes flicked over DG’s shoulder to Cain’s face. “When you’re available, that is.”
Cain knew exactly what was going to keep his princess busy for awhile. He was going to drag her back to his bed the second he could. And never let her out of his arms again. //My Princess, my bride.//
000
The end.
He loved nothing more in the world than this moment in time. DG, his precious princess, his darling girl, was cuddled against his bare chest, naked and sleeping in his arms. Her hair curled around his fingers. Her arms held him close, her knee crossed his hip, toes against his thigh. His mind couldn’t seem to move past her words. //You love me…// His arms would never get enough of holding her. His body would never gt enough of her smooth skin and soft curves.
Cain would never be able to let her go again. And in his world that meant only one thing. It was time to talk to her parents.
Even if it meant losing the heat of her skin against his for a little while. //DG,// Pulling her close for another breath, Cain brushed his lips across her forehead before carefully sliding out of her arms and out of bed.
“Hm, Cain,” He paused, watching her stretch and shift against his sheets. She was so beautiful as she cuddled into his blanket and gave a sleepy moan.
“I’ll be back, Darlin’” Cain tucked the blanket up around her shoulders and brushed her hair back. He forced himself to pull back from her skin and reach for his clothes. Cain watched her while he dressed, making sure she was settling back to sleep.
He took a deep breath and straightened his collar and vest. At this time of day the queen would be in her garden watching the suns rise. Nine days out of ten, her husband was with her.
“Your majesty?” The sound of his own voice shocked him just a little. It was quiet. Almost scared. DG was everything. If he lost her somehow… “May I speak with you?”
DG’s mother turned, gifting him with a smile and an extended hand. “Of course, Captain. Have a seat.” He’d seen echoes of that smile on DG’s face. Her husband stepped up behind her and rested his hands on her shoulders. The smile on the queen’s lips took on even more shadings of DG’s when she touched him. It gave him hope.
Sinking into a chair, Cain stared at his hands a moment.
“Is something wrong, Captain?”
//Wrong?....No.// “There’s nothing wrong.” There was no easy way to say it, so he’d just have to spit it out. “I’m in love with DG. She loves me, too. I want your blessing to ask her to marry me.” A rushing sound filled his ears and he found himself rushing his words. “I know I’m not the man you’d choose for her, an old soldier, a common Tinman. But I’ll keep DG happy, safe. I’ll love her and protect her every day of my life.” Cain’s hands tightened until his knuckles went white. “Please, your majesties.”
DG’s parents shared a smile before her mother reached out a delicate hand to cover his own battle-roughened fingers. “Breathe, Captain.” Her lavender eyes smiled first at him, before it started to curve her lips. “We’ve been waiting for months, hoping the two of you would figure it out.” Her soft laughter finally unknotted his clenched hands.
DG’s father moved to lay a hand on his shoulder. “You have our blessing, son. Not that my willful daughter would need it.” A low laugh sounded in Cain’s ear as the queen’s consort returned to her side. “Like her mother, my baby girl has always had a mind and a will of her own.”
“She does indeed and I love her for it.” Cain found himself smiling at his darling girl’s parents, relief making his heart race. They’d said yes.
“Cain?”
Every nerve in his body responded to his name on DG’s lips. Her voice pulled him to his feet and around to face her. //My darlin’ girl,// Cain opened his arms and caught her against his chest mid-step. “My princess,”
Her arms wrapped around his neck and her lips found his. //Oh, my sweet girl,// Even knowing both her parents were mere feet behind him, Cain was helpless to resist the delicious heat of her kiss. His fingers fisted in her hair, holding her closer along with every muscle in his body. He would never get enough of her in his arms, enough of her taste and heat. Her knee slid up the outside of his thigh. His darling girl was about to climb him in front of her parents.
“My darlin’ girl,” Cain forced his fingers out of her hair and his hands to push her back to her heels.
“You left me,” DG wasn’t about to move back, her arms still wrapped tight around his shoulders. “I woke up alone and cold, Cain.” Her fingers stroked along his jaw as her eyes flashed up at him. She certainly wasn’t going to let him off the hook. It was time to show her that he wasn’t going anywhere .
He smiled, catching her hands and sinking to his knees before her. “Never again, my Princess.” Cain watched her eyes flick to her parents before locking to his with a question on her face. “I want you to wake up in my arms every day for the rest of our lives. I love, DG, marry me.”
He watched her eyes widen, her lips part, and her knees shake. He felt her hands tighten and her body sway. DG dropped to her knees and leaned close against his chest. “Cain, tell me… tell me you mean it.”
Gathering her closer, he pressed her palm to his heart and cupped a hand along her cheek. “You believe I love you, don’t you, DG?”
Cain adored her quick smile and automatic nod. “Yes…”
“And you love me, don’t you, my darlin’?” In his arms every single inch of her pressed closer against his chest. Her hand spread wide over his heart as she wrapped the other arm around his neck.
“Yes, Wyatt Cain, I love you very much.” Her eyes never moved from his, truth written all over her face. //That’s my girl,//
“Then I mean it, my darlin’ girl, every word. Say yes.” His hands smoothed along her back, pulling her even closer, even tighter. Until he could feel her heart racing against his ribs. “Give this broken Tinman your heart. Marry me, my Princess. Say yes.”
Her eyes slowly closed, her arms and his tightening until they both struggled to breathe. And still she didn’t speak. //Please, DG, please say yes.// Finally her eyes opened to show him the shine of tears and the biggest smile he’ ever seen on her lips. “Yes, Cain, my Tinman. Yes, I’ll marry you. Yes, yes, yes.”
Her hair caught between his fingers as her lips opened against his in a deep and breathless kiss. A sharp sound reminded Cain of where they were and who was still watching. By force of will, he ended the kiss but couldn’t stand to let her out of his arms. Not yet, not ever. “Your majesties, I apologize.”
“Don’t. You’ve made my daughter happy. You’ll soon be my son. You have no apologies to make to me.” The queen pulled DG into a hug with a smile. “And you, my Angel. You and I have plans to make.” Her lavender eyes flicked over DG’s shoulder to Cain’s face. “When you’re available, that is.”
Cain knew exactly what was going to keep his princess busy for awhile. He was going to drag her back to his bed the second he could. And never let her out of his arms again. //My Princess, my bride.//
000
The end.