#it’s finally done i think

[paladinwife]

Silk Scarf

Arlecchino reflects on a chance meeting with Swanhilde of Mondstadt. ~900 words. Warnings for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it sex implication.

Arlecchino’s dark eyes were fixed on the length of white silk draped across her hand.

A silk scarf, belonging to another woman. One that had left for home all too soon.

Despite herself, she could feel a tangle of emotion forming at the base of her throat just looking at the piece of cloth in her hand. And yet, she couldn’t bring herself to put it away.

She lifted the delicate piece of silk to her face, looking at it more closely.

~~~

“Tell me, Swanhilde, what brings you here?”

The other woman’s warm, brown eyes were filled with mirth. Her gloved fingers laced with Arlecchino’s as they stepped onto the dance floor together.

“I came to Fontaine on… personal business, shall we say.” Her tone was playful, baiting her into a dance. And so Arlecchino took her bait, leading her in a tango, Swanhilde’s steps quickly falling in line.

Arlecchino’s eyes were still on hers, and she raised her eyebrows. “Then let me ask: what brings you to me in particular?”

She could see a flicker of something in Swanhilde’s eyes.

“Would you take simple curiosity as an answer?”

~~~

The scarf still smelled faintly of her perfume from where it lay against her neck. Its scent immediately sent her mind reeling, conjuring images of the evening she had spent with her.

Of her.

She tore her gaze away from the silk scarf to the floor. No. She didn’t have time to waste brooding over a damned garment. Tenderly, she placed the scarf on her desk, folding it carefully.

Her eyes glanced towards it once more. The thoughts still swirled in her head.

~~~

Step by step, Swanhilde’s body moved as one with hers, her chest pressed up close to hers, her breath in sync with hers. She could smell her perfume on her neck, a soft scent of roses that stirred something in the back of her mind. The other woman had a gentle flush across her face, a placid smile on her lips.

Though Arlecchino’s countenance remained calm, beneath the surface her heart raced. Her hand caught under the woman’s thigh, lifting her leg to her waist.

“You’re good at this,” the other woman teased, a playful look in her eye.

“Perhaps I am,” Arlecchino responded, her tone cool. “Or, having a good partner makes such a thing easy.”

Her laugh was like a melody.

~~~

She had work to do. She didn’t have time to waste thinking about this. Any moment now and the children would come looking for her. And how would they find her? Stuck in her own head over this woman.

This endlessly charming woman.

She sighed softly, stepping away from her desk.

Perhaps, if she could get herself to start working again, she could cast the thoughts out of her head.

Two more strides towards the door, and she placed her hand on the handle.

The door clicked as the handle turned.

~~~

“Let me ask you again, Swanhilde.” Arlecchino’s voice was low, nearly whispering in the other woman’s ear now. “What brought a woman like you to me?” She had begun leading them away from the crowd, each step taking them towards the fringes. “You have come all this way from Mondstadt, on unspecified ‘personal business…’” She leaned in closer to her face. “…and have sought me out for some reason you still won’t tell me.”

She chuckled, her face flushing with joy. “Does ‘curiosity’ really not suffice?” Something glinted in her eyes, something that hinted at more behind her coy answer.

The two of them had stepped away from the crowd now, away in a corner, in their own world together. “Curiosity? Or, could it more accurately be described as… interest?” Arlecchino leaned in even closer, her lips almost close enough to brush against Swanhilde’s. She paused for a moment, watching how Swanhilde’s face flushed and her eyes widened at the proximity. Her eyes fluttered shut for a moment, and when they opened again, the soft look in her eyes made Arlecchino’s breath catch.

“Interest?” Swanhilde chuckled again. “I suppose you could say that.”

Arlecchino took Swanhilde’s chin in her hand, enjoying the sight as the other woman swooned in her grasp. Time seemed to slow, her heart fluttering in her chest, as she drew their lips together.

~~~

She turned back, glancing at the scarf one last time. There she stood in the doorway, still for just a moment, one hand on the door handle, the thought lingering in her mind.

She stepped back towards her desk.

With a delicate hand, she lifted the scarf again, letting the fabric cascade over her hand.

A shiver ran down her spine as a vivid memory conjured in her head — this soft silk in her hands as she knotted the fabric around her wrists…

No, no, not right now.

She doubled the scarf over itself, and again, and again, folding it into a tiny triangle, and tucking it into her pocket. Perhaps she could take her with her as she worked.

She finally stepped back towards the open doorway, resigning herself to her work.

When she finally had the time to sit down and think through what she wanted to write, she owed Swanhilde a letter.

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