youknowitsleafman

[youknowitsleafman]

He managed to sleep through the night, occasionally moving around. Shortly before dawn, he woke up with a pressing need to use the privy, and he grumbled at the sharp nip to the air before crawling back in bed. He fully intended to sleep for as long as he possibly could.

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[youknowitsleafman]

He found her hand and tucked his inside hers, and he buried his face against her pillows. It smelled like her, and for the first time in several days, he relaxed. It didn’t take long for him to fall asleep, especially since he felt safe.

“Love you,” he mumbled before succumbing entirely.

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[youknowitsleafman]

“Oh Goddess.” He snuggled into the blankets. “Shaydon does like you. Have I met Mavin yet?” he wondered. “Isn’t meeting each others’ COs the military equivalent of meeting the parents?” He pulled at the blankets so that she wouldn’t have to fight with them to get in. “We should probably do something about that.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

“You can have that conversation. I’d like to be several miles away.” He swallowed and let her haul him up. His legs trembled but then firmed, and he could stand up. They made their way to the bed, and he looked longingly at the mattress. Tree branches were not comfortable. “Unless I get to talk to your commander the next time your rotation goes longer than it should.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

“Thanks,” he mumbled, yawning again. He did as instructed, his neck starting to complain loudly at him. Everything hurt. “I’m sorry for all this.” He watched her through eyelids at half-mast. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this tired. I’ve been awake for four days straight.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

He immediately dropped his hands to his waist, fumbling at first until he managed to get the catch. The belt went on the table and he toed off his boots. He pushed his chair back after squeezing her wrist to warn her, and then he bent over to work on his greaves. He had to keep blinking; his exhaustion made them want to close and not open again.

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[youknowitsleafman]

“I guess,” he wasn’t able to stifle the latest yawn. “They were all new recruits, no bad habits to unlearn.”  He smiled at the thought. “That sounds good, but I think I need to head to bed before I fall asleep at the table.” He looked down at his armor. “Could you...help me take it off?” He shuffled slightly in embarrassment. “My fingers feel too thick tonight.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

He squeezed her hand carefully. “I like that plan.” He finished his bread and reached for his tea. “It sounds nice and relaxing. And quiet. You’d think that with autumn starting to set in that the forest would quiet down and your own comrades would echo, since, you know, training from hell. In reality?” He scowled playfully. “I’ve never heard more complaints.

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[youknowitsleafman]

He took the piece of bread she’d buttered. “Thanks. I think they understand where he’s coming now that they’re on the other end of the training from hell, but,” he made a face before he bit into the bread. “If they continue,” he swallowed, “we’ll make sure to set them straight. Shaydon’s the best commanding officer I’ve ever had. He’s stern and firm, but he’s fair.”

He reached out to take her hand. “I’m glad to be home. No more traveling for a while, I think. I just want to be here.” With you.

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[youknowitsleafman]

“He’s not just desperate to increase the ranks. He needs people he can trust, that the queen can trust. We all present ourselves well enough to him, but he needs to see us in trying circumstances to be sure.” He scrubbed at his eyes. “He didn’t need to put me through those kind of things for the obvious, but since we’ve had more delegates to the palace because of the queen’s marriage, Shaydon’s expanding his intelligence operation through the palace. He needs to be in his office more and out in the field less. He needs to know we can work. Some of the new guys were talking about instituting a vote change to get rid of him, but we shut them down immediately. Shaydon’s a good captain, and though training was grueling, we needed it.” He looked at her. “Toast? Please?”

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[youknowitsleafman]

“Sounds good.” He slumped over further and watched her through half-lidded eyes. “Berige’s with my mom permanently now, but the Captain said I could train a new chickadee this winter once the queen beds down. As for training...” He shrugged. “Shaydon had recruited three new people, but the training to integrate them into our unit is just...brutal. One person, yeah, okay, put ‘em into training drills, they’ll be fine, but three new people?

“It took a lot more.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

“Just...a little,” he yawned. “Shaydon made us eat before we left.” He leaned his chin on his hand. “Oh Goddess. Caravan duty. M’not sad to be missing that one. And good. Your dad should be,” he yawned again, “good. I think.” He smiled blearily at her. “You look good.”

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[youknowitsleafman]

“Of course,” he mumbled, burying her face in her shoulder. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to be gone for so long. Training went...” He held her just a little tighter. “Awfully.” 

He didn’t want to let go of her, but he needed to sit down. His legs were trembling. He found something to sit on and almost fell down. “How’s it been here? Your dad?”

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Nod barely managed to stifle a yawn as he fumbled with the key to Tess’s place. Shaydon had kept them for an ‘extended training mission’ that was supposed to last for five days. It had been several weeks. That’s what you got when you were doing training in hostile territory, he supposed. The queen had been in seclusion, allowing for the training, and it had been necessary, but…

He just wanted to fall into bed and sleep for several days. He finally got the door open and he poked his head in. “Tess? You home?”

[youknowitsleafman]

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Nod barely managed to stifle a yawn as he fumbled with the key to Tess’s place. Shaydon had kept them for an ‘extended training mission’ that was supposed to last for five days. It had been several weeks. That’s what you got when you were doing training in hostile territory, he supposed. The queen had been in seclusion, allowing for the training, and it had been necessary, but...

He just wanted to fall into bed and sleep for several days. He finally got the door open and he poked his head in. “Tess? You home?”

[youknowitsleafman]

>v> Tess and Nod~

Send me a pair of names, and I’ll tell you what I think it would be like if they had a child.

Name: Gwen Rhea

Gender: Girl

General Appearance: Her hair is a shade darker than Nod’s, and she wears it down to her shoulders, fluffy and curly with the top pulled back. She’s got her mother’s eyes and skintone and her father’s freckles and devious smile.

Personality: Shockingly, for the kid of two Leafmen, Gwen is quite tame. She gets into her share of playground tussles, but she most enjoys watching her grandmother weave.

Special Talents: Writing, weaving, and flying. She’s better with a bo staff than her mother, and knows her way around a knife.

Who they like better: She doesn’t play favorites… unless someone’s bribing her with a flight lesson.

Who they take after more: Her father’s mother.

Personal Headcanon: She aspires to work as a scribe for the Queen or any of her managers around the citadel.

Face Claim: None, at the moment.

[youknowitsleafman]

Send me “that’s dirty” and I will generate a number for what my muse will say to yours.

Sexual Sunday NSFW special, they’re all suggestive, but don’t have to be responded to in a NSFW manner.

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send me one:

♋: I want to save you from this cruel world.

♈: I want to be your servant.

♉: I want you on my side.

♊: I want you to be my friend.

♌: I want to love you.

♍: I want to keep you safe.

♎: I want to bring you to justice.

♏: I want to have you killed.

♐: I want to be ordered around by you.

♑: I want to kill you and paint with your blood.

♒: I want to kill your guardian.

♓: I want to order you around