tiltingwithlips: (M Within these two hours)
Elizabeth Mortimer, called Kate Percy ([personal profile] tiltingwithlips) wrote2013-04-05 08:50 pm

with this ring, I thee wed

Man and wife.

They are at last man and wife, he hers and she his -- the Lord and Lady Percy.

It has been quite a day.

When the festivities are finally done, they have burned a great many candles, eaten a great deal of food, danced many a dance. Elizabeth is the one who finally takes Harry's hand, covering a yawn, and tugs him towards the door of the hall. The remaining guests raise a cheer and a cup as the couple head upstairs to their rooms.

Kate leans on Harry as they ascend the stairs, loose-limbed and smiling from exhaustion.
valiantrebel: (a noble plot)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-06 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
For so many reasons, Harry couldn't be gladder to get away from the wedding, to be alone with his wife. (To be alone with his wife!) He's thrumming with excitement -- that hasn't abated since the ceremony at the church -- but he's happiest to have winnowed down his company. All the rest, while welcome, had become a thing to be borne, until this moment.

It's all he can do not to take the steps two at a time. He leans into her shoulder, grinning. "Say you not so -- wilt thou sleep so early?"
valiantrebel: (but come Kate)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-06 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"With so much night ahead of us? Marry, I do, and so wilt thou!"
valiantrebel: ('tis a woman's fault)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-06 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ask not that he answer with words.

Not when they've reached the landing near the chamber and he may kiss her against the wall.
valiantrebel: (what sayest thou my lady?)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-06 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
He has no thoughts of consummating in the hallway, but the crook of her neck is bare and right there and asking for kisses.

He twines his fingers with hers and draws back, if but a little. "Then, my lady, lead on."
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[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-06 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Before he can think on it, before he notices, nearly, they've crossed the threshold into the bedroom, and he's pushing the door shut. The lock clicks.

The bed is large.

And he's already kissing her again.
valiantrebel: (but come Kate)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
See, she already knows how to egg him on. Harry smiles through the kisses (and the happy, rumbling noises he's making himself) and sets both hands at the small of her back.

He leans into her, takes a step or two toward the bed. When he pulls back, it's only far enough to speak, and no more. "Awake, my lady?"
valiantrebel: ('tis a woman's fault)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Now is all he needs.

A few more steps, the kissing hungrier now, until they're bumping up against the foot of the bed. He knows he must be patient, but his fingers keep skimming the lines of her neck, and she smells like a wedding night, and he's her husband and she's his wife, and -- only the knowledge that she's never done this before checks him at all.
valiantrebel: (what sayest thou my lady?)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, God save him--

He kisses beneath her jaw, and under her ear, and then, his hand on her hip: "Art thou as impatient as I am?"
valiantrebel: ('tis a woman's fault)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
He chuckles. "Coy Kate."

Back to kissing her neck and shoulder, then, if she'll be so glib.
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[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll own as much."

He'd be in favor of removing clothes. He's even toying with the laces at the back of her dress, though -- well, it's not so much toying as fumbling. He's never had to undress a lady in such fine clothes before.
valiantrebel: ('tis a woman's fault)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
He laughs, softly. Some might recognize, in some part of it, relief. "As you will, Lady Percy."

He circles behind her and, after some unknotting, begins to tug the laces free. There, at the nape of her neck, the delicate rise of her bones. He presses his lips there as his hands keep moving and the dress loosens around her.
valiantrebel: (but come Kate)

[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
That should do it. If he lifted the dress, she should come right out of it. He steps back.

Better to do this now, to shuck his jacket and pull off his boots before he'll be too far gone, before they'll get in the way.

He takes her skirt in both hands and raises his arms.
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[personal profile] valiantrebel 2013-04-07 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There is staring. Gazing? Looking. And a sucking-in of breath. If Harry's not the luckiest man in Christendom, he doesn't want to know.

"Help me, Kate." He presses his hand against the warm skin at her waist to turn her toward him. "Or I may be moved to poetry."

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