A long-awaited reunion - Coronation day

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

It had been weeks since I had last seen Raegan, and my heart was beating in anticipation. Dressed in elegant blue, I had taken my carriage to her door, at the precise time I said I would.

I knocked on her door, and the maid introduced me in the lobby, telling me she would advise Raegan of my coming. I stood, at the ready, feverish and happy.

[Raegan Brice]

I would have never believed I could spend an entire day getting ready for one event, but somehow I had managed it.

Looking in the mirror, I was appraising the final results as the maid told me Siegfried was here. The dress still made my heart skip when I looked at it. The brooch Sieg had given me was pinned at the slight dip of the neckline between my breasts, where the straps attached. My hair was partially coiled on my head, the rest hung down in perfect, soft ring curls.

Smiling, and unable to put off seeing him for another second to fuss, I swept out of my room and to the stairs. I stopped at the landing, seeing him standing in the entryway.

My smile grew and I said, "Hello."

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

What a vision she was. Atop the stairs, Reagan was a full figure of womanhood, a beauty refined and precious. My heart clenched at the sight of her and my polite grin to the maid expanded. I said "Hello, Reagan. What a vision you are," looking for better words, I swallowed a little, "truly a dream, the loveliest dream indeed," I finished, my smile as wide as it could be, and my eyes a little watery. I had missed her dearly.

[Raegan Brice]

I blushed, touched not so much by his words - though they were lovely - as by his tone and expression. Quickly, but carefully, I descended the stairs to stand before him.

"You look very handsome," I said softly, smiling up at him.

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

I looked down at her. My hand, unbeknownst to me, went for her cheek, and I cupped it gently. "I have missed you very much, sweet Raegan."

The vision of her, and my own stifled and frustrated hunger made want to tear her dress and take her, then and there. But it was not time yet, and I muffled my own desire, diverting us to other grounds.

"Are you ready to go? There is something I wish to show you, before we depart in the crowd of the celebration."

[Raegan Brice]

I had leaned into his touch, my entire body sighing happily at the feel of his skin against mine again.

"I just need my wrap," I told him, smiling and indicating the wrap that hung on a peg near the door.

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

An extension of my arm, and the wrap was in my hands. A soft gesture of tenderness, and it was on Rae's shoulders. "Is there anything else?"

[Raegan Brice]

Reaching up, I let my fingers caress his cheek softly. "A kiss, please," I said softly, smiling.

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

I had been struggling against my own desire to kiss her, the moment I'd been in her presence, fearing the kiss may turn into something more powerful and enthralling. At her beckoning, my barrier broke and I kissed her passionately, weeks of patience obliterated in one simple contact. When we finally broke the kiss, I whispered with a gentle smile, "I thought you'd never ask."

[Raegan Brice]

Gasping, and trembling with the surge of desire that his kiss had unleashed, I clung to him slightly. Oh how desperately I wanted him to throw me up against the wall and have me right here.

Drawing a shuddering breath, I tried to control my gnawing hunger for him.

"You don't have to wait for me to ask," I replied, smiling somewhat shakily, but smiling.

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

My hands brushed her back softly, and I smiled gently at her. "I'm glad that you say so, Love, but I enjoy it, when you say what you want as well."

I wanted her furiously, and my body would not calm itself. I pressed her against my for another kiss, caring very little that she should feel my hardness against her delicate body.

[Raegan Brice]

For a moment I returned his kiss fully, letting myself get lost in the taste and feel of him, and our mutual desire.

Somehow, and I will really never know where it came from, I found the will to pull back slightly.

"It took me all day to get where I looked pretty enough to go to the fete on your arm," I said, smiling. "If we continue this we will never make it to the fete."

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

I sighed in protest when she pulled out, but she was right, and I had much to discuss with her. I smiled, grateful that she was reasonnable enough for the both of us.

"And you do, indeed, conjure visions, Raegan. I'm sorry I wasn't able to compliment you in a more poetic fashion." I looked at her once more, and noted "I am happy to see you are wearing the brooch. It looks wonderful on you."

I stifled the remainder of my want, and offering her my arm, I said, "Shall we?"

[Raegan Brice]

"I only ever take it off when I sleep or bathe," I told him, slipping my arm through his. "And then it rests on a table where I can see it."

The fingers of my free hand instinctively went to the brooch and caressed its now familiar shape.

"It's the most beautiful gift I have ever received," I said softly. "I wish I could find the words to tell you how much it means to me."

[Siegfried de Strasbourg(D)]

I smiled widely at Raegan's words, wanting badly to tell her how much it meant to me as well.

"I am very happy that it is meaningful to you, Raegan. It means a lot to me too, even more so now that you have taken to it."

I led her out the door, and helped her into the carriage. With a soft nod to the driver, we were on our way.