Concord Dawn: Survey

[Nicole]

Ranah lay there, looking up to the stone cold eyes of the man that spoke. She was quiet, her face held not the brimming emotion her heart exuded. In the end though, her hand moved to his that was draped across her middle, placing her hand over his she inhaled deeply, her eyes closed for a moment before she opened them, golden hued gaze returned to him as she spoke finally.

"I am stubborn, and I do know what I want. I chose that long ago when I first met you. " she told him, "I would destroy the galaxy for you." she confessed, of that they were of like mind, they would sacrifice anything to get to the other. It was that feeling that had driven her away in the beginning, uncertainty, perhaps a bit of fear that someone could change her so with just a look, a touch.

Ranah inhaled some, held it and then let it back out again, "I would not find myself so easily taken from your side again, but.." she started.

"If you continue to have me escorted around as some fearful leader who needs her guards, I'm gonna break your nose." she told him, so cool and calm in her words. "I do not see my being with child as a weakness." she kept speaking, tracing her fingers along his hand, her eyes looked to the armor over her stomach, fingers guided his hand there, even though he could not feel her actual flesh beneath.

"It is a part of you."she stated, "and that gives me even more strength to see that it is as his father some day."

Ranah's eyes lingered on Zev, "I married you cause you're fucking hot." she teased, grinning up at him, ending the seriousness of her previous words, though her statement wasn't entirely true and she knew Zev knew that wasn't the only reason.

[Praenuntius]

“Again?” He finally broke his silence, having listened up until that point just as she had listened so intently to his words. He chuckled, watching her eyes. Moving his hand over her stomach, he tore his gaze away to look at her hand over his. Zev didn’t see her as weak, or incapable of defending herself or their as yet unborn child.

He nodded a little, after all, what could he really say in the face of her request? He looked back at her with his stormy hues, clenching his jaw for a few moments. “Very well, I’ll take care of the arrangements.” Then she told him why she married him, which brought forth that rare grin. Shaking his head he chuckled finally before leaning down and pressing his full lips against her own.

When he leaned back the grin slowly dissolved into a faint whisper of a smile before fading all together. She had chosen him all those years ago, he knew it then as well as he knew it today which made it all the more unbearable to watch her go. To be told there was nothing wrong with you and then to be left anyway… But he knew better than to dwell on past afflictions. “You will however not be taking the risks you have been. These are our people, true, but it’s easy to hide your intentions behind a suit of armor. We have many enemies and few friends, I would not have you struck down in a devious trap set by our enemies.” He rose his hand, “I’m just wondering if I can’t watch your back who will?”

[Nicole]

Ranah savored Zev's kiss, lingering with it for as long as he could maintain with the positioning till he leaned back. She loved seeing that grin on his face, her eyes committed it to memory. Only rarely did she find it gracing Zev's face these days, something she would see fixed sooner than later. Her eyes lingered on his as he reluctantly agreed to her statement. Then came the part she wouldn't like either as he told her what she wouldn't be doing. That look in his eyes transcended a mere husband's request, and she knew, of this, Zev would not be swayed.

"Fine." she sighed, eyes breaking from his for a moment, reluctantly agreeing that she wouldn't behave as she had in the past, at least for the next eight months or so. It was true, the Mandalorians had few friends and many enemies, but she reasoned, the more the better the fight would be.

Her eyes returned to him as he asked whom would watch her back.

"It's those times you must trust in the skills of your wife, as she trusts her husband's."