Saturday, early evening: Journey to Soulwood

[mylandmyrules]

Nell and Gladio stepped through the portal shortly before sunset onto the grounds of Soulwood. The sun was setting through the trees to the west, beautiful colors suggesting a bright tomorrow.

As soon as Nell stepped onto the land its energy rose up to greet her. Even someone without Nell's connection to the land couldn't have missed it. Everything was suddenly a little more vibrant, the trees seemed to lean in close, the birds hushed then sang louder than before, and Nell positively glowed.

Her hair and face seemed more vibrant, and everything about her seemed to reach out and connect with the land until an imaginative person might have almost thought he could see the bright lines of force connecting them.

She pushed a wayward strand of hair off her face - was it the breeze or was her hair floating gently in the energy currents? -and took a moment to kick her shoes off and sink her feet into the dirt, eyes closing for a moment.

"Ain't no one watching us'uns here," she said, sliding back into the language of home, and smiled up at him, reaching for his hand. "Just we'uns and the land and its creatures. Welcome to Soulwood, Tall Man."



[Nfb for distance and for the lightly modded tall man in question.]

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell's hands went up under his shirt, loving the feel of his skin under her hands. She shifted enough to help him remove her blouse before going back to tugging his shirt over his head. Her skirts were easy enough to wriggle out of, though she was happy to let him help any way he chose because mostly she just wanted to be skin to skin with him.

"Love you so much, Tall Man."

[sword_chocobro]

But helping Nell with her skirts gave Gladio the chance to pull back enough that the best way to return to her: with slow hands up her side and soft kisses starting at her stomach and making the path from there to her lips again. Granted, he would have needed to pull away for his own jeans, but, well, details, details. The important things was that it wasn't long at all before there would be nary a scrap of clothing on them, and he'd taken the scenic route back until he was murmuring "Love you, too, Bossy Woman" with a grin against her neck.