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loved_by_twoSomehow, Guinevere and Lancelot made it to his rooms. She sat him down on his bed and went to close his door, but not before sending for warm water and clean cloths. She leaned heavily against the door for a moment as her mind tried to race through the fog of pain that was threatening to consume her.
A Rider.
They had to send a rider to Arthur and the others. They needed to know what had happened. She and Lancelot...they needed to have him close by, just so they could make sure that he was unharmed. There was no way to know how many ambushes had been set up.
No, Arthur needed to come back so that they could take inventory of what was happening around them. She had to have both of them near her so she could see that they were alive. God, Arthur had to be alive. Please, do not let another ambush have been set up for Arthur.
She swallowed past the taste of blood in her mouth and moved back to Lancelot's side. This fight had taken a lot out of both of them. While part of her spirit had sung the bloodsong of her people once again, the other part of her had known that it was an encounter that niether she, nor Lancelot, were in prime fighting condition to deal with it.
She moved to Lancelot's side and silently began unfastening straps and undoing buckles to help him get out of his armour. As she helped divest him of his armour, she did her best to hide the sight of his back plate from him. It was smeared quite liberally with her blood and she did not want him to see it and become worried about her condition.
"Guinevere."
"In a moment," she said softly, taking off the rest of his armour.
"You're bleeding."
"As are you," she responded gently as she removed his gauntlets and frowned at the arrow wound and at the wounds on his shoulder and his upper arm.
Tears filled her eyes as she took in the hidden wounds he had sustained. She went to the door and opened it to allow the warm water to be brought into Lancelot's room. She had yet to meet her beloved's eyes with her own as she began to cut his shirt away.
After she stared at his chest and stomach for a long moment, she looked into his pain-filled eyes.
"We could have lost you," she whispered in a hoarse voice as she began to clean the blood off of his skin. Her touch was featherlight, but she knew that she was causing him pain, even if he didn't say so.
She kneeled on the floor at his side as her own strength started to give way. She looked him over as she continued to clean him up so Merlin would have an easier time attending to his wounds.
"Merlin will be here soon," she swallowed past the pain. "I will send a rider to Arthur to alert him and to call him back."
She tried not to lift her head because it tore at her throat and the pain from that was blinding. It made her want to just close her eyes and float away. She knew that Lancelot had heard what the Saxon had said on the battlefield. She knew it had caused him a moment of distraction where he was probably wounded again. She knew he had seen the wound at her throat and she couldn't read his eyes right now. If she could keep him focused more on his wounds and not hers, then he wouldn't be able to find out about any of the ones she was hiding from him.
She could do this. She could maintain self-control until her father got here. Then, she could slip away while all attention was on her beloved and deal with her own wounds and pain.
"Soon, love," she promised. "Soon."
A Rider.
They had to send a rider to Arthur and the others. They needed to know what had happened. She and Lancelot...they needed to have him close by, just so they could make sure that he was unharmed. There was no way to know how many ambushes had been set up.
No, Arthur needed to come back so that they could take inventory of what was happening around them. She had to have both of them near her so she could see that they were alive. God, Arthur had to be alive. Please, do not let another ambush have been set up for Arthur.
She swallowed past the taste of blood in her mouth and moved back to Lancelot's side. This fight had taken a lot out of both of them. While part of her spirit had sung the bloodsong of her people once again, the other part of her had known that it was an encounter that niether she, nor Lancelot, were in prime fighting condition to deal with it.
She moved to Lancelot's side and silently began unfastening straps and undoing buckles to help him get out of his armour. As she helped divest him of his armour, she did her best to hide the sight of his back plate from him. It was smeared quite liberally with her blood and she did not want him to see it and become worried about her condition.
"Guinevere."
"In a moment," she said softly, taking off the rest of his armour.
"You're bleeding."
"As are you," she responded gently as she removed his gauntlets and frowned at the arrow wound and at the wounds on his shoulder and his upper arm.
Tears filled her eyes as she took in the hidden wounds he had sustained. She went to the door and opened it to allow the warm water to be brought into Lancelot's room. She had yet to meet her beloved's eyes with her own as she began to cut his shirt away.
After she stared at his chest and stomach for a long moment, she looked into his pain-filled eyes.
"We could have lost you," she whispered in a hoarse voice as she began to clean the blood off of his skin. Her touch was featherlight, but she knew that she was causing him pain, even if he didn't say so.
She kneeled on the floor at his side as her own strength started to give way. She looked him over as she continued to clean him up so Merlin would have an easier time attending to his wounds.
"Merlin will be here soon," she swallowed past the pain. "I will send a rider to Arthur to alert him and to call him back."
She tried not to lift her head because it tore at her throat and the pain from that was blinding. It made her want to just close her eyes and float away. She knew that Lancelot had heard what the Saxon had said on the battlefield. She knew it had caused him a moment of distraction where he was probably wounded again. She knew he had seen the wound at her throat and she couldn't read his eyes right now. If she could keep him focused more on his wounds and not hers, then he wouldn't be able to find out about any of the ones she was hiding from him.
She could do this. She could maintain self-control until her father got here. Then, she could slip away while all attention was on her beloved and deal with her own wounds and pain.
"Soon, love," she promised. "Soon."
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:20 am (UTC)He smirked and shook his head." I'm beginning to miss the old days when there were no meetings and there were only orders." The blanket was curled around his shoulders and tightened around hi form as he watched Arthur.
He tried to ignore the ache, the one that happened when Arthur removed his hand." But if you must, you must. We'll hold down the fort and we'll get answers out of that Saxon one way or another."
Lancelot exhaled a breath and ignored the pain in his chest.
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:26 am (UTC)"It's poppy juice and water - just sip a little; it'll ease the pain."
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:32 am (UTC)" I'll be back on my feet in no time."
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-30 07:45 am (UTC)He glanced to Guinevere and then back to Arthur." Galahad and Gawain have spent their time dancing around one another. Bors and his family are doing fine, the children are growing quickly."
He smiled faintly then shook his head." Guinevere has been missing you as I have. Things have been quiet, almost settled."
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:54 am (UTC)"Those two just need to open their eyes and look at one another to see they're so in love - they just seem so blind to it." He glanced at Guinevere, smile widening. "I've missed the two of you too."
He shuffled, a little uncomfortably, insecurities choosing this very bad moment to come back to him, but he turned and looked at Lancelot again, regardless. "It's good to be home."