Magical Bonds

@ BearGirl

Esther hummed tiredly as he rolled them so that she was on top of him, nestling into his arms with a content little hum as he began to run his fingers through her hair. "I love you the most, though.. With all of my heart." She murmured into his chest, pressing a small kiss to his chest above his heart, resting her head against him as she looked up at him with a little smile as he took her hand with her engagement ring on it.

"I'll always love you too, Blaise.." She smiled, reaching up with her other hand to run her fingers gently through his hair, much like he was doing with hers. She blushed as he asked how she liked the new bed, adjusting herself so that she could tuck herself into his side as she shifted around the blankets to tug them over them, resting her head back against his chest as she settled down for the night. "It's nice.. I love the house, though... Will you tell me about what our life will be like here?"

@ katahdin

"I am not sure about all of that," Blaise said with a laugh. He felt pretty positive that he loved her most. Though it didn't seem like something to even pretend argue about since there was no doubt that they loved each other more than anything or anyone else. "I will always love you too."

His eyes went soft as Esther requested to hear what their lives would be like there. A hand moved up and slowly move up and down her back before he started to speak. "It will be wonderful. For a little while, it will just be the two of us...Planning our wedding, doing magic, fucking each other whenever and wherever we want. But after the wedding, we'll have a kid. And then another one and another one." His smile widen. "It'll be us, a house full of kids and anything and everything we ever wanted will be ours."

@ BearGirl

"But I'm sure about it, so that's all that matters." Esther grinned at his laugh, scooting up to press a kiss to his nose as he promised that he would always love her too. "You better. I'll be sad if you don't." She murmured as she settled back down into his arms, resting her head against his chest as she glanced up at him, smiling as she noticed his eyes soften.

She let out a pleasant hum as he began to rub her back, closing her eyes contently as he began to speak. "Wonderful sounds nice.. Maybe we can get a pet?" She asked curiously, tilting her head home to look at him curiously. She blushed at the mention of them fucking all the time, giving his arm a little shove. "If you really want me to have the baby after our wedding, we'll either have to use protection, or not do it as often." She pointed out, although she was smiling as he mentioned all the children they would have. "I hope you don't think of me as just a brood mare," she said teasingly, scrunching up her nose a little. "I think two, maybe three children is a good place to start, but not one after another. There should be a few years between them, at least, so we're not too overwhelmed." She murmured, settling back down next to him. "But it all sounds perfect, Blaise.. Are we allowed to have a small wedding? Just our friends and family? I know your family is rather large, and we have quite a few friends, but you know I don't like crowds that much, even if everyone there likes us."

@ katahdin

"Well, we don't have to plan everything out now. We will have years and years together to figure out our family, and sometimes things just happen." Blaise murmured before he kissed her forehead lightly. "And, we'll use protection then. I think the wedding planning will be easier if we don't also have to worry about a baby on the way...and if you can drink during it." He joked warmly. Though he definitely did sound like the best in his mind. He was sure that all of their family was going to drive them crazy about planning the wedding once they found out that they were engaged.

"And, yes, love we can get a pet. Did you have something in mind?" Blaise leaned back into the bed and closed his eyes. He was beginning to get a bit tired. And a nice, long nap with Ester in his arms sounded like a great way to spend his time. "We can have a small wedding, if you want. I want you to have whatever you want... though I do have a few requests." A little smile came over his face. "It is our wedding after all," Blaise teased her.

@ BearGirl

"I know we'll have plenty of time to plan, I just like talking about it." Esther murmured softly as she snuggled into his arms, starting to feel sleepy as well, tracing little lazy patterns on his chest with her fingers. She smiled at his teasing, nuzzling her nose into his neck. "I'd have a baby with you tomorrow if you wanted, wedding or no wedding." She murmured, tugging the covers around her a bit tighter.

She smiled as he mentioned them being able to get a pet, humming a little in thought. "I've always wanted a goldfish, but I never got to have one because my father said they were stupid... But a goldfish isn't very exciting, either. What kind of pets do you like?" She asked as she stifled a yawn, but smiled as he mentioned that he had a few requests for their wedding. "I'd like to hear the requests first before I blindly agree to them, if that's fair with you?"

@ katahdin

"We can get a goldfish." Blaise chuckled. "Perhaps a single goldfish isn't all that exciting but what would be is if we got a whole tank. Then put in a couple of fish and water plants, turning it into a type of ecosystem." He paused for a moment as he thought over the idea. Once Blaise was sure, he gave a small nod. "There is definitely room for it and I don't think it would be too hard to take care of...besides, it would look nice. Anyways, I have always wanted a cat but they tend to eat plants so we couldn't have one since it was likely to ruin them."

Blaise held her closer to his chest before turning them slightly in the bed until he was fully comfortable. The man leaned down and pressed his nose to her hair as his muscles untensed and his body relaxed. Within a few moments, it seemed as thought Blaise was on the edge of falling asleep. "I guess you can hear them first." Blaise mumbled, lightly teasing. "I promise that they are simple things. Nothing to worry about."

@ BearGirl

"That sounds like fun.. Maybe I could practice my magic in making it?" Esther suggested tiredly as she snuggled closer, smiling a little though as he mentioned wanting a cat. "I've always liked cats too.. Maybe we could ward the plants in the house to keep a cat away from them?" She suggested softly, humming as he shifted until he was comfortable before she snuggled back into his arms.

She hummed again as he pressed his nose into her hair, giving a little nod as he promised to let her hear about his requests for their wedding. "Alright... I'll be waiting to hear them when we wake up.. Goodnight, Blaise." She murmured tiredly, pressing a kiss to his chest before she allowed herself to drift off to sleep in his arms.

@ katahdin

Once Esther was asleep, Blaise was quick to follow. He had wanted to make sure that she was okay before doing so. After all, it had taken a long time for Esther to get to the point where she wanted to have sex with him again. But since she seemed happy and just tired, Blaise felt as though he could rest.

It wasn't until the morning that Blaise's eyes opened. A smile came over his face as he looked down at the love of his life in his arms, his glaze going back to the ring around her finger. God, it really felt like things could not be better. As carefully as he could, Blaise tried to slip out of the bed without waking her so he could go downstairs and cook some breakfast for them both.

@ BearGirl

Esther didn't feel much unease after their first time being intimate in such a long time, especially with how wonderful and happy their day had been. She slept soundly through the night for the first time in quite a while, curled up in the comfort of his arms. She didn't wake when he pulled away and slid out from under her in the morning, although she did whimper a little bit at the loss of warmth, but once she settled into the covers again she was out cold once more.

She woke about an hour later to the smell of something cooking, rolling onto her back as she stretched before sitting up. She took a moment to take in her surroundings before sliding out of bed, tugging her panties and Blaise's shirt on before heading downstairs, rubbing her eyes tiredly as she made her way to the kitchen, smiling slightly when she saw Blaise cooking them breakfast. "Good morning, Blaise.. You could have woken me up to help."

@ katahdin

"And why would I do that? I am fully capable of making us breakfast." Blaise teased gently. "Besides, you were sleeping so soundly and you looked like an angel. I didn't want to disturb that." Stepping away from the frying pan for a moment, Blaise moved over to Esther and kissed her gently on the lips. A small hum left him before he pulled away and returned back to his spot in the kitchen, finishing up the bacon he was cooking.

"You should grab a plate, everything else is done. I made eggs, toast, pancakes, some cut up fruit and the bacon is being pulled off now. Oh, and I also grabbed us some Apple Juice when I went to the store this morning." Blaise had known it was a risk to go to the store while she was still asleep, on the off chance that she were to wake up. Though he was glad that he did. It had worked out and now they both had something warm and delicious to eat. "I didn't get much so we'll have to go again at some point."

@ BearGirl

Esther smiled as she returned Blaise's kiss, her eyes softening as she looked around the kitchen and over to the dining room table where he'd set out the breakfast he'd made for them. "Blaise, you shouldn't have.. I would have been fine with a bowl of cereal and an apple, you know that." She smiled, moving over to him as he finished pulling the bacon off the stove to kiss his cheek, taking a moment to look through the cabinets to figure out where the plates and cups were kept before grabbing one for each of them and carrying them over to the table.

"Will you bring over silverware once you're finished? I think I have everything else." She smiled, setting his plate down before beginning to put food on hers, feeling like she had an appetite for the first time in a while. It might have just been because they hadn't actually had dinner last night, but she felt more like herself than she had in months, and it was nice.

@ katahdin

Once he was done with the bacon, Blaise came over to the table and set the plate down. Though he then swiftly turned around and grabbed silverware for the both of them. He set Esther's down in front of her before pulling up a chair and sitting down. With all of that completed, Blaise pulled some of the plates closer to himself so he could serve himself. The man was quiet for the first few minutes, just focusing on eating what was in front of him. It seemed that he was a lot hungrier than he first thought.

But soon his plate was half empty and his head was turning up towards his beautiful fiancee. A smile came over the man's face for a long moment before he started to speak. "We should go see our families today and break the happy news to them." He let out a small hum in through before continuing on. "I thought we should go see your mother first. If you want to see her first, that is."

@ Sweet.Persephone

Esther was more than happy to sit in silence and eat with him, finding this silence much more comfortable than the silence that usually accompanied breakfast at his house. It wasn't that she disliked his family, she just couldn't take the pointless small talk that they always tried to make, feeling like a jerk whenever she didn't respond or didn't really go along with what they were talking about. She felt awful that Blaise always had to apologize to his parents, and how they always said it was fine because she was still going through a hard time, but even though she wished she could go along with it she just couldn't bring herself to no matted how hard she tried. But just being with Blaise, in their home, it was different, comfortable, and she hoped that it would always be like this.

She looked up from her plate as he spoke about seeing their families later today, giving a little nod as he suggested that they go to see her mother first. "Yes, that would be fine.. I should go see her, anyway, check on Aster, too.." She murmured as she looked back down at her plate. The little makeshift grave she'd made for their daughter was still at her mother's house, since she hadn't wanted to disturb it and move it to Blaise's parents house, especially when there wasn't much room in the greenhouse or any in the garden outside, and the last thing she wanted was for the flowers to die. She'd visited the grave a lot after she'd first left her mother's house, but over time she'd stopped going, not because she didn't care, but more because her mother kept telling her she had to stop and move on.

@ katahdin

"I think that is a good idea." Blaise told her with a gentle smile. He was glad that Esther was finally beginning to move on. It was, absolutely without a doubt, a difficult time they had gone through. And he was sure that it was something that would always sit in their hearts. But he didn't think that it was something that should control their lives any longer. And it seemed that Esther was now ready to move onto greener fields.

Once they were finished with breakfast, Blaise cleaned up the table and moved the dirty dishes to the sink. Something for them to clean up later. "We should get ready and head over then. How about you go take a shower?" Blaise told her before he glanced out one of the windows for a long moment. "Then we'll go to the house, pick up some of our things and it'll be a good day." Blaise smiled back at her.

@ Sweet.Persephone

Esther nodded a bit as Blaise told her I was a good plan, finishing up her breakfast. She knew that he wished she'd moved on faster than she had, but their baby's death had hurt, and still hurt, and she wasn't sure if she'd ever be able to move on completely. "Do.. do you think we could move her here? We could make a little garden for her, then we.. I don't have to worry about her as much?" She asked soflty, biting her lip nervously as she hoped he'd agree and think it was reasonable.

She nodded when he suggested that they get ready to head over, standing and helping him bring their dishes to the sink. "A shower sounds nice.. do you need to take one too? And thank you for breakfast, I appreciate it." She smiled, pressing a kiss to his cheek before giving his hands a squeeze.

@ katahdin

"Of course." He responded. Blaise had already been expecting her to make that request. And, in truth, it would make him feel better as well if she was moved to their home instead of staying with Esther's mother. Blaise had wanted to move the baby to his parent's home but Esther had said that was a bad idea, so he decided to leave it alone. "We'll have to wait until we have a proper place for her though. Maybe we can pull something together by the end of the week? I guess it would depend on what you want."

A warm hum left Blaise as she kissed his cheek. Turning, Blaise wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her gently. "I do need to take one. But I can go after you or use the guest bathroom." His hand shifted up and started to rub her back gently. "It would just be a good idea to go see everyone early so we can have the evening to ourselves."

@ Sweet.Persephone

Esther smiled a little as he agreed to her suggestion, giving a little nod when he said they'd need to plan for a proper place to put her. "Yes, that's fine.. Somewhere in the yard, I think. Far enough out of the way where nothing else will get in the way, her own spot.." she hummed as he wrapped an arm around her waist, her own arms wrapping around him as she kissed him back. "I love you, Blaise.. Thank you, for everything."

She rested her head against his shoulder, humming contently as he rubbed her back, her fingers tracing patterns on his chest. "We could shower together.. I'll behave, I promise. I don't need to wash my hair today, just rinse it, so I won't take too long."

@ katahdin

A chuckle left Blaise at Esther's suggestion. He had been trying to avoid that option, not because he didn't think that Esther couldn't behave herself. But because he wasn't sure that he could. Blaise leaned down and pressed a kiss against her cheek. "If you want," He murmured against her skin. It took a moment, but eventually, Blaise pulled away from Esther and turned back to the dishes. He was going to save them for later but...

"You go get everything started and jump into the shower. I'll join you in a couple of minutes." Blaise told her before he turned on the water to the kitchen sink. He knew he should give her some time to actually wash. Blaise spent much less time under the water, but it was probably due to the fact that he enjoyed the warm water much less than she did.

@ Sweet.Persephone

Esther giggled softly as he pressed a kiss to her cheek, turning her head to press her lips to his in a quick kiss, not minding that he continued to hold her for an extra few moments before suggesting she head upstairs to get a head start on her shower. "Alright. See you up there. Don't take too long, I can always wash the dishes later." She smiled, kissing his cheek once more before heading upstairs, humming as she went.

Once in their room she took a few moments to find a clean set of clothes for each of them and set them out on the bed before heading into the bathroom to start up the shower, waiting until the water was plenty warm enough before stripping and stepping in, deciding to wash her hair after all while she was already there.

@ katahdin

Blaise stayed downstairs for a few minutes. He wanted to give Esther a chance to actually wash as he had a feeling that things would not turn out the way Esther said they would. Esther was able to behave herself but he had a feeling that she might not. And after quite a long time without having sex well... it would be a bit of a struggle for him not to start something. But Blaise was going to try his best as he did want to get going to see their families.

With that thought Blaise set down the cleaned plate and turned to make his way downstairs. Once in the bedroom, he slipped into the bathroom, pulling his shirt off as he did so. His pants were soon to follow, leaving him without clothes. Blaise pulled back the shower curtain slightly, looking over his fiancee with a large smile before he stepped in.