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[purplekitte]

Set vaguely in Three Pillars.

Title: Choosing Sides
Author: purplekitte
Theme: Silver Millennium--Inner circle
Genre: Romance
Version: Anime
Rating: PG

“Beryyyl…” Endymion called from deep in his pile of cushions, only two flung arms visible to draw her in.

“You couldn’t be bothered to get out of your nest,” Beryl crossed her silk draped arms, but crawled across the sinking mass to lean into her fiancé’s arms.

“What’s this?” he immediately noticed and snatched the letter deep in the layers of her dress.

“A letter from my honored father.” She snapped it back although she had every intention of reading it to him.

“Are we getting a reputation for licentiousness stretching to his domain?”

“I doubt hearing we’re getting friendly would upset him, though if I were not discreet he would assume you’d make me for a whore and put me aside.”

“What does he want from us then?” Of course he wanted something, but Beryl’s heart leapt because Endymion never used the royal we; he was grouping her with them, not her father.

“Land, what do you think? It can wait a minute; I’m enjoying your presence for once. And don’t ruin it by groping me.”