I Am My Own (Reader x Thranduil)

Chapter 35

⚠️WARNING: Mild Sexuality⚠️

"Thranduil?"

"Hm."

"Are you nervous?"

I felt him shift under my weight to get a better look at my face. I knew he was looking at me but I just continued to draw lazy circles on his bare chest, waiting for his answer.

"Nervous about what?"

"You know what."

My head layed atop his chest and I wondered if I heard his heartbeat pick up or perhaps if it was my own that I was hearing. He took a deep breath before he answered.

"Perhaps a bit," he said, "But I think it's more of an excited nervous than anything."

I didn't say anything.

"Are you?"

I smiled and propped my head up on my chin to look at his searching eyes.

"Yes. But I think that's normal."

He grinned and ran hand up and down my back.

Thranduil had requested to his father that he and myself be left completely alone for a few days and it didn't take long after his arrival for this to go into effect.

"I missed you," he whispered.

I let out a playful scoff and said, "Of course you did."

At my comment, I felt his hand reach down and pinch my backside in retaliation.

"Ouch!"

He chuckled and I rolled off of him. Having him laying next to me was fulfillment to the greatest degree. We were both quiet for a moment, just grateful to be together again. Then I felt him reach for my stomach before letting his hand rest there.

"They've grown," he said so close to my ear that I could feel the warmth of his breath travel down my neck.

"Yeah," I sighed. 

I was nearing the halfway point of my pregnancy and my stomach had definitely changed in size. The public announcement of the baby will be given as soon as Thranduil and I come out of our seclusion.

I smiled up at him.

"It won't be long now. I'll grow to the size of a watermelon and we won't be able to have as much fun until after I deliver."

At this comment he sat up immediatly and hovered over me, his hair falling around his face.

"Then we'll just have to make the most of the time we have now."

He bombarded me with kisses up and down my neck. I wriggled under him as his hair tickled my face and chest and I let out a screach of laughter.

In that moment, nothing else mattered. I had no cares in the world. I was with the one I loved, we were expecting a child, and the kingdom seemed to be at peace with everyone finally home.

If I had known what was to come in the near future, I would've made the most of the moment and all the moments like it. I would've savored them for all their beauty and innocence.

But peace never seems to last and my naive self took advantage of it.

***

The days that followed were a blur of happiness for me. Thranduil and I were completely content with keeping ourselves locked up in our room and only allowing Saevel and a few of Thranduil's personal servants entry to bring food and drink.

We couldn't seem to keep our hands off each other and I wondered how anyone could ever grow so used to being like this with someone they truly loved.