Ranger Apprentice Shorts

Growing

This oneshot might be a little bit mature. It will be the only mature one in this series. I will not write smut in my book it will always stop at the door, but I do like to get your heart racing. So if you don't want to read it just skip it please do not hate on it. Please and thank you.

- Lizzy

Will smiled softly when he walked into their bedroom.

Alyss was asleep in bed. Her body stretched across it lazily and her head resting on her arms. She was wearing nothing but one of his shirts that barely went to her knees.

He wasn't sure what attracted him to her so strongly at the moment.

Maybe it was the way she was positioned, laying on her side with her hips jutted out and her legs bare, or the way her hair fanned behind her like a pool of golden silk, or the way her lips were pouted in the cutest way. Or it could be the way his shirt draped over her body revealing the little bump growing with life. Life that they had created together with love.

He quietly moved to sit on the edge of the bed beside her feet. As much as he didn't want to wake her, he also wanted to talk to her. After being away from her for three weeks, he desperately missed his wife's playful voice and touch.

A quick glance at the window told him that it was almost sundown. Maybe she hasn't eaten dinner yet, he thought, and shamelessly took it as a excuse to wake her. He reached out and lightly put a hand on her leg, gently sliding it up and down. She shivered at his touch and shifted slightly, but she didn't open her eyes. Will brought his hand up and squeezed her thigh gently, grinning when he saw that her lips were in a pouting shape and her eyes were squeezed shut.

"Darling," he whispered, leaning forward. "Wake up. Are you hungry?"

She murmured back a sleepy, "Hmmm?"

She stretched her body, turning herself onto her back and opening her arms out, her movements slow. Will moved his hand back down to her calf, and she finally blinked her eyes open to look at his goofy smile that she missed all to much.

Sleep had muddled her mind amd she started at him blankly for a split second, only to register his face and smile. She reached down for his hand, which he took in both of his.

"You're back." Her voice was soft and wispy from sleep. Will nodded and kissed her hand.

"I'm back, baby."

She shifted her body so that she was curled closer to him and could face him directly. He was not wearing his ranger clothing which told her that he had been home long enough to change and get freshened up. He was dressed comfortably; a loose brown shirt with an open neck, and loose trouser that cuffed at the ankle.

"How was your mission?" She asked casually taking her pointer finger from his hand to trail across his lips. "Did everything go well?"

"It did," he said, poking her finger with the tip of his tounge. "What about you. How was your day?"

Alyss snorted. "I have been sleeping. All day. Everyday."

She placed her free hand onto her stomach gliding in a small circle. "This baby you gave me, Will, is depleting my energy." She tapped on his lips as she said it.

"Oh, so this is my fault now?" Will squinted at her, moving her fingers away from his face. "I thought it took two to make one of these."