Rafe Sadler one shots

Roasting Chestnuts

I smiled as I sat on the little wooden window seat with my cotton cushion below me, I sat in my sweet red dress with brown striped fur hems and brown little corset belt, the many many layers of my dress for once serving a good purpose as it kept the cold from my undergarments. In my lap, my little black rabbit fizzbi giving his soft lion hair fluff a pet and a guide. I guided the little bit of his fluff into the spinning wheel to make the tread for future embroideries or repairs, often times I watched out the window at the sweet gardens covered in snow with a thick coating of the fluffy white snow on everything from the lowest grass to the top of the tall pine trees. the grey low clouds hung over the sweet house with the sweet snow fluttering down softly.

I heard steps from down the hall and soon enough the door opened revealing a familiar sweet sight that admittedly I hadn't seen much of, of late. He stood in his thick boots, his thick black trousers and black overshirt the hint of his white shirt below it, his jacket oner him swamping his skinny body with the fur around the collar even if it was slightly matted from where snow had melted in it "oh thank Christ you have the fire roaring in here" he says shutting the door quickly and slipping his coat off
"Why?" I giggled
"I just ride all the way from Hampton court Darling I'm bloody freezing" he complained "they barely had a fire going and I've ridden all the way home in the snow"
"Oh you poor thing"
"It's alright, but Cromwell's business I'd all done so nothing to worry about now till after the holidays my little darling" he Cooes coming to give me a kiss "oh fizzbi, what is your mummy doing to you?" He Cooes petting the rabbit
"I'm helping him deshed"
"By spinning him?"
"It helps him shed and I get thread it's a win win situation isn't it fizzbi" I smiled
"Alright, you enjoying your time watching the snow?" He asks perching himself in my little nook
"Indeed"
"Lucky you weren't out in it"
"True but I thought you" I smiled giving his cheek a kiss
"You did?"
"I always worry for you rafe."
"Humm how did I ever get such a sweetie for a wife?"
"Magic"
"Quiet possibly. Makes more sense then any answer I have" he shurgs "how's about you and I get cosy by the fire and roast some chestnuts have a nice little time?"
"Thats sounds lovely"
"Perfect you get the blankets I'll go to the kitchens" he Cooes
I sorted little fizzbi out so he could hop along, throwing an extra log on the fire and gathering some pillows for the floor and a couple of blankets soon enough rafe returned with a bag of chestnuts and the brass forks and pans from the kitchen he joined me on the pillows and we wrapped the blankets around us one for our laps and the other around our shoulders to keep out the chill he set the pan on the rack within the flames giving me a fork to help with the roasting we cuddled up closely throwing no more then four at a time to ensure an even roast. He told me about his work and I told him about the small things he'd missed around the household.
"I miss you. When I'm working so much I can't begin to explain how much I truly miss you darling"
"I miss you too, it's strange having days and weeks with an empty house"
"I promise in the new year I'll talk to Cromwell, I'm sure he'll understand me wanting to be home with you more"
"I'm sure he will. He is my father after all" I chuckled
"I'm sure he'll let me have more time off too. Once we... Make him a grandfather"
"Well that's a little while off yet rafe" I remind
"I know. A few more years. As much as I want children with you, I want to spend these sweet honeymoon years making the memories with you that I'll have for a lifetime"
"That's very sweet rafe" I smiled as the first bunch where done roasting so I took them off with the fork as he replaced them with some fresh, I began to try and peal them but he stopped me doing it himself
"I don't want you to burn your pretty hands" he says kissing my hand, we went on roasting and nibbling at the chestnuts, even fizzbi and his little wife and Kitts to join us in our blankets 'i love you'
"I love you too darling" he cooes