Drabbles of life after 2 (Wheel of Time fanfiction)

WoTtober 2024 #9 BITEME

It was another time Thom woke that night and her was beginning to have enough. He doubted there was anything in this palace that had annoyed him as much. This was just one little bug. Why would it irk him so much, when he lived through war and so many inconveniences large and small.

He tried to move as little as possible, but he could already feel Moiraine awakening.

"Go back to sleep," he whispered and cuddled into her back. "It's nothing."

"Clearly not."

There was no putting Moiraine off of this cause, especially if she was already waking up. It would be much easier to just admit and deal.

"This biteme is keeping me up."

"What biteme?"

He almost laughed. Was she suddenly this heavy sleeper or was he getting mad, hearing something that was not there.

"Oh, that one," Moiraine said after a moment, her voice still thick with sleep. "Just ignore it."

He groaned. Thank the Creator, at least he was not going crazy. There was a moment of strange feeling he now got used to. A slight itching in his fingertips, a barely perceptible buzz in his head, he's learned to recognize as Moiraine channelling.

"Is that how you managed to sleep?" he asked after the implications registered. "Do you have any way of dealing with this awful sound?" He rose on his arms and looked at her still form. "You do, don't you?"

"You don't like the One Power, so I don't use it on you."

"Would you?" he asked, touched with her honouring his earlier wishes. "If I was Lan, would you do this for him as well?"

"If we were in a really safe place Lan was sure of, then yes, I would."

It took him a while to make a decision, another round of biteme buzzing made him even more annoyed, however, and he felt his old reluctance slipping a little.

"Will you do it for me?"

Now he felt her push up from the bed alongside him. He could understand that as well. He was surprised about that too. It was easier to move than to say it, so he just brought her hands to his head.

"It's not how it's done," she said with a smile he could feel in her voice. "Just lay down and I will take care of the rest."

He did and then felt Moiraine cuddle up. Then her fingers moved, the tingling came and with that a pleasant calmness and, yes, a silence. Flaming One Power. Maybe he could be at least a little comfortable with Moiraine using it on him.