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A day later Tala awoke with a massive headache to rival any she had ever had before, but when she felt someone's weight on her bed she looked to see that Cullen was there to greet her. "How are you feeling?" He asked worriedly as she felt the headache constantly reminding her that it was there.

"Have a massive headache but I'm feeling better then I have in a while." She responded as he frowned. She could see the shadows under his eyes and worried about him. "Cullen..." She started but he prevented anymore words coming from her as he sealed her lips with his own. After he pulled away he placed his forehead on hers and sighed with a small hitch to it.

"I was so worried that I-we- would lose you." He admitted with a hint of fear in his voice; as she opened her eyes to look into his, she could see how sincere he was and it drove her almost insane to see the worry and fear in his eyes.

"Cullen, only death could take me from you." She whispered touching his cheek with her right hand, then she took his right hand into her left one and entwined her fingers through his. "But even then I would fight it." Tala told him as he watched her through the unshed tears in his eyes. Tala leaned forward, kissed the tears from his eyes, and then kissed his lips, which he was swift to return. He freed his hand from her's, and as their kisses turned passionate he found himself laying on top of her with only his armor, clothing, the blanket and her clothes between them. She wasn't entirely sure what her mind was thinking when she wrapped her fingers into his styled hair but she was very well aware of how badly she wanted him. When he pulled away he was quick to apologize.

"I'm sorry," he stammered with a blush that she hadn't seen him have in a while. But Tala kissed his tomato colored cheeks and then smiled; he watched her as he stood up and after helping her stand, made sure to turn away as she undressed to put on some cleaner clothing. When he turned back around he began to help her strap on her armor and after she tied up her brownish looking blonde hair he kissed her exposed neck and felt her shiver from it. "Your so beautiful." He whispered as she turned around.

"I'm not sure about that." She sighed as he frowned for the briefest of moments.

"Well if anyone says otherwise they will have to deal with me." Cullen said a bit more growly then he had intended. Tala looked away as she finished putting on her clawed gauntlets which were always the last thing she would put on after putting on her armor. She felt him run his gloved fingers along her neck then he pulled away, which caused her to look back towards him.

"Cullen?" She asked as he smiled, but he only stood waiting for her to finish gathering up her weapon and her shield. She had naturally taken to being a warrior since her wolf-form was no longer available to her, but he remembered how shit had hit the ceiling when Leliana had brought in three different warrior specialization trainers and one of them had, of course, been a templar trainer. The trainer, of course, had taken an instant liking to Tala and had wanted to teach her everything about being a Templar, but he had chased away by Cullen and thusly Cullen had taken on the role of teaching her how to be a Templar without her needing to take the lyrium that they did. Not that she would have bothered with it anyway due to her metabolism still burning through any form addiction, medicine and food faster then what the Templars themselves could ever achieve. But in her case, Cullen would rather be safer then sorry and did not regret anything that he had been able to do for her. She had taken so well to the training that he half-wondered how she was certain she had never had any training before. "Your thinking of that day again aren't you?" She asked as she approached him.

"I can't help it. To think you were so close to falling into the grasp of lyrium..."

"Cullen, my body would burn through that faster then is natural. I wouldn't have had time to allow it to grasp me." She reminded him as he frowned.

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