Lovesick Sweethearts (Cicero x Listener)

Behind the Cowl

I smile at him behind my mask, I stand up to face him quietly. I pull my hood down and remove my face mask, Cicero's face lights up and he dances.

"Its the kind stranger! from the road!"

He grabs my hand and kisses it. I feel a light blush on my cheeks, I see Nazir smirking along with Arnbjorn near the forge, who stares intensely at me unamused.

"I...its good to see you again!"

I start mumbling, avoiding eye contact in embarrassment.

"Cicero didnt catch the nice stranger's name"

He says staring into my strange pigmented purple eyes.

"Its... Enya, though some call me Smoke"

I tell him, he looks at me chuckling

"What a pretty name for a pretty elf"

He stares at me charmingly.

"Thank you, anyway. I have a contract to get to, we can talk later if your not busy"

I tell him, he nods and goes back to the Night Mother. I look at him then walk away quickly embarrassed. I run past Astrid with a flustered face,"What happened?..." I ask myself as I held my face as I leave the sanctuary. I must be coming down with an illness, thank Sithis im going to the apothecary in Markarth. I arrive in Markarth and immediately went to Hag's Cure, I still couldnt stop thinking about Cicero, Astrid did mention the client wants an "ex-lover" killed. I head in the shop to be faced with a young breton woman with green face paint, she was probably attractive to alot of people.

"Muiri?"

I gave her a dark and sinister look, the face of death itself.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

She replies sternly, I leaned in and whispered in her left ear.

"The Dark Brotherhood honours your contract"

She gets excited and leads me into the backroom to talk, we sit at a table to discuss the contract. After yet again suffering 10 minutes of her story I ask her.

"Can I ask you something? its personal"

She nods in response.

"I... have this feeling, an urge... I cant stop thinking about this man and I dont know what this, its... anger... but also a crave for his presence"

I lay my chin on the palm of my hand as Muiri thinks for a moment.

"I think... your in love"

She tilts her head at me noticing I dont understand what love is.

"Its not an illness if thats why you asked, no potion can cure that sadly, I learned that the hard way"

She smiles as I thank her and leave the shop to complete the contract by eliminating her ex-lover at the Dwarven run of Raldbthar. I knew what Muiri was telling me was kinda true, I was in love but I was gravely ill, I. am. Lovesick.

I finished the contract, got more than I expected, I got payed more if I killed a girl in Windhelm called Nilsine Shatter-Shield which I did because I could. Word got out that her mother Tova committed suicide shortly after because of this, I swear that family is just a cursed bloodline of bad luck. I walked into the sanctuary to report to Astrid and to see Cicero obviously, Astrid sees me approach and gives me a 'Good job' sign.

"Enya, I believe Cicero is going to betray us... hes been talking with someone. Behind locked doors"

She tells me, I try to think of a reason to defend him, not because of what Muiri had said.