Mein Liebling

Untitled Part 26

You fumble through Edward's notes, pausing slightly at one of his sketches to trace your forefinger along the lines before checking his handwriting. Taking notice, he peeks over your shoulder.

"Ah," He shakes his head, "Zhat one vas a pipe dream, I could never quite figure out zhe power source."

Wordlessly, you raise your finger, signaling him to wait a moment while you rise from your seat and move to the bookshelf. Finding the title you were looking for, you grab it hastily and flip to the page from your memory as you return to where Edward stands. With a smile, you turn the book to show him, seeing the corners of his lips twitch up as he scans along, his eyes widening before meeting yours.

"Zhat could actually vork..."

Waking with a start, you immediately lean over and feel along to switch on the lamp. Edward stirs sleepily beside you, having been disturbed by the sudden brightness of the light as you fumble around in the drawer for a pen and paper.

"Vhat is it liebling?" He mutters, rubbing at one of his eyes and still trying to adjust to being awake.

"I had a dream," You mumble in response, scribbling out what you could remember from the dream Edward's notes and what you had seen in the book, "I think this is what we used to open the Aether before, and if I can remember enough..." Ripping the page off in an annoyed huff, you start again scratching out as much detail as possible, "If I can remember enough, then maybe you can help build it."

With his eyes squinting against the light he scoots closer, peering over your shoulder at the markings as you continue to make new lines across the paper. "Vait..." He seems to finally fully wake, glancing around the room briefly before throwing aside the blankets and standing to hastily grab an old and worn leather book from the shelf. You don't recognize it, but as he returns to sit next to you, he flips through, skimming various pages before finding one that catches his attention and shifting to show you. "Is zhis like vhat you saw?"

It's an almost identical sketch to the one from your dreams...

"You already designed it?" Looking closer, you notice just a few small differentiations.

"Zhis is shomezhing I vorked on a long time ago, vhen Maxis und I..." He trails off, his brows knitting together before he clears his throat and meets your eyes. "I couldn't ever figure out zhe power zhough."

"I figured it out before." Grinning broadly, you show him the rest of what you had written on your own paper, it was all in German, so some was from pure memory rather than your actual understanding.

Apparently you had also been German in your previous life, but you seem to have succeeded in remembering enough to get the point across because Edward grabs the page, his eyes scanning rapidly before he glances back to his own notebook.

"Could it really be zhat shimple?" He whispers almost entirely to himself. "Zhis could vork liebling, ve could build zhis here."

Looking up to meet your eyes again, his smile broadens, dropping the notes and grabbing your face in both of his hands and pressing a deep but short kiss to your lips.

You both give short laughs, seeming equally giddy at having potentially figured out a key component to getting things right again.

"We should get up and find the others, I'm sure they'd be glad to hear this."

Before you can even swing your legs over the bed, Edward wraps an arm around your waist and tugs you back deeper into the bed. He pushes the notebooks aside and pulls you flush against him, nuzzling his face into the crook of your neck as you turn to face him, wrapping your arms around him in return.

"I vant to be selfish und keep you to myshelf just a little vhile longer, liebling." His arms tighten around you, his lips pressing light kisses along your neck and up your cheek to your temple.

"Just a few more minutes." You chuckle and lean into him, pulling your face away just enough to meet his eyes. "I love you, Edward."

"I love you too," He presses gently strokes his thumb along your cheek, his eyes moving back and forth between yours. "Alvays und forever."

"Oh really?" Quirking a brow, you flash a playful grin. "Are you sure you can put up with me for that long?"

With a brief chuckle, he presses a light kiss to your lips. "Meine liebste, having you by my side brings joy to my life."

"I guess that makes it easier to break the news then."

He raises a brow in question. "Und vhat news is zhat?"

"That you're stuck with me forever." You grin and press a light kiss to his lips, feeling him smile in return.

"I feel lucky to have it zhis vay, my love."