Fall For You

Cardverse - Stolen Moments

Arthur looked up as someone knocked on his study door. He hurriedly fixed his relaxed posture into a stiffer, more formal one. He was the Queen of Spades, after all. It wouldn't be proper of him to let anyone see him without his usual poise. "Come in."

The door swung open as a head of golden blonde hair appeared in the doorway. Bright blue eyes smiled cheerily at the Queen. "Hi Artie!" 

Said Queen stared blankly as Alfred brought over his tea tray. Once he had set it down, his senses came back to him and he slapped his silly husband upside the head sharply.

"Ow!" Alfred winced, rubbing at his head. He looked at his Queen reproachfully. "Artie! What was that for?" he pouted.

Arthur rolled his eyes. "Stop acting like a petulant child, Alfred. You're the King of Spades. Do try acting like it for once," he chastised. "And what in the world are you doing here? You were supposed to be looking over some important documents! Yao will have your head if he finds out you were here."

"But I missed you, Artie! I don't ever get to see you anymore. I always come back to bed so late and you're always up so early. Then we spend the entire day apart, me with my work and you with yours. I just miss being around you.Please let me stay. Just this once," Alfred pleaded, clutching Arthur's hand. "Please, sweetheart? Please?"

Arthur hesistated, feeling his resolve weakening. He could never refuse Alfred anything for too long. "What if Yao finds you? We'll get into big trouble."

Alfred brightened. "Don't worry darling, I've got that covered! He won't recognize me in these," he said, gesturing to the servants' uniform that he was wearing. "Toris loaned me his uniform. And anyway, Yao has a date with Braginsky. He'll forget all about us."

"Braginsky? As in, King of Clubs Ivan Braginsky?" asked Arthur, frowning. Alfred nodded. "Don't you two have a grudge against each other?"

"Don't get me wrong, I still don't like him. But if he can distract Yao, then I guess I don't mind them hooking up. It gives us more time together. Seeing his face here every other day will definitely make me wanna throw something at him, but it's worth it if I get to spend more time with you," Alfred said bashfully, scuffing his foot on the carpet.

"You're so sweet, love," Arthur got up and stood on his toes to give his King a kiss. "I appreciate that. Though you don't have to go to all this trouble just to spend time with me. I could stay up to wait for you at night, you know."

Alfred hugged him around the waist. "I can't ask that of you, sweetheart, you'll be tired in the morning. You need your rest. And it's no trouble at all. Nothing is too much trouble if it's for you, my beautiful Queen."

Arthur blushed. "Silly lad," he muttered. Secretly, he was quite touched to hear that. "What do you have planned now that we finally have some time to ourselves?"

"How about some tea?" Alfred asked with a smile, pulling out a chair and bowing to his Queen. "After you, milady."

"I may be a Queen, but I'm not a girl, you twit," Arthur scolded, but sat down anyway. Alfred pushed his chair in and began pouring tea for them both with a teasing smile.

"Whatever you say, sweetheart."

They enjoyed their tea peacefully, a rare occurrence in the busy lives of the Spadian Royals. Alfred watched his husband over the rim of his teacup. He did miss spending time with the fiesty Queen. Being together like this is like a dream come true for him. They've both been so busy lately, they just didn't have time to be just another couple in love instead of the King and Queen of a kingdom.

On a whim, he stood up and crossed the study to the radio in a corner before turning it on. He walked back to his Queen as a gentle waltz started playing. He smiled at Arthur, holding out his hand and giving a little bow. "May I have this dance, my Queen?" he asked charmingly.

Arthur gave him a demure smile in return and accepted the hand. "The pleasure is mine, my King." 

Alfred guided him into a standing position and kissed the back of the other's gloved hand. They bowed to each other before falling into a waltzing position like it was second nature, smiling lovingly at each other all the while. 

They barely noticed time passing as they danced the evening away. For once, they weren't the King and Queen of Spades. They were Alfred and Arthur, just another lovestruck couple. 

Both stood still as the last notes of the song faded away, still holding each other close. Who knows when they'd have to chance to do this again? It might be ages before then, before they can feel the warm glow in their hearts that they only feel when in moments like these.

"Hey, Artie?" Alfred whispered quietly into his Queen's ear, breaking the silence for the first time that evening.

"Yes, Al?"

"I love you."

"And I you, my dear."

They stood wrapped in each other's arms, wishing for that moment to last forever. But alas, time stops for no one. Soon, Yao will come looking for Alfred and Arthur will be left alone once more. But it's alright. They'll have more moments like these in the future. Come morning, they'll once again be busy with running their kingdom. But for now, they are content just to have each other near.

A/N : Well dearies, this is the beginging of my series of USUK oneshots! You are welcome to send in headcanons, prompts, requests, anything! And I will most likely be happy to write them. But! There will, of course, be ground rules :-

1. Keep it T-rated. I will not write any M-rated stories.

2. No Omegaverse. I absolutely will not write that.

3. When I get too many stories piled up, I will close the requests until I can catch up. You can check whether the request are open or not in the summary.

That's about it, really. Well, I hope you enjoy the stories, and I will see you again soo. Until then my lovelies!