In the face of her silent treatment Owen was left eating his popsicle and watching Julianna. Not that he minded. She made quite a sight managing the skirt of her dress, the melting treat, and the castle’s decoration. Glad for the sunglasses that hid his gaze when she pulled up her skirts. Suddenly it felt much hotter. If he weren't sober he might have asked to help her lick her fingers. She's a queen. She has many important things to do. Meetings. Servants. The Court. She's a queen. The mantra played in his head to remind himself that this woman was likely not interested in the horny machinations of some sex starved navy man. He tried to hide a bemused smirk behind his efforts to clean up his own melting treat.
Owen leaned forward to straighten shells that didn’t quite stick into the sand just for something to do with his hands. He turned his head away to watch the ocean and swimmers.
She finally broke the quiet to invite herself aboard his sailboat. “Sure.” He answered quickly. Perhaps too quickly. A cautious grin broke out on his face. “Let me treat you for once.”
Eager to be done with the popsicle so he could talk without worrying about melting, Owen pulled the rest of the frozen treat into his mouth and chewed. His face scrunched up as a stabbing pain behind the eyes signaled he’d eaten something too cold too fast. In a moment the sensation was gone and Owen was using the stick to scratch arrowslits on the face of the castle.
Indeed he had planned on taking the Lanoria out later that evening. Owen had considered and ruled out inviting Julianna lest she find the proposition inappropriate. They hadn’t spent too much time alone together since his first day in the Isles and that had ended with a near kiss and her essentially running away from him. He had concluded that his affection was unwanted and thus had embarrassed her. Some measure of comfort was found in the prospect that she wouldn’t mind spending some alone time with an foreign sailor on the sea at night.
“It's going to be a clear night.” He agreed. “Which is good because I need to work on the astrological charts.” As if he’d get any work done with a beautiful queen aboard his ship. He leaned over her legs to reach the other side of the castle so that his work would be symmetric on the front.
“You’ll laugh at the embarrassing state of our charts.” He chuckled to himself and moved back to lounging on his side once the work was done. “They are based on the original charts done one-hundred and fifty years ago. Some thirty years back, some old alcoholic sailor tried to update them. Unfortunately, he wasn’t a stickler for accuracy. I’m supposed to fix them while I’m here. An excuse for me to stay longer.”
Once the political talk was over, Owen settled back into his natural state. That same grin beset his face as he jabbered on about Covenant charts to her like they were old friends.
Owen leaned forward to straighten shells that didn’t quite stick into the sand just for something to do with his hands. He turned his head away to watch the ocean and swimmers.
She finally broke the quiet to invite herself aboard his sailboat. “Sure.” He answered quickly. Perhaps too quickly. A cautious grin broke out on his face. “Let me treat you for once.”
Eager to be done with the popsicle so he could talk without worrying about melting, Owen pulled the rest of the frozen treat into his mouth and chewed. His face scrunched up as a stabbing pain behind the eyes signaled he’d eaten something too cold too fast. In a moment the sensation was gone and Owen was using the stick to scratch arrowslits on the face of the castle.
Indeed he had planned on taking the Lanoria out later that evening. Owen had considered and ruled out inviting Julianna lest she find the proposition inappropriate. They hadn’t spent too much time alone together since his first day in the Isles and that had ended with a near kiss and her essentially running away from him. He had concluded that his affection was unwanted and thus had embarrassed her. Some measure of comfort was found in the prospect that she wouldn’t mind spending some alone time with an foreign sailor on the sea at night.
“It's going to be a clear night.” He agreed. “Which is good because I need to work on the astrological charts.” As if he’d get any work done with a beautiful queen aboard his ship. He leaned over her legs to reach the other side of the castle so that his work would be symmetric on the front.
“You’ll laugh at the embarrassing state of our charts.” He chuckled to himself and moved back to lounging on his side once the work was done. “They are based on the original charts done one-hundred and fifty years ago. Some thirty years back, some old alcoholic sailor tried to update them. Unfortunately, he wasn’t a stickler for accuracy. I’m supposed to fix them while I’m here. An excuse for me to stay longer.”
Once the political talk was over, Owen settled back into his natural state. That same grin beset his face as he jabbered on about Covenant charts to her like they were old friends.
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