A meritable dance partner
Pairing: Susan x Caspian
Type: Requested (thank you so much!!!)
Genre: Only fluff baby ;)
Warnings: None
Requests: Open for Heartstopper, twilight, narnia
A/n: Once again I'm so so sorry it took me so long to write this :'( but i hope you will like it as much as i enjoyed writing it hehe
i suggest reading it while listening to kingdom dance from rapunzel
gif is not mine!
Summary: On an outing in the nearby villages, Susan still has a few tricks up her sleeves to impress and surprise Caspian
Every other week, it had become a tradition for the kings and queens of Narnia to head down to the villages near the palace. It was an occasion to visit their loyal subject and provide them with any assistance needed. It was most important for the royalty to nurture their relations with their people. Peter, Edmund, Susan, Lucy, and Caspian ruled with respect, love, and trust. This tradition was a way to keep their bond with the inhabitants of Narnia as tight as ever.
It was a lovely day, and the sun shone high in the sky. The wind was soft and warm, like a caress on one's cheek. The royal members rode each on their horses, determined to enjoy the beautiful weather nature had provided.
On their first stop, they came across a group of entertainers joyfully playing music and dancing in the middle of the crowd gathered around them. Susan and Lucy personally knew one woman in the group, as they had met on several occasions now. Once the young woman noticed the Kings and Queens coming their way, she had the crowd open and invited Lucy and Susan to join her in a dance she taught them a while ago.
Lucy, always so full of enthusiasm, immediately joined her friend with a big smile on her face. On the other hand, Susan expressed a little restraint. Anyone who knew her could tell she wanted to join the fast-paced rhythm of the dance but hesitated. Susan cared a lot about protocols and always felt it was her duty to follow them as precisely as possible. That was the excuse she loved to use, but then again, if you properly knew the oldest queen, you knew she was also a little shyer than her siblings.
"Come on Su!" beckoned Lucy from the group of dancers. Even Peter and Edmund encouraged her to join. She looked at them sheepishly, still on the verge of refusing when Caspian intervened. The naive king thought he was helping the gentle queen by proclaiming that she had the right to refuse if she did not wish to join the dance. His strange intervention caught everyone by surprise, especially the Pevensies. Susan looked at Caspian with a frown, to which he innocently responded that he knew how it felt to be forced to join a dance when you didn't know the steps and wanted her to avoid that kind of embarrassment.
Peter and Edmund started chuckling as Lucy crossed her arms and waited to see how long it would take her sister to join in to prove Caspian wrong. As gentle and kind as she may have been, Susan was also renowned among her siblings for being incredibly proud.
"I do not need you to intervene in such a situation. Know that I can still surprise you, Your Highness." Shoulders pulled back with her head held high she joined her little sister with her hands outstretched and entered the merry circle flawlessly.
Caspian stared in disbelief at the scene unfolding in front of his eyes. Not only did Susan know the steps to the dance, but she was hypnotizing. She was a flow of colors and brown hair dancing in the sun. She was grace itself.
When the musicians merrily upped the tempo, all tapping their feet on the ground or moving around the dancers, the gentle queen beautifully followed the rhythm, not missing even a step as she did so.
After an especially difficult pirouette that she accomplished like it was nothing, she sent a mischievous smile to Caspian. The defeated king only stood there with his mouth slightly opened. Awe and marvel were the only emotions you could filter out from his dark eyes.
"You should have known not to underestimate our sister," suggested Edmund as he draped his arms around his friend's shoulders, amusement written on his face.
"Beginner's mistake," added Peter, pride shining in his eyes.
The music accelerated in a last infernal effort. Susan and Lucy were barely shadows moving around the circle. Only discernible by the colors of their floating gowns and shining hair whipping around joyfully. With one last turn, the music ended promptly, bringing the merry dance to an end. The crowd erupted in cheers for the dancing group and their queens. Edmund and Peter joined them, shouting the loudest for their sisters.
Caspian was still slowly applauding when Susan and Lucy walked back to them. He focused on the rosy-cheeked queen standing before him, her breath incredibly controlled for someone who danced for minutes on end without a break. "I-", started Caspian.
Mischief and pride in her eyes, Susan cut him off. "What were you saying about me humiliating myself with this dance?"
"That was the most incredible and beautiful thing I've ever seen." his voice was barely a whisper. Susan shyly dropped her gaze, suddenly interested in a pebble lodged under her shoe.
They stared timidly at each other before Edmund prompted them to continue their visit. The kings and queens dispersed to converse with villagers, offer them a hand with whatever they needed or lend an ear to their troubles.
At the end of the day, Susan and Caspian rode home in companionable silence. They had barely said a word to each other since the morning. Caspian even accompanied Susan to the door of her chambers, waiting awkwardly on the verge of saying something. Susan stared curiously at him, waiting to see what would come out of his beautiful mouth.
"Did you want to tell me something?" she finally asked after a few moments more in silence.
Clearing his throat, he finally spoke. "I want to apologize for my behavior this morning. I just wanted to take care of you, but I should have known you don't need me to do that. My apologies for overstepping." he slightly bowed his head, the image of royal culpability.
The gentle queen stayed silent for a second to observe the young man standing before her.
"I appreciate the apology, and you are right in saying I do not need protecting or that kind of care. That said, it doesn't mean I don't appreciate it."
At the words, he lifted his head, hope illuminating his gaze. "I, in fact, really appreciated your gesture. I just wanted to prove to you that I could do it," she added with a playful grin.
Caspian let out a chuckle of relief. "It truly was the most amazing thing to witness. You were, you are hypnotizing." His gaze loaded with deep emotions, he gathered his breath before continuing. "I wish you would grant me the honor to teach me how to dance. I intend on sharing many dances with you throughout my life, and it would simply not do for someone of your talent to have a partner as mediocre as I am."
From the tip of her toes to the top of her cheeks, delicious warmth spread through the queen. Susan knew very well the deeper meaning in Caspian's words. That is probably why she did not hesitate before answering with a smile.
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━MARCH 2023; susan's recs
LOCKWOOD&CO
knock knock. who's there? @klineinie
━━ANTHONY LOCKWOOD
a taste of normalcy @websterss
the stray from arif's @↑
everything @frogserotonin
marker mayhem @oblivious-idiot
no one else @vi-trying-to-survive
public displays @↑
the language of longing. looks and stolen glances @fleetingvow
at times like these @teaandransacking
out the window @givemea-dam-break
patch you up @↑
you left me @↑
anthony @↑
i know it hurts @warrenposts
love me, forever, always @klineinie
dancing with our hands tied @bloodcanbehot
i wish you would @↑
you talk too much @helloooofandoms
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
━━JAKE 'HANGMAN' SERESIN
tiktok trouble @ultralightpoe
do you want me to lie, sir? @simpforrooster
the princess and the hangman @↑
howdy, darlin'; part2 @↑
━━BRADLEY 'ROOSTER' BRADSHAW
daddy would say yes @roosterforme
GRISHAVERSE
━━KAZ BREKKER
six months @grimbanes
the king @magpiencrow
bejeweled @honeyfict
━━NIKOLAI LANTSOV
i want you to want me; part2 @sophierequests
the one you think about as you lie awake; part2 @↑
young royals @clairecrive
stars in the night @↑
currents @lantsovsupremacist
august @↑
sick & stubborn @fleurspun
healer’s duties @↑
the art of pretension @↑
speak up @prince-septimus
SPIDER-MAN
━━ANDREW!PETER PARKER
you're not peter parker; part2 @curseofaphrodite
coffee run @↑
caviar and cigarettes @↑
MARVEL
━━DRUIG
unrequired; part2 @givemea-dam-break
MARAUDERS ERA
━━JAMES POTTER
getaway car @curseofaphrodite
mortal enemies @↑
━━SIRIUS BLACK
collide @curseofaphrodite
━━REGULUS BLACK
drunk nights; part2 @curseofaphrodite
the door @↑
words unsaid @↑
the break-in; part2 @↑
wishes and a gift @↑
of monsters and men @↑
the best man @↑
tricks and charms @↑
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
━━PRINCE CASPIAN
my prince @heliads
OUTER BANKS
━━JJ MAYBANK
assigned seat @quin-ns
fiending for something, might just be a meaning @idcntlikedarkness
a visceral feeling, that i can never leave behind @↑
throw another stone at a glass house @↑
went out searching for an angel, then you came to me my darling @↑
━━RAFE CAMERON
whipped @mrsstarkey1
said you’re smoking less, and then you ashed it on your chest @idcntlikedarkness
this too shall pass @probably-writing-x
another? @↑
country club @a-aexotic
rafe defending pogue!reader @↑
no for one night stand @↑
i'd choose you over anyone @↑
cuddle buddies; part2 @fantasylandloser
tear-stained cheeks @sunraies
BULLET TRAIN
━━TANGERINE
safe house @quin-ns-moved
ÉLITE
━━GUZMÁN NUNIER
out of love; part2; part3; part4 @probably-writing-x
THE BEAR
━━CARMY BERZATTO
the way to his heart; part2 @adore-laur
little by little @↑
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peter: (eating a family size bag of chips)
edmund: (throwing darts at a dartboard on the wall)
caspian: (reading quietly)
lucy: (solving a puzzle at the table)
susan, suspiciously: what have the four of you done
peter: nothing
edmund: just keeping busy
caspian: killing time, you know, the usual
lucy: yeah!
susan: (narrows her eyes suspiciously but leaves)
peter:
edmund:
caspian:
lucy:
caspian: she is definitely losing her touch
peter: oh 100%
lucy: should we let him down then
eustace, taped to the ceiling, gagged, furious: mmh!
edmund: not just yet, i prefer him up there
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"I wish we had more time together." (For Susan from Caspian)
The deepest fathoms of REGRET colors her eyes just seconds before they drop. Her quavering hand collapses about his sturdier one, almost with a sense of DESPERATION. The ache echoed in her heart, branches out, spiderwebbing until SORROW spread through ALL of her veins.
There are a trillion "if onlys" she desired to speak life to and yet, the Gentle's tongue seemed GLUED tot he roof of her mouth. She DOESN'T want to be EXPELLED forever, for no crime of her own. Surely ASLAN was making a MISTAKE.
Swallowing back an urge to let her eyes FLOOD with tears, a sheepish glance inches upwards. Her other hand gingerly moves to ENCOMPASS his warm cheek. "I will love you until every one of the stars burn out of existence." She confesses, keeping her voice powdery soft. "But -- it would have never worked between us. With me being thirteen-hundred years older." And yet, it does NOT keep her heart from YEARNING for him.
Though he had returned her ivory horn days ago, she moves to press it back into his palm. The palm of the hand she had been grasping earlier. "You may still have need of this." She chokes out. Her words conveyed stronger than they FELT. She wants to say, 'you might NEED to call me again' but she KNOWS beyond a shadow of a DOUBT that she can NEVER answer that summons again.
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