ㅤㅤㅤHE LAUGHS, FOR HE KNOWS SHE SPEAKS TRUTH IN THAT MATTER. Nothing entices men like him more than the beauty and grace of a woman like her. His is a life of savagery and iron, crossed swords and the salt of the ocean wind and spilled blood. Hers is silk and gold, words that charm with honey and a princess that presents herself as a more carefully crafted piece of art than the paintings on the walls. Who wouldn't die to have her? To his people, anything that is yours must be bought by the Iron Price. The sea does not barter with coin and neither do the Ironborn. If you want something, you must take it for yourself. And he wants her.
ㅤㅤㅤ❝ I think I know that better than anyone. You must have put a spell on me, you dangerous woman, ❞ he jests, but in truth, her wit can cut sharper than any blade, her words better at control than any sorcerer's magic. ❝ Aye, I did miss you more. ❞ He crossed an ocean for her, and he would have gone father if he needed to. If she was on the other side of Essos, then that's where he would be, no matter how far he had to go to get to her. Anything just to kiss her again, the feel of her lips against his a balm for an ache that's twisted at him for far too long. But it seems she's not content with one kiss, and his eyes come alight, a playful twitch at the corner of his mouth.
ㅤㅤㅤ❝ Five minutes? Is that all? ❞ he feigns protest, but does not waste the next few seconds. Harry releases her necklace, hands cupping under her hips to lift her onto the war table, pulling her legs around his waist. Nearly eye-level now, he takes a moment to look into her emeralds again and smirk. ❝ I can work with that. ❞ Harry pulls her in with a hand to the side of her neck and jaw, kissing her with the familiarity of an old lover. The other pins her close, digits pressing into the curve of her hip as he leans into her, a teasing whisper brushing against her ear. ❝ Or you could tell anyone that walks in to fuck off. That could work, too. ❞