14. Glorified Babysitter

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Oceana felt like a queen. Corlys was her dutiful cabana boy. Smiling corlys handed oceana a fruity cocktail with mashed ice making the perfect frozen drink for this scorching day.

Corlys had work to do and couldnt do what he so desperately wanted to. Oceana. But once he was done with work oceana and rheia were having so much on the ocean side.  Rheia making sandcastles and oceana going between reading and running into the water with rheia. There was no way corlys could even attempt to steal oceana away. He debated it for a moment but shook his head opting to serve her instead.

From frozen drinks to  snacks by the shore corlys tended to her every wish before she even knew she needed it.

"Sit. Join me!" Oceana begged as rheia knocked over her sandcastle with her tiny shovel made of little and large sea shells.

"I just want everything to be perfect." Corlys countered moving the awning to shade oceana better. "Your shoulders are getting burnt."

"Will you still love me if im as red as a tomato?" Oceana pondered.

"I will." Corlys agreed sitting beside her. Rheia waved back at them as a large wave turned into a small wave and ran over her little feet. She jumped around chasing back after the waves.

"Your work all done?"

"For today yes." Corlys agreed

"You are all mine?" Ocean purred kissing him.

"All yours." He confirmed eagerly. 

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Oceana was eager to kiss Corlys. She laughed as he told her about his first journey, his first fight, his first scar. SHe touched the scar on his stomach, tracing the lines of his gentle abs. He liked her hands on him.

Oceana told him of harrenhal growing up in the most haunted of places. He liked that she wasnt afraid of things lurking in the darkness. She enjoyed making him jump and laughing as fear filled him at her stories of the haunts of harrenhal.

"Oh you poor thing. I shouldnt be telling you these stories. Alys told me too many we survived too many horror stories when i was young. I shouldnt be telling you this before bed!" Oceana decided. Corlys grabbed her hands

"Im fearsome." He assured

"You jumping-"

"Your nails tickled me." Corlys objected. She laughed harder as her gentle touch stroked along his arm. "You best stay in my bed tonight though. Keep the monsters away."

"Smooth." Oceana agreed she was practicing in his lap now as she kissed him.

"Oceana. I know its soon but..." he knelt before her she adjusted on the couch. "You make me feel alive again. When i first met you i knew there was something special about you. I worte to your father but im too impatient for an answer." Corlys admitted. Oceana understood and she was already nodding. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I can't imagine life without you. I want to sail the seven seas and explore the realms with you. You give these old eyes new vision. From singing nursery rhymes to rheia to telling me haunting tales of Harren... i cant get enough of you oceana Strong."

"Of corlys!"

"Will you marry me?"

"Yes yes a million times yes!"

"Oh look at this. Lord corlys is finally going to make an honest woman out of our oceana." Lyonel remarked. Harwin snatched the letter reading it quickly.

"Shall i give him your blessing?" Larys questioned

"Of course! What an honorable union!" Lyonel added looking pointedly at harwin. "She will be lady of driftmark. Not a glorified babysitter." He kept a smile on his face but his eyes narrowed in at harwin.

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