Forbidden love

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 Thirty-Nine

Another little delve into Corinne's past and some steamy scenes but it's just kissing that's it

Third person pov

The small cottage is so quiet apart from Porthos' snoring so loud again,Corinne is laid on her side facing inwards to the couch whereas Athos is behind her with his arm around her waist.The fire had died down after a few hours leaving the room in darkness only the moon shining through the gaps in the curtains lights the room up a little.A slight grumble comes from Corinne as she struggles to go to sleep she could hear Athos' snores in her ear basically bragging that he's having a good sleep.With a huff she opens her eyes and carefully rolls over onto her other side facing Athos,her fingers lightly sweep some of his hair away from his face tucking it behind his ear her thumb grazes over his cheek.

The arm wrapped around her tightens a little before relaxing again,a grunt leaves Athos' lips as he snuggles his face into the cushion nearly knocking his head against Corinne's "Athos"she whispers she pokes his cheek a few times waiting for him to wake up,he stirs trying to move away from Corinne's relentless poking "Athos"she says a bit louder another grunt falls from his lips he pulls Corinne closer out of instinct "what?"he whispers his voice raspy with sleep he doesn't bother opening his eyes he feels her shuffle against him then he hears a small 'ouch' meaning she pulled on her stitches "stop moving"he whispers his hand moves to squeeze her hip gently Corinne rolls her eyes she nudges his knee with hers then laying her leg over his "i can't sleep"she whispers she press a small kiss to the corner of his mouth then to his cheek,Athos grumbles wanting to go back to sleep himself he lifts his hand from her hip to rub his right eye "so you woke me up"he grumbles his eyes flutter open he groans when he sees darkness and immediately closes his eyes.

A slight grunt escapes from Athos' lips as he sits up to stretch, he has taken his shirt off so he would be more comfortable Corinne leans up on her elbow resting her head on her hand  "why do you hate your mother?"Athos asks out of the blue taking Corinne by surprise she blinks a couple of times before she adjusts how she is laid trying to shorten her answer "she was never really a mother especially not to me,i think i was around eight years old when i realised that"she whispers she stares at nothing remembering her childhood like it was happening right in front of her.

Athos turns showing her that he is listening to every word she says,he rubs soft comforting circles on her that is nearest to him "i understand that we lived in a separate palace to my parents,but they should've made time for us,whenever one of my siblings were hurt they always came to me because our mother was off somewhere else"she whispers quite harshly a few silent minutes go by before she starts speaking again "one time my little sister the youngest out of all of us had a fever that got worse the doctor said she wouldn't survive the night,what my mother did is what made me hate her,she took one look at her and said 'i've got more important things to worry about' thankfully she got better,I've never understood why she said that,I lost our baby and I feel like I've been ripped apart"Corinne says her voice becoming a little shaky but she lets out a deep breath calming herself down "i'm the only one who remembers how she treated us,they used to annoy me when they would ask for her,ask if she's tucking us into our beds or if she is even coming to see us"Corinne huffs closing her eyes feeling them start to burn with tears "when my father died she didn't even console us because she knew what it meant and she was terrified,i could tell by her face when i saw her after she had been told about my father"she states she licks her dry lips blinking away the tears in her eyes "the only times she has ever been present in my life is when i got engaged to Nicholas and the day of my coronation,i remember the scolding i got when i called it off with Nicolas and the look of utter disappointment when i gave the crown up"Corinne says Athos grimaces at the mention of Nicolas the thought of Corinne marrying someone else knocks him sick "i still can't believe you nearly married him"he whispers a look of disgust on his face a little bit of jealousy coming through,the feeling of Corinne's nails lightly scratching his back reminded him that she's now his "i would have too if he hadn't took off"Corinne whispers Athos looks at her now curious his eyebrows are furrowed "do you think we still would have happened if you did?"He questions if it wasn't so dark Corinne would be able to see the look on his face as he waits for her answer and Corinne knows he will not like what her answer is.