Bal: a King and his queen

Come back to me

*3 more days passed and Ben was trying to forget that it had been a week with her like this, they had moved her back into the doctors wing of the castle after having maintained no change at all, he had heard people talking earlier that day and heard them say they didn't think she would ever come back, she was for all intensive purposes alive other than the fact she just was not conscious, he'd heard that the council were talking behind his back, suggesting maybe he wasn't fit to rule at the present time, something he had been quick to slam, upon returning to his fiancée's bedside he had retaken the position he'd maintained for the majority of the last week, now at 6 o'clock in the evening he was sat at her bedside, half asleep, sat back in his chair, still holding her cold, pale hand, his eyes are closed and he's almost completely asleep when it happens, he feels a squeeze from her hand and shoots upright, having sprung up he just stares at her, waiting  aimlessly for something else to happen but after a minute nothing had so Ben decided he'd imagined it but just to be sure he gave her hand a squeeze and to his shock she squeezed back and just then her eyelids start fluttering, he strokes her cheek gently with the  hand that's not holding hers*
Ben: that's it, come on Mal baby, come back to me, come on princess, wake up for me
*Mal's eyes flutter open when as he finishes speaking*
Ben: Mal?!
*mals voice cracking and barely above a whisper*
Mal: Ben?
Ben: Mal! Oh thank god!
Mal: w...what happened?
Ben: the spell took everything you had, you collapsed after it
Mal: did it work? The spell I mean
Ben: yeah it did, you did Mal
Mal: thank god
*she tries to sit up but finds herself too weak, only managing to sit up about half way, not knowing what happened she finds herself very worried*
Mal: what's going on?
*he takes a deep breath seeing the fear in her eyes*
Ben: sweetheart you're still really weak, it took everything from you, they weren't sure you'd make it princess, you were in a coma
Mal: for how long?
Ben: a week
Mal: wow
Ben: god I was so worried about you
*he stands up and kisses her forehead making her smile a small smile*
Mal: I'm sorry I scared you
*he chuckles softly*
Ben: just try not to again, I love you so much, I couldn't lose you
Mal: it's the same way I felt when you were sick what seems like forever ago now
Ben: the scars almost gone
Mal: we've come a long way since then
*its that moment when they really fully notice his hand on her cheek again, while speaking her hand had found it's way up his shirt and as she places it where the scar which was now a much paler colour than before, he shivers a little the coldness of her touch, they both look down at her hand under his shirt and then back up into each other's eyes, it's a very heated stare, very passionate, then suddenly that's it, they throw themselves at each other (one more than the other obviously), they find themselves locked in the most passionate kiss they've ever shared she leans back down so she's lying down a little more again and they keep kissing until it becomes more than a kiss, soon they find their tongues fighting for dominance, a fight which Mal quickly loses willingly, her other hand now pressing against his cheek, his other running up and down her side slowly, soon his hand finds it's way down to her thigh where the bottom of the hospital gown she's in ends, rather high up he felt, not that that was a bad thing, less work for him going up, , with her showing no signs of wanting him to stop his hand slid up under the gown and continues to do until just before he's about to reach her underwear to take it off, when she pulls out of the kiss, thinking she just needed air he goes back in admirer she takes a few breathes but she stops him*
Mal: I can't
Ben: oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to feel pushed into anything
Mal: no Ben, no I don't want to, I physically can't, I want to, I really do want to but I don't have the strength, not yet, and I don't want our first time together to be in a hospital bed
Ben: you don't have to do anything, if you don't want to then we won't, I just got mixed signals, if you're not ready I would never push you into anything
Mal: Ben I swear to you I am this just isn't how I want our first time to be
Ben: you're right, I'm sorry I should've thought about that
Mal: Ben honestly it's okay, I started it, I just wish I could've finished it as well
Ben: another day, our moment will be special
Mal: I'm sure it will be
Ben: look I'm gonna go get a doctor to look at you and then if they say you're okay then I'll take you back to your room or my room or whatever do I can take care of you
Mal: it's okay you don't have to look after me, you have a kingdom to run
Ben: and you come first , you took care of me now it's my turn to return the favour, you'd do the same if it was the other way around, this is my chance to prove to you that I can take care of you so don't argue with me, I love you and I will always take care of you & out you first my beautiful bride-to-be
Mal: okay
Ben: I'll be back in a minute
Mal: okay

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Okay so you need to decide, if I get to the wedding I will cut this off and start a sequel, the first chapter would in theory be just after the wedding, can we stand a mature scene? I feel like I can really build on their connection with a scene like that hit ITS up to you let me know xoxo