The Haven
The wedding night.
Discord burst into the empty guest room and placed his brand new, giggling bride down gently, admiring the merry flush in her cheeks. Fluttershy allowed herself a few more giggles before she looked around the room and let her ears fall back in realization. 'I....eloped, I eloped with Discord....me...little, shy Fluttershy, eloped...' She glanced back at her new husband and bit her lip, noticing how he too had also fallen silent.
He was staring at the ground, realization plastered across his face, he too coming to the conclusion that their relationship was now entirely unrestricted. But now even harder to tell her friends of the development. "So..." he drawled, scratching at the back of his head.
Fluttershy sat down, playing with the hem of her quickly-summoned dress. "So?" she prodded, looking up at him curiously.
Discord stared, her turquoise orbs had suddenly become mesmerizing, and the thought that he was spending a lifetime with this angel seemed surreal. "So, what now?" he asked, genuinely lost in what to do next.
Fluttershy looked down, thinking of the somewhat naughty and scandalous things Rarity had shared from her daydreams of marriage. "-oh the wedding night! I get all flustered just thinking about it! Can you imagine how it feels to be caressed by a stallion's hooves and rutted until you cannot think straight?"
Fluttershy had turned scarlet at the insinuation, insisting they speak of something else, of course Rarity apologized for letting the conversation get out of hand. The Pegasus looked at her spouse once again, before standing and trotting to the bed. Discord watched with interest on all fours, he had sat on his haunches like a dog when she lapsed into silence, obviously thinking hard.
Fluttershy ran a hoof along the comforter of the bed and wondered if it would be ruined. Did Celestia have a clear head when she suggested they stay here for the night? Surely she knew what couples did, perhaps that was just her way of saying she had no prejudice against their union? She shook her head slightly and reached a tentative hoof back to untie the laces of her dress, she had no experience in this department. Seduction had never been número uno in her thoughts or practices.
Discord's ears perked, watching her hoof loosen the dress and begin to slowly, sensually slide the soft fabric down her velvet shoulders. The hoof paused, and he noticed her swiveling her ear towards him, guessing that he was most definitely watching. She reached that tentative hoof up and pulled the single pin out of her luscious pink locks, letting them fall gracefully down her neck. Discord's heart started to pound, and he nearly keeled over in astonishment when she glanced over her shoulder. A soft red tinged her cheeks, and she was gazing at him with lidded eyes, her tail flicking in both confidence and insecurity.
Discord snapped his claws quietly to rid himself of the constricting suit he had summoned. Fluttershy inhaled sharply, turning away as he approached her. "Want me to help?" he had leaned forward and whispered into her ear, his lips touching the sensitive fur there just barely. It was enough to sent chills ricocheting down her body.
Fluttershy smiled and adjusted her wings nervously, "Yes, please." she whispered, letting her body shiver with chills when his lion paw caressed her shoulder blades.
Discord felt a twinge of some feeling he had never felt before as his paw pushed the fabric down her back. It felt like his heart was tightening and pumping faster at the same time. He let himself enjoy the feeling of her divine flesh underneath his paw, nearly sighing as he neared her flanks.
Fluttershy felt his paw descend down one flank and let out a moan, unbidden, as it caressed her cutie mark, his touch on sensitive skin sending an impossible warmth to her nethers. Discord inhaled deeply and leaned towards her, finishing with her dress, he motioned for her to step out of it. As she did she clenched her thighs together, uncertain of the warm, sticky, and wet feeling she was experiencing as she moved.
Discord noticed her tail press into the crease of her rump, as if she were frightened, but he could not tell from her expression whether or not she was afraid. She was most certainly unsure, looking back at him with questioning eyes. "Is this right? Am I supposed to feel this way?" is what her eyes said as she blinked at him. Discord leaned forward and pressed his muzzle to her jawline, breathing in the sweet smell of roses that she always pleasantly reeked of.
His claw began to gently stroke her side, slipping down and across her opposite flank. He looked at her face and felt a swell of pride when he saw that her lips were parted and she was panting lightly, a deep flush upon her face and her half-lidded turquoise orbs staring ahead. His paw came around and he slid one digit down her spine, making her back instinctively bow inwards, and when he reached her tail he gently prodded at the muscle.
Fluttershy looked at him over her shoulder, there was fear in her eyes for sure now, but it was buried by an intense, dark desire that dilated her pupils, leaving only thin rims of the ocean blue he so loved. But he loved this even more, he had never seen a mare in lust, and it was invigorating. He gently grabbed her tail and massaged the thick appendage underneath the rosy hair, willing her to lift it.
Fluttershy lifted it just barely, but then stopped, facing forward again. Discord paused, uncertain of what she was feeling. She began to shiver just slightly and he lifted his paw from her immediately. "Fluttershy?"
The mare turned to him in a somewhat ashamed fashion, her eyes glittering with tears and no longer clouded in desire. "D-Discord, I'm sorry...I just...just..." Discord froze, was she afraid of him? That he might hurt her? Did she regret the marriage already? "I'm just too scared...I'm sorry." she managed, forcing a self-conscious giggle. Discord sat on his haunches and twiddled his claw and paw. Fluttershy looked at the floor and giggled the same way, "I was trying to be sexy...but then I got nervous...you know me." she kicked her foreleg and glanced briefly at Discord.
Discord sighed in relief, she was scared of the act itself, not him. He mentally smacked himself for being so quick to assume she had a problem with him. He let out a laugh and pulled her closer, eliciting a squeak of surprise from the startled mare. "It's okay, darling, I don't know if I'm ready either. Why don't we just go to sleep tonight? We'll see how we feel tomorrow." he suggested.
Fluttershy wiped the remnants of her watery eyes away and smiled up at him, nuzzling her face into the soft, grey fur of his neck. "That sounds nice. But I really am sorry, I wanted to do it tonight...my nerves just..."
"Like I said, it's okay, I understand." Discord lifted her closer to his face so he could kiss her, a brief, chaste kiss that left both wishing for a more passionate affair. Then he pulled the thick blanket of the bed back and climbed on, his wife still in his arms. Fluttershy sighed in contentment and allowed herself a yawn when he laid her down. He lay right beside her, his serpentine body curled protectively around his love, and pulled the blanket over them.
Fluttershy snuggled closer and gently played with the spot on his chest where his grey neck fur met his brown, bodily fur, the gradient of colors fascinating her and giving her something to think about while she let her subconscious take over.
Discord smiled and ran his paw over her shoulder, gently stirring the fur and giving her chills, it was welcome and she sighed as her body succumbed to her rather stressful and tiring day. Her husband, however, was awake for a time, admiring her and thinking of how she was really, truly his now. The thought made him smile all over again and he pulled her impossibly closer, burying his snout in her mane and letting himself succumb with her.
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Fluttershy blinked, the sun was barely peeking over the horizon. 'Mmmm....what a magnificent dream....' she flushed heavily and was glad she was alone, feeling most aroused by the dream. Then, suddenly, she was wide awake as the details of the night before came running back into her conscious brain. She looked up at Discord's peaceful face, not a sign of worry or his usual snarkyness, in fact, he looked young, despite his age. She'd never seen him like this before, the sight made her feel warm and giddy. And combined with the thought of what they almost did the night before, and her dream, she felt a rare bud of mischief flower inside her.
She thought she heard herself reason that there was nothing wrong with mischief, Discord liked it too. But what about...sensual mischief? Fluttershy looked back up at Discord and licked her lips, wondering how he would react to her kissing him awake? She sat up carefully, gently extracting herself from his tail. Fluttershy flipped her hair over her shoulder and spread her wings for balance, she gently rolled Discord over.
Discord began to stir, so she threw her initial plan out the window and straddled him quickly, her forelegs resting on his chest. When his captivating ruby eyes blinked just barely open she leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. Discord's eyes opened fully when he realized the situation, and he simply watched (while reciprocating) her passionate kiss.
Her tongue probed his lips and he let her in, quickly wrapping his serpentine tongue around hers and bucking his hips instinctively when she moaned. It was a low, long, sensual moan and she broke the kiss to do it, he also couldn't help but notice she began to grind slowly against his lower stomach. "Good morning...I take it you aren't nervous anymore?" he smirked, Fluttershy returned the face, leaning forward and parted her lips. What looked like an incoming kiss turned out to be a tease as she panted onto his mouth, her breath hot and enticing.
"I love you..." she murmured, looking down at him with the desire he had been admiring so much the night before swelling in her eyes. She ground against him a couple more times before he let out a discontented growl and flipped them over. Fluttershy squeaked and brought her hooves up to her cheeks, looking up at him, her demeanor and posture suggested innocence but positively reeked of sinful lust and desire.
Discord slid a digit from his claw down her sides, however, he didn't go to the outside, but rather the inside of her flank. Fluttershy kicked the leg he was busy caressing, an instinctual move. Discord smirked again and continued the journey down, admiring how she went stiff and gasped when he paused over her small, pert teats. He tweaked them momentarily, watching her twitch and start to squirm before he continued even further onwards.
He hesitated momentarily, looking up at his wife for her okay. Fluttershy looked him dead in the eye and placed her hind hoof on his arm, pushing it downward. Discord chuckled, continuing on. As he passed the rough digit of his eagle talon through her impossible heat she cried out in ecstasy. The sound surprised him, though he didn't stop his ministrations, gently and thoroughly examining her nethers with his claw. The sound in itself was so shocking because he had never imagined such a sound coming from Fluttershy's throat. It was desperation, satisfaction, sensuality, and absolute need.
She continued to pant and occasionally mewl softly as he worked her towards a climax. Although it didn't seem to progress very quickly, he blamed his lack of knowledge. A pony anatomy book had always seemed too boring and useless, as he never imagined he'd find himself pleasuring and preparing to make love to a mare. Now he sorely wished he had read one, just so he had a better idea of how to pleasure her. Fluttershy suddenly let out a louder moan and he realized he had slipped a talon into her cavernous walls. She looked down at him and attempted a smile, but her smile twisted away and she moaned even louder, arching her back as a wave of intense pleasure ran through her.
Now he realized that when he ran his thumb over that swollen, pink nub of flesh she moaned louder and arched towards him like that. He liked it when she did that, it made him feel like he was getting somewhere. He made sure to caress her inner walls and gently pump his single finger in and out of her while he rolled the swollen nub around to help her achieve the much-revered climax he had heard so much about.
He didn't have to wait long, and Fluttershy cried his name out in a loud moan, it almost sounded like a wail. He felt her walls clamp down on his finger and pulse rhythmically at least five or six times before she went limp. When he pulled his talon back, it was rather soiled in her essence. Discord admired his handiwork, the clear - yet somewhat milky - egg-like substance clung to his fingers and glittered in the sunlight. The smell of it was tangy, yet sweet at the same time, like her favorite food: (as of the fruit bat incident) apples. In fact, when he thought about it, that's what it smelled like, apples, and maybe the slight scent of roses she magically managed to smell of at all times.
Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked down as he dared to lick at his fingers, the sight nearly made her cum again, and she gasped as he suckled them clean. "Sweet Celestia..." she breathed, she had never, ever, felt these sensations before.
"You better hope she isn't watching." Discord wagged a finger at Fluttershy and she burst into full on, wholesome laughter. Discord leaned over her, just barely holding himself above her body and pressing kisses to her neck. Her laughter quickly turned to moans and she wrapped her forelegs around his neck. He moved his arms beneath hers and hoisted her up, lifting her against the headboard, then gently sliding her up until her back was pressed against the wall. Her wings having long since popped open, and she easily leaned against it. He then moved to kiss her mouth, letting out a groan as he finally acknowledged that his stallionhood was erect and pulsating with each beat of his heart.
Fluttershy felt the length of him press against her warm entrance and she gasped, arching towards him and pressing her head against the wall. At that particular moment she was glad she wasn't a unicorn, as she might've impaled it. Discord kissed her neck until she came back down from her anticipation-induced high. They stared into one another's eyes, turquoise blue piercing into his flaming rubies, "Are you ready?" Discord asked in a whisper, watching her pupils darken with desire.
Fluttershy shifted her hips and gasped as gravity helped him begin to slide in. She squeezed her eyes shut and pressed back against the wall again as he continued to slide into her own inner walls. She moaned long and low and Discord was burying his face in her sweat-matted locks as he groaned deeply. The feeling was overwhelming, intoxicating, intimate, and somehow still sweet. Soon they both recovered enough to look into one another's eyes again. Fluttershy's had small, unwanted tears brimming from the pain of being stretched to accommodate him, but she smiled anyways.
Discord gently moved his hips, using the wall to hold her in place. Fluttershy was certain she'd never heard of a stallion pressing his mare back-first against a wall to rutt her, but she loved it. It was new, unheard of, invigorating, amazing! "...Ahhhha..." she cried out and somehow gasped at the same time. To one outside the door, it might have sounded like an exclamation of pain, but it was pleasure. Pure, unadulterated pleasure radiating from the place they had joined together.
Discord himself was in a world of pleasure as well. Her walls were rigid, and so...so unbelievably hot against him, making each thrust feel like he was moving inside heaven itself. He looked at her face while he thrusted, she never stopped mewling, or panting in the least, and her gaze was fixed on the ceiling as she arched towards him. Every now and then she breathed his name and it served to make him feel like he needed to thrust harder. To make her cry his name rather than breathe it. And he did, causing her to moan louder and let out a cry, it wasn't his name, but it still invigorated him the same way.
Fluttershy gasped and let out her second wail of the morning when he reached down to where they had joined and rub at her nub until she came apart around him. Discord never thought he would make such a noise, but he did moments later, when the feeling of her walls convulsing around his length sent him over the edge. He cried out and leaned against the wall, panting heavily, neither noticed his cry of ecstasy seemed to come with a sucker punch to the window, blowing the glass out.
Fluttershy gasped for air, her body exhausted thoroughly, at least that part of her body was. Discord was supporting them both against the wall, but his legs were shaking and he needed to sit down. He gently lowered himself down, their parts never separating, and hugged her close to his body, as she did the same. "By any God in heaven, I love you..." Discord panted, laying back, despite the fact that his head was where his feet should have been.
Fluttershy giggled tiredly, accepting his kisses against her face, "I love you too, so much." she murmured, kissing him on the forehead and pressing hers against it tenderly.
Discord sighed as their parts separated naturally, he didn't wish it, but it was done. He had hoped it could last forever, as most do, but realistically it would be better to experience it a thousand times than only once. 'Since when do I think logically?' he wondered, looking out at the broken window. "Oops..." Perhaps that was an after-effect of having lost control of his magic so recently.
Fluttershy looked at the window and blushed, "You should fix it..." she said quietly, stroking his arm.
Discord smirked, "Nah! It'll be more fun to see how they react to it." he waved it off with his opposite arm.
Fluttershy smiled, "That's perverted." she whispered, pecking him on the nose.
"You're perverted. You started it." he jabbed back, a joke written clear as day on his words.
Fluttershy chuckled and kissed him again, slowly, sensually and tenderly. "I suppose I did...Mmmm....I love you..." she began peppering him with kisses and smiled as she did so, loving how he moaned and slid his paw down her back, stopping to massage her cutie mark.
At that moment Celestia burst in and skid to an awkward stop, the couple turned and looked at her in confusion, then both flushed deeply and bit their lips in embarrassment. The princess had turned ten delightful shades of red and gaped at them. Discord wondered what else she had expected to see, bursting into a newlywed couple's room. "I....I-I saw the window blow out and I...well now I see you're ok...I...excuse me." Celestia turned on her heel and ran! The door magically shutting behind her.
Fluttershy and Discord looked at one another for one long moment...then burst into laughter, both pulling each other close as comfort against the embarrassment. "I suppose she'll knock next time." Discord wiped a tear of mirth from his eyes and placed his hand back on Fluttershy, who still quivered from laughter.
"Oh she will, hmm...she will." she relaxed against him and sighed, "Did I tell you I love you?"
"Many times." Discord smiled.
"Well I'll say it again...I love you, Discord..." she pressed another tender kiss to his lips before pulling away. "We should get going, we don't want anypony to get suspicious." she suggested, sitting up on his stomach.
Discord sighed," I don't want to move!" he whined, "I just want to sit here all day with you...maybe have some...fun? Just a couple more times?" he winked.
Fluttershy smiled, "Home first, then we'll try a good, old-fashioned rutt." she winked back and hopped off the bed, her hind legs wobbling slightly after the ordeal. Another swell of pride rose in Discord's chest when he considered that he had made her stumble like that.
"Alright...home it is."
They were on the train within minutes, and home within an hour, just as Ponyville was waking, they went into the Haven and began another eager exploration of one another. Although Fluttershy could now say she had been rutted senseless by a...'stallion'...she was certain she was the only mare to have been taken up against a wall. She often begged him to do it afterwards, and Discord obliged wholeheartedly.
They could honestly tell you they made love all day that day...a honeymoon to remember, for absolute certain.
Extra:
"Sister?" Luna burst into her sister's unnaturally dark room. She glanced around curiously, worry etched across her features, "Tia? We heard from the guardsponies that thou hast locked thyself in thy room and shan't answer the door. What troubles thee?" she called out, having entered the room and looked around carefully until she spotted her sister on the couch. "Sister?" she asked cautiously, peering over her shoulder, the Princess of the Sun was wrapped in a blanket and held a comic before her eyes, she was shaking, and the Princess of the Moon looked carefully at the book.
"Tia! Why art thou reading such a horrific tale?!" Luna screeched in repulsion, suppressing the urge to vomit from the despicably evil scene that had been drawn on the page.
Tia had yelped and spun around in surprise, "Oh Luna!" she cried, lunging for her unsuspecting sister, "I'm trying to see something more horrific than what I saw this morning, but I can't get the image out of my head! Even the most horrifying comic books can't compare!" she cried.
Luna twisted her muzzle in confusion, "Tia, what hast thou seen that is so horrific, thou would subject thyself to such images?"
Celestia pulled her lip, "I-I saw...F-F-FluttershyandDiscordinbed!!! They were kissing and everything!!" she cried as loudly and quickly as she could.
Luna blanched, "Sayeth what? Thou cannot be serious!" she gulped, shaking her head to get the projected image of her sister's memory from her brain.
Celestia nodded pitifully, "They blew out the window! The window!"
Luna blinked, "They, blew out the window....." her muzzle quirked, twisted, then stilled, before she snickered and burst into a raucous guffaw, rolling onto the floor and clutching her stomach. "Art....by the stars! Art thou...s-saying they made love so hard, that t-t-they blew out the window?!" she managed to wheeze out before returning to her laughter.
Celestia puffed out her cheeks and turned red. "Yes...that is what I am saying..." she mumbled through gritted teeth.
Luna gasped and sat up, wiping tears of mirth away, "We...we...oh my...we thinketh thou art the most unfortunate pony in all existence, dear sister. To have experienced such...h-horrors..." she stifled her giggles and tried to keep a serious expression on her face.
Celestia scowled, "You would find this funny..."
"Yes we would. Tia, perhaps thou should take a nap, we will guard your dreams from any...u-unseemly..o-occurrences..." she chuckled.
Celestia sighed, "Thank you, sister, I shall try to forget today ever happened."
Luna smiled, 'Oh how we wish we could torment her, but we should not like to see such things...if only we were stronger in our tolerance of horrific things.'
Bride of Discord, the Mature Ending
The door shut behind them and a 'Do Not Disturb' sign appeared on the knob outside. Discord waved back the gossamer curtains and laid his bride on the bed.
"Now, we're alone," he whispered as he moved on top of her and pulled her in for a gentle kiss.
When he moved away to look at her, he caressed her beautiful face. At long last, he had his prize, his true love. What made this moment even better was that she had married him willingly with no strings attached. He never thought he would be married, let alone to the pony of his dreams. Who knew what future lay ahead of them? Maybe one day they would have a foal and become family. To him, that sounded a lot more promising than ruling Equestria.
She suddenly broke his eye contact and looked off to the side.
"What's wrong, my love?" he inquired.
"Nothing," she murmured. "I just...I'm just a little nervous. This is a big step, you know?"
He smirked. "Don't be. If I do anything you don't like, just say so."
She gazed back up at him and a small smile appeared on her lips. "I love you."
Discord's heart thumped wildly. "I love you too, my beauteous bride."
Then he clapped his hands and killed the lights. The moonlight was the only way he saw his bride beneath him, and in a sudden rush of passion he claimed her lips in his own. Fluttershy couldn't help but moan when she felt his tongue enter her mouth, and the sound sent a rush of blood to his groin.
Discord had never felt like this before, sure, he had heard about sex, and read about it, but that was all in technicality. This was real life. And despite the fact that he was devouring his wife's mouth in their kiss, it didn't feel like it was enough. He wanted to lose himself inside her and be consumed. His claws went to her dress and began to remove it slowly, caressing the skin he unveiled as it went down her arms.
Fluttershy broke the kiss to breathe, looking at him with half lidded eyes and smoky, dilated pupils. Discord pressed his forehead to hers and gently extricated her from her dress. Fluttershy tugged at his jacket and he helped her unbutton it, the ability to snap his fingers and remove it felt dull. Her removing his clothing was exciting, despite the fact that nakedness was a given when it came to both ponies and himself, this felt forbidden, sensual, and new.
Fluttershy's breath hitched in her throat as he trailed his paw down her side, coming dangerously close to her marehood. Discord buried his face in her hair and inhaled her scent, roses, she always smelt of delicate roses. He hesitated a moment, trailing kisses on her neck to distract her, and himself, from what he was about to do. Fluttershy gasped as his paw ghosted over her flower, and she let her mouth gape as he began to caress her folds.
Discord watched her reactions carefully, Fluttershy closed her eyes and let her jaw hang open, her breath quickening with every pass of his paw through her folds. Soon she let out a moan and her hooves found his face, pulling him in for a sloppy kiss while he continued his ministrations. She mewled into his mouth and pushed her hips against his paw, moving in synchronization with him. Then she threw back her head and let out a soft, breathless cry, her body arching backwards and stiffening as her folds pulsed beneath his fingers.
Discord felt another rush of blood to his groin when she came down from her high and opened her eyes, glancing down at him with desire in her turquoise pools. "Discord..." she breathed, and in that moment, like a magnet, his lips crashed back into hers and he felt himself probing her nethers with his length. Fluttershy threw her head back again and cried out in pleasure as his paw went back to her folds, caressing the swollen nub there.
Discord pressed forward and felt her give way for him, and he planted open-mouthed kisses on her neck as she arched backwards. She kept up her moans and cries, barely taking time to breathe as he finally settled inside her. He had felt slight resistance, but it had given way quite easily, and despite the glistening of tears in her eyes, Fluttershy looked at him with a smile on her face as he trailed his talon across her cheek.
Her hair was now sprawled and tangled around the pillows and he thought, combined with the iridescent moonlight, that she looked like a goddess. He waited a moment and stared into her eyes, awaiting her approval. Fluttershy reached up and pulled him in for a soft, somehow innocent kiss, despite the fact that they were so intimately joined. She broke it gently and looked up at him with a smile, "I'm ready." she murmured.
Discord smiled back, closing his eyes just barely as he slowly pulled out, and then gently back in, then again, and again, he continued, going slow for her comfort. Fluttershy mewled quietly, somehow wrapping her hind legs around his body and pulling him deeper every time he thrusted. Their lips were together yet again, and he let himself groan at the feeling of her rigid walls caressing his member.
Despite reading about it, he had never imagined such pleasure was possible, and couldn't help but wish it would last forever. Fluttershy made otherworldly sounds that cause the hair on his nape to stand up in excitement. And she clung to him so desperately it felt surreal, the way her eyes clouded over in desire and the intense feeling of being enveloped by her, it was just so...right. Fluttershy ran her hooves through his short mane and then let out a final cry, breaking a kiss yet again to throw her head back and gasp as she came. Discord growled un-expectantly as her walls convulsed around him and drove him over the edge. He hilted and held himself up just barely long enough to spill inside her before he collapsed, careful not to crush her, and rested his head atop her hair.
Fluttershy felt full, her abdomen just slightly distended, and her folds encasing her love's now-softening member. She hugged him tightly, savoring the embrace, and planting kisses on his shoulder. Discord hummed in contentment and ran his talon over her face, ridding it of her sweat-dampened, rosy hair. Fluttershy let out a small whine when his length left her folds, and Discord rolled onto his side, no longer covering her body with his own.
Discord lay facing her, and she turned to lay facing him. Their lips met yet again, just to caress. Her forelegs went around his neck, trying to pull herself as close as possible. When they gently broke apart again, she pressed her forehead to his and stroked his cheek with her hoof, fatigue wafting over her. Discord pulled the blanket over them and gently rolled her onto her opposite side, ignoring her whine and pulling her close to spoon against her back.
"I love you..." he heard her mutter before her eyelids fell closed, and he smiled.
"I love you too." he murmured into her ear, resting his head just above hers and letting himself fall into a peaceful sleep. Contentment over how well the situation had turned out leaving his dreams nonexistent.
The End.