Bed-Ridden

by InTheStands

Rating: mature
Tags: Other, Romance, Shining Armor, Sex, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance
Length: 4656

Cadance shows a sick Shining Armor how 'useful' he still is...

Even the strongest of us can succumb to illnesses, whether they accept it or not. Shining Armor doesn't.
Laying in bed, being unable to do the things they love can wear on one's self-esteem.
Luckily, Cadance is at his side, ready with a rather unorthodox (but pleasurable) home remedy for Shining's woes.
First MLP fic, but not my first time writing sex. Critique that doesn't cross the line of flaming is readily accepted, and encouraged.

Published 2012-06-02 16:44:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-06-03 21:47:24 UTC

Bed-Ridden

Bed-Ridden

A MLP: FiM story by InTheStands

All characters and places are property of Hasbro and Lauren Faust. I claim no ownership of said property, only this story.

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A loud coughing fit pierced the air of the home shared by Canterlot’s Captain of the Royal Guard, Shining Armor, and his newly-wed wife, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza (Cadance was what she preferred to be called). It had been a wedding to remember, and the two lovers were easily able to adapt to their new life together.

At least, until a nasty illness found its way into the Guard barracks a month ago. The good news was, the bug was easy to treat and easier to recover from it. The bad news…

Shining Armor convulsed with each cough, wrinkling the sheets of the bed he usually shared with Cadance. Groaning, mostly in annoyance, the white unicorn stallion with the blue mane and a sparkling shield of a cutie mark leaned back into his pillow. How could this have happened? He thought. His troops were almost all cured! He was sure he could escape the mini-epidemic unscathed. Yet here he was, feeling as well as he looked: Miserable. And for more reasons than just being sick.

Princess Celestia, thankfully, was sympathetic of Shining’s condition, and ordered that he take sick leave in order to recuperate. It was already a good few days he hadn’t been leading his guards, and he had no idea how many more lay ahead - the duration of the illness varied from pony to pony.

He groaned again, wondering what exactly he did to be reduced to this. His head darted upwards as soon as he heard the door to his bedroom open.

“Shining?” A female voice asked. Shining smiled a bit as a familiar face poked its way into the room.

“Twily,” Shining smirked, stifling another cough. “Come on in.”

The purple unicorn that was his younger sister trotted in. Twilight Sparkle approached the bed and gave a soft smile. “How are you doing?”

“It’s gotten better,” Shining sighed, lowering his head onto his pillow again. “But not better enough.”

“You’ve already taken all the medicine you needed,” She offered encouragement. “And you’ve already shown the worse symptoms, so it should start going away.”

“I really don’t care,” Shining rolled over to face his sister better, tiredness evident in his dark eyelids. “As long as I’m still stuck in bed, I just don’t care, Twilight.”

Twilight frowned. She knew what her B.B.B.F.F. was going through. “I understand, Shining. It’s torture having to miss your duties. But this is for the best. You’ll be getting better soon.”

“Not soon enough,” Shining, with his forelegs, pushed the pillow so that it sandwiched his head. “All I can do now is cough, sneeze, moan, and wait for somepony to feed me.” He let go of his pillow, allowing Twilight to see his now-saddened face. “I’ve never felt so useless.”

“Now just a minute!” Twilight shot back, startling him. “You might be sick, and you might feel like horse apples, but the last thing you ever will be is useless! You think you’re the first pony in Equestria to get sick? Or the only one?” Twilight reached out a foreleg, and grabbed one of his hooves in hers, her voice softening. “Beating yourself up is only going to make it worse. Please don’t do this. I don’t want it. Cadance doesn’t want it. Nopony wants it.”

Shining, frowning, looked at his pleading sister before smiling slightly and pulling her into a hug. “Thanks, Twily. I owe you.”

Twilight smiled back. “Then repay me by getting well soon.” They pulled away from the hug. “I’ll see you later, Shining.”

“You too, Twilight. Have a great-” Shining was interrupted by another loud fit of coughing. Wincing, he smiled back at the unicorn mare that was now leaving the room before once more straightening out his sheets.

Twilight closed the door behind her, saddened by the depreciation Shining was giving himself. And she wasn’t the only one who felt that way, either.

Twilight turned to face the pink alicorn she knew as her foalsitter-turned-sister-in-law. Her violet, gold and rose-striped mane framed a face that reflected her somber emotions. “He’s taking this so hard,” Cadance shook her head. “He’s never had to deal with this as a Captain.”

“I know, I know,” Twilight sighed. “He’s getting better physically…but emotionally…”

Cadance looked at the door to the bedroom before coming up with an idea. A smile formed on her face before quickly realizing Twilight was still with her. Embracing her sister-in-law, Cadance consoled the purple unicorn. “Don’t worry, Twilight. I’ll take it from here. I’ll see to it that he’s reminded how useful he is.” Cadance, picturing her plan, was thankful that Twilight couldn’t see her blushing as the unicorn mare left the house for Ponyville.

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Shining grunted exasperatedly as he awoke. Middle of the night, again. Ever since he got sick.

Shining also found himself shivering slightly. Someone seemed to have opened the window. He moaned as he sat up. Sure enough, the window was wide open, allowing the dull glow that was the light from Luna’s moon to pour into the room. He realized the light was bright enough to see almost everything in the room with some degree of clarity. Snapping back to reality, he turned his head to the side. Cadance wasn’t in the bed with him. He began to grow slightly anxious, wondering if this was some dream or delusion. Hallucinations certainly weren’t in the list of symptoms Twilight found for him.

“Hello, Shining.”

The stallion instantly turned his attention to the source of the voice: The bedroom door. There stood Cadance, who had just walked in and shut the door behind her. She was wearing absolutely nothing; Her shoes, chest plate, and tiara rested with the rest of their wardrobe. He breathed slowly as she approached the bed, her motions and staring he perceived as seductive.

Was this some kind of medicine-induced dream?

Because now he certainly didn’t want to wake up.

Cadance, with magic emanating from her horn, peeled away the large blanket, leaving a bare Shining Armor. The alicorn crawled in, wrapping her hooves around her husband. He stammered. “C-Cadance? What…what’s-”

“I’ve had to sit back and watch,” Cadance interrupted him as she began, “As you laid here coughing, shivering, and talking about how useless you are. You have no idea how much that hurt your sister. How much it hurt me.”

Shining felt his heart twist, realizing now how his sister and wife must have truly felt watching him beat himself up. “Oh, Cadance. I’m so sorry.”

Cadance gave a supportive smile. “I know you are. I know you’re just mad because you’re sick. But you remember our vows: In sickness and in health.” She pulled him in for a tighter, somewhat more intimate embrace. “You’re a lot of things, Shining. Brave, kind, a fantastic leader…a wonderful husband…” She nuzzled him, a gesture he tenderly returned. “But your being sick doesn’t make you any less of the stallion I married.” They looked at each other, small tears forming in Cadance’s eyes. “And tonight…we’ll see about taking care of your recently low self-esteem.”

It then dawned on him what Cadance wanted to do. “Wait! But…what about you? You’ll have gotten it just for hugging me right now.”

Cadance merely giggled. “You talk as if being with you isn’t worth spending a few days out sick.”

Shining stared into her purple eyes, quickly accepting the fact that nothing was going to dissuade her from this. He smiled again, nodded, and gave her a kiss on the cheek before moving to her mouth, their lips connecting and their eyes closing as their hooves slowly ran up and down each other’s backs.

After a moment, their kiss became more passionate, their tongues exploring each other’s mouths. Cadance, unable to help herself, pressed harder against her husband and started to grind slightly, his strong chest warming up her small frame. Shining moaned at this action, and the two stopped their kissing, his half-closed eyes looking into hers.

Cadance smiled the warmest smile before glancing down between her and Shining. There, standing at full attention, was his stallionhood. She felt the heat rushing to her face, recalling her honeymoon and the flood of pleasure she experienced when first having taken his organ. Breaking from her reminiscing, she looked back up at Shining, who was now looking rather smug.

“Well?” Cadance asked. “Would you like me to…”

Shining’s smile quickly faded as he realized what she was asking, shaking his head. “Cadance…you know how I feel about that.”

Despite the fact that they were married, and could do whatever they wanted to each other, Shining adamantly opposed Cadance fellating him in any way. She didn’t know if it was due to his remarkable chivalry, his deep respect for her status as princess, or if it just wasn’t his cup of tea when it came to sex acts. Nonetheless, she respected his wishes, and cast out the idea from her head.

“Come on,” Cadance playfully grabbed his forelegs and pulled him down towards the foot of the bed. Shining’s head was now lower down on his pillow as Cadance stood on all fours above him. She leaned down towards her husband, and the two kissed again with just as much passion as before. Breaking away from him, she slowly lowered her back legs into a sort of squat, her marehood hovering over his penis. Shining looked down at the sight before looking back up at her in eager, almost coltlike anticipation, forcing a giggle out of her. They nuzzled into each other tenderly.

“I love you, Shining Armor.”

“I love you too, Cadance.” His tired eyes and overall sickness-ravaged appearance did nothing to hide the honesty of his words or the care she saw in his eyes.

She felt another smile decorating her face as she began to lower herself onto his genitals. The passage of time seemed to feel like an eternity for the two until Cadance felt the warmth of his member inside her, and Shining felt the warmth of her marehood around him. Cadance couldn’t help but let out a tiny moan of pleasure. Shining, meanwhile, took in short breaths. She lowered herself more and more until he was fully inside her. They remained like that for a moment or two as Cadance placed a hoof on either side of Shining to hold herself up.

Biting her lower lip and closing her eyes, she gradually raised her rear end up, feeling the friction between her and him. Shining leaned back and gave a moan of his own before feeling that awful tickling in his throat. Succumbing, he started to cough again. Cadance stroked his cheek with her hoof.

“It’s alright, honey,” Cadance soothed him. “I’m here. Just relax.” She began to slowly impale herself on him again. “Just sit back. I have this.”

Shining looked up at her, her purple eyes giving off a mixture of consolation, love, and lust. A small smile formed on his face and, following his wife’s instruction, laid back on the pillow as she moved on top of him.

Cadance fell into a pattern of rising and lowering herself on Shining’s erection, the two ponies giving off moans, sharp intakes of breath or other sounds of pleasure. Slowly, she quickened her pace, her mind becoming more and more focused on one thing: The overwhelming ecstasy that always came with sexual intercourse.

The moment seemed to last forever for the two of them as Cadance continued her up-and-down motions, every now and then giving a small grind that elicited a small cry of pleasure from her husband. Minutes passed until Cadance found herself rising and falling at a much faster pace. She looked down at Shining, his breathing, dotted with the occasional cough, becoming ragged. Clenching his teeth and shutting his eyes, he reached out and grabbed her flanks, surprising her as he pulled her down onto him before letting her rise up, continuing the pattern. He opened her eyes and looked up at her, his bared teeth now changing into a small grin.

“Feeling…better?” Cadance managed to ask between pants.

Shining coughed and panted back. “We’re both gonna feel the best!” Cadance only smiled. Shining wasn’t a master of words when it came to romantic comebacks, but he does it out of pure love for her, and that was all that mattered.

They continued their mating, their speech degrading into moans and shouts of an erotic nature. The shouts grew louder and louder as they realized their climaxes were imminent. Cadance’s forelegs trembled as she approached orgasm, finally giving way and landing her on Shining’s hot chest. He kept his hooves on her rear, pushing her down and pulling her up, taking full control for the first time in the session.

By now they were screaming, the ever-familiar feeling now coming over them. He gave one final push downward.

“SHINIIING!!”

“CADAANCE!!”

He bucked upwards, his forelegs falling to his sides and finding themselves wrapping around Cadance’s. Their grunts and screams bounded around the room as they rode out their orgasms together. The convulsions seemed to last a lifetime and a half before they realized it was over.

It took a moment for them to collect themselves. Shining opened his eyes, staring up at the ceiling, before looking down and letting Cadance catch his mouth with hers. They were unable to put as much effort into their kiss due to their exhaustion, but did their best. They broke away, and Cadance furrowed her brow at him.

“Now tell me you can’t do anything.”

Shining could feel guilt encroaching on him again. “I never meant to hurt you, Cadance. Or Twilight. It’s just…I had duties to perform. I mean, I can create a shield that could protect all of Canterlot. But here I am, getting my flank kicked by some bug.”

Cadance listened intently to her husband’s problems before nuzzling into him again. “Nopony’s invincible, Shining. Not even Celestia. The only thing making this as bad as it is is your beating yourself up for what you think is being weak.” She smiled. “But I know you. And I wouldn’t have married you if I didn’t accept the idea of being your shoulder to lean on. You’d be willing to do the same for me.”

Shining chuckled. Of course he would. “Thank you, Cadance. For all this.”

Cadance felt her face growing warm again as she recollected their lovemaking. She then realized some things. “That was all you, Shining. You kept going even after I couldn’t.” Shining couldn’t help but beam proudly; He was a stallion, after all. Cadance continued. “You were even coughing a bit less. Did you notice?”

“Not really,” He shook his head before placing his lips on her forehead. “But I’ll take your word for it.” They laid together in silence, taking in every second, before Shining spoke again. “I hope you realize this means it’s gonna be your turn to stay in bed soon,” He said, bringing the discussion back to his previous concerns before their mating.

Cadance responded with a deadpan ‘are you serious’ look in retaliation. “Let’s see…a lifetime with my favorite stallion AND wonderful, passionate nights…in exchange for a few days out sick.” She pretended to act thoughtful. “Yep. Completely worth it.”

Shining found the blanket, and pulled it over himself and his wife before he wrapped his forelegs around her tighter, pulling her closer to him in an affectionate hug. “I love you so much, Cadance.”

Cadance gave a ‘mmm’ sound as she buried her cheek into her husband’s white coat. “I love you too, Shining,” she managed to say before they both drifted off to sleep.

Surprises

To my wonderful brother and sister,
I’m so happy to hear you two are feeling better (though if you ask me, it IS a little unfair that Shining got better before you did, Cadance). However, I’m so sorry that I can’t come and visit. Me and my friends are just so busy with each other’s plans and obligations. The fact that I was able to visit when I did was nothing short of a miracle.

I know that a simple letter isn’t the same as me being there myself, but either way, just know that I’m still glad to know you’re both well again. I’ll see about clearing up some time to come see you soon. Maybe a simple day around Canterlot together?

With Love,

Twilight Sparkle

Cadance smiled as she silently reread the letter. She was so proud of how far Twilight had come; From the shy little bookworm of a filly to the proud young adult with five friends (six counting Spike) who’d do anything for each other.

Putting the letter down on the nightstand, Cadance pulled up her blanket and tucked herself in. Her mind drifted to almost a week ago; Her cheeks began to warm up as she recalled the passionate lovemaking that took place between her and Shining. How high it lifted his spirits.

How quickly it made her a little under the weather as a result. But she was much more accepting of it than her husband was of his own illness, and was able to recover quicker (but certainly not without the loving help of Shining, who took just as much care, if not more, of her as she did him).

Sighing in contentment, she nuzzled the pillow, imagining it to be the chest of her love. Unfortunately, he was unable to return from his duties as Captain until late that night, and she was advised not to stay up to wait for him. She frowned slightly. She adored his devotion to his duties, but on some days more than others, it demanded more from him than she felt should be allowed.

Of course, despite being a princess, she had no power over how long the Captain of the Guard had to do his job. And she knew that this only happened once in a while.

She felt her eyelids growing heavy, her senses dulling as she began to drift. This made her unable to hear the oh-so-quiet creaking of the bedroom door. Her breathing grew slower and slower…

She gasped sharply as she felt the arm wrapping around her waist. She twisted her body to face the source of the appendage. Wide awake, she was able to make out the identity of the intruder. She sat up in amazement.

“…Shining?!”

The unicorn stallion only smirked. Cadance stammered before speaking again. “B-but…your shift…the training…”

Shining silenced her by speaking up. “There’s a reason I’m not the Element of Honesty.” Cadance stared dumbfounded at him until scoffing and giving him a playful shove.

“You JERK!” She laughed aloud, feeling that was the least offensive name she could call him. Shining folded his forearms across his chest.

“Yeah…but I’m YOUR jerk.” He unfolded his arms and leaned toward her. “And you get to have this jerk all night tonight.”

Cadance placed a hoof over her mouth. “Why Shining, you’re not suggesting…”

“Maybe I am,” He retaliated as they both looked into each other’s eyes. He placed his hoof on hers. “Your treatment proved to be quite effective, Cadance. Maybe it’s time you were treated yourself.”

Cadance could only giggle, their noses almost touching. “It’s a bit too late for that, Doctor. I’ve gotten better.”

“I see…” Shining pretended to think for a moment. “Okay. How about because I love you infinitely and wish to express it the best way I can?”

Cadance smiled, responding more to the love in his eyes than his reasoning. “Well, when you put it that way…”

No other words were said as they kicked away the blanket and sealed their lips into a kiss. Inching closer to each other, they wrapped around themselves in an embrace, allowing the kiss to grow deeper. They had to resort to breathing through their noses as their tongues intertwined.

Carefully, Shining was able to move Cadance so that she laid on her back. He broke away from their kiss, and began to give her small pecks on her neck. She moaned in absolute delight as her husband’s mouth did its magic. She could feel him kissing her on her chest, going lower and lower before realizing where he was heading. She looked down just in time to see his mouth hovering over her nether regions. Shining looked up at her as if he was a colt caught with his hoof in a cookie jar.

Cadance sighed and shook her head with a smile. “You hypocrite.”

“What?” he asked, wondering what he did wrong.

“Do I honestly need to explain?” She asked. “You say all the time you don’t want my mouth on your pride. Here you are, ready to plunge your tongue into me as if it were the rarest of salt licks.”

Shining sputtered, trying to find an excuse. “T-this is different!”

Cadance responded by raising an eyebrow. Shining sighed in defeat, moving his body until his head was at level with Cadance’s. “I’m sorry,” he stated. She placed a hoof on one of his forelegs.

“Don’t be. But now you know how I feel. Besides…” She drifted off as she looked downwards. “There’s a way you can pleasure us both.”

Shining quickly understood what she meant. His stallionhood once again was fully erect. He could feel himself wanting to give in to his animalistic desires and dive into her like a rutting beast. But he knew to treat her better. He knew how to pace himself.

They both began to breathe quicker as he moved on top of her to the point of standing over her on all fours. Slowly he set his back legs down, his forelegs holding him up. He saw her look at his member, poised to enter her, before looking back up at him. They smiled and kissed again. During this kiss, however, Shining moved his lower half until it lightly pressed into Cadance. Gently, he moved himself in.

He felt the moan escape her mouth and vibrate into his. His response was to slowly go deeper. Breaking away again, she clutched onto his back with her forelegs, eyes closed as she focused on the pleasure he gave her. Now all the way in, Shining began the slow pull outwards, wallowing in the emotional bliss both Cadance’s amorous moaning and the pressure down below gave him.

“That’s it…” Shining muttered loud enough for Cadance to hear. “There we are.” The slow in-and-out pattern continued, their mutterings and groaning beginning to mingle with each other.

Cadance could feel Shining’s gradual increase in pace. Her breathing beginning to quicken, she moved her hooves down his back. They managed to find Shining’s flanks, which she lightly rubbed. Hooves right on his shield cutie marks, she began to press down as if they were buttons. Shining gasped lightly at this action before looking at her with an open-mouthed grin as he panted. She merely looked up at him with a loving smile.

Within half an hour, Shining’s slow pattern was now progressing into quickening thrusts. He lightly grunted with each push inward, eliciting a cry from Cadance from time to time. They kissed over and over as the stallion continued his rhythmic motions.

“Oh, Shining…” Cadance feebly whispered. Her husband responded by nuzzling into her neck.

“Cadance. My beautiful Cadance.” Hearing his words nearly drove her to tears. Certainly, anypony she’d met told her she looked stunning. But hearing it from her husband carried profound sentiments. She returned his affections by nuzzling his neck as well.

She then began to gasp. She could feel it coming. The dam deep inside that was ready to burst from Shining’s constant assault on it. She threw her head back onto the pillow, her moaning becoming louder. “Shining!” She managed to shout. “I’m…I’m almost…there…”

“I know, Cadance, I know,” He replied as he lightly kissed her neck again. Their venture was nearing its end. But Shining wasn’t going to be the first one to end it.

Now, after hearing her warning, Shining Armor closed his eyes, clenched his teeth and began to thrust into her deeper and harder. The response was exactly what he expected: Quickened gasps with each push, followed by her pushing down on his rear further.

“Shiniiing…” Cadance weakly cried out. “I…I can’t hold it anymore!”

The stallion only continued to pump as he gave his answer: “So don’t.”

His next thrust was what did it. Cadance’s scream pierced the air of their bedroom. She was helpless as her lower regions convulsed, able to only shout and squeal in pure delight, letting her hooves fall to her sides.

Shining, feeling her marehood constrict him, also found that resisting was next to impossible. Throwing his head back, he let out a roar of a shout as he sent his lower half down into her one last time. The force of his final push was enough to actually cause a short-lived dip in their bed. He let his stallionhood convulse as he felt his essence flowing into his beloved wife. Shining kept his arched position, staring at the spot where the wall met the ceiling, before realizing he was emptied.

With regret, he pulled himself away before moving his body so that he landed square on his back, right next to Cadance. They stared up at nothing in particular before turning to look at each other. A split second later, they found themselves kissing again.

“I hope I didn’t hurt you too bad,” Shining finally told her. Her response was to laugh.

“That was everything BUT painful, Shining,” she shot back. She then gave a teasing glare. “You’re still a jerk for lying to me, though.”

“It’s like you said when I was sick,” Shining gazed into her eyes. “Completely worth it.”

“Hey, that’s not fair!” Cadance playfully shoved him. “You can’t use that as an excuse! I was almost fast asleep before you came home! What then, my master strategist?” Shining struggled to answer her question, but could find no response. Cadance nodded. “I thought so.” She waited before pulling him closer to her and enveloping him in a warm hug. “Don’t worry. I forgave you instantly. And tonight more than made up for it.”

Shining hugged her back. “Well, even if it didn’t, I’d understand.” They closed their eyes as they cuddled into both each other and their bed. Using their magic, they retrieved the blanket and covered themselves with it, making sure to tuck each other in. They gave each other one last kiss for the night. Shining sighed. “I love you, Cadance. I can’t say that enough.”

“Neither can I. I love you too, Shining.”

They prepared themselves for their night’s rest. Cadance concentrated on the warmth of her husband and the love that seemed to absolutely beam between the two of them. Shining, on the other hand (or hoof), concentrated on not only his wife, but how she got him out of his rut a week ago, as well as his plans for tomorrow to repay her. The surprises weren’t over for Cadance.

The last thing on his mind before going to sleep was how happy she’d be once she found out about the two round-trip tickets to Ponyville he blatantly left on her nightstand.

THE END

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Well…here we are. My first clopfic, done.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect the first chapter to be as popular as it was. I just wanted to write the ShiningxCadance story no one else seemed to be writing.
Still, thank you all so much!
As stated before, critiques are accepted, and any problems you may find (grammatical, word choices or otherwise) need only to be pointed out for me to fix it.
See you next time!