Arc Angel

There are ponies I know of that have dreamed of being in the position I am in right now. In fact, I'd be a dirty fucking liar if I said I hadn't dreamed of being here more than a few nights myself. There were plentiful guards in the core that were bigger than me, much more handsome than awkward, wiry me, smarter than me, more deserving than me and others still that were just downright better in every regard than me. But of all the ponies in Equestria that ended up in this situation, it ended up being me.

Who would have thought? I just have to hope I don't get my flank kicked.

Four days. Four days she'd refused to continue on. Four days she'd decided she needed me and my assets more than she needed food or water, although she did demand that I went out and get her something to drink and something to eat and of course I obliged her. I couldn't let her get weak, and I had to keep her energy levels up. She's quite feisty, although I suppose I expected that. What I didn't expect was, and I'm actually starting to think I may have dreamed it all, her avid desire to be dominated. She fought me every step of the way, but she wanted me to own her, and she made it very clear what she wanted.

Right now, I am in bed, the heady musk of sweat in the air as well as other things, invading my nostrils. Next to me, with her free wing draped over my torso, is the beauty that is Nightspring. She looks so peaceful and beautiful asleep.

WAIT! Before any of you think otherwise, I took precautions against possible pregnancy. Nightspring will not and was physically incapable of being impregnated by me for the past few days. I'm not stupid.

Anyhow, we're in the bed, as I said before. Her hooves are around me and her snout is buried in the fur of my chest. Her mane is tangled and frizzed all over the place, and I think I may or may not have rubbed a few of her feathers the wrong way in a literal sense, but it's still the most divine feeling I've ever known. Forget sheets and blankets, I'll take Spring's feathers any day of the week. The problem that's plaguing my mind however, is the question of whether or not Spring is going to blame me for what's happened and hate me. If she does that, she's liable to lose her temper and she can be violent when that happens. That's what I'm afraid of. She won't have a single problem in kicking my flank three ways to next Sunday if she decides that it was my fault.

I think I've said before that Nightspring has only ever had one partner the entire time I've known her. I wasn't lying. Her former flame's name was Lucere, or Lucis as he liked to be called. He had an ivory coat and an almost blindingly golden hued mane and tail. He was arrogant, confident and very good at what he did. He was also a guard. An officer in fact, a few ranks higher than pretty much everypony we called friend. He specialised in tactics and strategy. I don't think he was ever beaten in any game of strategy that I know of, although I'm willing to bet he was beaten by Guard Captain Shining Armour. I used to get jealous watching them. It wasn't very clear what started them down the path to breaking up, but whatever it was, it did the job to a T. I didn't like Lucis. Never did. I'm not certain if it was because he had Nightspring whilst I never could, or if it was just because he was a pain in the flank. Either way, I took great personal pleasure from watching him be turned flat after they pair had an argument in the common room. After I'd given it some thought though, I don't think I've ever felt so guilty. I was actually glad he was gone, and that Spring had been so damn brutal. I was beating myself up about it for weeks afterwards, and Nightspring was cold to everypony for a long time, eventually making Lucis request a transfer to a different area. He was transferred to the Gryphon border, which makes me wonder why he'd choose one of the most distant places away from Canterlot, and what Spring did to him to make him think he needed to.

My thoughts froze as he she shifted in her sleep, mumbling happily, her hooves shifting to rest on my chest on either side of her snout. Celestia and Luna, she looks so adorable like that. If I ever forgot why I like her so much, all I will ever need to do is remember this moment, as I look down at her while she sleeps on me. It is the most adorably cute thing I've ever seen. I'm actually surprised that I haven't fallen asleep myself, she pushed me pretty hard and it was for four days straight. My stamina surprises even me. Another murmur from her and now I think she's waking up. She yawned cutely and nuzzled into my chest, grumbling about waking up by the sounds of it. Her eyes fluttered open and her hind legs twitched. She has the most gorgeous wine red eyes, I can't believe it took me so long to notice them. She looked at the fur in front of her for a moment before looking up at me and, for the first time that I can remember, I saw her blush in what I could only assume was embarrassment.

"Uh... Morning?" She asked hesitantly and I chuckled softly.

"No Spring, it's actually early evening. You've slept through most of the day, although I'm not surprised at that. You've worked me pretty hard over the past few days."

"Yes, and it was amazing~" She replied dreamily before coughing and looking away with a grimace, "Not that you're special or anything."

"Of course not Spring..."

We both fell silent, and awkward silence. You know, one of those silences when something needs to be said but neither party can actually bring themselves to say it? Yeah, it was one of those. I hate awkward sillences, especially ones like this. Despite this, she hasn't pulled away from me. If anything, she's pulled herself closer. It's not something I'm used to, I'll admit. Most times it's me being pushed away or some such similar thing. One of her hooves is stroking my chest now and she looks a bit shy.

"Arc..." She began quietly, making me prick up my ears and smile at her.

"Yes?"

"Look, I know this is... a bit unorthodox.." She said quietly. She wasn't hesitant about it, but she did seem a little nervous about what she was saying, or trying to, "And you didn't need to do what you did. I know you're not terribly comfortable with the whole sex thing like I am..."

I can feel my face heating up just at her mention of the word and I nodded uncomfortably as she paused. She giggled softly at that before continuing.

"I was taken a bit by surprise by this cycle, I didn't mean to be so... aggressive. I thought I could hold it off this time but... Obviously I was wrong."

She leaned up and planted a gentle kiss on my cheek, much to my stunned delight.

"Thanks."

I blushed heavily and stumbled a little and coughed.

"It was my pleasure..."

My eyes went wide and she started giggling as I realised what I'd just said.

"I mean, Glad to help? I mean... fuck..."

She laughed happily and put a hoof over my mouth to silence me.

"Shhhh, I know what you mean. And you were a very good boy."

I flushed hotly and coughed uncomfortably, finding some way to broach the subject I wanted to talk about. Heck with it, I'm just going to go for it.

"Spring... There's something I want to talk to you about, but I need you to promise me something."

She raised a brow at me, drawing her wing back to her side.

"I'm listening."

Here goes nothing.

"Alright, promise you won't hurt me?"

She narrowed her eyes at me and sighed, in too good a mood to argue I guess.

"Sure, I promise. Now what is it?"

"It's about us..."

Oh boy, this is going to be difficult.

"I know that this was sort of a desperation thing," I hurried on to stop her from responding before I could lose my nerve, "But I wanted to talk about our uh... relationship? Yes, our relationship. Uh, I'm not sure if this means anything at all to you. I do know that you needed this, I'm not going to deny that..."

Her eyes narrowed further and I felt the cold stab of fear bolt down my spine. She did not look happy now. This is so not good.

"I mean... Shit, I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

"I don't know yet," She replied coldly, "Please, continue though."

Fuck, not a good sign.

"Alright," I answered nervously, "I'll just skip to it then. I know for a fact I don't need to tell you how I feel about you, you've known for a long time, like everypony else in the guard corps. There's no point in denying it, and I never denied it at any time."

She nodded silently, almost coldly.

"I was just... I wanted to know if this changed anything. I mean, When I was taken away from Canterlot, you followed me, found me and listened to my story, and you believed me over the Captain. Then when I proposed my plan, which could have gotten you killed as well as me, you went along with it without question. Then after all that, and leaving you at Canterlot, you followed me again. I'm not certain if you have some sort of feelings for me, or if you're just really stubborn and want something from me that I don't know about, but it doesn't make much sense to me."

Dammit, now I'm off on a tangent. She seems to be listening though, so it's not all bad.

"And then, even though you knew staying with me means being treated as a traitor as well, you've stayed. Now we've... shared the same bed... for four days and... I was just... wondering... if that changed anything... about.. between us."

Her brow had raised at the mention of 'us', and a stab of fear hit me. The whole tent had gone silent again, and Spring looked deep in thought, which was certainly new for her. No offense, she's just more the 'act first, ask questions later' sort of mare if you know what I'm saying. With a sigh, she pulled away from me and I felt my heart plummet. She sat up laboriously, groaning from her aching muscles. I know she has them because dammit, I have them too. Hurriedly, I sit up to. Now both sitting upright on the bed, her with her back to me, and me probably with a stupid, goofy expression on my face, we sit in silence before what felt like an eternity later, she spoke.

"I don't know why I chased you down," She said quietly, "I don't know why I disobeyed Shining Armour. I wanted to punish you for leaving me back at Canterlot, abandoning me so to speak. I knew that my cycle was coming sometime soon, but I thought I still had a month or two, more than enough time to get to the Glades and back. The excitement must have thrown off my biological clock and set it off early. I trust you at least took precautions against any unwanted additions to our group of you and I?"

It took me a moment to realise what she meant, and I nodded stupidly.

"Yes, of course. It might have been difficult to think with you being so eager, but I'm not dim."

"Good," She answered. She sighed once more.

"The last time I had a stallion to call my own, he abused me and used me for fun. Lucere was a prick, and maybe that's what attracted me to him. He was arrogant, selfish and he was sexy as hell. Not to mention every mare from Canterlot Castle to the commons wanted him. Much like all the stallions seem to want me."

That made sense. I guess it's the nature of our kind to want to obtain the unobtainable.

"He used me for my body and as a scapegoat when things went wrong. Eventually, you saw what I did. And I continued to complain about him until he requested a transfer. It got him out of my mane, and that's all I cared about. After that, I guess I got sick of everypony hounding me, so I started to push them away. You were always there of course, and no amount of pushing would get you to leave me alone. You stuck by me. I wasn't sure if I appreciated that or hated you for it."

"Then I started to calm down, but I never considered anypony nearby for a partner. My mate... I wasn't sure."

I felt my heart drop. I'd been used. She hadn't meant to, but she'd used me. Great.

And then she turned around and sort of crawled across the bed to me, nuzzling up under my chin and my heart leapt to my throat.

"But I did mean what I said in the common room that time. You had twice the chances of the others, and you are kinda cute."

Her words stunned me and I looked at her hopefully, making her giggle at me.

"I suppose I could give it a shot. We're stuck with each other for a while anyway, may as well give you a chance hmm?"

I nodded eagerly.

"I won't let you down Spring," I said elatedly, "You'll see! I promise!"

She smirked and to my complete surprise, kissed me dead on the lips. I swear I almost had a heart attack right then and there. When she pulled away, she licked her lips, eyelids half closed and spoke softly.

"Show me~"

No, I'm not going to write any clop for these two or this story. As I said to one of the commentors, I tried it once and it wasn't my scene, so it's highly unlikely I'll do so again. Hope you're enjoying it!

~Valorousspectre~