Arwenès Avatars (6)

Part 43: link


    They walk through the garden, back through the shrubs and trees, towards a boathouse, casa de barcos that Gwen hadn’t seen yet. Arthur proposes a challenge.
    “So. I think that we need to make this a little more… interesting.”
    “How so?” Gwen asks, wondering what he has in mind.
    “Whoever catches the largest peixe gets to have their peixe cleaned por the other.”
    “Or how about cooked?” she suggests, knowing full well that they’d be finding a restaurant if she won.
    “Well,...

Part 40: link


    “I’m going to go get some firewood,” he tells her once they are back. Gwen is taking her shoes off, sitting on the bed.
    “A fogo would be nice,” she says, managing a smile.
    “Make sure you take something for your head,” he tells her just before he leaves the room.
    Alone, she takes a moment. I cannot believe him. I don’t even know what to say, how to broach the topic. She sighs and drops her head into her hands.
    Bugger it.
    Gwen...