Title: high tension
Day/Theme: Sneeze
Series: Chronicles of Narnia
Character/Pairing: Susan/Caspian
Rating: PG13



She had the arrow trained on him before she could think, fingers taut on the string, body poised for the release, every muscle humming with reaction.

Caspian's dark eyes went wide, and then slowly narrow and focused, and he lowered the point of his sword slowly. It still took her a moment to calm her racing heart and force the arrow point down.

"You startled me," she said quietly, and the faintest reserved flicker of a smile touched his mouth.

"I can see that."

Above their heads a squirrel gave a nervous sneeze and then began chattering on at high speeds, tail flickering like a banner. She could barely catch one word in ten; the gist seemed to be relief that he wasn't dead, something she could sympathize with.

She lowered the bow, unnocking the arrow and sliding it into the quiver, skidding down in a drift of leaves. He caught her arm to steady her and she grimaced at the noise she'd caused, it distracting her only a moment from the close presence of his body.

A flush flared; she backed away, taking careful steps, and gave him a curt nod. "Where are the reinforcements?" She asked softly.

He gestured with one gloved hand. For moving quietly, he'd disregarded heavy armor for supple leather and light mail, and they both moved with careful quiet in the direction he indicated. Her fingers were already itching for another arrow, her shoulders so tense she barely noticed how easily and fluidly they completed each other's movements, skirting out in a formation so practiced they might have been fighting side by side for years.

Tags: susan pevensie, susan pevensie/prince caspian x