Ilustration from official "Encanto" book.
Fraser Colors -Chapter 5- Present
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Claire and Jamie arrived at the claim area just in time to see her suitcase disappear through the little loading tunnel. Seeing it for the lost cause it was, Claire decided to use the opportunity to visit the WC and Jamie offered to make sure no one took the bag when it came back around.
She’d fully expected to find him waiting near the exit with both her carry on and suitcase in hand and had started walking that way until it dawned on her that there was no one standing at the exit door. She whipped her head around to see him staring at her bag as it came down the conveyor belt.
“cat walk” by oliver hadlee pearch for the gentlewoman,fw 2016.
Brave Enough to Love You, Chapter 11 part 1
Apparently, I’m doing things in parts this week guys. This is about 1100 words, about half of what this chapter will be. Enjoy!
Claire pressed her knees into her fillie’s side, and chuckled as the sweet horse responded eagerly. James had presented her with Moss, a soft blue grey mare this morning, though her apparel had garnered a greater reaction from him than her joy.
“What the devil are you wearing?” He had asked, as he pulled her away from the stable hand’s gaze.
“Breaches. Like the ones you have on now?” Claire had said, with a bit of irritation.
“Aye, I see that, but why?”
“Because riding in a dress is not practical, nor is it comfortable. I had the staff make me a few pairs for when I wanted to foraging or…”
“Aye but….” James leaned in and lowered his voice. “Do they need to be so tight around your arse? I can see the entire shape of ye as can everyone else!”
Claire blew out a breath, but matched his gaze. “They need to fit, yes. Would you prefer if I untucked my shirt?”
“If it’d hide your bum from the waking world, aye, I would.”
With a swift motion, she untucked her blouse so it fell over her hips and offensive backside. She unfastened her belt and wrapped it instead around her waist to cinch the billowy material. James continued to frown as he watched her adjustments. She unbuttoned the top two buttons of her shirt, revealing the cleavage beneath it and raised a brow at him.
“I suppose I deserve that.”
“You do.” Claire rebuttoned the lowest button and pulled her shawl tighter over her shoulders.
“I’m ready!” Brian shouted from outside, where he stood bouncing beside Donvan. Claire and Jamie exchanged a smile before he helped her into her saddle, and the three were off for the morning.
Looking behind her now, Claire could see Brian’s animated conversation had died down as they approached a hillside. At the top, Claire could see for miles, both behind them to the smallness of Beauly, and ahead of them to the rolling pastures of Fraser land. In the far distance, she saw the remains of a homestead, and charred earth, and with a gasp, realized what she saw.
“That’s my grandpa’s land,” Brian said quietly.
Brian rode in front of James, who remained silent behind his son.
“He was a very good man,” Claire replied, as she met Brian’s eyes and smiled.
“Did you ever meet him?”
“I did, once when I was barely older than you. He stayed a few days at my old home when my father was ill.”
“I remember,” James said quietly. “It was the first time he left me in charge of Lallybroch. Oh, I was a proud lad that day.” James smiled down at Brian and hugged him close.
“Like when you leave me in charge of Beauly?” Brian asked.
“Aye, but without the likes of Murtagh or Miss Alice to look in on ye!”
“Were you scared, da?”
“Och, I was. But I had your Aunt Jenny with me, and we managed just fine.”
“Maybe you can get me a sister one day.”
A stream of laughter erupt from Claire as she saw James’ face grow pale.
“Do you know much about bairns, Brian?” Claire teased, her eyes sparkling. James shot her a glare, but before he could intervene, Brian launched into an explanation.
“Oh, aye. I know a da and a mame need to like one another, and then a bairn will grow inside a mame. Like I did.”
“A smart lad, you are,” Claire said with a smile.
“So how long do you two need to like each other before Claire grows a bairn?”
Now it was Claire’s turn to pale at the question. Claire heard the deep chuckle leave James as they turned their horses back to Beauly. “Well, son. Claire’s just joined us. It could take quite some time before that happens, aye?”
“Will you let me know when it does?” Brian asked as he dismounted from James horse, his attention newly fixed on a copse of rabbits.
“You’ll be the first to know,” Claire said through her blush, and averted her eyes from the smile that stretched across James’ face. “Stop looking at me like that.”
“Fashed, and lovely,” James murmured. “Come. Let’s sit while he plays a bit.”
Leaving the horses to graze, James took Claire’s arm and brought her to a well sized tree trunk with raised roots that created a perfect seating ground. He pulled her down beside him and wrapped one arm around her to hold her steady. She gripped the hand that surrounded her in her own and gave it a squeeze.
“Thank you for this,” Claire whispered.
“For what?”
“For Moss, this morning, and last night…”Claire trailed off. James squeezed her side in answer and motioned his chin to her grey horse.
“Do you like her, then?”
“Very much.”
“Good. I’m glad for it,” He said quietly. “And you don’t need to thank me. I didna realize how much I had been keeping from ye, in truth. We’ve only been married a week, and it seems as if a lifetime has passed since I met ye. I thought I’d have more time to let you settle here before troubling you with all this.”
“I did think of a question last evening. Why did you wait three days to tell me all this?” Claire asked, bumping her shoulder against his.
“I could tell you what I told myself,” James said quietly, “That I was securing the castle, and ensuring every body within the walls was accounted for. In truth, I was a coward. I kept thinking that perhaps it was too late to show you who I was, to explain to you why I said what I did.” James tilted his head towards her. “You seemed convinced I was fodder.”
“I did.”
“And now?”
“And now,” Claire let out a breath. “I can appreciate why you kept things from me, even if I wished you hadn’t.”
“I swear there won’t be secrets between us again,” James spoke softly against her cheek. Her finger reached up to rub the stubble on his cheek as she nodded. James dropped his chin to kiss her so Claire could feel the wet heat of his mouth a moment before their lips touched, but they’d barely brushed together when—
“It’s snowing!!!!” Brian yelled.
Claire and James looked up and saw the boy dashing towards them, his hair full of the fresh flurries rushing to cover the ground.
“We should start home before this picks up,” James said as he stood, catching Brian as he barreled past him and swinging him about. Claire smiled as both of their faces lit up at the game, and quickly clapped her boots clean to start after her men.
julesbeauchamp
Brian is the cutest thing on planet fanfic and I died at his ““So how long do you two need to like each other before Claire grows a bairn?”
|| Claire & Jamie flirting in the woods ||
lburks226
I’d watch 13 episodes of this. Hell, if we were guaranteed 13 episodes of this, I’d pay twice the rate for STARZ. This is what makes the show special.
This would have been a great moment to have brought out those thigh-high boots we know Caitriona was wearing now….
balfeheughlywed
FOR REAL. She looked super sexy in that BTS picture, sitting on the chair with her skirts up so you could see the boots and her thighs. That’s the kind of sexy, passionate type of scene people want to see — let Jamie hike her dress up and say something about it while he touches her skin. Show us some foreplay and a hot kiss and slightly dirty dialogue and then you can move on. It doesn’t even have to lead to sex that we see. Who is writing this one shot??
Outlander | Season 4 Official Trailer | STARZ
For anyone who can’t open the video in their own country
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OL Prompt Exchange: “Married Frasers: All Alone”
Prompt #9 (submitted by anonymous): Jamie and Claire find themselves all alone on Fraser’s Ridge.
Notes: This is my second contribution to the OL Prompt Exchange for the @thelallybrochlibrary , I love fluffy married Frasers so much. I was thinking of writing a couple of ficlets to go with this one, so let me know if you like the idea (and if you have any prompts!) Thanks to @smoakingwaffles for the edit, I owe you a couple of cocktails.
Enjoy <3 Read my other prompt here
The first thing Claire Fraser noticed after waking up was the complete quietness of her surroundings. Her husband was not in bed - she could tell that much. Usually, she would wake up, head nuzzled in his neck and his strong arms around her body but right now, he was nowhere to be found. The cat was not purring on the bedroom floor and she remembered the kids were not living at home anymore.
Her heart pinched at the thought. Fergus, Faith then Brianna and now William, all off to university, away from The Ridge and their parents.
A little somethin’ somethin’ for those of you anxiously awaiting a new Metamorphosis chapter. ‘Tis coming, my friends.
M'lady, you may have anything to can carry. May I have you word on that, sir?
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