You knew your husband was a busy man. A busy Endless. You were a busy Goddess. Nowadays you hardly found time for each other.

Dreaming needed his constant attention and you had your responsibility for your temple. It was only natural that with time you drew away from each other.

Eyes flickered away from each other. Lips pressed into tight lines instead of letting out words. Hands clenched into fists instead of caressing each other softly and gently. Lovingly. Like husband and wife should

Only time you managed to spend time together was when night fell upon the Dreaming, late at night in your bedchambers. When both of you were too tired to even look in each other’s way. With you wrapped in the soft duvet with your head pressed into the pillow and eyes closed and your husband on the other side leaning against the headboard with book in his hands.

With time you started spending more time in your temple. Less in the Dreaming. Night away from your shared bed, from shared chambers. Returning to Dreaming only when necessary or when your matters as a Queen of the Realm became pressing.

Like now. Only few meters away from each other. One desk facing another and you sitting behind them. The sound of flipping pages and scrubbing of pens were the only ones in the chamber.