"How can you deal with it?" And Kessig had to admit, it bothered him too.  But only because they couldn't do what most couples could.  Kessig drew a breath, because he knew this answer was delicate.  "How do I deal with it?  For me, it's easy.  You ARE my world.  So to me everyone that I care to know already does.  However, I don't have nearly the weight on my shoulders as you do.  It makes things a little easier for me."  He added a slight chuckle, and wiped the gathering moisture from the corner of her eyes.  Those beautiful lavender orbs.  [i]Gods she's beautiful.[/i]  A smile was forming on his face, and he knew it.  The woman always had a way to make his big goofy smile come out.  When Kessig was in uniform he could look intimidating, but when that smile came out, he lost all credibility.    

The thought made his mind cascade back years ago.  Somehow, that same smile is part of what made them find each other in the first place.  Even if she was chewing him out, giving him orders, it crept out.  Feeling a hand rest on his shoulder brought him right back to the here and now.  He looked into those eyes, and added, "When you are looking into the eyes of the person of your dreams, and they are more than a dream, it helps.  You are my perfection, the embodiment of everything I could ever want in a woman.  Strength, yet grace and your inner beauty is as strong as your outer.  My queen, there will come a day where perhaps we can be open about us.  But for now. . . "  Kessig grabbed her hand and led her away.  He would take her troubles away, if only for a few hours.