An empty space next to you

You shiver from the morning cold and still half asleep, you attempt to snuggle up closer to Broderick, but only find fur and his rain coat for a pillow, where his body was. You open your eyes. Your Captain is nowhere to be seen. You frown and sit up, feeling hurt that he sneaked out like this. But you smile after you notice a flower hidden underneath one of the furs. Broderick was probably in a hurry and even so he found time to look for something pretty for you. You stick it into your flower crown, so that it's very prominent and get dressed.

It takes you a while to realize why are some of the bodyguards giving you such a strange look. Of course, you just walked out of Captain's tent! Not to mention your very audible reaction to Broderick's....attention to your bottom. You stop one of the guards, despite his gaze being full of a mix of jealousy, surprise and disrespect.

"Did Captain Broderick leave early to go somewhere?" you ask while smiling innocently. No need to be angry at them, it would just make you all look suspicious.

"Yes, miss." the guard says, barely looking at you. "He's down in the village with most of the men, surveying the damage." he says and you just nod, walking away. You look over your shoulder to catch him staring at your butt. You blush and frown. He looks away quickly.

Even though your own men now both despise you and apparently want to take Broderick's place as far as you go, the rest of the peopl are absolutely lovely. You spend the rest of the morning talking to people, saying nonsense to babies and being silly with the younger girls. At around the noon, you mingle with the older women who are cooking and beg them to teach you. Even though some tiny parts of your physique might not be completely female, the rest and especially your mind, now totally are. And you want your man to come to a proper woman, not a spoiled brat (although you might act like that a bit, to get some proper spanking).

The evening comes faster than you expect. You've already taken all your belongings from your tent to Broderick's and even let someone else have your own tent, so they don't have to be crowded in the caves. You've heard that you're known in the camp as "Captain's pretty lady" and spend an hour looking like a fresh cherry tomato, from all the blushing. You do realize in the back of your mind that sooner or later you will have to move towards the capital, but you also could live like this forever it seems.

As the sun starts to set, you are working on a simple rabbit stew near your tent. All the surrounding work made you a bit dirty and you are sweaty from it as well as the heat of the fire. Gods, Broderick musn't see you like this, your hair all unkempt and in a much simpler dress you borrowed for cooking. In an attempt to both get time to make yourself pretty and finish cooking the meal for your hungry man, you manage to burn the stew. As you try to quickly take it off the fire, it just spills into it, some of the hot liquid slightly burning your foot. You hiss from the pain and realize that all your work has been for nothing. To add to your luck, the men are walking into the camp - you can already hear Broderick's voice giving out orders.

You sit down next to the tent. Your foot hurts, you ruined the dinner and you feel like an ugly duckling right now. You start to cry.