03-16-2020, 08:49 PM
One breathless step forward was disbelief. The second was a profound dream. But no disturbance would he allow to shatter their suspension of reality. He’d grip it tight even if Natalie pulled him asunder. He would follow.
So he did.
His chest pounded with hope, for her and for the hope of her. Finally, he let his hands roam unrestrained: her back, her waist, her hips, her legs. Everything previously forbidden from even imagining. He buried himself in mounds of golden hair, inhaling her neck, tipping her chin this way and that. In return, the walls around his heart crumbled. All the things he wanted with Anna Marie but couldn’t give. All the connection with Axel or Nox but couldn’t sustain. Light but she was what he never knew he always wanted. He’d not let her go.
He would follow her. And he did.
He nestled himself around her with protective closeness, and when he let himself behold the line of her jaw and the curve of her chest, he knew he’d weather any of the storms they were about to face, even if only to keep her warm.
He guided and let himself be guided through the intoxication of finally. Of light. And love. And hope. Until never wanting it to end.
So he did.
His chest pounded with hope, for her and for the hope of her. Finally, he let his hands roam unrestrained: her back, her waist, her hips, her legs. Everything previously forbidden from even imagining. He buried himself in mounds of golden hair, inhaling her neck, tipping her chin this way and that. In return, the walls around his heart crumbled. All the things he wanted with Anna Marie but couldn’t give. All the connection with Axel or Nox but couldn’t sustain. Light but she was what he never knew he always wanted. He’d not let her go.
He would follow her. And he did.
He nestled himself around her with protective closeness, and when he let himself behold the line of her jaw and the curve of her chest, he knew he’d weather any of the storms they were about to face, even if only to keep her warm.
He guided and let himself be guided through the intoxication of finally. Of light. And love. And hope. Until never wanting it to end.
Only darkness shows you the light.