“Xie xie,” Luke gasped, again, his heartbeat still thundering in his ears and in every vein, still throbbing in his fingertips.
Her arms tightened around his back, one slim leg still wrapped around his hips. “You say thankya one more time...” she murmured, sleepily content, the threat underlying the words nevertheless, and he shut up, content to just tremble in the expected strength of her embrace. Pleasant to feel his breathing slow, normalize, to watch the flutter of her heartbeat in the hollow of her throat as hers did the same. Beauty in the contrast of his skin against hers, light against dark, star against sky.
He’d done this before, but never like this. Maybe it was different every time. He wanted to ask her, but he didn’t want to remind her of what she had lost.
“Thank you,” he whispered again instead, and raised up enough to kiss her again, to keep her from punishing him for being so grateful for her love.
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Date: 2006-08-25 12:25 am (UTC)Her arms tightened around his back, one slim leg still wrapped around his hips. “You say thankya one more time...” she murmured, sleepily content, the threat underlying the words nevertheless, and he shut up, content to just tremble in the expected strength of her embrace. Pleasant to feel his breathing slow, normalize, to watch the flutter of her heartbeat in the hollow of her throat as hers did the same. Beauty in the contrast of his skin against hers, light against dark, star against sky.
He’d done this before, but never like this. Maybe it was different every time. He wanted to ask her, but he didn’t want to remind her of what she had lost.
“Thank you,” he whispered again instead, and raised up enough to kiss her again, to keep her from punishing him for being so grateful for her love.