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Post by Tamari on Apr 9, 2015 2:24:16 GMT 10
Series: To Forgive Title: Close Your Eyes Rating: PG-13 Event: Just In Jousting Competition: Triathlon Words: 145 Summary: They are not the kind of couple that says “I love you.”
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Kel and Lerant never write letters, never say the words “I miss you.” She’s a knight, he’s a soldier, and they know the rules. It goes, day by day, the colors of love and loneliness. And today, the desert is searing them bright white.
There is no dramatic reunion. They don’t jump into each other’s arms. Lerant clasps Kel’s arm, scarred and muscled, the touch a reminder of another time. She smiles into his eyes. The tents billow in the wind, the flapping sound taking away the words Kel whispers. Perhaps that’s for the better.
They disappear in the dunes for hours. Against the grit and heat of the sand, her skin is cool silk. Clouds float in the azure sky above them, casting shadows, moving more slowly than their breaths.
When he traces his finger over her collarbone, there is no need for words.
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Post by mistrali on Apr 9, 2015 2:57:10 GMT 10
This is so restrained - well done!
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