I've been seriously slacking off with writing, with winter break, moving abroad, school beginning - so i need to spark those creative juices into flowing. hence this little challenge.
jae
Aphrodite
You are not human, he thinks, watching her shed the red, silken gown - the final charade from their mission undercover. But the mission's over now.
He must have said the words aloud, because a smile curves her lips as the bed dips with her weight, one bare leg sliding along the sheets, followed by the other. Slowly she crawls toward him. The look in her eyes is familiar as of late; a sea of emotion, dangerous as rolling tides - swirling with love and desire and something beyond their fragile human world.
Legend claims Aphrodite was born from the sea, of beauty, brought forth by the almighty Zeus. And he can't help drawing comparisons. For Eli's power made him equally inhuman, his empathy extinguished by his desire to destroy. Subsequent beauty was born from such disaster.
A legend brought to life.
He wonders idly how long a mere human can last under the spell of such divinity.
She hovers over his body, a storm brewing in her eyes that promises the most exquisite form of destruction. Or a promise of smooth sailing. He can't be sure.
His fate was sealed long ago.
He may be only human, but her love will make him immortal.
