Dear Cinder,
It's been exactly 27 minutes since you said goodbye, and I miss you more than ever. Knowing that you will be back with me for good in two weeks has eased something for me, though waiting for the next two weeks to pass is agony.
I've decided to write this letter to you because I want you to be able to hold it and read it and reread it whenever I cannot be with you. I know it may be dramatic and so very second era, and you probably are thinking that I should have just sent a comm, but I believe that there is something so much more real about a handwritten letter. I find comfort in the knowledge that you will be holding this letter in a day or two, reading it with a smile gracing your face.
That smile. That beautiful smile.
I remember the first time you gifted me with a true, genuine smile. I believe it was the moment that I knew I was going to fall head over heels for you. And I did. I fell completely in love with you, though I do not know exactly when. Maybe there was never a point where my heart fell all at once; maybe it was a series of points that all led us to where and who we are now.
You, Cinder, are my wife, my empress, my revolutionary, and the queen of Luna, but you have always been and always will be so much more. You will always be the stumbling mechanic that could never wipe the grease off of her face. You will always be the brave girl that showed up at the ball to warn me so many years ago.
I know that I have brought you pain, especially back then, and I am so deeply sorry. My love for you will always be stronger than any betrayal and hurt that I have caused you, and that is my promise to you.
There is nobody I would prefer more to be by my side for the rest of my life, as I know you will be. To accompany me at all the boring events that come with being an emperor, to help me rule, and someday, be the mother of my children.
I love you, Cinder. So much. And I cannot wait to be able to see your beautiful face again.
All the love in the world and Luna,
Kai