Sleep, Silent Angel
A short lil' fanfic by EmpressGalaxia
(To get the full effect, read this while listening to the Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe")
Bloody hell, I still don't own any of my own characters. I'm such a mooch.
Usagi didn't know what woke her up that night; she never knew what woke her up. All she knew was that it was like clockwork.
Oh good, 2:15 a.m. again, she thought. I suppose I could stare at the ceiling some more and make little constellations from the dots. Or maybe I could listen to the noises from the house settling and make myself paranoid by imagining horrible things...
She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to force herself to sleep. She played with her engagement ring and wedding band, one stacked on top of the other. They felt like a second skin, they had been there so long. That didn't mean that they weren't special anymore; just that she was used to them. Every time she looked at her hand, however, she felt her heart jump, seeing their beauty, and remembering their meaning. She rolled over to her other side to watch Mamoru sleeping, his chest slowly rising and falling.
Is that what I've done to you, sweetheart? she pondered. I've been with you so long, that it doesn't even seem like you're there; you're part of me. I notice when you're gone, but not when you're right next to me. Not because I don't love you, but because we're more like one single entity. And every time I look at you, she brushed her hand against his cheek, I catch my breath, you're so handsome.
He reached up and grabbed the hand that was on his cheek, then peered an eye open to look at her. "What are you doing awake?" he whispered. There was no reason to whisper, and he did it more from the reaction of the dark than from necessity, but Usagi whispered a reply anyway.
"I don't know why I'm awake, but I decided to look at you anyway." She smiled. "Why are you awake?"
He reached out an arm and pulled her close to him. "With a gorgeous wife like you, how can I stay asleep?"
She gave a naughty giggle. "Oh my, hentai. Is this what you think about all night? No wonder you never want to wake up." She snuggled up against his chest.
Mamoru pulled the sheets up to their shoulders and fixed the pillow arrangement. "Why, what do you think about?"
Usagi moved herself closer to his warm body, and used her thumb to do the familiar habit of rotating her rings around her finger. She was about to reply "Nothing," but changed her mind and said, "You."
Mamoru smiled and stuck out his tongue to make a silly face. "And why on Earth would you think about dumb old me?"
She cuddled up even closer and kissed him in the center of his stomach. "Because I love you madly, and I wonder if I tell you that enough."
He had closed his eyes again, but he opened one to a slit and replied, "Nope, you don't. Tell me more." He gave her a wide smile.
She ran her fingers through his dark hair and laughed. "Well...."
That's it. I told you it was a little thing. My boyfriend keeps telling me he wants to read my fanfic, so I wrote this as a safety.
^..^ Kisses, EmpressGalaxia