Gift fic for a friend.
Usual disclaimer applies. SE has caught 'em all.
Rinoa was pretty sure that she couldn't get much happier than she was right now. And she was fairly certain that she wanted this to last forever because the look in Squall's eyes right now was one that she thought she'd have to wait for that long to see anyway. The warm glow of knowing she was loved in return spread up and out from her centre and anchored itself in her soft smile, that he echoed with one of his own. A rare sight but so much more beautiful for that fact.
For you, only you.
Surging forward into his arms, she felt like crying, in relief so intense it hurt, in deep sobs of air, buring her face in the leather of his coat, feeling the muscle underneath and knowing she wouldn't let go, at least not for a while yet. She felt his arms wrap around her tightly, tighter, until she was sure that he wasn't going anywhere without her from now on because now she was a part of him, now there was almost nothing that could come between them.
Then she did cry because now she was a part of him, she could feel his pain, his relief and most of all his love, the most pure of his emotions surronded them both, intertwined and at times, indistinguishable. She breathed it in because she wanted everything, to share with him, to take the cruellest of the feelings for herself, to protect him.
She closed her eyes and loved.