I got a request from a devoted reader, a reader who has followed me since the first chapter of my first story. She asked me to write her something for a new show called Star Crossed. I had never heard of it, but decided one day to binge watch all five episodes and then write her something. I am sort of intrigued by this show….it's such a different concept.

Anyway, to my dear friend/follower, I hope you like this!

Face the Sun

Roman POV

Roman climbed the steps to the bus, feeling the long day settle into his bones. He was exhausted. Drained, physically from trampling through the Louisiana swamps all day and drained emotionally from finding out his father had secrets, including Gloria.

Roman just wanted to get back to the sector and lay in bed as he attempted to clear his mind of all theories he had postulated after his talk with Gloria. Why was she looking for Eljida? Surely they wouldn't allow her, a human, into their community.

Roman plunked down on a bus seat and forced himself to stop thinking about it anymore tonight. He glanced out the window and his breath caught in his throat. Emery. She was speaking with Julia, clearly mending the fence he had created between the two friends.

All these years later, after everything, Emery still took his breath away. Just like when Roman had been six and so afraid that day. He saw her kind eyes, her sweet smile and knew. She was his. And he was hers forever. It had never changed, even now.

At night, before the integration program, Roman would look at the only part of Emery he had left, the yellow star made from string and wish it would bring her back to him. When her fingers constructed the shape, talking to him, he hadn't been able to understand her. But her sweet voice was so soothing to him. He had lost everything that he knew, but he knew if all he had was her, the shed, and the cold spaghetti he would be fine.

Now, as Roman looked at her through the glass of the bus window and the bars, he felt the same longing he felt when he lay in bed and wished on that string star for her. Human eyes couldn't' even appreciate Emery's beauty.

Emery glowed...her eyes, her hair, her skin...she was a star. And when she smiled...he swore there was nothing more beautiful in existence. When he looked at her, his heart beckoned him to her. She was beautiful, yes, but she had the kindest heart and the most beautiful humanity he had ever witnessed. He doubted there was a better human.

Forcing himself away from her was...almost an impossible feat. But if it kept her safe, he would.

Julia and Emery were now laughing. Julia turned to an approaching figure that Roman just now recognized as Grayson. Roman clenched his jaw, knowing the handsome, jock human was interested in Emery. Roman was jealous, but he also had to respect Grayson for his taste.

Julia scampered away as Grayson neared and Emery smiled up at Grayson in greeting.

Roman looked away, knowing he shouldn't look. It would turn his shitty day into a fucking nightmare. But it was easier said than done. When she was near, Emery's presence pretty much demanded his attention. It was as if he had no choice, and maybe he didn't.

Roman swallowed the lump in his throat as he watched her laugh with Grayson. She grabbed his injured hand and inspected the bandage. That was when Grayson leaned in, causing Roman's two hearts to stop. Would she kiss him?

When Emery angled her face to Grayson's, welcoming the kiss, Roman felt like he had been punched in the stomach. So many emotions swirled in his head and through his heart. Jealousy. Anger. Sadness. Pain. Disappointment. Hurt...hurt was the worst. He never thought he could be more hurt. And when she leaned in again to Grayson, initiating the second kiss he had to remind himself that there were guards with guns and bars separating him from her.

He knew he should look away, but he couldn't force himself to. His heart didn't want to believe what his eyes had just witnessed. But there she was, holding hands with Grayson after a kiss and smiling an enchanted smile that was clearly a product of the human couple's first kiss.

A tap on the window startled him, but still, he couldn't tear his eyes away from her.

"Hello? Earth to Roman?"

Even though he heard Lukas, he had to force his eyes to focus on him. Had he pushed her too far away? Deep down, didn't Emery know that Roman loved her? That...that he would do anything to be with her? Had his feelings been one sided?

As Roman struggled to follow Lukas' conversation about the signal, he begged Emery to not give up on him. He believed one day, they would be in a world that would allow them to be together.

When he was taken from Emery as a child, he had thought he would be killed and never see her again. And when he lived and was put in the sector, he thought he still would never see her again. She was lost to him. Even if by some miracle Roman made it out of the sector, the likelihood of finding her were slim.

But when he saw her at the school for the first time, he knew that his wish had come true. The star he had wished on, gave him his wish. He had brought them back together. She had to see that too? Didn't she?

"I am sorry Roman," Lukas said sympathetically, mistaking his crestfallen expression for Lukas losing the signal.

"Me too," Roman murmured as he watched Emery walk away with Grayson, hand in hand.

Okay, so people in the Star Crossed fandom...do you like it? Hopefully you did, because I can't claim to be an expert on this couple so I hope I did them justice! Hopefully it makes your Monday a little brighter.