Seeking Solace
Seeking Solace
His skin began to smolder against the carved wood, his body slumped in exhaustion. All he wanted was to find it, the spark; the part he'd been missing. He wanted peace within himself. For her. It was all for her. She watched from a distance and she couldn't help but feel for him.
"Spike." A step and then another, inching closer to him.
He could barely look at her, his body so weak. With a gentleness they'd never shared before, she lifted him his cross, leading him away. Minutes, hours, she laid him down with a tender kiss.