As Long as You're Mine
Clara and Me huddled together in an alcove, fingers entwined, knuckles white. The two had been pulled into yet another fight for a planet's existence and Me was breathless, Clara was pretty good at running. "No, if we do it'll just grow old and die!" Me shouted, the two had been talking about getting a dog. Clara's eyes widened, "Don't yell at me, I think we should get a pet, any pet would be like that." Clara yanked Me out of the hiding place and towards the action. "We can argue later, right now we have aliens attacking other aliens!"
"FINE, YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE!" Clara slammed the door to the diner, "WE DON'T NEED A PET, YOU WON'T EVEN CONSIDER- AAGH" she raced through the corridors to calm down. Me's jaw dropped as she tried to say something as an apology. Her eyes filled with tears and she went to a place she had found. It was a forest clearing reminiscent of one she went to often as a young girl with one exception, it was constantly changing, every visit there was a new trail to explore, sometimes to watch a sunset over a lake, sometimes up to a cliff on a mountain, once it had led her right back to the door. Today it took her to a large house, dark and creepy. She let herself in and wandered blindly, tears asserting the blindness. The old viking found her way to a library, a window with a seat and a book by Charles Dickens sitting on it. She tried to read the book but her mind kept drifting to the way she had upset Clara, she needed to apologize and try to see the situation from Clara's point of view. She stood and left her hidey hole and went to find Clara.
"Why am I so upset over this…." Clara mused quietly. She was sitting in a corridor, forehead on the wall which was cool and metallic. The soft padding of Me's small, bare feet grew gradually louder as they approached Clara. The feet were at the edge of the young woman's vision and their owner began to speak as Clara closed her eyes. "Look," there was a pause, "I know you want something to love and I know I have been quick to shut it down and I was thinking, maybe we could work something out? I mean we could maybe get a 'droid dog or something…" The voice hushed and there was a sigh. Me decided to do something she wasn't sure would be considered completely acceptable, she sat on the floor and scooted up close to the back of Clara, her arms wrapped around her adventurous companion of a year's middle, and her nose went into the crook of her neck.
Clara's body tensed and then relaxed at impossible speeds, her heartbeat would be just as impossible if it were there. "I'm sorry." was mumbled into her neck and she turned to draw the older woman into her lap and mimic her. Clara pulled away from Me and decided to hell with the consequences. "We haven't really known one another for long and we fight over things but I have something to tell you." Clara took a deep, calming breath. "I love you, I know that y-" Me cut her off with a kiss. It was passionate and tender. "Good, because I'll love you as long as you're mine."