It was late. The days of fighting had left her drained, but sleep didn't come easily. She was confident in her abilities, but it was only a matter of time before she slipped up and fell in battle. Or overexerted herself and disappeared like some of the others…
She lived by the day, knowing that each one might be her last. Tomorrow was never a certainty for them. She learned to take what she wanted, when she wanted it, and not waste time worrying about consequences.
She would be hunting again soon, putting her life on the line again and again, a battle that never ended. But that wasn't now. Now belonged to the soft beauty in her arms, wrapped around her and sleeping more peacefully than she was able to. All that mattered now was staying as close to her as she could, for as long as she could. As the sleeping girl's arms unconsciously sought her out and pulled her closer, her mouth twitched in a toothy, sardonic smile.
My Sayaka…
A/N: This extremely brief prelude is the first part of a three chapter story (no, this isn't one of the chapters). I'm saying this up front, this story is going to be pretty minimalistic. If it seems like the character development is moving too quickly and I'm skipping through days/weeks of interactions between the characters, it's intentional. I didn't want to write a long, drawn out story that slowly builds up their relationship, I wanted to write a short piece that was low on dialogue, heavier on narration and only touched on the most important points. I guess we'll see how well that works. The first chapter is already done, so I'll upload it soon.
I'm going to stop talking now before this author note turns out to be longer than the prelude itself.
UPDATE: So, more than half a year after I finished this story, it occurred to me that it might be worthwhile to go back through it and touch up some spots. Add some details here and there, replace the term "demon" with "wraith" (I didn't know their proper name when I started this story and had heard them referred to as demons elsewhere), flesh out the development of their feelings for each other a little more. Nothing will change, the plot and outcome will remain exactly the same, but hopefully this will make the trip a little smoother.
Enjoy.