Three Little Words
by Starsinger
All right, so I love this couple! The idea that love like this can stretch across so many years is so romantic! Nope, don't own these characters.
Three little words, Afra Lyon had waited all of his adult life for her to say them. He stood in the dark room on Deneb, the moonlight streaming in through the window, while she lay asleep in their bed. Her dark hair spread across the pillow the moon seemed to make the silver streak at her temple glow.
That morning they had gone for a walk in the hills above Isthia Raven's cabin; their task was to check up on some wildlife that had been introduced to make up for the deficit caused by the hivers attack so many years before. The long hike had proven frustrating and when he started to become irritable, he attributed it to the heat, but she knew what it was.
Her hurried steps should have told him that there was something significant about the hill side. The reality of it was that the sting-pzzt was even worse than he'd imagined. His fingers ran over the sleek curve of the hull as he touched his first hiver metal. He didn't have any idea what affect it was having on him until the end of a long charge back down the hillside and some clean water had washed away the metallic aftertaste in his mouth. Sting-pzzt really was quite accurate.
When they returned to the cabin she said those three little words that made his heart leap with joy! The fact she said it to another person made it even more complete. He turned back to the beautiful woman in the bed, admiring her once again before sliding back into bed with her. He gathered her into his arms and remembered her voice once more, "Damia Raven-Lyon."
Short, just really wanting to exercise my fingers, writing about another couple, and the story's a bit more involved than I thought it would be. Please r&r.