01.awakening
She awoke.
She didn't open her eyes, not just yet, opting to savor the warmth of being in his arms, of being held as tenderly as she secretly wanted. Savoring the moment, the wordless perfection of simply being. His arms, around her waist. His breath tickling the back of her neck. It could be no more perfect, a simple memory caught in time.
She turned.
In his arms, she turned, shifting to rest her forehead against his. His breath against her lips now. She felt her heartbeat quickening, racing, galloping. His slow, warm breathing made it obvious he slept still, and even with her eyes held shut, she could see the innocence that fell upon his face as he dreamed, lips slightly parted, his scowl smoothed away.
She looked.
Her eyes opened slowly, as if the dream would fade away. As if she would be once more confronted with a cold bed, the warmth that she had enjoyed simply a figment of her imagination. As if the warmth would fade, the evanescence of her hope. She clung to the feeling of his arms as long as she could, and let her eyes open carefully.
She broke.
She should have known better than to think that he would stay. She should have known better than to think he cared. She should have known better than to trust him.
"The heart is a mysterious thing, Axel."
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challenges:
.use the word "evanescence".