Relief rain is something which occurs when the clouds are so heavy, the air so dense and humid, that it has to happen. If it didn't, the tension would just keep building and building until the point where a full blown hurricane would cumulate. Relief rain isn't particularly common in Texas, one of the driest places in the world after the desert, but it was frequent enough in the hot summers of England, all be them much less intense than they are in this place.
Relief rain is something which some people find annoying, for they were waiting for a hurricane or something equally devastating, and some are thankful for because it prevents the build up of tension.
You may wonder why I am pondering the theory of relief rain in such a strange manner, but there is reason enough for it. For, you see, I am able to apply this principle, the one where something happens because there are so many forces wanting it to, to my relationship with my second in command.
Issues have been arising between Oliver and I for centuries, though I have tried my damndest to keep them under wraps, hiding just how much he has meant to me. His betrayal could have destroyed my heart, if I hadn't have changed myself so that this wouldn't affect me. Then I met Samuel and managed to push Oliver out of my mind, until he returned to town.
He seemed to understand that I couldn't be with him, that I was with Samuel and that we were happy. He even put on the entire 'enemy' card which he had invoked when he tried to overpower me in England, when we could have either been lovers or have what happened happen.
However…Ever since Samuel died, there has been a spark in him that has revitalised me: I have realised that the feelings I had before hadn't been destroyed with his treachery, but rather pushed under the cloister, made to disappear into nothingness but were still present. They still existed, simply growing stronger and stronger until they finally returned.
Something must happen soon. It's the same concept as relief rain: there is so much tension between us, so much unfinished business and unspoken words for there not to be. Whether he makes the same mistake he did last time, and choose to betray me over love me, is yet to be discovered.
Yet I can only hope that it is the latter choice… as my heart was barely fixed by Samuel. If it happened again, I would have nobody to save me.
Relief rain occurs when the air is heavy and moist, when it needs to rain to sort everything out again, to relinquish the state of tension in the air. Kisses occur when two people realise that they are perfect for another and want to be together, at least in my book.
If the two concepts meet, I could be very happy…
Yeah, drabble… sorry if you thought there'd be anything properly going on
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Vicky xx