This is a really, really short piece (and I mean short). It's really just a stream of consciousness of our two lovers. A sentimental piece of romance for Easter.
And the soundtrack is also a sentimental piece of romance, or so I thought until really listened to the lyrics. When I did, I was struck how very Jacob this song was. So forgive me, but I have quoted quite a large chunk of the lyrics (as per usual, please go and find this on youtube to experience the full effect).
I hope you enjoy this, because I enjoyed writing it.
Soundtrack: And I Love You So – Don McLean
And you love me too, your thoughts are just for me.
You set my spirit free, I'm happy that you do.
The book of life is brief, and once a page is read,
All but love is dead, that is my belief.
And yes, I know, how loveless life can be,
The shadows follow me and the night won't set me free.
But I don't let the evening bring me down, now that you're around me.
And I love you so, the people ask me how, how I've lived 'til now
I tell them I don't know.
Rachel opened one eye drowsily and saw the pale dawn light starting to creep through the crack in the curtains. It was very early on a Sunday morning, and she was safe in Jacob's arms. Her favourite place to be. She snuggled down closer into his body and he stirred a little. Her mind began to wander lazily, lovingly.
She loved him.
She loved waking up with his insistent erection in the small of her back
She loved the feel of his strong arms around her body and his hot breath gently tickling her ear
She loved the way his long dark eyelashes fanned out on his cheeks as he slept
She loved the taste of his salty lips after he had been swimming in the sea
She loved his incessant, probing intellect and his quick sense of humour
She loved the way his lips twitched before he spoke
She loved the way his deep green eyes betrayed his emotions
She loved his humanity, the way he reached out to people in a way that she never could
She loved the sound of his soft, throaty voice
She loved his need to express himself, the mark of the seahorse and the symbol of yin and yang imprinted on his body
She loved his long sensual fingers and his tender lips moving slowly over her body
She loved the feel of his long lean muscles rippling under his sweat soaked skin as he made love to her
She loved the feel of his hands angling her hips as he drove fiercely, desperately, deeply, into her
She loved the way he took her, filled her, satisfied her
She loved his relentless and passionate need for her
She adored him
She ached for him
She loved him.
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Jacob felt her stir in his arms. She wriggled back into him and he breathed in her sleepy scent. Her small body was soft and warm and delicious. His mind began to wander, lazily, lovingly.
He loved her.
He loved the intoxicating softness of her body, the curve of her hip, the swell of her breast, the warm soft flesh of her thighs
He loved her clear blue eyes that were the colour of the sea on a hot summer's day
He loved that she loved him, when he thought that no one would ever love him again
He loved the scent of her soft golden hair as it fell around her shoulders, the way it tickled his nose when they lay together
He loved her compassion, her warm smile, her gentle laugh
He loved her saying his three favourite words
He loved that she made love to him in the sea because she knew that was what he wanted
He loved that she was addicted to candy like a little girl
He loved that she was always melting and ready for him when he needed her to be a woman
He loved her fingers digging passionately and desperately into his back
He loved her hands playing idly with his chest hair
He loved her quick mind, her fierce determination, her strength
He loved that she wore dresses just to please him
He loved her when she cried, when her soft heart, that she tried so vainly to keep hidden, had been touched
He loved her falling asleep in his arms
He worshipped her
He wanted her
He loved her.