Nessian Soldier AU- One shot
Inspired by Iibera by Mattia Cupelli (listen to it while reading this, it makes the difference)
Hope you enjoy!
They lied in an open field of daisies. Felt the petals brush against their skin. The softness reminding them that time was moving faster than their hearts could catch up. The breeze blew gently, and the flowers swayed, dancing with the harmonious wind. The delicate scent coated their noses in perfume.
Their hands brushed against each other, memorizing every line of their imperfect skin. Their shoulders touched, side by side. As close together as the sky and the ground below them. The space between them, even the most minimal amount, felt an ocean apart. A feeling they would know all too well.
The man, with the soft expression and relaxed stance, gazed at the woman without. Her stormy eyes made even the most peaceful sky look troubled. His fingertips collided with hers, tracing patterns on the palm of her hand. The tingling made her want to memorize his touch.
She turned to face him as he did the same. Synchronous movement showing the heavens that they too, were one and the same. Two beating hearts, two gentle souls, two people who only yearned to be held by the other. To never let go.
She closed her eyes, and his nose brushed against her own. She wanted to remember his presence. The feeling of his body pressed against hers, the smell of his skin. The way his shirt caressed his strong torso, and the deep rise and fall of his chest. The way her heart seemed to jump out of her chest at the beat of his own. Her eyes could not contain the complete reverence she held for him.
His thumb grasped the tear before it made a path down her perfect face. It didn't matter that the Earth stood still, that the birds held off on singing, that the sky was clear just for them. It didn't matter that the flowers bloomed and swayed in a whispered hello to the humans before them. The tears spilling from her eyelids made all the difference, told a story she didn't need to voice aloud. He fell into a pit so far under, he didn't think he'd ever resurface.
"I don't want you to go." Her voice soft and small. A secret only he and the wind could hear. An impossible want from the both of them. He didn't want to ever let her go. The daisies crowned her in an array of whites and yellows, a queen among the land of forgotten sunshine.
He sat up, bringing her with him. Face to face, eye to eye. He picked the prettiest daisy he could find. One fully bathed in daylight. He opened her palm and laid the daisy in her hand. "Every petal is how much I'm thinking about you." His forehead rested against hers and his hands held her beautiful face. "Every leaf is how much I care about you." He closed his eyes and the sound of his voice caressed her skin. Her nose met his. "Every flower is how much I want to near you." His soft lips met hers in a warm embrace.
She grasped the stem firmly, held onto it even if her hands shook. Hazel eyes bet blue ones. The warm earth meeting the sky in a connection so strong, not even time or distance could separate them. "Just count them until I see you again."
Their hands clasped, holding onto the flower together. As firm as the ground beneath their feet. It would take her forever to count all the daisies in the field, and when spring came again there would be more still. The idea left her breathless. The daisies would remind her that they were always two souls meant to entwine, meant to dance to an exquisite symphony. They would never leave each other, time and space forgotten.
They would never let go.
Not even when their hands were no longer holding the other.
I had to write this, I just had to. The music was just too beautiful.