To Cherish

Pale skin and dark black hair, stark as ink and paper, frame brilliant, hot garnet eyes that are closed tightly in rapture.

Bronzed skin and hair have changed to broad brushstrokes of amber in the light of a candle. Gold eyes soft and blissful as new sensations tingle down the spine.

Two bodies drape over and around each other while thin, pale fingers comb through delicate feathers at the nape of the neck, and small golden hands play the strong back muscles like an instrument. Two strong thighs ease under slender, smaller legs, pressing the knees open wider. A hand clenches in silky hair. Skins are flushed, rosy with pleasure and slight, half-hidden embarrassment on the part of one, and two pairs of lips smile as they kiss.

A soft thrust, large palms spread lovingly over full breasts. Kiss-swollen lips sucking on the dip of clavicle. Groins pressed together in the most intimate of acts. Golden eyes stare down hot garnet, love and intimacy drawing a connection between the two writing bodies.

"Zane?"

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Two separate bodies, two separate peoples, become one in a serpentine palace under a candle, climaxing into a future.