She still feels shivers in her stomach as she powers through a yellow light. She would never cross the double yellow line, would rather crash than disobey a stop sign. She would never drive into oncoming traffic. It is an unwritten rule that she can not, will not, never ever ever follow her heart instead of her responsibilities.
He, on the other hand, loves chaos. He lives for head-on collisions and monstrous explosions. That is why, one day after work, he brings her to a fireworks display. For her, the bright sparks bloom like yellow flowers, each directed by an unseen hand to create carefully controlled art. For him, they are handfuls of glitter thrown into the inky sky, fluttering to the ground like dying angels—but best of all is the expression on her face. She smiles uninhibitedly at the exploding stars, drunk on their sparkles like wine and a shimmer of crackling yellow is reflected in her often empty eyes. The fireworks end, leaving smoky smudges on the celestial blackboard of space. The smoke is the color of her eyes, he notes. Her smile has disappeared along with the bright flashes of light, replaced by a polite upturn of the lips. He misses her already.
She thanks him for bringing her to see the show, and they make arrangements to meet again.He hates how she acts as if she were still at work, pulling out her pocket-sized planner (as if that could hold all of a day in its brittle-as-bones pages) and writing everything in sharp-cornered squares. He wishes the black ink would bleed through the pages, blotting out deadlines and appointments and must-be-done-ASAPs written in her perfect print. His own handwriting is a mix of print and cursive, peppered with undotted i's and overly crossed t's. She needs more spontaneity in life, so he decides to steal her away an hour earlier than they planned to see the fireworks with him again next week.
He just won't tell her they were stolen.
AN: This was a little plot bunny that was floating around in my head for a couple hours. I hope you enjoyed it. I read through this a few times, but if you notice any typos (I'm using Microsoft Word, but I noticed that its spellcheck doesn't pick up on a lot of my grammar errors) please tell me so I can fix them! Reviews would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading!