The Light Underneath the Dark
He didn't know when he first loved her. He couldn't remember never not loving her.
It was her darkness that drew him. It was who she allowed the world to see. Calm, confident, and lethal, her veins bled ice, but her eyes were full of fire.
It was in the darkness he held her. She railed against humanity. She vowed to try harder to save the world. Tomorrow she would try harder.
It was her darkest secrets he held in his heart. She laid bare every hurt and every scar. He traced them all with his fingers and kissed away the pain with the softness of his lips.
It was in the darkest corner of her heart he found it. It was only a glimmer, a tiny flame that grew warmer with each embrace. In the darkness of her heart, love grew.
It was the light underneath the dark.