Title: Remind me to breathe
Prompt: Hero
Summery: At the end of the day he saves her heart and she saves his soul.
Requested by: Anonymous
Word count: 300
Remind me to breathe
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Natsu leans his forehead against Lucy's and closes his eyes. A grin spreads across his face as her hand finds its way too his cheeks. He breathes out her name and she breathes out his. The mutual feeling of relief and unspoken affection wash over the two. At that moment—in this nameless forest, bloody and bruised and out of power—Natsu feels at home.
And for a moment Natsu wonders if this counts as crossing the line. He wonders if Lucy would yell at him if she weren't this tired. After all, this is not a moment to be shared with your best friend. This moment is meant to be shared with someone who is just a little bit more closer to the heart. But then, this moment feels so theirs.
Natsu doesn't really dwell on this matter. It's been a long fight and he's battered up and exhausted and Lucy's not in much better shape either. But they're both alive and tomorrow still holds a thousand possibilities. He can still figure out whatever this is tomorrow or maybe the day after tomorrow or the day after...So it's fine. Everyone is fine. She's fine and he's fine too. He's just tired…so very tired…
Natsu lets himself drop out of exhaustion.
Its okay, he knows, because Lucy is going to catch him. She never lets him fall. She never lets him break. She's always right next to him and when he feels like falling, crashing and screaming she gives him a reason. A reason to keep fighting and a reason to not break.
Natsu closes his eyes and smiles, when Lucy's arms come around him and just before his conscience slips away he wonders if this dorky girl even knows that she is his hero like he is hers.
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First story in ages. Review please?