Hollstein stargazing on the roof top
"Carm, really? It's midnight, and I was sleeping..."
"C'mon Laura. You don't want to miss this."
"We can star-gaze on any other night-"
"No, but we need to go now."
"Carmilla."
"I swear Laura, if you don't get up-"
"Okay," I grumble. "Okay."
I lift my head from the blackness of my pillow to see Carmilla towering over my bed. A blanket is wadded under her elbow and in the other hand she offered a smaller blanket for me to wrap up in. I take it as I step out of bed, a cold chill running up my bare arms.
"What's so special about tonight anyway?"
"You'll see."
It was endearing to see Carmilla so quietly excited about something, a smile would apear and dissapear again and again on her face as we made our way up the elevator, and finally, up the stairs onto the roof. The flat cement was cold and hard as was the night itself. The sharp air pricked my face and skin as we walked across the roof.
She layed out the other blanket, in half, so that as we sat we could wrap up in it together. We layed down, deeply regretting not bringing pillows. At least the wind didn't bite my skin anymore. Carm's arm went under my head and I rested my chin on her shoulder. Maybe pillows were over-rated...
"Look." I follow her pale hand up until I see the night sky. Except, it is hardly black. Thousands of stars break up the blackness, some shining still and some were restless, shooting across the sky in tiny streaks of white light.
"Isn't it amusing how you feel yourself laying down, looking up at the stars when really, your looking down on them? As if it isn't space that your seeing, its on ocean of light and blackness, and the only thing that is keeping you from falling into the waves of the abyss is gravity?"
"Mmm hmm." I tuck my face deeper into her shoulder, keeping one eye open for the stars.
Carmilla's hand tightens over my waist. "Sometimes I feel as if you are the only thing that keeps me on the ground."
I don't know what to say to this- so I lean up and press a kiss to her cheek.
Eventually, the company of the stars lulled us to sleep.
Notes:
Very first Carmilla Fic. We'll see how it goes?