A/N: just something that popped into my head a while ago, enjoy.
Waves
They were walking along the beach listening to the waves crash against the shore. Little attempt was made at conversation for the wind would carry their voices out to sea. The two couples were close, but there was a soft tension in the air as the twinkling stars beaconed the couples to privacy.
The pair ahead stepped into the wet sand. The young man gazed at the red headed woman beside him and as she smiled they broke into a tireless sprint along the beach and through the salty water. Her bathing suit, near dry, welcomed the water while her partner's dry pants became heavy and drenched. Finally the couple tumbled into the waves which engulfed them in darkness. They came up a few seconds later and raced through the warm water tripping and falling all the while.
The latter couple watched the joy, slowing absentmindedly as the laughter eventually whispered away. Their feet came to a rest and she turned towards him and looked down. She took her foot and guided a pile of silky sand over his feet. He smiled and wiggled his feet deeper into the warm sand, completing her masterpiece.
She glanced up and caught him admiring her long brown hair, stroking it gently with his soft hands. As they gazed into each other's eyes the wind nudged at her light dress pressing it against her lightly plumped stomach. His eyes flittered down as he rested his palm against the small life, silently imagining a brilliant future for this union of love.
His heart swelled and he leaned into her face, longing to show his love for her. Her lips were tender and he could taste their familiar sweetness.
They rested there for a lasting moment but eventually she guided his hands into hers and pulled away gently, with a mischievous grin on her face. She lurched him into the ocean and watched as he humorously stumbled around, feet reaching to balance himself.
He finally surrendered to gravity and fell back into the water. His splash reached her and she feigned surprise as she jumped away with a mouth full of water, dressed soaked through.
He sat, waves rolling over his shoulders, also spitting bitter water from his mouth. His dripping brown hair was plastered to his forehead and as he wiped his eyes he was delighted to see she was clutching her rounded stomach in breathless laughter. He gathered his feet, chuckling, and sauntered over to her while ringing out his waterlogged shirt.
Distracted by this task, he hardly felt the hand on his wrist, until the nails dug in. He looked up in surprise to see her face pierced with agony. Kate's eyes were huge, begging him to end the pain.
The lips he caressed with his own just moments ago had turned purple. His whole body clenched while his mind frantically searched for an answer.
It instead flashed with the future of the two lives in front of him. The younger couple was gone, the beach abandoned. Their only company was the small crab nibbling at his toes, gloriously unaware of the pain the world had to offer; the pain being experienced by the two giants above him.
His hands shook violently as he desperately and hopelessly screamed for help. Her last gasp of air silenced his panic and brought calming clarity. She collapsed on the ground and welcomed his strong hands around her.
She looked up and their eyes proclaimed the message the wind would have carried away. This was her last sight before her eyes blurred and her mind dulled.
She could barely feel him embracing her head, but the salty tears dripping down her face were strikingly warm. His sobs rang into her ears as she entered the darkness; grateful for his overwhelming love.
