Part II: Touch

Summary: My touch was her intoxication. That's how it started. A simple caress.

Jack's POV

Touch

That's how it started

A simple caress

My fingers played with her dark ringlets

Hair the color of decadent chocolate

The pad of my thumb against her cheek

Her eyes burned into mine

Like a blazing, defiant fire

Defiance against me, against my beliefs

I told her this had to stop

She had to stop

Stop, Tru

Don't run away from me

Denying everything between us

So I pulled her closer

Our lips lingering, waiting…

Connection

Touch


My touch was her intoxication

The barricade between us

Exists no more

Dissolved

Into nothingness

Tracing my fingers down the bare skin of her arm

A cold shiver ripples through her

I feel it

Tremble

Not out of fear

Desire

For my touch

Where skin meets skin

Underneath the red silk sheets

New life is created

From my touch

Her touch

Our bodies touch

Time passes

And she is born

A creation from our love

Our daughter

Molded from an insatiable need to feel

Touch


One night a few years later

I left her alone

With our baby

Daughter

Told her I'd be back

Soon

But not soon enough

For when I returned

I found her unconscious

On the floor

Our daughter gone

Could not wake her, but a note I found

Beside her

From her father

A warning

Now determined to find our baby

Daughter

Save her

I called Davis

Knowing he would keep Tru safe

While I was gone

And one last time before I slipped away

Into the dark, cruel night

With Davis now at her side

I caressed her cheek

Long and lingering

Touch


Eyes now fluttering

Brown orbs reflected

Into my sky blue ones

Her voice a delicate whisper

Threatening to crack

I calm her

Everything's alright, Tru

My voice

I found her

My touch

It calms her

As I carefully place our sleeping daughter

In the sanctuary of her mother's arms

Someday I'll tell Tru

How I got our daughter back

From her father

But not right now

They were both safe

Right now

Tears stained the rims of her eyes

Wet drops danced down her cheeks

In the dim light

A whisper parted her lips

Thank you

My response a gentle kiss

For the woman I loved

Together as one once more

Lips pressed against her forehead

Gently

Touch

Fin.

Author's Note: This piece is dedicated to my friend Sonya. I hope you feel better soon!

My poetic two-shot ends here. More Tru/Jack fics to come in the future, but other fics will be prose. I just can't stop writing about them! I love these characters way too much! And I don't normally write poetry because I don't usually enjoy writing it, but this story spoke to me in a poetic way.

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