Hehe, this one has a cute story involving me spending a good ten minutes trying to prompt Emmy into guessing a "Teslen-y" colour that started with C. She ended up adding C's to the front of other colours... How this didn't spring to mind is beyond me.
Anyway, hugs for all those who've been reviewing, the response in consistently blowing me away :)
xx
C is for crimson, the colour of your cheeks if I spend long enough kissing your neck, the colour of that dress. Actually, it's the colour of many dresses that have plagued my dreams. That glittery number from the 20's, the floor length piece in the 30's, the bloody scooped neckline that day we parted. That last one was the bane of my existence for sixty years. I was so thankful you weren't wearing anything remotely crimson when I found you in Rome or I'd have stolen a far less chaste kiss.
Though I'll admit, while you've worn crimson since and will probably do so again (I do so love the little teddy you have with the silken bows), my favourite number is still that first dress. It was so very prim and proper, not an inch of your décolletage on display for me to memorise but still I've never seen you look more beautiful. That's probably not true and I realise that but when I think of you, of all the reasons I love you I can't help but think back to that dress. You were all that I could ever envisage an equal being. But far prettier. You were strong, smart, decisive, willing to take risks and put your hand up if you thought something was wrong.
C is for the colour that doesn't just suit you, it is you.