ANIMA II
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Eternity was a strange concept that Jane had trouble grasping.
Thor assured her it was not strange at all and that they could slowly inch through the time.
It was then that he asked her if he could return to Asgard. The years passed quickly while he was gone.
Now, the sound of rain signaled his return.
Not a thundering pour like the past, but rather a dim pattering on the edge of sound. It was night, but the unnatural rain lit a dull glow from the window.
Water tapped against the windows like a lost stranger in the storm.
Jane gave a wry smile as she looked through the streaking panes from inside their home. What would she say to him? Would he be different?
Five years away was a long time no matter how immortal one was. But she knew that he had promises other than ones for her and so she'd let him go to his princely obligations. Only a heartbeat, he'd assured her.
They had forever, after all.
She tip-toed to their back door to met him. He'd lost lost his keys, no doubt.
Jane opened the door to the rain and waited at the doorway, watching for him.
Thor emerged from the darkness, his armor gleaming the same as when he'd left. It almost shocked her how much it looked like he'd only been away a single day.
"Jane, I have missed you."
His voiced boomed in the dreary night.
She smiled and held the door open for him.
Once inside, she threw her arms around him. Water seeped into her flimsy nightgown but she didn't mind. Five years was too long.
Thor buried his face in her hair, revelling in the fierceness of their embrace.
He pushed a hand through her brown hair, longer than he remembered.
Gray strands occasionally streaked the rich brown.
He frowned.
"Jane, your hair."
"It's nothing," she reassured, drawing him down for a kiss.
"But."
Jane stopped him. "I've just been thinking too much."
He let the matter go despite his unease.
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