SPICED ORANGE
29/06/11
Pairing: Teddy/Roxanne
Prompts: ephemeral & crusade
(10)
It was an ephemeral thing, fragile, weak, completely breakable.
They were connected by the thinnest sheet of tissue paper, that if put through too much strain, would fall apart like sand through soft hands.
Roxanne thought of it like a crusade, going on through the unknown, doing things she had never thought of doing. Being with him.
An older man always seemed intriguing, spicy like Spanish air just before a siesta, full of flavours, with a hint of drowsiness that sooths the limbs and eyes.
He became an accessory, considering Roxanne wasn't exactly one to need the company, especially the kind Teddy supplied. Soft touches, warm kisses, sweet whispers. And Roxanne would never admit that she wanted the opposite, she was just selfish. Teddy with his bright orange hair, light-hearted Teddy who'd come bringing hydrangeas that matched Roxanne's streaks of bright pink hair.
So considerate, maybe too considerate?
Roxanne mused that he thought her a pretty girl, like her cousins, interested in make-up and parties with dresses and high heels, but she wasn't like that. She liked being individual and realistic, so maybe Teddy wasn't the best for her. Maybe he was that one little adventure she had to take to really see the world, to understand it more deeply. And to know exactly what to avoid in the future.