Moments In Love
Written for the Zodiac Challenge
Prompt used - "I like being with you."
A/N: this story is dedicated to Sumatranfox, and is an early Valentine's Day gift for my beloved foxy.
There comes a time in everyone's life when work creates distance between you and your significant other. Sometimes you have to work late, sometimes you're forced to travel long distances. Whatever the reason, Scabior and Draconius were no strangers to being separated due to work. Which is what made spending time together even more important because they knew they couldn't always see each other as often as they liked.
This time it was Draconius, working long hours during the holidays at St. Mungo's. She was exhausted by the time she came home, but that didn't stop her from engaging in some quality snuggle time with her husband before drifting off to sleep. Lucky for her Scabior was a night owl, and as long as she could make it home before one in the morning he was usually awake.
Scabior smiled as he saw her walk through the door. She sighed and let her cloak fall to the floor, not bothering to transfigure her clothing into her usual nighttime attire before laying down next to him in bed. He put his arm around her, watching her eyes close as a smile creased the corners of her lips. He was grateful for these moments they shared, moments in love when they could still be together at the end of the day. And in his arms all the stress from this morning's work dissolved into nothing, fading away as the moon rose above the clouds.
"I like being with you," Draconius murmured. "You have no idea how happy you make me."
She was half asleep as these words dribbled past her lips, her voice low and drowsy. There was a feeling of warmth spreading throughout her chest, like the feeling you get from drinking a cup of hot cocoa. It was soothing, filling her with a mixture of joy and contentment.
Within a few minutes she began to relax, her body submerged in peaceful slumber as Scabior chuckled and gently stroked her hair. He thought it was cute the way she kept muttering little things about how much she loved him, until her sentences dissolved into nonsense and she eventually fell asleep.
He held her close, feeling her breath on his cheek as her chest rose and fell with deep, easy breathing. There was no need to think about tomorrow, or what the day might hold. All that mattered was this moment that they shared, adrift in the calm serenity of the night.