Flames

Music By: Vast

Close your eyes...

Maria slid under the covers, it was well into the night but she was now just getting into bed. The rain was beating furiously outside her window, keeping her awake, washing memories of Michael in her arms back to her like a floodgate. He had come to her in his hour of need and she was there for him. Her bed seemed so empty now, Michael made her complete she realized with a smile as she walked the thin line between sleep and reality...

Let me touch you now...

He was there, stepping out of the mists that surrounded her as she slipped into her dream. Without a sound he held out his hand to her, wanting nothing more then contact. Their fingers met first, sending a chill that could be felt both in dreams and reality racing down Maria's back.

Let me give you something
That is real...

Her full lips parted to speak, but Michael placed a thumb to them and smiled, wanting to make the silence last. A graceful step brought the couple together, their arms instantly drawing in the remaining distance between them. His eyes screamed love, they bared everything in his soul to her, this was no ordinary dream, Maria knew. Michael was reaching out to her. Offering her something in her dream that he couldn't bring himself to admit in reality. Just how much he cared for her.

Close the door
Leave your fears behind...

The realization that Michael was in her dream only made Maria love him more. This was their world, no matter how distant, or how drained reality made them, she could find her refuge here with Michael forever.

Let me give you
What you're giving me...

Rosebud lips met lips as hands roamed bodies that the others knew so well. Everything Maria had wanted was now. Everything she had tried so hard to get from Michael was happening. He responded to her every thought as if she were screaming it out.

You are the only thing
That makes me want to live at all...

She made him feel alive. Around her, Michael knew that he could be himself. She was just as much a part of him as his own flesh and blood. As far as he was concerned, they were one heart beating in two bodies. He knew that without her, he would be nothing. He could be nothing.

When I am with you
There's no reason to pretend that
When I am with you
I feel flames again...

She ran a hand through his hair, it was soft to the touch. Michael looked as if he would burst. Never had he been so happy, it was as if he was vibrating with light, a light that coursed through Maria with every touch of her skin, every word whispered in her ear, and every wet kiss he placed on her body. He was her heaven.

Just put me inside you
I would never ever leave...

Maria was lying in her own bed again, this time though, Michael was at her side. A soft wimper had escaped his throat as he shivered in his sleep, startled at the sudden loss of the other half of his dream. It was all a dream. Even how she once fell asleep. Michael was here now, hurting and scared. Looking to her for the love he so desparately needed. With a soft kiss Maria covered him with her body, offering him the only comfort she could as he slept.

Just put me inside you
I would never ever leave you...

The rain still beat furiously outside her window, cold and uninviting. Yet it sheltered them from the rest of the world. The world that was so hateful and cruel. It drove others to depression, or even death. That instant Maria knew she would never let Michael go. She would hold him both in her arms, and inside her heart forever.