Title: Shimmering
Author: Lux
Email: vivien_rosebud@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
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Summary: How Michael and Maria got under the clovers…
Category: Michael and Maria
Author's Notes: This is a short Tag for the bedroom scene in Independence Day.
Lying against his back Maria's concern rose. Michael was in her bed, and he was crying. Stroking his back she then traced around his singlets armholes. He was drying quickly from being in such a warm room yet he still shivered slightly from the wet rain and tears, which flowed down his face.
Raising up Maria removed his shoes. He registered the action with a head movement but that was all. He seemed exhausted. Tired. He also seemed content, content in her company, trusting. She placed his shoes and wet soaks on the floor at the foot of her bed, his shirt that he had taken off earlier hanging on the bedpost above them.
Moving up his body again she lay against his back and stroked his hair, which was still wet, causing water to run down his back. Shuddering at the coolness Maria whispered in his ear. "Let's just get under the covers…"
Michael nodded mutely and rolled over so he was on his back. Sitting up Maria raised his legs up so she could get the blanket out from under his weight. Lifting the blanket completely Maria used it as a cape as she soared towards him enclosing him in warmth when she landed on his chest.
His chest was raising quicker and Maria quivered as her body responded to being on top of him with so little clothing. Their hands stilled and Maria rose again rolling him to his side, lifting her human blanket from his body, so he could continue rolling, ending up laying on his front. His breathing slowed and his pulse thumped more slowly, he would soon be in a deep sleep.
Crawling half onto his back Maria protected him from the outside world. Pulling the blanket tighter she trapped them in a safe cocoon protected from the outside world and all the worries that threaten to break through their world all the time. Kissing his neck Maria wished him pleasant dreams, hoping he shimmered with her in them.
THE END