FACES
(A/N: This starts romantic, but the plot, mystery, and mostly angst starts next chapter, so don't base the whole thing on this: it really changes direction.)
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He walked towards her and cupped her delicate chin in his hand. "I will never let that happen to you."
Tears rose to her eyes: tears of joy and sadness, tears of everything she ever felt. Tears she had kept in for so long. Tears that could not be held in anymore.
He held her in his arms, feeling her soft sobbing into his robes, which he whispered reassurances in her ear. They stayed that way for the longest time.
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He woke up from his dream. He could still feel her eyes boring into his, searching his soul for something, anything. He could feel her tears, her soft sobs, her gentle weeping as he held her fast in his arms. But he never saw . . .
He never saw her face.
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LAHAK
Serenity
(A/N: This starts romantic, but the plot, mystery, and mostly angst starts next chapter, so don't base the whole thing on this: it really changes direction.)
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He walked towards her and cupped her delicate chin in his hand. "I will never let that happen to you."
Tears rose to her eyes: tears of joy and sadness, tears of everything she ever felt. Tears she had kept in for so long. Tears that could not be held in anymore.
He held her in his arms, feeling her soft sobbing into his robes, which he whispered reassurances in her ear. They stayed that way for the longest time.
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He woke up from his dream. He could still feel her eyes boring into his, searching his soul for something, anything. He could feel her tears, her soft sobs, her gentle weeping as he held her fast in his arms. But he never saw . . .
He never saw her face.
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LAHAK
Serenity