Thank you so much for the reviews, everybody! Keep 'em coming, I'm an addict. Sorry I didn't post this sooner... was having technical difficulties. (glares at FF staff).
Challenge: #3: fear (+ dark) of sgchallenges
Fear
Constant is his fear that their secret will be discovered. Always it nags at the back of his mind, telling him that nothing stays hidden for long.
At least his fears have ground: if ever this secret got out into the open, both of them would likely lose their jobs as the leaders of Atlantis. And neither of them really thought they could stand that: losing their home.
And so he lives with the fear that their precious secret may find its way out into the open. He doesn't let her know how he worries, of course. Why should he bother her with his probably worthless fears?
What he doesn't know is that she knows. She can see what he worries for, and when he's wearing himself down with those cares. She doesn't let him know that she knows either. No need to add to his load.
He fears enough on his own.
But when she smiles, the dark shadow of fear is banished from his thoughts and his heart. Just her face lights up the corners that his fright darkens, and he forgets those worries when she's around.
All she has to do is speak, and he knows that even if their secret is ruined some day, they'll be all right. She seems not to worry, and so he decides he won't either.
But he doesn't know that her seemingly worriless look is really just a façade for his benefit. He doesn't know that fear's shadow holds her heart as well.