Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly. In addition, this drabble is rated T for themes.
If you had asked him before tonight what the color black meant to him, Fredward Benson would have given you the usual textbook answer: Death.
Finality.
The end.
Tonight, however, black stirred memories of the contradictory. Tonight, black signified life.
It was the color of the university's graduation caps and gowns he and Carly were wearing when he got on bended knee.
It was the color of the limousine that whisked them away from the reception hall to start their newly conjoined lives.
More importantly, it was the color of the lacy boy shorts and accompanying bra she chose to wear especially for him at this juncture in time.
And during each of those moments he was continuously reminded that he was alive:
Each time, he registered his impossibly quick heartbeat.
His fiery blood coursing through his veins.
The steady drum of his pulse and the breaths that would often come short before he was successfully able to steady them.
Yes, Freddie was alive, indeed…and as far as he was concerned, he had black to thank.
And as the stunning brunette sauntered her way to her waiting beloved, who was sitting at the edge of their honeymoon bed, he silently expressed gratitude to the color black for being such a beacon of life and new beginnings. She paused before him with an expression filled with love, devotion, and desire as she gently stroked his cheeks. He turned his head slightly to each side, placing a soft kiss upon each of her palms. As she moved to straddle his lap, his thumbs grazed the edge of her shorts as his eyes drank in the beauty, his beauty, encased in black. When she finally settled down on top of him, bring him ever closer to her, he could distinctly hear her racing heartbeat. She was alive, as well.
"Well, hello, Mrs. Fredward Benson," he beams.
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