Prompt: #15 duty
Title: New And Warm
WC: 238
Amelia wraps her arms around him, pressing her head to his chest, and her hands grasp at the fabric of his cloak as if he will disappear if she lets go. The gentle thump of his heartbeat is audible under her ear. He breathes in the scent of her hair and pulls her close; Zelgadis cannot suppress a smile then. She has not gotten taller.
"If you had sent word that you were coming I would have—"
"I wanted to surprise you," His words tumble over hers and Zelgadis rests his forehead gently on Amelia's, his breath uneven.
The princess looks up at him with wide blue eyes full of tears; "You did, Zelgadis-san, you did."
A hand travels to the small of her back to pull her closer. He needs to feel her heat, needs her to feel his heat, can you feel this, Amelia? Feel how different everything is? See how different I am? His lips are feather-light, and soft, so soft, tasting the salt of her tears, first on her eyelids, then her cheeks, and then the corner of her mouth. Amelia moves her left hand to his lips, feels their warmth on her fingertips, and she aches because she would give anything to test the warmth of his lips with her own.
Her trembling hand falls, and the ring on her finger catches the light.
I was hesitant about writing this because it is very unlikely that Zel will ever find his cure. Since Zel's curse was something that Rezo came up with himself, any hope of Zel being cured probably died with Rezo. Regardless, it's a nice "what if". I might continue this in another drabble if another idea bites me at three in the morning (which is what happened with this one). This thing has been edited within an inch of it's life! Either way, I hope you liked it!