The sounds and smells enchanted her, filling her senses and teasing her emotions all at once, overwhelming yet so comforting.
'Something so simple' Endymion had always said, but it never failed to impress her. Everything on Earth, a bird, a rose, and in this case, the ocean, always impressed her.
Every five minutes she would squeal and point and run towards something that was so new and foreign to her; it was all so fascinating. It wasn't until her third trip to Earth that she even realised she was doing it, and looking over at her lover in embarrassment, saw him smiling in amusement and adoration.
Later that night, when they were lying underneath the stars, she had asked him if it annoyed him in any way. He had laughed, that deep, delightfully sexy laugh that sent shivers down her spine [although anything he did sent shivers down her spine], kissed her tenderly on the nose and told her quite the contrary, he found it perfectly adorable. She had looked at him in amazement after that. He was so wonderful. Actually, now that she thought about it, that evening had been pretty wonderful.
A small kiss on the side of her neck brought Serenity out of her reverie. A pair of strong arms wrapped her in a warm, comfortable embrace, and it was only now that she realised that she had been shivering.
"I wondered where you'd disappeared off to," came a low voice in her ear.
"I couldn't sleep, and heard the ocean, so I thought I would come out and…" she trailed off, and for a few moments they watched the restless waves roll over and over one another, whispering long lost secrets to them, as if they were the only two people to ever exist.
"There's nothing like this on the Moon," Serenity breathed.
"So you've said before," Endymion muttered almost laughingly, trailing kisses down her collarbone. Her porcelain cheeks tinted pink in the moonlight, whether it was his comment or his kisses, he did not know.
She pulled out of his embrace, and for a moment felt sharp, cool air sting her skin as she left the warmth of his arms.
"Where are you going?" he asked confusedly.
"Where do you think?" Serenity called back with a confident note to her voice, but to Endymion's amusement, her cheeks were still tinted.
