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Tears

Violent rain poured over their bodies, soaking through their skin. Selina's dark chocolate hair curled into sleek ringlets as she closed her brown eyes, holding him as tightly as she could allow herself to. A hand rested on his chest, feeling the pounding of his strong and yet wounded heart.

He gripped her upper arm, squeezing as the drenched dark strands of his hair brushed over her pale cheek, bangs fell into his solemn hazel eyes as he tasted the rain trickling down his throat when he parted his scowling lips and breathed out his frustrations.

She pressed her lips to his neck, applying heat to the frigid skin and he slammed his eyes shut, as the tails of his long coat gathered the water from the puddles beneath them.

Shadows folded around them as petals of roses that were placed on the exact spot of where his parents' lives were taken by two bullets sailed to the drain.

"I'm here," she whispered softly, threading her gloved fingers through his soak locks. "You can cry if you need to, handsome. It will be our little secret."

Bruce dug his face into her chest, and unleashed his tears, "It was my fault," he sounded so young. "I got scared... It's because of my fear they were taken from me." He quivered as tears rolled down his sharp cheeks, landing in the puddles, creating ripples.

Selina lifted his chin up, cradling his face in her hands, she brushed away his tears with a soft caress of her finger under his eyes, she looked tenderly into the hazel orbs and saw his pain and grief. He placed his hand on her jaw, and leaned his forehead until he felt the coldness of her skin penetrate his brow.

"Do you miss them?" she asked in a soothing whisper, trying to keep her stern and cold emotions.

"Every day," he replied, embracing his arms around her.

Selina scooped up a rose out of the water and looked at the crimson petals as she secured the flower in her hand, and then met his eyes, noting that the shimmering gold of passion had faded into shades of remorseful green. She stared into his darkened world and discovered his dread.

"You're not alone," she confessed, giving him a weak smile. The best she could come up with at the moment.

He returned the smile as it reached his endearing eyes, and then curved his arm around her neck, and tilting her head back as she swallowed drops of rain.

Their chilled lips touched as warmth came back into their bodies.

Selina placed her hand on his heart, and they deepened into the kiss as their scarred souls mended in the rain.