SPARKS
A/N: Have you ever been bitch-slapped by a plot bunny? The kind that makes you feel like if you don't write you will die? That happened last night. These next few fics were inspired by a cd called Night Castle by trans-Siberian Orchestra. The whole cd is about a young Lieutenant in the special forces who falls in love with a girl the very first time he sees her. He goes to war and is wounded never to see her again. Kinda scary how it fits, huh?
Lines of a tale
Cut in the face of a crowd
Sentanced no bail
There in the night
Deep in the back through the black
Beckons a life
Auggie Anderson, formally Lieutenant August Anderson, waited at the entrance to CIA headquarters. He was waiting for the new girl, Annie Walker. The information hadn't been much to go on. 5'6, with blonde hair and brown eyes. It wasn't much help considering the fact that he was blind. His world had narrowed to nothing more than pitch blackness. It finally got to the point wher he was starting to think that she had slipped past him when he detected a strange new scent on the air a the front doors open.. It was a woman's perfume. Thankfully not the sickeningly sweet, almost decaying, smell of flowers, or the heavy, opressive scent of musk. The scent was citrusy, almost like a sparkle in the air. It took him only a moment to place the smell. It was grapefruit, and the bright scent seemed to be getting closer. Suddenly, it broke through his world of darkness. He adressed the beautiful fragrance. "Annie Walker ?"
Time moving in a straight line
But then at a whim
Achange in the wind
A story begins in its mind
For deep in her eyes
Dep in the lies
of the dark, leaving marks
Sparks
Annie watched him out of the corner of her eye. They were walking together as he explained how things worked around there. She soon found that she enjoyed watching him. He had a quiet dignity about him, and was surprisingly graceful for being blind. Annie also couldn't help liking the way his sexy dark curls fell in his eyes; which were a deep chocolate brown. He held her arm with an air of confidence, as if he knew that she wouldn't run him into anything. The fact that he was blind really didn't bother her at all. Yeah, he was a guy that she could easily have a thing for. Annie may have liked him, but the growing attraction was worrying. She had easily fallen for Ben as well. His whispered lies in the darkness of Sri Lanka had left her with scars on her heart that were just starting to heal. Annie wasn't planning on having those wounds reopened anytime soon. She decided that she was going to have to be cautious with this Auggie Anderson.
She has been steeled
Standing there looking to tight
taut and high-heeled
One of a kind
The kind of a girl that only a dream
Could design
Auggie could feel the eyes of all the other agents on them. Or rather, on her. He knew instantly that she was beautiful. Men usually had a bad habit of talking to the beautiful ones differently. He jumped slightly as Joan called out to her and he reluctantly released her arm. The sound of her stiletto heels was unmistakable; he burned the sound into his memory. Yes, he was confident that she was beautiful. Later, as he walked to the tech area, he heard the others talking about her. Slowing down, he waited to hear the rest of the conversation. Conrad said something about her being a perfect 10. Jai's response was that she came straight out of a dream. Auggie could only smile. Yeah, she did come from a dream. Straight out of HIS dreams.
Time
Seen through glasses of wine
Never reveals
The why or the when
How this story will end as you find.
That deep in her eyes
Beneath the lies of the dark
Leaving marks
Sparks
After work that night, Auggie took her out to some of the local bars, in order to get her acquainted with the city. The blind Techno-God was currently flirting with a pretty 20 something while Annie just played with her glass of cabernet. As much as she tried to fight it, she knew she was falling for him, and fast. Try as she might, she couldn't figure out why or when it had happened, but it did. Annie was worried sick, how would it all turn out? Would he be like Ben and lie to her before running away? This thought had her dragging her hand through her hair, roughly. The sudden movement caught Auggie's attention. He turned to her with a sweet, concerned look on his face. "Annie, you alright?" She forced a smile and filled her words with fake cheer. "Yeah. Im alright." The look on his face clearly said that he didn't believe her but he didn't press it. Just turned back to the giggling girl while Annie's eyes grew sad. She refused to chance it again. Not with Auggie.
Come on conjure up a reason for living
Take me round and around
And around and around
And again
Come on do it in the name of living
For if not tonight tell me when
For if not tonight
Tell me when
Auggie's lips brushed her temple slightly. He had just taken the plunge and told her that he loved her and, apparently, she was struggling with it. He silently cursed Ben Mercer to the darkest depth of hell, and it wasn't for the first time either. "Annie, life has no purpose without love. Its just a carousel of darkness...trust me, I know. Just, please tell me you love me !" he pleaded. She shook her head sadly. "I can't Auggie. Try to understand, I can't say it. The last time I said it, I lost him." Auggie's face was a mask of anger, but not at her. Never with her. "You can't hold onto his memory forever, Annie. Love is for the living. Not the dead." She pulled away from him, hurt, it felt as though she was ripping her heart in two. "I just can't. Please, just give me some time to think. Just one night." He folded his now empty arms across his chest. "You can't deny the chemistry between us, Annie. There is something there." She nodded, looking miserable. As he walked away, he turned back to her. "Just tell me this, if you can't say it tonight, then when will you say you love me? If you ever say it." With this parting shot, he walked away, leaving her to burst into tears. Each one that fell, was a seperate little knife in his heart.
Hearts can confuse
That messed up bundle of nerves
That tends to bruise
Still lay it bare
Its better to bleed than to need
And never have dared
To say that Annie was confused would be a gross understatement. On one hand she had Ben, a possibly dead, wildly passionate lover who had his moments of sweetness. On the other, she had Auggie. A funny, loving man with warm brown eyes who swore never to leave her. She had seen glimpses of passion behind those eyes, and she honestly wanted to see more. Still she wondered, what if she gave him her heart and he broke it the same way Ben had? This confused her even more, So she decided to speak to Danielle about it. Her oldest sister's advice had been simple; would Annie rather enjoy it while it lasted, and have sweet memories? Or would she rather never know because she wasn't brave enough to chance it? Annie thought on this for a long time and soon had her mind made up.
Chance
A move based on a glance
A move based on no more than feel
In this unreal circumstance
Annie walked up to him slowly; her heels echoing along the hall. Auggie's face was shadowed, almost as if he knew what she was going to say even before she said it. She wrapped her arms around him and squeezed tightly. "I love you, August Anderson." She looked up and tried not to laugh. His face was an adorable mask of shock as she held him close. "You did it." he whispered hoarsly,as if he was trying not to cry. "You took a chance on me, and said it." Auggie tilted her face up so that she could see his tear bright eyes. "I love you Auggie, I'v loved you ever since you looked at me with those beautiful eyes and saw the real me." He smiled at the small joke. Leave it to Annie to try to make him smile. " Well, I'v loved you ever since I first touched you. I could feel your inner radiance, your warmth and kindness...and not to mention that silky soft skin." he teased back. Both smiling, they held onto each other for what felt like an eternity. "I swear, this feels like a dream." she whispered, as if afraid to break the spell. He kissed the top of her head gently. "Its the best kind of dream, my love. A real one."
For deep in her eyes
beneath the lies of the dark
leaving marks
That night, Annie slept in Auggie's arms; and for the first time in over a year, she didn't dream of Ben. She only dreamed about what she had found in Auggie's eyes, unbridled passion, and that which she felt between the two of them-
Sparks
I hope you enjoyed it. I think this is my favorite story to write so far. Sorry it was so long. Blame the bunnies. Next time, Auggie has a nightmare, and Annie sleeps with him. Not that way you pervs! Im saving the smut for another story.