Victoire/Dominique
Prompt: Fireworks
Fireworks
December 31, 2028
They lit up the dark sky with flashes of gold, red and green. Below her little flat, children danced in the street, singing and chanting, "Bonne année!" Dominique admired at them fondly as she leant against the balcony. Fireworks were beautiful things. She recalled how Uncle George would set off dozens of them on May 2nd, to celebrate the end of the war and to mourn the death of Uncle Fred. She remembered how her sister would claim that he set them off for her birthday and the two of them would lie on the grass, side by side, and gaze at the beautiful light show.
Victoire loved fireworks. Any time she saw them, her face would light up and her deep, blue eyes would glow with joy. She confessed to Dominique when they were girls, that she would love it if someone proposed to her using fireworks, but Dom had been too far away to give Teddy a heads up. A sad smile crept onto her lips as she thought of their wedding. She had been maid of honour, yet had been unable to attend the dress fittings and the rehearsal dinner, or even help pick out the bouquet. Although Victoire hadn't minded, Dominique felt as though she had betrayed her sister, and she would be guilty about it for the rest of her life.
A pair of hands encircled her waist and soft lips pressed against her neck.
"Quel est-il, mon amour?"
Dominique turned and smiled up at her lover, kissing his cheek softly. "Rien, cher. Je suis juste penser."
She snuggled back into Julien's arms and let him stroke her short, copper hair as she gazed out at the fireworks. Moving to France had certainly made her miss things, like the births of her nieces and nephews, but as she stood in her lover's arms, the glittering city of Paris lit up around her, she realised that she had never been so happy in her life.
A/N: Yay! I'm onto Victoire's prompts now. I know this is a little vague, but I wanted to do something a little further into the future. As I mentioned before, Dominque moves to France when she's 16 and lives with Gabrielle. She misses out on a lot of major events in her family's life. This is her reminiscing her childhood with Victoire.
Ages: Dom (27), Victoire (29)
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