Over the Danube
There was a time when he'd given up on… everything. On hope, on love, on happiness, on her.
On Skye.
Back then, he tried to reason with himself (as if he had a choice in the matter): she's better off without him; he's not good enough for her; the best thing he can do for the both of them is to let her go. So he did that.
(At least he tried to; he could have never stopped loving her.)
But then things changed, he changed – he tried to be better –, and now?
This moment is beyond perfect.
She is clinging to his arm, gazing at the sight of the Danube, strands of her hair dancing around her face in the gentle breeze. She doesn't say a word, just smiles at the world, but it's better this way – there's nothing to break the serenity surrounding them, and he can marvel at her.
"Can we go there next?" she points suddenly at the Buda Castle in the distance, turning her head towards her. "…What?" she laughs, taking in his awe-stuck expression.
"Nothing," he says, shaking his head a little and squeezing her hand. "It's just… you're beautiful."
She gives him an expression that he's seen countless of times since they got back together, although he had some problems deciphering it at first. But he knows it now – she wears it when he does something that prompts a sudden surge of love for him in her. When she is so overflown with emotion for him that all but pours out of her.
He loves that expression on her.
(She swears he wears the same one for her all time.)
"You are terrible," she tells him, but stands on the tip of her toes and presses a kiss to the corner of his mouth. "Terribly corny." Another kiss, this time full on the lips, although she pulls away way too soon. "And I love you too," she whispers, looking into his eyes from under her lashes.
He laughs with her, sneaking an arm around her waist, and leading her along the bridge.
He'll gladly take being called corny – and even worse – every day for the rest of his life, if it means spending it with her.
A/N: Sorry for the lack of update yesterday, this prompt had me stuck for a moment (and I'm still exactly happy with it). But I'd like to point out that it's my city on the prompt :)