Almost Home
I'm trying really hard to wake up my muse and so I've decided to write a Days drabble series which I am going to try really hard to update daily. The main focus will be Rafe, Jada, and their families, but other characters will be featured from time to time as well. If you have prompt ideas, please send them my way. Some of the drabbles will stand alone and some others might connect over the course of a few days' time. Anyway, happy reading. Please leave feedback but be kind. Thank you!
Day 1: Dance
PROMPT: "Dance" [one day]
It's two minutes till midnight. She's a little tipsy - punch drunk on the heady sensation of being wrapped up in Rafe's strong arms as they sway in the pale moonlight. He's tucked his tuxedo jacket around her bare shoulders and his large hands are settled at her tiny waist. The heat of his fingers sears her through the fabric of the foofy purple dress her sister insisted she wear tonight.
Inside the club, the countdown has begun as partygoers chant, "ten… nine… eight …" Out there, beneath a blanket of stars, they hold each other close and allow the whole rest of the world to simply fade away.
A cacophony of shouts and paper horns blasting explodes from inside. Screams of "happy new year" filter out the door. Rafe smiles at her, and cups the back of her head, pulling her still closer. Rising up onto the tips of her toes, her mouth meets his warm lips in a kiss that goes from tender to spicy in zero point three seconds.
Clinging to each other breathlessly, they begin to dance anew. Rafe whispers in her ear, "Happy New Year, Jada," and she returns the sentiment.
Happy new year, indeed.