06-07-2025, 02:03 AM
He reached for her hand on the table.
The light caught the ring on her middle finger as his thumb traced slow circles over the back of her palm.
“I’ve never wanted something this real,” he whispered.
“I know,” she said. “Neither have I.”
She rose from her seat
Collected their empty plates in silence, and walked them to the sink.
The clinking of dishes was quiet
Like distant bells.
When she turned back, she didn’t speak.
She simply blew out two of the candles nearest the table.
Then another.
And another.
And another
Until the room was left glowing in the faintest flicker
Only one candle burning in the corner.
She turned and extended her hand to him.
“Come.”
He stood.
Their fingers met.
The space between them vanished.
Tonight wasn’t about speed.
It was about everything that had waited beneath the surface for weeks, now rising, unfolding, breathing between them.
And it had only just begun.
-- oOo --
The light caught the ring on her middle finger as his thumb traced slow circles over the back of her palm.
“I’ve never wanted something this real,” he whispered.
“I know,” she said. “Neither have I.”
She rose from her seat
Collected their empty plates in silence, and walked them to the sink.
The clinking of dishes was quiet
Like distant bells.
When she turned back, she didn’t speak.
She simply blew out two of the candles nearest the table.
Then another.
And another.
And another
Until the room was left glowing in the faintest flicker
Only one candle burning in the corner.
She turned and extended her hand to him.
“Come.”
He stood.
Their fingers met.
The space between them vanished.
Tonight wasn’t about speed.
It was about everything that had waited beneath the surface for weeks, now rising, unfolding, breathing between them.
And it had only just begun.
-- oOo --
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