Aboard the Skylark - ZaLin fluff

Snowflake secrets

The steps were slow and heavy footed, but in time with each other. Tick whir tock click. Tick whir tock click. Zane took the lead, swaying in a small yet graceful circle that spanned the deck. The mechanical melody of the night took over every sense and guided the couple along a gentle air. Tick whir tock click. Tick whir tock click. Raising his lower hand slightly, Zane took Caitlin's back and swung her round in front of him, pressing his body against her back as he continued to sway with the night. Her head fell sleepily backwards against his shoulder, and three ice cool fingers brushed some stray hair out of her face as she leant back into his chest. Tick whir tock click. Tick whir tock click.

After what might've been an hour, the sun began to creep up over the horizon as if not wanting to disturb the scene before it. Caitlin's eyes had fluttered closed but her still body swayed against Zane's, as the sky paled with hints of peach and amber. "Caitlin?..." He began, but her steady unbroken breathing and lifeless character told him that she was out cold. A warm smile graced his lips, as he slid one hand off her hips and held it in the air.

Instantly, there was a soft glow of light and the deck was flooded with a million tiny snowflakes that drifted carelessly on the breeze. Each one caught the early dawn, and shimmered with an icy iridescence. A couple fluttered down and nestled in the Captain's hair and down her coat, giving her a new wintry magnificence. Zane's eyes glanced down and widened slightly. The snow had began to settle on Catlin, and now made her shimmer in the early morning light. If it was possible, she seemed even more beautiful.

"You are, to me, irreplaceable" He murmured against her ear, not knowing if she was awake enough to hear. Cool breath tickled her neck as he leant down, and placed both lips against her cheek tenderly.

However what he didn't realise, was the smile that crept over her face, as her heat skipped a beat.