Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Of Cheese and Stars and Cavity-Inducing Romance Novels

The most hypocritical thing I've ever written. As always, these characters are not mine; they belong to the amazing Tempest crew.
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Mark was not one for clichés. He hated them, actually. They always seemed so superficial and lame- the easiest way to explain something.

But he couldn't help but feel as if he was stuck in some cheesy romance soap opera when he saw her.

She was beautiful, but not just in the way she looked. She was beautiful in the way she spoke, how she held herself, the warmth and purity of her heart. And she was so confusing. When he looked at her, his heart did things he didn't understand. When she spoke, her words were blinding and frightening and oh so beautiful.

So yeah. Maybe that was a little cliché. And yeah, maybe Mark was kind of wrinkling his nose at the cheesiness of it all, but heck- there was no other way to describe her, or the way he felt when he thought of her, or when he saw her. He was speechless.

This is how she left him. Bewildered, awestruck, terrified, and completely and utterly head over heels in love.

So as he glanced over to see her eyes sparkle brighter than the stars above and he felt the warmth of her hand in his, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

Cliché. So lame. But that was okay. Even if she was the one who left him stuck in the middle of a cavity-inducing crisis, she was also the cure.

And he wouldn't trade that for the world.

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