"Tell me a secret," he grinned, teeth shining in the dark. He was like the sun, always glowing, everyone wanting to get closer at every chance they got.
"What kind of secret?" she responded, smiling even though she knew he couldn't see it.
"Any kind." Well, she thought, there is a light in your eyes and dark in your soul, and I would not change a thing about you for all the treasures in the universe. Your very existence is a paradox, a contradiction I could spend centuries studying without a thought to understanding.
"I don't have secrets," she said slowly, her eyes finding his even in the dark gloom of the night. He smiled, mirth dripping from his dainty features that were bathed in the light of the moon.
"That's a lie," he smiled teasingly, "everyone has secrets." You have haunted my thoughts and my dreams since the moment I've laid eyes on you. I have memorised the slant of your brow and the wave in your hair, the sweep of lashes and the rhythm of your steps. I would know you, blind, deaf, numb; in this world or any other.
"Alright," she looked away, "I'm afraid." His beautiful features twisted in concern.
"Of what?" she relished the warmth as he pushed closer; she knew she wouldn't have much time with him like this. Eternity. Oblivion. Crowded rooms and authority figures and being alone too long and you, I'm terrified of you because you have the power to destroy me and you don't even know it; you have no idea. I'm less afraid of dying than I am of losing you and that scares me too.
"Spiders." He laughed until he realised he was laughing alone.
"You're joking." She shook her head quickly.
"No, seriously," she shuddered, hoping she was believable, "it's the legs I think, and the eyes." He nodded thoughtfully, smiling.
"Tell me another one." She looked at him painfully, her boy alight with the warmth of the sun. The one who would burn her if she got too close. I love you.
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As always loves, genders may be reversed.
Cinder ♡
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