"Fine,
she's giving the ship a once over and making sure everything is working
as intended." Caid's face turned sombre. "I think this is a
little calming for her, since when she woke her memories...were not
good ones."
Foxfire
nodded, falling into pensive silence for a moment. Then she smiled
and reached out to caress Caid's face. "Mine could not have been
better," she said. Caid blushed, and Foxfire realised that was
part of what drew her to him. He looked at her in a way that no one
else had before, as though there could never be anyone better,
anything else. With wonder and complete contentment in his eyes.
"What would we ever do if I had no mission, hmm? Would you stare
at me all day like that?" she asked him gently.
"Never,"
Caid said with a smile. "And we'd never go for walks together,
we'd never travel or explore, we'd never eat wonderful food and laugh
with friends. We'd never run down streets and poke in corners looking
for the secrets. We'd never curl up together and just watch the world
go by. We'd never go to new places, new worlds, we'd never run into
danger or be bored. We'd never bicker or fight or be scared."
Caid chuckled. "You'd certainly never threaten to throw
me out of an airlock." His expression softened. "We'd never
be sad. We would never cry. We would never try to have children, or
watch each other die."
Caid
took Foxfire's hand in his own. "And I'd never stare at you like
the world is in your eyes."
Foxfire
clasped his hand tightly. "Do you promise?"
"I
promise," Caid whispered, leaning in and kissing her tenderly.
~'~
Something
about how I feel always informs these kinds of scenes. I know I can
never have something as wonderful or idealised as this, but I can't
helped being moved to writing it. I know it's schmaltzy, but...a part
of me wants to see it more than anything.
