Snow

“Here” he walked over and draped a long coat around her shoulders. 

 She looked up, to meet his eyes, she didn’t want him to go, she wanted him to reach out, to pull her close again, to hold her. He stood there, his hands on her shoulders, watching her face carefully. She wanted him to kiss her again, if he would just… She was frozen, her heart racing. He slowly let his hands slide down her arms to hold her hands, as he stood up, his eyes never leaving hers. She felt as if she was drowning in the deep grey color. As he started to let go she gripped his fingers, pulling him towards her, not sure how to say what she was feeling. 

“Don’t go yet” she whispered, 

“I have wanted you to say that for a long time” he said pulling her to her feet and into a firm embrace.

“All you have to do is say it” he whispered in her ear “I can’t, I want to, I have for a long time, but I would sooner wait my entire life then lose you” 

He buried his face in her hair. She wrapped her arms around his neck, stepping back. She could feel the bed pressing against the back of her knees. As she pulled him closer.

“I would” she said, her voice shook “If I knew what to say” 

“That’s all I needed to hear” he pulled her into a kiss… 

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 The snow was falling silently collecting in the crevices along the window that overlooked the wake of the ship; the sky was slowly fading from grey to black casting long shadows across the cabin. 

 Time had seemed to stop. 

“I think that as long as I never have to let you go, I don’t have to prove anything” he whispered, pulling her closer.

“You never did” she said, lying her head on his chest. 

“No, that is where you are wrong. I want to see the world burn, I always have… But, right now…” 

“I can forgive the past” she finished for him.