time stops in a settled snow globe

He was still just as smitten with her as he'd been when he'd first fallen for her. He couldn't have been much older than two then. It was hard to imagine them as they'd been so many years ago, not that he spent much time longing for the past. It didn't do either of them any good. Though he missed the stability of Abaven, and more than anything he missed his family, he'd made a family here with Twig and he knew with all his heart she wouldn't ever up and leave him. The steadiness of her love was treasured in a way he could never fully express in words.

He hoped that physically, he could make that even more clear to her, since words just didn't feel like enough sometimes. The implication in her words was hardly lost on him and he leaned easily into the suggestion. "Or," he started, his voice hardly more than a mumbled whisper, "You give me something to remember you by now, and then you remind me again when you get home." The suggestion was a playful one, not insinuating more than she already had.

Their physical connection was undeniable, even after all these years, his body still yearning to be close to hers - and even more so now as she kissed him with so much passion. A content sigh fell from his lips as they moved closer until two became one, bodies moving in perfect harmony with each other.

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