what's tomorrow without you?

There in his eyes, she sees the gleam. Oh, how they sparkle in the dying light of the day. She can see how much he loves her, adores her, wants her. It makes Tenshi’s heart swell, pounding into the cavity of her chest. Even her stomach was twisting and turning to the point of almost feeling sick. Is this what butterflies feel like? She had not felt this in so long she had almost forgotten. Honestly, she cannot help the tears that glisten at the corners of her eyes. To be this happy… This excited… for the future… Her heart finally begins to mend. The past no longer matters as long as the shadow is with her.

Lost in their embrace, she barely wants to move but she must. The bear skin and dinner appear and smell delectable. She wants to stretch out with him and watch the sunset along the horizon. To feel the crisp air flutter against her cheeks as snow threatens to fall. Ah, to be on a mountain once more.

As she turns, his words catch her off guard. She was not expecting him to answer anything other than that he wanted to treat her nicely. Is that not what lovers did? He had a way of doing such things often and she was not surprised at the gesture. Until he paused. Her heart skips as the question is dropped. Her lips parted slightly as the breath was taken from her lungs. A proposal? To her?

“By Frigg, I will,” she exclaimed before leaning once more into him so that she could practically smoosh her face against his. To know that her patience, her loyalty, her determination had all paid off. Tenshi was more than pleased. She would be happy to forget her old life, heritage, and culture to adopt his. She would learn, soak up, and drink all there was to know about the gods and Vikings if it meant being with him. “We must hold the biggest wedding Boreas and Auster have ever known,” Tenshi murmurs against his lips as she slowly pulls away.

"Tenshi"