09-21-2018, 10:20 AM
Summer's End
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A leaf fluttered just past my nose, a delicate combination of green slipping into orange; making me think of someone gently dipping it into two separate paint colors. Autumn was almost here, yet it was still grossly warm outside most days. Far too hot for my tastes, today was cooler at the very least.
A familiar hand slipped over my left shoulder, entering my peripheral field of vision. Offering a cone of fresh ice cream, to which I gratefully accepted.
"I don't know why you insisted on vanilla when there's so many other flavors to choose from," Esdeath came around the side, joining me on the bench. She was dressed in casual attire today, a pretty yellow sundress to be precise. Stopping above her knees, ending in black. Reminded me of a sunset for whatever reason. If one were ignorant as to her identity one would think she was an ordinary, albeit extraordinarily beautiful young woman out enjoying her day. She'd chosen strawberry today. Ripe pink in contrast to the shadows provided by the trees. Carefully licking away the cold treat with her tongue.
"Better stop staring, otherwise yours will melt," she quipped knowingly, a smile tugging at her lips. Clearing my throat I began to start steadily devouring my own, the familiar but welcomed taste sweeping over my tongue and pleasantly chilling my insides.
"One of the few good things about summer," I mused aloud before taking another quick lap at the vanilla. Tips of blue hair swayed in the breeze, leaves rustling in a way that was almost musical.
Looking around the park itself caused memories of my earliest days with Nightmare to come rushing back in vivid, colorful mental explosions. The warmth they elicited within melding with the chill of ice cream. That had been four years ago now. And now here we were. We sat in continued silence, by back resting against the wood of the bench, my posture relaxed. Esdeath sat with her legs comfortably crossed, the muscles in her thighs moving beneath the pale, beautifully smooth skin as they shifted. She was such a contrast to me. Smiling frequently and easily untroubled. More reasons to love her.
Finishing off what was left of our ice cream followed swiftly by the tasty cones we stood. I looked around in question as to where to go next. Sunlight creeped through the branches of the trees overhead, half in shade and half in the light gave her silky hair an ethereal glow. The wind shifting the black edges of her dress, her tongue swept away a trace of strawberry on her upper lip. Sometimes it truly stunned me as to how attractive I found her and how drawn to her I was. It'd been love at first sight on my end of things. And amazingly she'd responded in kind shortly after.
Her fingers gently stroked my bearded chin thoughtfully. "You know, at first I wasn't sure as to how I felt about this, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it," in turn I reached up to delicately touch the bare skin of her arm. I could feel the muscle, the power of her limb contrast with the gentleness of her sweet touch.
Her lips engaged mine decisively, her tongue carrying the taste of cold strawberry, my arms slipping around her hips. Had anyone else even attempted such a gesture it would have resulted in the loss of said individuals arms one way or another. The dress' fabric somehow paled in contrast to the sensation of her skin. Slowly she pulled away, hands squeezing my shoulders affectionately.
"I wonder how fast your heart is beating. You're much less shy about physicality."
"Thanks to you."
"Well," a finger moved with careful consideration over my chest, "I wouldn't give me all the credit," she was smiling now.
"It's been awhile since I've been here," she held my hand as we began walking, insistently pulling me closer. The path remained unchanged, only difference now was that I was seeing it in full light rather than the darkness. Weaving its stony path throughout the area, between the grass and the trees and currently inactive light posts. Uninhibited by nature, harmoniously existing alongside it. My shoulder grazed against hers.
"I haven't seen you this relaxed in awhile," Esdeath remarked, her eyes locked onto my face. Happiness sparked in them with ambient radiance.
"That's why you insisted we come here right?"
"Hm," she looked off into the blue sky for a moment, a few leaves blew by; green complimenting all encompassing blue. "I wanted to create a memory here with you." Her voice was a bit quieter, sweetly earnest. Her cheeks turning pink. Now it was my turn to kiss her.
Our lips together, my fingers running through her hair, we basked in summer's end. The burst of memory's creation to stay with us for all time, its echoes to sing from the trees, the grass and stone and sky.
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A leaf fluttered just past my nose, a delicate combination of green slipping into orange; making me think of someone gently dipping it into two separate paint colors. Autumn was almost here, yet it was still grossly warm outside most days. Far too hot for my tastes, today was cooler at the very least.
A familiar hand slipped over my left shoulder, entering my peripheral field of vision. Offering a cone of fresh ice cream, to which I gratefully accepted.
"I don't know why you insisted on vanilla when there's so many other flavors to choose from," Esdeath came around the side, joining me on the bench. She was dressed in casual attire today, a pretty yellow sundress to be precise. Stopping above her knees, ending in black. Reminded me of a sunset for whatever reason. If one were ignorant as to her identity one would think she was an ordinary, albeit extraordinarily beautiful young woman out enjoying her day. She'd chosen strawberry today. Ripe pink in contrast to the shadows provided by the trees. Carefully licking away the cold treat with her tongue.
"Better stop staring, otherwise yours will melt," she quipped knowingly, a smile tugging at her lips. Clearing my throat I began to start steadily devouring my own, the familiar but welcomed taste sweeping over my tongue and pleasantly chilling my insides.
"One of the few good things about summer," I mused aloud before taking another quick lap at the vanilla. Tips of blue hair swayed in the breeze, leaves rustling in a way that was almost musical.
Looking around the park itself caused memories of my earliest days with Nightmare to come rushing back in vivid, colorful mental explosions. The warmth they elicited within melding with the chill of ice cream. That had been four years ago now. And now here we were. We sat in continued silence, by back resting against the wood of the bench, my posture relaxed. Esdeath sat with her legs comfortably crossed, the muscles in her thighs moving beneath the pale, beautifully smooth skin as they shifted. She was such a contrast to me. Smiling frequently and easily untroubled. More reasons to love her.
Finishing off what was left of our ice cream followed swiftly by the tasty cones we stood. I looked around in question as to where to go next. Sunlight creeped through the branches of the trees overhead, half in shade and half in the light gave her silky hair an ethereal glow. The wind shifting the black edges of her dress, her tongue swept away a trace of strawberry on her upper lip. Sometimes it truly stunned me as to how attractive I found her and how drawn to her I was. It'd been love at first sight on my end of things. And amazingly she'd responded in kind shortly after.
Her fingers gently stroked my bearded chin thoughtfully. "You know, at first I wasn't sure as to how I felt about this, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it," in turn I reached up to delicately touch the bare skin of her arm. I could feel the muscle, the power of her limb contrast with the gentleness of her sweet touch.
Her lips engaged mine decisively, her tongue carrying the taste of cold strawberry, my arms slipping around her hips. Had anyone else even attempted such a gesture it would have resulted in the loss of said individuals arms one way or another. The dress' fabric somehow paled in contrast to the sensation of her skin. Slowly she pulled away, hands squeezing my shoulders affectionately.
"I wonder how fast your heart is beating. You're much less shy about physicality."
"Thanks to you."
"Well," a finger moved with careful consideration over my chest, "I wouldn't give me all the credit," she was smiling now.
"It's been awhile since I've been here," she held my hand as we began walking, insistently pulling me closer. The path remained unchanged, only difference now was that I was seeing it in full light rather than the darkness. Weaving its stony path throughout the area, between the grass and the trees and currently inactive light posts. Uninhibited by nature, harmoniously existing alongside it. My shoulder grazed against hers.
"I haven't seen you this relaxed in awhile," Esdeath remarked, her eyes locked onto my face. Happiness sparked in them with ambient radiance.
"That's why you insisted we come here right?"
"Hm," she looked off into the blue sky for a moment, a few leaves blew by; green complimenting all encompassing blue. "I wanted to create a memory here with you." Her voice was a bit quieter, sweetly earnest. Her cheeks turning pink. Now it was my turn to kiss her.
Our lips together, my fingers running through her hair, we basked in summer's end. The burst of memory's creation to stay with us for all time, its echoes to sing from the trees, the grass and stone and sky.