Lach pulled her higher up on his chest so her head rested on his shoulder. He managed only a half-smile as he peeked down at her. Anything else was too hard. There were no words that he could say that would come close to expressing his love or the grief that hid behind the veil of affection. He leaned forward and pressed a kiss against her forehead, taking the moment to blink away a tear.
The moments, the minutes, and then hours passed. He drifted in an out of consciousness, waking from his sleep at the slightly shift of her body. She wouldn't be able t leave without him noticing. It would have been easier for her to slip out, for his last memories of her to be ones of such tenderness, but it would only strengthen the blow of her absence. Sometime during the evening, an autumn gust washed through the house and Lachlan woke with a startle.
She was still there, tucked against his chest. He reached down and curled his arms behind her knees before pulling her up into a position reminiscent of their time together in the tundra. It was the that the reality of this really hit him. He couldn't speak.
The moments, the minutes, and then hours passed. He drifted in an out of consciousness, waking from his sleep at the slightly shift of her body. She wouldn't be able t leave without him noticing. It would have been easier for her to slip out, for his last memories of her to be ones of such tenderness, but it would only strengthen the blow of her absence. Sometime during the evening, an autumn gust washed through the house and Lachlan woke with a startle.
She was still there, tucked against his chest. He reached down and curled his arms behind her knees before pulling her up into a position reminiscent of their time together in the tundra. It was the that the reality of this really hit him. He couldn't speak.
— way too attractive set by mj <3 —