The Color of Fall

 

Written for the LJ Community “Open On Sunday” – The theme was Autumn/Fall

 

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The golden leaves cushioned her head and the cool blades of grass tickled her neck as she lay entangled in the arms of her lover. She threaded her fingers through his hair, relaxing its gelled neatness into soft, silky waves.

 

She marveled at his face, unchanged by the events of the past two years. The last time she'd seen him he had dissolved into flames. Now the flames surrounded him in the bright leaves that adorned the trees. She leaned up and claimed another long kiss. He was back and he was hers.

 

She wouldn't have it any other way.