Romance Never Fades
Author: Ranguvar42
Prompt: Blue Skies Prompt 10:
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade…
(Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare)
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010
Characters: Ilosovic/Alannah
Genre: Romance
Ratings/Warnings: T for non explicit sex
Word Count: 506
Summary: Stayne and Alannah know that their Bond is one that will never be broken. It is Eternal.
The summer had been a rather brutal one, and Ilosovic and Alannah had found themselves spending a great deal of time in their private pond, swimming-as well as doing other things. Even still, the sun beat down unmercifully, causing many to retreat to the cool marble halls of Marmoreal.
Alannah didn’t have that luxury though-many farmers and fishermen were suffering from the heat, and she had been kept busy concocting cooling potions and drinks for them.
When she came home, Ilosovic was waiting for her. “You look done in, love. I drew you a nice cool bath. Why don’t you go get cleaned up?”
“Only if you join me.”
Ilosovic grinned and kissed her. “I was planning on it.”
Alannah smiled, then slipped out of her dress and undergarments and walked to the bathroom, and Ilosovic couldn’t help but notice that her skin was even more tanned than usual from the time she had spent in the sun. ‘And I'm still pale as a ghost.’
Alannah eased her body into the cool water of the tub, sighing in relief, and then looked over at her husband, marveling at how handsome she still found him. He climbed into the tub, settling against her with a sigh of contentment.
She ran her hands through his silken black hair, and then kissed him, reveling in his taste-spicy, heady, and exotic. He kissed back, and Alannah brushed her tongue along his lips in a silent request.
A feeling of warmth spread through her as she felt his lips move to her breasts and his hand caressing her. The cool water of the tub, combined with his touch, made her quite aroused, and it wasn’t long before she felt him enter her. No matter how many times they made love, the feeling of joy and completeness she felt at that moment was one that she knew would never vanish.
She shut her eyes, allowing the magic that was their Bond to flow through her, and nearly cried from the amount of sheer, overwhelming love she felt radiating from Ilosovic. It seemed to fill every inch of her being-heart, mind, body, and soul. It was as though she was engulfed in light-a light that had only grown stronger and brighter with the passing years.
She sent back her emotions on the thread of their Bond, and smiled to herself as she heard Ilosovic’s gasp of joy.
“I love you so much, my wife, my Alannah…my eternal summer.”