Double Drabble... Go!
Her eyes traced their way along the broad river, steadily snaking their gaze westward where the otherwise drab-colored freshwater basked luxuriously in the fiery glow of the setting sun. The sky was clear and the breeze was cool against the bare skin of her legs, which were dangling casually over the edge of the pier. The sounds of the city echoed distantly behind her, but the small port was eerily silent. She turned slightly to her left to look up at her quiet companion, digging down to the very depths of her soul to muster a single, reassuring smile.
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He watched her carefully, her presence lost, consumed by the brilliance of the unobstructed sunset upon the steadily moving river. The gently rolling plains offered the perfect backdrop for the darker stone city sprawling behind them. She looked to him unexpectedly then, and in that brief moment, he saw eternity through her swirling cerulean eyes. Almost instantly the light was extinguished; replaced with cool resolve, tempered with concern. Then she smiled, a sincere, steady smile that warmed him to the bone. However, it was little comfort, for the smile did nothing to return the spark he had seen in her eyes.