30 Day Book Meme: - Day 20 - Favorite kiss
1. Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold:
“...I don’t need anything special. All we really need is to go home. No--come to think of it, I do want a favor.”
“Name it,” he said eagerly.
“Lieutenant Rosemont’s grave. It was never marked. I may never get back here. While it’s still possible to find the remains of our camp, could you have your people mark it? I have all his numbers and dates. I handled his personnel forms often enough, I still have them memorized.”
“I’ll see to it personally.”
“Wait.” He paused, and she held out a hand to him. His thick fingers engulfed her tapering ones; his skin was warm and dry, and scorched her. “Before we go pick up poor Lieutenant Illyan again...”
He took her in his arms, and they kissed, for the first time, for a long time.
“Oh,” she muttered after. “Perhaps that was a mistake. It hurts so much when you stop.”
“Well, let me...” His hand stroked her hair gently, then desperately wrapped itself in a shimmering coil; they kissed again.
“Uh, sir?” Lieutenant Illyan, coming up the path, cleared his throat noisily. “Had you forgotten the Staff conference?”
Vorkosigan put her from him with a sigh. “No, Lieutenant. I haven’t forgotten.”
2. Jane Eyre - the kiss under the oak tree.
3. Lymond's kiss at the very end of the chess game in Pawn in Frankincense.