★ [ Merry/Estella | PG | 100 words ]
Something that is their own.
Original story:
Our Own by
hyel, 300 words.
Remix author:
danachan Ours (The What Is Ours Remix)
Merry wouldn’t say so in the daylight, because day seemed so very far away from night - but he was happy to have Estella’s skin warm against his, in those empty black hours where they found themselves in bed. And sometimes he woke, in those middle hours, often knowing he’d gone beyond sense.
For so much darkness, Merry knew Estella was his light - burning heat, perhaps a different sort of light - and he was happy to be defined by that, loved by that. He knew she loved him, his shadows and his scars - and he loved her, and hers, the same.