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Title: Anniversary
Author: traumschwinge
Claim: Austria
Characters: Austria, Hungary
Table/Promt: Time/8. Decade
Wordcount: 328
Rating: K
Summary: Roderich and Elizabeta have dinner to celebrate their ten years wedding anniversary.
Candles lit the table. The silver cutlery almost sparkled in the light. The only noise was the rattle of the cutlery on porcelain plates. A red drop of wax slowly flowed down one of the candles.
When they were done eating, the candles were almost burned down. He placed his hand on the table and she took it. Squeezed it briefly. A long look was exchanged. They smiled at each other.
"It's been ten years now," she whispered.
After a short break, he answered: "Only a brief time in our long lives. But a good one."
Again, they looked at each other. A candle hissed, then there was a thin band of smoke as it went dark. They had been sitting here for a long time.
"I love you," he said. He was smiling. The loving glance in his eye made her smile as well. As long as it was like this, the world was perfect enough.
Of course there had been fights during the past ten years of their marriage. But they never lasted. They both knew each other so well. It made it easy to hurt but also easy to heal.
There had also been times like this, when they just sat by one another. Exchanged loving glances. Occasionally kissed.
Times at which she listened to him play music as she slept next to him on a bench.
Times at which she came looking for him when he was lost.
Times at which they simply enjoyed being together and by themselves. Just like this.
"I love you too," she said. Then, she raised her glass of wine. "To another decade of happily being married."
"And to endless decades of happily being married after that," he answered. They drank their wine. The last candle went dark. They chuckled. Kissed. It really had been a wonderful decade. And the next decade would be as well. And every decade that was to follow. They were absolutely sure about this
Author: traumschwinge
Claim: Austria
Characters: Austria, Hungary
Table/Promt: Time/8. Decade
Wordcount: 328
Rating: K
Summary: Roderich and Elizabeta have dinner to celebrate their ten years wedding anniversary.
Candles lit the table. The silver cutlery almost sparkled in the light. The only noise was the rattle of the cutlery on porcelain plates. A red drop of wax slowly flowed down one of the candles.
When they were done eating, the candles were almost burned down. He placed his hand on the table and she took it. Squeezed it briefly. A long look was exchanged. They smiled at each other.
"It's been ten years now," she whispered.
After a short break, he answered: "Only a brief time in our long lives. But a good one."
Again, they looked at each other. A candle hissed, then there was a thin band of smoke as it went dark. They had been sitting here for a long time.
"I love you," he said. He was smiling. The loving glance in his eye made her smile as well. As long as it was like this, the world was perfect enough.
Of course there had been fights during the past ten years of their marriage. But they never lasted. They both knew each other so well. It made it easy to hurt but also easy to heal.
There had also been times like this, when they just sat by one another. Exchanged loving glances. Occasionally kissed.
Times at which she listened to him play music as she slept next to him on a bench.
Times at which she came looking for him when he was lost.
Times at which they simply enjoyed being together and by themselves. Just like this.
"I love you too," she said. Then, she raised her glass of wine. "To another decade of happily being married."
"And to endless decades of happily being married after that," he answered. They drank their wine. The last candle went dark. They chuckled. Kissed. It really had been a wonderful decade. And the next decade would be as well. And every decade that was to follow. They were absolutely sure about this