@blipintiime (cont.)
her voice is soft and distant, stirring him from a dream he can’t quite remember as he wakes. and though the early morning light glows a gentle shade of gold, it is harsh on eyes still heavy with sleep. but, he knows that tone; knows he is needed. a slow breath fills his lungs as he pushes himself up, gaze drifting to where REGINA SCOTT stands before a window open to a city beginning to liven below their room. it was their bubble of solace in the aftermath of hell.
the curves of her body are accentuated by the sun’s rays hitting her skin in the most perfect of ways. her silhouette outshines any work of art the welshman has ever laid his eyes upon. a compliment unlike any other considering the way the eiffel tower near glitters in the distance.
she is unlike anything he’s ever seen.
❝ i know– ❞ his hands are soft as they find her hips, fingers gripping lightly and pulling her body against his own. with her feet bare, she stands far shorter than he, and so he must stoop to press his lips to her temple.
❝ it’s over. ❞ hands slide along her body, finding her stomach it is reassuring and protective. it is A PROMISE. more than anything, he knows regina needs not a saviour. but, already he’s given everything to keep her safe. a choice he would make time and time again if need be.
A LONG NIGHT had dragged on into the early hours of morning, and still no sleep had touched the mind of regina scott. the texture of their hotel ceiling is now one she intimately knows, having lain in the dark beneath the body of the only man in the world she trusted, and listened to him breathe. the gentle rise and fall of his chest against her own has lulled her into her dreams many a night before, but now...
THOUGH NEARLY A WHISPER, she knows he will come to her. there is no one on earth that knows her better than he, and as his hands find her body, her own palms rest carefully on top of them, eyelids fluttering shut over silver gaze as she cants her head into his kiss.
THIS IS IT. he is it. ianto jones. her solace. her reward. everything she has been so desperately clawing her way towards for so long. his hands find her mid and he pulls her close against him, his skin on hers and his touch everything she could ever crave. this man, here, with her, is a dream she has never imagined could be reality. as her head rests back against his chest and she opens her eyes to view the beauty of the city she loves around them, it feels, for the first time, that she can breathe.
❝ i know. ❞
IT’S OVER. it’s gone, and her husband is dead, and she doesn’t live in fear. but the absence of it has left her uncertain; who is she now ? not the perfect wife, not the secret victim, not the grieving widow. she’s a liar. a murderer. a lover. a mother. her fingers curl about his hands, holding him closer against her. he has been her rock, her support. he followed her into murder without blinking. she loves him.
❝ i don’t know what i’m meant to be now. ❞
SOFT, her voice and her touch both as she listens to the sound of the city coming awake -- the traffic and voices and noise that so constantly follows her in her life. it’s easy to drown in, to drown her thoughts in. it’s why she loves big cities. to hide. it’s the first time in a long while she’s wanted someone to hide with her.
SHE KNOWS -- she knows, he’s given up everything for her. his life has been wrapped around hers for so long that she doesn’t know where he ends and she begins. and now their lives will revolve around another. she has never been anything but selfish, she still is and will be. all she craves in her deepest soul is his reassurance.
❝ all i’ve ever been is a survivor. nothing to survive now. ❞
















