* — THE CLASSIC ROMANCE OF A GOOD RAINSTORM
WHAT’S IN THE RAIN ?? the sound of thousands of voices laughing like the chiming of bells, whispers of old fairytales and stories from far and wide, rapture, just like the sky ruptures with the weight of the downpour. magic, just like she finds magic in anything and everything, eyes wide open to the beauty of the world.
and caleb, now. there’s a quip at the tip of her tongue, for all time’s sake, something about stinky wizards and bathing, but the island is alive and vivid around them, green hypersaturated with the glaze of water, and then he turns to smile at her, palm extended, and her breath catches somewhere between her ribs, snags on the bone. so when @aschcregen says, ❝ come on, come dance with me in the rain, ❞ all she can do is laugh and follow.
it’s like there is nothing but the two of them in the whole world, surrounded as they are by the canopy of raindrops. their clothes drenched, hair tangled and heavy with water, but steps light as they spin in the clearing, ozone in the air making her think of his spells. and oh, it’s like she’s seeing him anew. like the rain washes away everything she’s thought she knew about him, about them, leaving her with nothing but his charming smile and the way he makes her feel like she’s seen and heard and important.
❝ caleb, ❞ says his name just to say it. draws their body closer, chest against chest, and then, on an impulse, tugs him down to press her mouth to his, gentle, a little shy, smiling, cheeks flushed bright with her boldness. ❝ please never stop dancing with me. ❞