“Luna.” breath whispered softly - she , there , ethereal light granting credence to her holiness and him with his aged bones that now felt weightless . how long had he struggled and striven for this ? he’s home . he’s finally home . “I’m sorry it took so long.”
Last she’d seen his face he’d looked pained. Filled to the brim with sorrow and wounds vultures nipped at. Selfish creatures tearing flesh from spine with no consideration for the person they tortured with immense suffering. Always she had been there. Desired skin-to-kin contacts as fingertips ghosted across cheekbones and stubble. The years had done him wrong, took a boy by his throat and ripped a sacrificial lamb from his ribcage. Blood for blood. Blood for peace. Blood for light. Was it worth it?
Staring into lightning blue hues and she felt sure that perhaps this moment was indeed. To meet between the stars and the suns rays of their afterlife. Golden glow wrapping them in salvation she’d long since resented. Gods. They were fools. Hated the creatures that kissed the ground they walked on. Pious she was not, but for him she’d finally feel holy. Found religious in the creases under his eyes and in the curve of his lips.
Slow steps forward to a man she’d waited years to return to her arms and welcome their life together. In a world of forever and always. Glossy eyes and weak, boney knees. She staggered slightly, but quickly rushed toward her home. Her love. Wrapped slender arounds ‘round his neck and pulled in him tightly as if he’d dissipate into thin air. Ashes floating through the atmosphere which surrounds her. No, his body was firm and warm. Tears streamed gently down pink cheeks, face flushed from relieve and joy.
“Don’t be a fool,” Voice cracks, “I’d wait a thousand years for you if that is what it took…. I’m so sorry… I’m so sorry it lead to this, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t grateful it ended just as this….”
Oh, how she’d waited for this moment. For his arms to secure her waist and bring them closer in embrace.
“I love you… I love you so very much, Noctis…”
