Fiction: Let Go Too Soon
Aug. 13th, 2014 11:03 pmTitle: Let Go Too Soon
World: other
Word count: 19,685
Rating: PG-13 for sexuality
Prompt:![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
bigbang_mixup. Based on the mix shut up, i hate the way you love by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
unavoidedcrisis/![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sunspot.
Summary: Valath and Nidan are very happy at college, despite the supposed incompatibility of their courses of study--her magic and his science. But when their career paths take them in very different directions, things start to fall apart.
Valath lay in the sun with her eyes closed. She knew Nidan was there next to her, his breathing just as slow and comfortable as hers, the warmth of his skin the barest addition to the sun’s warmth. This was contentment, she thought. This was how life should be.
Then he rolled over on top of her, caught her shoulders in his hands, and kissed her. She kissed him back and laughed, opening her eyes. “We’re in public,” she whispered to him.
“I don’t care,” he whispered back, kissing her again. “It’s not like anyone doesn’t know about us.”
She shook her head. “I hope not. But there are still some things that should be kept private!”
He rolled off her but didn’t take his hands away. “I suppose you’re right.”
Unfortunately, now that her contented drowse had been interrupted, thoughts came crowding back into her head. Thoughts like the fact that despite the beautiful, sunny, warm day that had brought half the campus out here to the side of the hill, she was actually supposed to be studying. She reached above her for her satchel, fumbling with the clasp without looking at it.( Read more... )
World: other
Word count: 19,685
Rating: PG-13 for sexuality
Prompt:
bigbang_mixup. Based on the mix shut up, i hate the way you love by unavoidedcrisis/sunspot.Summary: Valath and Nidan are very happy at college, despite the supposed incompatibility of their courses of study--her magic and his science. But when their career paths take them in very different directions, things start to fall apart.
Valath lay in the sun with her eyes closed. She knew Nidan was there next to her, his breathing just as slow and comfortable as hers, the warmth of his skin the barest addition to the sun’s warmth. This was contentment, she thought. This was how life should be.
Then he rolled over on top of her, caught her shoulders in his hands, and kissed her. She kissed him back and laughed, opening her eyes. “We’re in public,” she whispered to him.
“I don’t care,” he whispered back, kissing her again. “It’s not like anyone doesn’t know about us.”
She shook her head. “I hope not. But there are still some things that should be kept private!”
He rolled off her but didn’t take his hands away. “I suppose you’re right.”
Unfortunately, now that her contented drowse had been interrupted, thoughts came crowding back into her head. Thoughts like the fact that despite the beautiful, sunny, warm day that had brought half the campus out here to the side of the hill, she was actually supposed to be studying. She reached above her for her satchel, fumbling with the clasp without looking at it.( Read more... )
