Edge of the night

Edge of the night

Even in the bitter cold of the night, he could feel her back pressed against his body, the padded jacket that she wore added to fight against the cold north winds that howled all around them.

To say that he could think of nowhere else he would prefer to be or with anybody else for that matter, well this was as on the money as anything could be, the pair of them sat atop the mountain and looked down into the valley below.

He felt her shiver slightly as another gust of ice-cold wind blew across them, he instinctively wrapped his arms around her and tried to shield her from the cold, as he would have wanted to protect her from anything if he could.

He watched as she turned her head to look at him, her face half concealed by the thick parka-style jacket that she wore, the fur trim around the hood grey against her reddening face.

She did not speak, just smiled at him and he knew that words at this time would be lost, they had loved each other for so long now that they just seemed to know what the other was thinking.

He had fallen for her hard and quickly, it was not something he had expected to happen, he just could help himself. everything about her just drew him to her and in time she let go of the things in her past and came to him and it was like a perfect circle was formed between them.

She turned her head back to face the horizon once more and he leaned closer and gently kissed the back of her head and let his lips linger for several moments before letting his head move closer and they were cheek to cheek.

"I love you"

He whispered to her and looked as she did towards the horizon as the bright flash of light came