[ct] 64.5 - reunite (formerly 32.1)

[magic_fratboy]

It’s a trifling piece of sadism, but he can’t feel guilty about it any more than he can bring himself to turn out the light to let her sleep. She frowns, tosses and turns in his arms, but he can’t see well enough in the dark to satisfy the hunger to look his fill.

For the first night in months, he lies awake and finds his rest as his fingers map the contours of her face and body. There are wonders to be had in the simple act of mapping her face with his fingers or nuzzling her neck to feel the pulse beat strong against the skin. She sighs in her sleep as he trails his index finger down the valley between her breasts, stirs when his toes brush up her calf ticklishly.

More than once, his eyes stray to the ring on her finger, the one she won’t take off. Bruises and cuts on his body remain from where her hands dug in too tight and brushed carelessly, frantically to touch as they made love. Where the diamond found him and left its mark, he still feels the burn and relishes it. He lived with memories for too long, the reality cuts like a knife and burns with the ache in his muscles and the cuts on his skin.

He can finally rest, but the miracle of watching Zee sleep won’t let him. More than awe fills him, power whispers through every touch of skin on skin. Love reclaimed heals his broken heart, justice to serve clears his hazy memory, and faith restored rekindles the fire of magic he lost the day he lost her.

For the first time in months, he is as he once was. He is Tommy Karras again…and he’s glad.

Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 296
Partner: Ziyah Ambrogio (zee_ali) [Highlander OC]