TITLE: "Elements of nature"
PAIRING: Hephaestion and Alexander.
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: Historical AU.
DISCLAIMER: I do not know the people involved, no harm intended, everything is product of my imagination, but I would not mind sharing my life with the blue-eyed god.
NO BETA so all mistakes are mine.
FEEDBACK: comments are love! Yes, please any kind of them will help me to improve my writing or leave it forever.
1.
The sun entered the room through the heavy drapes and caressed the naked man resting on the bed. The skin looked like a soft golden surface and the rhythmic movement of the broad chest revealed the calm rest the sleeping beauty was so deep in.
The dying sun, too weak to warm him, made him shiver and open his sleepy eyes.
Two lovely cyan eyes immediately lighted the room and the blonde man, sitting in the shadows, felt complete again.
That was Hephaestion for Alexander, a gust of pure AIR in a world that wanted to swallow him so badly.
2.
The earth trembled under the quick and steady gallop of the Macedonian cavalry. The men had been ready for that war for ages and were eager to conquer those new and exotic lands for their young king.
Horses ran, shields protected and weapons worked all day long, chopping, slaying, killing, defending, winning …
When the final battle was over and victory was on their side, mismatched eyes travelled along the bloodied battlefield frantically until he found the one man who was his anchor.
EARTH might shake, tremble, move but Hephaestion would always be there for him, steady as a rock.
3.
Alexander always looked fascinated while Hephaestion took his baths. It was almost reverential the treatment Hephaestion gave to WATER; he let it run along his strong body, take the grim and blood of it.
He also enjoyed sipping it, letting it cool his parched throat.
Hephaestion even enjoyed the rain and in many occasions, it had been the perfect cover to hide his tears when everything got too hard.
Whenever Alexander saw Hephaestion wet from his bath or the rain, he felt his own soul pure because his partner was clean and ready to share his messy life with him.
4.
The king was tired and dragged his feet, huddling up inside his cloak.
"I must be getting old if I feel the cold" he mumbled knowing that missing his blue-eyed General was the real cause.
"One more month and no more cold" he whispered.
When he arrived, everything became normal again because his Phai was back.
A single look from those blue eyes took his tiredness away.
A single kiss from those warm lips took his cold away.
A single touch of those hands lit his passion and Alexander let himself fall and be consumed in Hephaestion's FIRE.