A/N: I am not dead! XD

After Sunset

By nightfall, shadows as black as night would haunt a man with hair as white as snow.
Indeed, snow would fall through the windows, parted to allow one in particular. Pale flakes fell over equally pale skin; tickling. Goose-bumps appeared. Said skin was not permitted to feel the cold, however; strong arms wrapped around him protectively; guarding the only sunshine in the room.

By the time sunshine calmed, cooling down from the high of shining in the spotlight, the arms would retreat. Shadows could not exist when sunlight was present, but when yellow vanished in the night, darkness roamed once more.

By the morning, the guest would have fled. Protecting others was far easier than protecting oneself, after all. As soon as sunshine's lids parted, sparkling of yellow fled as easily as the beloved one had. Living in the shadows made it hard for him to notice the sunset coming sooner every night.