AN: This was intended as a follow up to It's Your Move Miko written years ago. I held off on posting it thinking I might use it in another story that I never got around to writing much of. After going through my old stuff it doesn't seem likely I will ever finish that story so I figured why not post it now.

Lover's Embrace

Somewhere between life & death he knew she waited. The sweet caress of her hand, the soft brush of her hair. At moments like these he could always feel her. And at these times he was almost content. Perhaps that is why he always lingered, taking his time to return to the world he had momentarily deserted.

He never lingered long though. For as much as he still missed her he would not surrender to death. Just as he still could not fulfill her final request. It would not be long before his energy would once again recover and he would awaken. He would leave behind her soft touches and the subtle kisses she ghosted over his form. With them he would leave behind almost all his thoughts of her. For no matter how deep he buried her memory she was always with him. Something he loved and hated her for.

In this state he will allow himself to indulge in the comfort she offers.

Until then he would enjoy the feeling of peace that so entirely eludes him in the living world. The peace he had only ever known because of one being. The peace that she stole from him when she carelessly let what they had unravel.