Promise

A/N: For Erin (Erbear1877). Love you, duckling, and I hope you like your birthday gift. :)

They lay in bed, hands and legs interwined, heads held close.

Her hair is now dry and her breath is warm against his body. Clothes lyed all over the floor, hiding the dark wood beneath.

He closes his eyes and smiles, letting his heartbeat synchronise with hers, making them one.

She plays with his fingers and he draws invisible circles on her shoulder, down her hand, on her hip.

"Promise you'll never leave me."

The words are light, filling the air slowly, like clouds fill the sky.

He plants a kiss on her temple, and when he speaks his voice is calm and filled with love and caring and honesty.

"Always."

[she knows she's safe.]