Merry Christmas, darling...
Dec. 26th, 2009 12:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mini_deanThe thing Ben loved most about waking up Christmas morning was the feeling of being snuggled up under the covers with his hands around Anna. It had been over half a year now since his kidnapping, and he was back to normal for the most part. Some things had changed though, and Anna and the rest of his family had taken to his new little nuances and even embraced some of the changes for the better.
His schooling had picked up and he was back on track, having changed his major out of engineering and into international studies and journalism. It was something different, and something that he knew he could share with Anna after graduation.
The one thing that never changed was Ben's love for Anna. It was deeper, but as the weeks had gone by he was able to remember where they had been before his dream world tossed him through a loop, and found a medium spot that they were both comfortable with.
And this morning, her back to his chest as she laid in his arms, he wanted to much to just stay there forever like that. But the sun was rising and he knew the rest of the family would be waking up to find breakfast waiting and gifts under the tree to rip open. However, Ben wanted to give Anna her gift in a bit more of a private setting, so he reached into the pillowcase under his head and pulled out the small jewelry bag.
The delicate heart necklace caught the sun as he undid the clasp, and as he felt Anna stirring in his arms, he kissed her shoulder and smiled. "Now you will always have my heart with you," he said softly, letting it hang in front of her eyes as they opened to look at the window, then carefully moved her hair as he put it on against the bare flesh of her neck. "Merry Christmas, darling. I love you."
His schooling had picked up and he was back on track, having changed his major out of engineering and into international studies and journalism. It was something different, and something that he knew he could share with Anna after graduation.
The one thing that never changed was Ben's love for Anna. It was deeper, but as the weeks had gone by he was able to remember where they had been before his dream world tossed him through a loop, and found a medium spot that they were both comfortable with.
And this morning, her back to his chest as she laid in his arms, he wanted to much to just stay there forever like that. But the sun was rising and he knew the rest of the family would be waking up to find breakfast waiting and gifts under the tree to rip open. However, Ben wanted to give Anna her gift in a bit more of a private setting, so he reached into the pillowcase under his head and pulled out the small jewelry bag.
The delicate heart necklace caught the sun as he undid the clasp, and as he felt Anna stirring in his arms, he kissed her shoulder and smiled. "Now you will always have my heart with you," he said softly, letting it hang in front of her eyes as they opened to look at the window, then carefully moved her hair as he put it on against the bare flesh of her neck. "Merry Christmas, darling. I love you."
