Advent Calendar 2009 - 8: The Lovers
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Eru help me! I don't normally write these characters...
"Yes."
He stared at her, as if seeing her for the very first time, hardly daring to believe his ears.
So many times, in the long year of the Quest, he had cast his mind back to think of her, to take courage from the thought that he was protecting her as much as anything else. Even if he never saw her again, to know that his life had been spent in assuring hers.
A gentle breeze lifted her hair from her glowing eyes. Did he dare?
His heart pounding in his chest, Sam kissed Rosie for the first time.
"Yes."
He stared at her, as if seeing her for the very first time, hardly daring to believe his ears.
So many times, in the long year of the Quest, he had cast his mind back to think of her, to take courage from the thought that he was protecting her as much as anything else. Even if he never saw her again, to know that his life had been spent in assuring hers.
A gentle breeze lifted her hair from her glowing eyes. Did he dare?
His heart pounding in his chest, Sam kissed Rosie for the first time.