Celandine's Chronicle (celandineb) wrote in cels_fic_haven, @ 2009-05-13 12:58:00 |
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Entry tags: | narnia ficlets caspian/edmund |
Narnia ficlet: Kisses the Sweeter [Caspian/Edmund, general]
Title: Kisses the Sweeter
Author: celandineb
Fandom: Narnia
Pairing: Caspian/Edmund
Rating: general
Length: 188 words
Summary: They have no future, but will celebrate the present.
Note: For angela_snape, who wanted Caspian/Edmund, kiss.
Caspian traces the outline of Edmund's lips with his finger. He is struck, always, by the disparities of time and age: looked at one way, Edmund is hundreds, perhaps a thousand, years his elder; yet somehow he is physically younger than Caspian. If Edmund is not a stripling still, he is little more than that, for all that he once ruled Narnia for many years.
Those tender lips graze his palm as Edmund reaches for Caspian's hand. Bright moonlight bleaches Edmund's sun-browned skin, accentuating his dark eyes.
"My king, my companion, my love," murmurs Edmund.
"Always yours, as you are mine," replies Caspian, his throat tight.
The words are a talisman of hope and faith against the reality of which they are both all too well aware. Edmund must at some time soon return to his own world, and Caspian must fulfill his duties as king. They have no future together; only the satisfaction of knowing that their honour is too great to be broken. What time they are given they will fill with kisses the sweeter for being stolen, and try afterward not to regret the joy.