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i missed your skin when you were east

Marks and Rec: Misc #2574

Prompts by @tracobuttons

Prompt: Jewel

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Celine woke before William, as she often did, and quietly got out of bed, plucking her clothing from the floor like feathers from a chicken; carelessly, tediously, a task waiting to end. She did not need the light to accomplish this, having done it many times in the last year.

When she was done she reached for her wedding ring, abandoned on the nightstand. She turned it over, examined its diamond, glittering even in the dim.

She remembered when Mark proposed to her; it seemed so long ago now. He did so in public, of course, in front of a crowd of adoring fans and cameras. She had no choice but to say yes, in hindsight, but she was so blinded by the light that was loving him that she didn’t care.

It wasn’t even a big diamond. It was a tiny thing, hardly able to call itself a jewel.

She slipped it on with something resembling a grimace, but as her gaze went to William her expression became something like love. Soon they would leave this half-life, and she would be free.

Like a ghost, Celine drifted to William’s bedside, where she leaned to press a light kiss to his forehead. He did not stir. 

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