#romance.........

Floyd Leech: 

Rainflower - realizing that you/they love them/you back.

Floyd’s eyes always lit up when there was a storm.

Despite your clear warnings that he should steer clear of the windows when the wind was especially vicious he loved to watch the lightning light up the sky, striking somewhere on the horizon. He could be mesmerized for hours and you had commented he was easily amused, something he didn’t take lightly. Your punishment for insulting his hobby was being forced to sit with him, the comfortable window seat becoming your hangout spot for the next several hours as the storm raged on.

Floyd had placed you in his lap, one leg bent and propped against the window while his other remained solidly on the ground. You were perfectly sandwiched between them, sitting upright, ready to bolt should you see a tree sudden flying at your face. He had told you that he would notice and save you, and you had told him that he was so obsessed with watching the way the lightning branched off into tiny tendrils in the sky that there was no chance he’d manage to move you in time.

You stayed with him, though, his arms wrapped around your middle after a certain point as he continued to study the outside like it was his own personal art gallery. You wondered if it had something to do with him being a merman, the sky not exactly new to him now that he had been above ground for years yet he still seemed so fascinated by it. He had told you storms were better than fireworks, and merfolk truly loved fireworks so it certainly was a statement.

At a certain point his chin would rest on your shoulder, Floyd leaning forward after wrapping his arms tightly around your middle. He was more content than he’d ever been, sitting here with you, watching the rain fall and the sky light up once, sometimes twice. Feeling your warmth creep in his bones, the way you let out a soft breath as your eyes started to flutter shut and you leaned back in his touch, finally relaxing as you realized the storm wouldn’t hurt you. He wouldn’t let it.