365 Days of Drabbles: Day Thirteen
Jan. 13th, 2013 04:30 amFor
lilfluff: "Homesick for space."
He found Melanie on the rear patio, laying on a lounge chair, looking up at the stars.
"Miss it?" Rolas asked, laying down beside her.
"Desperately," she admitted, still looking upward.
He nuzzled her neck. "We could take a trip."
"That's not the same and you know it. It's not the same as being a captain, of pointing the ship wherever you will and just going."
"I'm sorry."
Melanie sighed, paw rubbing the growing curve of her belly. "'I am hostage to fortune,'" she quoted, then shrugged. "I asked to wear these chains with you. Too late to complain now."
He found Melanie on the rear patio, laying on a lounge chair, looking up at the stars.
"Miss it?" Rolas asked, laying down beside her.
"Desperately," she admitted, still looking upward.
He nuzzled her neck. "We could take a trip."
"That's not the same and you know it. It's not the same as being a captain, of pointing the ship wherever you will and just going."
"I'm sorry."
Melanie sighed, paw rubbing the growing curve of her belly. "'I am hostage to fortune,'" she quoted, then shrugged. "I asked to wear these chains with you. Too late to complain now."
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Date: 2013-01-15 01:09 am (UTC)