Heavenly Bodies

It had been one hell of a day… depressing her to a point where she hadn’t wanted to function at all. She’d told him she just wanted to go back to the hotel and sleep.

But Angel wasn’t about to let her do that.

Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take

He reached out his hand to her, smiling as she took it. Their bodies pressed together, and his arms enfolded her.

Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away

He held her closely, letting her know beyond words that she was cherished, loved, and desired. That she above anyone touched his soul.

I’ve never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams

One hand moved up to lightly caress her hair, his cool fingers playing along her neck, causing her to shiver. She was everything to him. He wasn’t sure how they’d managed to find one another, but he was thankful.

I don’t know how you do what you do
I’m so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I’m amazed by you

He placed a soft kiss on her forehead as she relaxed against him. The words of the song always touched him. It spoke of complete love. About a man who was so in love with a woman, it consumed him. It was something he understood so well. The light that was his Grace consumed him. And like the song, he was ‘amazed’.

The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark

The spiritual-ness of the moment was touched by a bit of the physical as well. Whispered words of love and devotion passed between them as they moved in time to the music.

Your hair all around me
Baby you surround me
You touch every place in my heart

His arms tightened around her, drawing her even more closely. Moving became more difficult, but in all actuality, they weren’t so much dancing now as holding one another.

Oh, it feels like the first time, every time
I want to spend the whole night in your eyes

Her head shifted slightly and he looked into her eyes. They were moist with tears, and he kissed them away.

Every little thing that you do
I’m so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I’m amazed by you

They held one another even as the music faded and the voice of Richie McDonald diminished. The CD player turned off, and still they danced. The song may have been over, but the words echoed between them long after. Periodically, one or the other would whisper an endearment. She needed to hear them, and he knew that. The words, his voice, washed over her like a balm. Nothing could be so bad in the world so long as they had one another. And there was absolutely nothing more important in his world than the woman he was holding right now. She was his salvation. She’d pulled him from the darkness and brought him into the proverbial light.

They had both had other significant relationships. They had lost loved ones. Angel had former lovers who remained important to him, but still no one compared to her. No one touched him as deeply. Her spirit, her life-force, her sheer will to live had given him the same desire. Through her, he’d started to care. Now, he cared because she’d showed him how.

Taking her face in his hands, he ceased all movement and simply stared into her eyes. Words passed across his lips. He spoke of love and devotion. He called her Gracie and kissed her, leaving no doubt as to the depth of his emotion.

He smiled when she lightly ran her fingers over his forehead. It was a symbol for them of her acceptance of the vampire he was. She caressed it lovingly, slowly running her finger down his nose, signifying her love for his vampire side as well.

As he kissed her again, he knew that this was what it meant to belong to someone. This is what it meant to have your life so entwined with another soul’s that you no longer knew where you ended and the other began.

And he knew beyond a doubt that this was the true gift he’d been given when he’d fallen in love with Grace. He’d found the one… the one who completed him, the one he loved beyond words.

And he was truly amazed.