Title: Softly
Fandom: Highlander/Angel Destiny AU
Pairing: Grace/Angel
Disclaimer: I only own Grace
Archive: At Ink-and-Quill
Note: Lone Star sings Softly
Summary: eleventh in the ‘Destiny’ series
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She was in the bathtub when he found her this time. The bubbles were
piled up to her neck and her now long hair was actually resting on top
of them. Her eyes were closed as she hummed softly to the CD. It was
‘their CD’, one she had made for them with ‘their’ songs on it.
He leaned up against the doorjam as he watched her. How long ago had
it been? Two years. Such a short span of time for them, but that only
meant they still had lifetimes ahead of them. Two years ago, Wesley
had told him about the prophecy and that he could have the relationship
with Grace that he wanted, that he needed. It was predestined that
they would be together, but it didn’t take away from the fact that she
slipped into his heart and his soul and made him hers.
For some reason, he wasn’t surprised when the chords of the violin
began, fading into the sounds of the piano. His song to her…
“I remember that kiss in a cold world, oh girl
Sunlight fell from your lips, tenderly you shattered me
Somehow you touched me like no one else
Slipped into my soul like a prayer”
It had happened just like that for him too. He’d walked into the
bathroom. She was in the tub, relaxing much as she was now. The scent
of her overwhelmed him. And the first time his lips touched hers, he
knew. She had taken over his heart, but had done so without drama,
without fanfare. It had been done softly.
“Baby, with the sweetest kiss
You came along and stole my breath
Tore down my defenses with a whisper
Oh you showed me how love can be
You broke through to my heart
Softly, baby softly”
Crossing his arms over his chest, he watched as she ran the cloth up
and down her arm. She hadn’t given off any signs that she knew he was
there. A small smile spread across his face as he remembered that
first kiss. His lips trembled as they touched hers. He remembered how
much he wanted her. He knew Wesley wouldn’t have told him about the
prophecy if it hadn’t been true. But the fear had still been there.
In loving her, he could have lost her. But with that one kiss, all his
fears washed away and it was just him and her.
“You’re like God in this world, fragile, beautiful
There’s so much trust in your eyes, they make me remember blue
Skies and sunshine
I wanna be what you see in me
I wanna love you the way you love me”
His obsessive tendencies began to assert themselves. The phrasing that
she was ‘like God in this world’ always hit him hard, for there were
times that she was all he could see. There were times when she looked
at him and he knew he was all she could see. She would get so focused
on him that she was blinded to everything else. It touched him, but
scared him too. She was his sunshine; the only connection he had to
the daylight. It was overwhelming in the warmest sense of the word.
“Baby, with the sweetest kiss
You came along and stole my breath
Tear down my defenses with a whisper
Oh you show me how love can be
You break through to my heart
Softly”
He smiled again as he watched her rest her head against the tub. Her
eyes fluttered only momentarily as she repositioned herself. He
couldn’t take his eyes off her neck. The one spot that was her most
vulnerable, and she opened it up to him without thought… completely
trusting him for everything. It was the truest expression of love.
“I don’t wanna be that strong if it means being alone
I wanna stay with you where I belong
And let you show me just how good love can be
You break through to my heart
Softly, baby softly
Softly, baby softly”
His grin widened even more as a hand was lifted from the tub and a
finger was crooked, inviting him in. How had his life changed since
she came into it. His clothes were removed quickly and as he joined
her in the tub, he knew that though she had indeed slipped into his
life softly she had taken it over, and he didn’t care in the least.
Tags: alternate universe, angel, angel/grace, crossover, grace hammond, het, rating: r, romance