Dripping, sliding, caressing with fingers of liquid fire. Blue-black mated with gray, tears tripping from above, fabric sticking to heated skin. Sparkling eyes meet as emotions collide, voices left unheard as a rumble echoes around them. Light flashes, illuminating the darkness around two still forms. Shadows cast from distant streetlights as the first touch is made, a shiver and a breath. A longing sigh, lips tracing streams, feeling and soothing. A ghost of a breeze ruffles a loose strand of hair, hands moving to calm again. A close embrace, warmth and shelter within feathered wings of a protector, dreams realized.