Haunted (Z/L, UC, Mature) 1/1 AN 7/1/07

[Skittles1983]

Haunted

by Amy AKA Skittles1983

Pairing: Z/L

Mature

Disclaimer: The characters of "Roswell" belong to Jason Katims, Melinda Metz, WB & UPN. They are not mine and no infringement is intended. All song lyrics belong to the artist who is credited at the end of the story. No infringement is intended.

Author's note: Just dropping off another short story I did. Let me know what you think!

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The cool autumn breeze whispered softly against her skin. She closed her eyes and reveled in the feeling. She let the book she was reading lie flat against her thighs as she leaned back in the chaise lounge chair. She let her mind drift and flutter over memories repressed. She had tried to forget, tried to move on but it was pointless. On night’s like this one, the memories bubbled to the top and she got lost in them.

She’d spent endless nights like this one with him. If she concentrated hard enough she could feel his hands worshipping her body, his lips leaving no portion of her skin unkissed. And then it had all ended. No note, no phone call, no letter, no email, no text message, no goodbye. She had woken up one morning and her whole life had changed.

We love our tragedies.
We're both broken in our own little ways
We're broken, but we fit together just right
You know I saw the black inside your eyes
I saw they were eclipsed by mine and they looked just right.

The memories haunted her. A phantom lover in the night now. She wondered where he was, if he was happy, if he thought of her…

When our lips meet, will you know me then
And will you want to know it?
It feels like I've known you for so long.
When our lips meet, will you love me then
and will you ever know it?
It seems like you've known me for so long.

Nights of endless passion, nights of laughing, nights of living were imprinted in her mind. His chocolate colored hair splayed against the creamy skin of her stomach as he slept softly against her. His amber colored eyes that would sparkle when he laughed plagued her dreams.

I love your analogies.
We're both crazy in our own little ways
We talk about the future and our past lives.
I know I loved you then.
I know I'd love you now.
I know I'll love you then.
I know I love you now.

She loved him with all she had and knew that he felt the same way. She knew he was restless, a free spirit, but he was always looking for something to hold him down. She thought she was enough. She thought love was enough. He had been gone for three months and there was not an hour that went by that she didn’t think about him.

But you can't have everything you want when you want it.
I will be everything you want, when you want it.

She sat in their backyard every night waiting for him to return to her. Return to their love, their home, their life. She would wait forever if that’s what he needed from her.

Wait for me. Trust for me.
Fall for me. Even when you don't know you're falling for me.
Will you fall for it? If it should, it'll come around again.
But don't wait for me. And don't trust in me. Don't fall me.
Even when you know you're falling for me.

A soft whisper on the breeze made her eyes fly open. She wondered briefly, as her eyes scanned the yard, if she was imagining things.

“Liz.”

She knew then she wasn’t dreaming.


When our hearts meet, will we make it then.
Will we even notice that they are eclipsed?

***Song Credit: Evans Blue, "Eclisped"***