Entry for
Five Words, April 2007 round.
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We stood side by side, her and I, looking out to the ocean where ice was beginning to slowly
thaw after a harsh winter. Our worn clothes did little to shield us from the wind, still cold and bitter, and I could taste blood where my chapped lips had opened with wounds. Hers, too; I licked a drop from her mouth before she turned her head away from the
kiss. Chuckling, I drew back and once again set my eyes on the scenery around us. It wasn't exactly
lovely, nowhere near the beauty I'd once known, but it would do. This refuge didn't have to be
eternal, after all. Behind us, we could hear an engine
purr to life, and I took a step away from the edge of the cliff. "Come on," I said. "We have some debts to settle."
