[Calann]: 135.Contest entries.FiveWordsApril07

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."