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The Moments In Between (I) - licenseartistic, January 06 Prompt
Title: The Moments In Between
Prompt: Jan prompt 2: Sunrise.
Character: susanivanova (Susan Ivanova)
Warnings: post-series, AU.
Pairings: Susan/Talia
Fandom: Babylon 5
Word count: 269
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine.
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Author's Note: Ties in with taliaivanova's journal entry.

The Moments In Between (I)
By Leyenn

There's never been a city like this one. The light splits apart into a dozen hues and shades as the sun rises between spires of metal and crystal, rising up into the palest of blue skies, all of it just as elegant as she'd have imagined.

Susan Ivanova isn't exactly a poet, but she's got to admit, it's pretty amazing. Tuzanor, the City of Sorrows, newly-born capital of the Interstellar Alliance, waking up from its famous dreams into the early morning light. The balcony of their apartment is high enough to catch the heat of the morning even in the growing shade of the building behind her; the carved crystal is almost soft with warmth under her hands, soft as the cloak wrapped around her shoulders, but casting rainbows of light around her feet.

This is her first sunrise in almost five years, and it's beautiful.

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Talia walks up behind her. She smiles out into the growing light for a long, long moment before looking over her shoulder, afraid of breaking the spell, afraid of the warmth slipping away.

"Lovely morning, huh?"

"Perfect." Slender arms rustle her cloak as they wrap around her, and the warmth is not lost, no, it's right here and going nowhere at all, damned fast indeed. "Mm." Talia presses a smile close to her neck. "Breakfast is waiting... and we have a busy day ahead of both of us."

"I know." But still she doesn't move; just holds her wife's warm, pale hands against her and looks outward again, at the light exploring the city and the new dawn rising above the mountains beyond.

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