When the Blue Moon Rises
Peter turns slightly to look at me, and I am struck by the pain and sadness I see in his eyes. For an instant, they are not ice blue but dark grey, pools of hurt and unshed tears.
“You reminded me of another Daniel I once knew.”
I know right then that this Daniel was the one he could not have.
And then he is gone, like a wisp of smoke in the wind.
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He could disobey. He could go against the wishes of the single most important person in his life. He could try to find happiness. But he knew he wouldn’t.
Maybe if Daniel had not been so young, this wouldn’t have been a problem. But really, that was just an excuse he used to delude himself with. It wasn’t Daniel’s age. It was who Daniel was.
Daniel was, to put it simply, not like him. And his father would rather have him dead than be mated to a mere human.
He came along once in a lifetime. There will be no other. And the only decision to make was: could he abandon his entire life to be with Daniel? Or fold to the will of his father?
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It is words on the tip of his tongue that won’t drop. It is tears on the edges of his eyes that won’t fall. His heart is beating, slower, slower…it is as though his body knows what is to come and refuses to follow through. His breath catches in his throat, his muscles still; and perhaps for one second his blood freezes in his veins…
I wish this moment could last forever.
But it can’t. Time resumes its eternal journey, a chill wind picks up, knocking the tears off his lashes, and he whispers the words he knows he must.
“I’m so sorry, Daniel.”
Daniel tilts his head to one side and dismisses the apology with a shrug. But then, he does not know how much pain is behind those words.
“Whatever, Peter. It doesn’t matter. Good bye.”
Peter watches Daniel’s parting words crystallize in the icy air then drop, tinkling down and blinking out of sight upon contact with the hard ground. When he looks back up, there is only a shadow where Daniel had stood.
“Good bye…”
I never wanted that moment to end.
Because I still love you, Daniel.
And I always will. Forever.