It was like the many times before. He argued, she hurt, they screamed. As always it ended in a dead silence of cold wrath stretching in the hours ahead.
But currently she wouldn't focus on the hurt or on the annoyance such situations always caused. They had a party to host; As a loving couple who defined #couple-goals for so many, as the couple of the year since college, they'd inspired many more love stories. Theirs was the best, unquestionably! Fondly she remembers setting a platter right as she looks at his strong frame, glass in hand talking away to the best guy friend she'd been jealous of for the longest. She remembers the first time they kissed, the college trip to the hills, the cold air and his warm lips. The first time they made out back at his place by the fireplace, realizing midway the door was unlocked. How difficult it was to hide his bulge in class from then on. She blushed at the memories just as she used to then.
She's turned away to better listen to the latest escapades of her best friends recent tinder date, just as he looked up. Just the sight of her slender wrists tucking away hair behind the earlobe made a tightening at the crotch. He thought of the many times those wrists had massaged him at the end of a long work day, coaxing moans of pleasure as they worked up a magic on his bare skin.
He couldn't concentrate on the hatred, he loved her more than he hated her, she ought to know that by now eh? Despite the warm smile he recognized the grumpy look in her eyes which spoke otherwise. How he hated that look. How he wished to see nothing but love there. In a gulp he finished the 3rd drink of the night, noticing the shiny new ear drops on his wife, craving nothing but to take them off. That for later in the night, he thought brushing past he breathed in her delectable scent, picking up the packet of cigarettes, her packet of cigarettes. She turned, shoulders brushing against the strength of his chest. Noone else could see the sparks flying. Did he see her blush? Really even after all these years? He asked silently, passing her the lighted poison. Yes said the glow in those kohl lined eyes. Moving down to the collar of that black shirt, inhaling the intoxicating perfume he wore knowing perfectly well how that worked better than the smoke. Smirking he moved away, nobody noticed the button of his shirt get undone