Note: Obviously before Homeland Security kicked in. :)
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The airport was dark and lonely tonight. I always wondered why the airlines felt the need to stretch out the flights so that they came in at all sorts of hours. Not even the gods would be up this late. I pulled my blazer into a parking space before the hulking building that served as the airport for our city. I turned off the lights and sat for a moment listening to the radio as Robert Smith sang with the Cure.
I sighed softly as I knew I missed him more than I ever thought possible and I was glad that tonight he was coming home to me again.
I turned off the ignition and slipped the key free before opening the door and exiting. With a click of a button, the blazer was locked and I was walking across the parking lot towards the airport in the middle of the night.
I stepped through the automatic doors as they opened with a faint swish and walked up to the counters, squinting at the different rows of arrival and departure times. I let go of the breath that I was holding as I noticed his flight was still listed as being on time. I couldn’t help the smile that washed over my face and I made my way over towards the escalators that would lead me up to the second floor and the arrival gates.
I was humming the tune from the car faintly as I walked through the deserted airport towards the observation windows. Everything was closed and locked behind security gates and the airport would look almost creepy if a few people hadn’t been slouched across the couches, waiting for their parties to arrive at this late hour. An older security guard strolled by and politely covered a yawn before giving a polite smile and mumbling an “excuse me”. I returned his smile and stopped before the tall windows that reached towards the ceiling, my reflection showing clearly in them.
I smiled and saw my “twin” in the window do the same. I was dressed in a long black skirt that hung to the ankles of my black boots. A soft dark blue short-sleeved shirt hugged my upper half, it was low cut in the front and in the back as well. I loved to wear it as it showed off my eye of Ra tattoo on the base of my neck. I was proud of my tattoos and grinned all the more because I knew he loved them too. Of course he’d always said that he loved any part of my body, inked or not.
I pressed a stray lock of dark hair behind my ear and out of my face as I looked down at the watch on my wrist. Any time now he should be landing and coming home to me. Warmth spread through my body and made my skin shiver softly as I thought of how long he’d been gone from me. Too long.
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A figure softly slid up behind me and gently let the carry-on luggage drop from their fingers. I glanced up into the reflection of the window and saw him. His hands slid around my waist as he pressed his body against mine and nuzzled the back of my neck. I let out a delicious sigh and leaned back into his embrace, closing my eyes and feeling relaxed now that he was safe and home. My fingers moved to intertwine with his.
“I missed you hun,” He whispered softly into my ear, his breath tickling my skin.
“You better have, but I think that I missed you more,” I replied back to him, eyes still closed and enjoying having him pressed against me once again.