There's something surreal about walking through the park in winter. The night brought a stillness she enjoyed, the city asleep and its occupants tucked away under thick blankets, leaving Rose to her stroll. Working with people all day and taking care of family at night meant there was little time for her to enjoy any solitude, so these walks did her wonders.
She enjoyed the crunching of ice beneath the rocks of the path, the swaying of leaves as the wind cut through the trees, the crisp smell of the nearby frozen ice over the park's many ponds. A delight for the senses, even if that same ice was soaking her boots, the wind cutting to the bone, and the cold air burning her nose. It was a particularly cool night, but Rose didn't mind.
Through the mist of her breath she could see the bridge coming up, she only needed to pass under it and she'd be halfway through the park in its entirety. Rose could count the steps, as used to this walk she'd gotten. She knew each tree, each part of the stone garden, where the playground was, where she may find him, each bench by each pond, every curve of the path. It was her Eden, she need only wonder where she may find her Adam.
The twin sound of crunching rocks that mimicked hers a few paces ahead, told her she would not have to search too long. He always managed to find her, maybe he could pick up her scent on the wind, and maybe they were both just lucky. It would only take a few moments to reach the bridge, they would reach it together.
Sometimes they would talk, sometimes they wouldn't talk at all. Sometimes they would kiss, make love, or just fuck. The only constant was his company during the time the city slept, the person she would seek solitude with, rather than against.
She came to the bridge, he had stood under it, waiting for her.
He opened his arms, and Rose gladly stepped into them, taking her gloved hands from her pockets and resting them over his shoulders. He was warm, pleasingly so. She felt as though he brought the wind to a calm around them.
His consistent stubble lightly scratched against her ear, sending familiar shivers down her spine and chasing the cold away further.
"I was beginning to wonder if you'd be joining me tonight" he said.
Rose didn't speak, only leaning up to kiss him softly. He returned the kiss and it melted any feeling of cold she had felt before. Adam had understood this sign after a few of the encounters they had, tonight wasn't a night for talking. His hand, that was holding her waist, glided to the front of the matte black winter coat she wore, opening it, each button loosened feeling like opening the clasp of an old, familiar, favorite book.
Rose's fingers weren't idle during this time either, as she had slipped her hands down his chest, doing their practiced trick of unbuckling the belt of his jeans without moving her body away from his. With her jacket loosened, Adam was surprised to find that her breasts were nestled nicely in a gray sweater that must have been two sizes too small to contain her C-cups. They looked amazing, and he groped at them, while pushing her against the brick wall of the bridge that was shielding them from prying sight and cold wind.