April 2nd, 1998 The Due South Fiction Archive Entry Home Quicksearch Search Engine Random Story Upload Story   April 2nd, 1998 by mergatrude Author's Notes: For the "getfraserlaid" prompt 264: "Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." Ursula LeGuin This would never have been finished without the patient help and guidance of Sageness, and the encouragement of china_shop. A thousand hearts to you both. I struggle for the right words to convey What's in my heart; I know too well that men, Unnerved by talk of feelings, grow wooden. You never shied from telling me. From Day One it was partners, duet. I called you Ray: But still I feared to risk my heart again - We almost broke because I would not bend. Alone, in icy logic's grip I lay Till thawed at last by instinct's warm embrace. We've now embarked upon life's endless Quest. And while survival dominates our days, Each night I revel in your touch, your taste; I learn the nature of our love at rest - A fire banked, now kindled to a blaze.   End April 2nd, 1998 by mergatrude Author and story notes above. Please post a comment on this story. Read posted comments.