[ He isn't oblivious to the tension, which is why the kiss ought to be a surprise. Ought to be, except that he finds himself as overcome as she is at the appearance of the malevolent parasite.
Almost at once his embrace becomes something more possessive, obliging their considerable difference in height by stooping to meet her, almost tilting her back across the balcony in the process; but where there had been a dazzling drop before, now they were down in the fairgrounds below, the gentle turning of the carousel beneath them. Mistletoe, ivy and holly, fringed frost white, crawled to life about their feet, climbing about the golden hooves of the brightly colored carousel horse upon which Q now effortlessly lifts her, never once breaking the persistent, demanding kiss.
He forgets he needs to breathe--why bother? For perhaps the first time in weeks he feels eternity winging out beneath him again, oblivious to the exertions his excess of powers takes on him, filled as if by magic with a joy and satisfaction he hasn't felt since the moment he'd first held his son in his arms. ]
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Almost at once his embrace becomes something more possessive, obliging their considerable difference in height by stooping to meet her, almost tilting her back across the balcony in the process; but where there had been a dazzling drop before, now they were down in the fairgrounds below, the gentle turning of the carousel beneath them. Mistletoe, ivy and holly, fringed frost white, crawled to life about their feet, climbing about the golden hooves of the brightly colored carousel horse upon which Q now effortlessly lifts her, never once breaking the persistent, demanding kiss.
He forgets he needs to breathe--why bother? For perhaps the first time in weeks he feels eternity winging out beneath him again, oblivious to the exertions his excess of powers takes on him, filled as if by magic with a joy and satisfaction he hasn't felt since the moment he'd first held his son in his arms. ]