Afterlife (Edgerunners)

Afterlife: Stargazing

Lucyna Kushinada-Martinez

We were back in the same 'world' that David had unofficially proposed to me in.

But instead of sitting on a mountain in the fjords, we were in the deep woods.

The ground was thinly layered in snow, with the soft fall of it blanketing our shoulders as we walked through to a clearing.

David wore a hooded wool coat, with his mother's jacket over it, while I wore a wool-lined puffer jacket.

The clearing was perfect to set down a camp, even a small home, with a stone fire-pit already in the middle.

David let down a small firewood bundle from his shoulder, and into the pit, before rolling up his sleeves to unsheathe his new blades.

They still scared me... Just because of what he's done with a blade to himself before. Even if he is right about not being able to truly die... I can't bear the thought of him getting hurt.

He struck the blades together to create a spark, and just like that, we had a fire going.

"(Laughing) ¡Maldito infierno!"

His smile met my gaze, shining brighter than the fire ever could dream of. That's my David...

"You see that? One try! ¡Malvado!" He let out a sigh before changing to a bit more of a serious tone. "I'm gonna set up the lean-to you wanted, will be a bit, so stay warm."

Before leaving, he quickly kneeled and leaned over, planting a quick peck on my cheek.

I cherished the warmth he left for as long as I could, before it was overwhelmed by the flames of our camp.

And still, I got up, wanting to go with him, make sure he was not only safe, but not lonely either.

"Luce?"

"I'm coming with, you might need a hand after all."

A quick chuckle left his lips before he softly grasped my hand.

"Alright, together then."

He turned, and we began to wander the woods, before coming across enough dead trees to make our shelter.

David would use the blades to cut down the small trees, while I used my Monowire to cut them into the sizes we needed.

(Author FYI, these aren't full grown trees, they're like those thin ones that're basically just tall bushes, but imagine if it was in the tundra, so a big fern basically.)

After about an hour, we walked back toward our camp, and began to set up the lean-to.

"Okay... Finally... Fucking done."

He panted, hood back and snow in his cute hair, kneeling in front of the last stake he planted.

I couldn't help but stare and smile, even giggled a bit when he looked back at me.

"What?-" He ruffled his hands through his hair to get the snow out. "-¿Hay algo en mi cabello?"

"Hmm... Yes... There is something in your hair... Mój mały głupcze."

"Well, if I'm twój mały głupek... Then I guess you're moja największa zdobycz."

Sometimes I forget he could now speak back to me in Polish.

I crawled under the cover of our new shelter.

It was a lean-to, but with a living room, a perfect square space for us to sit, and a bed behind us for us to love and sleep.

He sat next to me, wrapping his arm around me as I melted into him.

"What do you reckon the stars say?"

"Stories... Of all the legends of the universe, no matter how small of a tale..."

"You reckon I'd be up there?" He let out a small smile and looked down at me.

"No need for you to be up there... You're already shining down here with me."

I kissed him softly, before going back to look into the sky.

"Shame... The Borealis isn't out tonight."

"Yeah... Would've made this night all the more preem."

We were just enjoying each other's company, until we got a bit too intimate.

The sides of the lean-to were covered up with a tarp, and I would tightly grasp them as I rode him.

After leaving a hickey on my neck, he wanted to try something new.

"Luce... Mind showing me your arm?"

I held it out for him, and he softly rubbed his thumb over the port of my Monowire, making me moan as he also softly thrusted himself into me.

I never knew my chrome was so sensitive... I hope he didn't see just how quickly I had climaxed just from the touch of it... But his eyes said it all.

"Was that nice?"

I grasped the sides of his face while biting my lip, almost tearing skin off as I slammed myself against him.

"Like... You wouldn't... Believe baby...~"

I felt him get harder inside me, as I've never called him that before, especially not while we were having sex.

"Fucking hell Luce... Slow down...- Mmmmpf!"

I immediately cut him off with my lips against his, before going from riding to grinding.

He was moaning from it, it made me all the more loving, knowing he was loving all of this.

Until eventually, he let out a loud groan, before letting out his final thrust into me, overflowing me with love.

Our lips parted, with strands of saliva intertwining with each other while our hot air created mist between us.

"Mierda... You were needing that weren't you?" He let out a small smile.

"Was it that obvious?" I poked his nose before pulling myself off of him, and drenching the cloth floor of our shelter.

"Well... That's gonna be hard to get out..."

"Fuck David... You came a lot-"

"Because I love you... A lot..." He said, whilst panting.

He wrapped me in the furs of the blankets he had gotten for this trip, before tossing the old cloth out and dressing himself back up.

Although... Something was off with the way he stared off into the distance. Especially since he had only just given me a gaze that showed nothing but love.

Quickly, his expression went from shock, to anger.

"Oh yeah you Borg cunt!? You come back for round two!?"

"Just wrapping up unfinished business boy. If I can't best that street trash up above ground, than I shall tear you apart."

I walked out, and what I saw... Was the only thing I truly feared.

"You will not fucking touch him..."

"Bold..." He raised his arm at us, unsheathing a gun from it.

"...And Stupid."